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John Byrne

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Posted: 27 November 2018 at 3:00pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply

Okay, you can stay.
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Richard Palmgren
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2 random questions if I may:

1.  Does the return to this time period include any characters in those Kirby-esque "tucked in shirt" style you did so well with your early FF run and with the X-Men school uniforms?  I LOVE the way you used that style; it gave the FF such a retro feel during that part of your run, same for Kitty, a real connection to the past.

2. Are there any other stories from your X-men run (108 - 137) that you wish you could've also "Elsewhen-ed" (some place you would have liked to have diverged from where it originally went)?
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John Byrne

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Posted: 28 November 2018 at 8:28am | IP Logged | 3 post reply

1. Does the return to this time period include any characters in those Kirby-esque "tucked in shirt" style you did so well with your early FF run and with the X-Men school uniforms? I LOVE the way you used that style; it gave the FF such a retro feel during that part of your run, same for Kitty, a real connection to the past.

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I have no idea what this means.

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2. Are there any other stories from your X-men run (108 - 137) that you wish you could've also "Elsewhen-ed" (some place you would have liked to have diverged from where it originally went)?

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No. And, again, I must emphasize that the intent of this "series" is not to write over past elements I didn't like. Occasionally some of that will happen organically, but I am not plotting anything deliberate.

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John Byrne

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Posted: 28 November 2018 at 8:29am | IP Logged | 4 post reply

The Savage Surfer story-line from Silver Surfer 18 was continued 29 years later in Webspinners 4-6. Pencils by Keith Giffen.

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Didn't know that.

Wish I still didn't.

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Richard Palmgren
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Posted: 28 November 2018 at 8:55am | IP Logged | 5 post reply


Sorry, I meant those little lines above the belt line that make unrealistic superhero costumes look like they could be real fabric in the real world that the majority of artists miss ( I know it's costume specific, but it definitely adds retro realism to the costumes)
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Nathan Greno
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Posted: 28 November 2018 at 3:12pm | IP Logged | 6 post reply

Mu opinion: JB handles the "tucked in shirt" in a more believable way now. I still love the art of his FF run -- but the (sorta) recent example below, feels much more real to me. 

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Dave Kopperman
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Posted: 28 November 2018 at 4:10pm | IP Logged | 7 post reply

Yeah, JB's fabric rendering is up there with Ditko (who I think had a better feel for drapery than Kirby).  Beautiful stuff.  Minimal line with maximum impact.
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Dave Kopperman
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Posted: 28 November 2018 at 7:47pm | IP Logged | 8 post reply

Just got the itch to look for examples of Ditko's drapery, and stumbled on this one.  Holy crap.  That's some ink-slinging.
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John Byrne

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Posted: 28 November 2018 at 9:11pm | IP Logged | 9 post reply

Whoa! Wish I owned that page!
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Charles Valderrama
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Posted: 28 November 2018 at 9:58pm | IP Logged | 10 post reply

My jaw dropped seeing that Ditko page.

JB, I just caught the last page you posted with the Scarlet Witch/ Sentinel scene... love it!

-C!
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Mark Haslett
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Posted: 28 November 2018 at 10:47pm | IP Logged | 11 post reply

I never sensed an Eisner-Ditko connection before (maybe I'm dense) -but I
sure sense it on THAT page!

I guess I figured he came fully formed from the head of Zeus. Did Ditko
actually have "influences"?
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Dave Kopperman
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Posted: 29 November 2018 at 8:21am | IP Logged | 12 post reply

Here's the link to the full hi-res scan - the small version I posted here does not do this justice.  


Mark: Ditko bios say he was a fan of Mort Meskin, and there you can definitely see the influence.
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