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John Byrne

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Posted: 14 February 2022 at 12:39pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply

To draw Spider-Man properly, an artist must surrender to the will of Landru—I mean, to the basic exaggerated, cartoony quality of the character. Same with the Thing.

Just don’t go too far!!

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ron bailey
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Posted: 14 February 2022 at 12:44pm | IP Logged | 2 post reply

It's a real testament to Ditko and Romita and through inheritance of sensibilities, you that a character covered from head to toe with webs of all things is so easily identifiable as a hero.  < id="protanopia"> < id="deuteranopia"> < id="tritanopia">
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Vinny Valenti
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Posted: 14 February 2022 at 2:09pm | IP Logged | 3 post reply

Ah, "cartoony" is another strength that I didn't consider. It's crazy how I can look at an issue of WHEELIE AND THE CHOPPER BUNCH and still be able to identify your style!
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Ted Downum
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Posted: 14 February 2022 at 4:38pm | IP Logged | 4 post reply

JB: Just don't go too far!!

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Oddly enough, my mind jumped to an example of going too far in the other direction: Alex Ross's Spider-Man in Marvels. 

A properly-rendered Spider-Man on a comic-book page looks dynamic, flexible, spider-like, whereas a "photorealistic" Spider-Man looks like a guy in a Spider-Man costume. (See also the various CGI renderings of Spidey in action in the various movies, vs. Nicholas Hammond and/or his stuntman in the TV show.)

Disclaimer: I say this as an Alex Ross fan! I think it's simply a telling illustration, no pun intended, of how there is very much an art to drawing super-people, vs. simply drawing people, even drawing them extremely well.


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Jason Ladwig
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Posted: 15 February 2022 at 7:07am | IP Logged | 5 post reply

"Think about investing a few dollars in a chin strap"
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I'm scrolling down, admiring the page. Get to the last panel and spit coffee over the monitor, laughing. Hilarious!
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Ardel David
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Posted: 15 February 2022 at 7:23am | IP Logged | 6 post reply

"... chin strap"

HAH!

JB - when Nightcrawler teleports and takes objects with him, must he teleport
the whole object or could he take a portion? What if the object is affixed to
another object (e.g., helmet affixed to Magneto's head)?

Thanks for all the fun!

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James Woodcock
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Posted: 15 February 2022 at 7:25am | IP Logged | 7 post reply

Night crawler operating on information Magneto doesn’t know he has. Love
it.
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Mark McKay
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Posted: 15 February 2022 at 7:47am | IP Logged | 8 post reply

Ahhh, another day of John Byrne being awesome!

It makes my day. Thanks, JB!
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Richard Stevens
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Posted: 15 February 2022 at 7:48am | IP Logged | 9 post reply

Nightcrawler's killer line, some quality Doom vs. Ben, *and* a Spidey-Torch team-up... Pinch me, I'm dreaming.
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John Byrne

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Posted: 15 February 2022 at 7:51am | IP Logged | 10 post reply

JB - when Nightcrawler teleports and takes objects with him, must he teleport the whole object or could he take a portion? What if the object is affixed to another object (e.g., helmet affixed to Magneto's head)?

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I'd say Kurt can teleport things that are not actually PART of other things. Such as Magneto's helmet which, even if he did have a chin strap, would not be physically PART of him.

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Jonathan Kaye
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Posted: 15 February 2022 at 7:54am | IP Logged | 11 post reply

Great line Kurt (and JB)!   

Though if all characters took sensible precautions it could spoil the fun.  Imagine if Reed made Johnny wear an unstable molecules parachute that deployed in the event of an uncontrolled fall.  We'd miss out on those dramatic rescues/recoveries!
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Wallace Sellars
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Posted: 15 February 2022 at 8:04am | IP Logged | 12 post reply

I am really enjoying the guest appearances of Spider-Man (my favorite solo superhero) and the FF (my favorite superhero family/team) here. I dig the way JB has brought them into the mix while still keeping this firmly grounded in the X-Men’s story.
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