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John Byrne
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| Posted: 17 October 2019 at 11:16am | IP Logged | 1
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Before the Fanboy Fringe started exerting such influence in American comics (I cannot speak for elsewhere in the World), comicbook time basically fell into three general epochs: the Past (which usually meant time travel), the Present (which included “months ago”), and the Future (again, usually involving time travel).Oh, and World War 2. Those anal-retentive “fans” who wanted to nail everything down were generally ignored, tho that became more and more difficult as fans-turned-pro assumed a larger role in actually producing the books/stories. (Len Wein, himself one of the more rational f-t-ps, tried to address the “problem” by suggesting circa 1975 that the FF had gone up in their rocket “seven years ago”, and it would ALWAYS BE seven years ago. The sheer dumb-headedness of some fans was immediately demonstrated when one fan writer complained that he had trouble believing all the stories took place in 1968.) We are several months into this project now, and, of course, the serialized form makes time even more “challenging”. A scene that takes only a few minutes for the characters is spread over several days.
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Charles Valderrama
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| Posted: 17 October 2019 at 11:24am | IP Logged | 2
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I never got caught up in the passage of time reading comics.... I trusted the writers enough to just sit back and enjoy the story. I assumed that each storyline could take place at ANY TIME and not necessarily "back to back", unless the writer suggested otherwise.
Awesome battle with Magneto BTW, particularly the panel with his escape from Storm.
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Scott Barnett
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| Posted: 17 October 2019 at 11:34am | IP Logged | 3
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Yeah, I never understood the need for some fans to break out their calendar in order to enjoy the story (or not enjoy it, if their math didn't work).
'Previously...' worked just fine for me as a kid. Works just as well now.
Jumping on the bandwagon- I'm enjoying the ride more and more with each and every page, JB!
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 17 October 2019 at 11:43am | IP Logged | 4
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Thanks, Scott!This whole exercise is something of a unique experience for the readers, as you get to see me haul myself into the saddle, get seated, and slowly begin to trot, canter and eventually gallop. (And I have no idea where that equestrian metaphor came from!)
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Brian Miller
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| Posted: 17 October 2019 at 11:53am | IP Logged | 5
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Well, we know it wasn’t from you having just drawn horses.
Edited by Brian Miller on 17 October 2019 at 2:54pm
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 17 October 2019 at 12:49pm | IP Logged | 6
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Tru dat!! ;)
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Scott Barnett
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| Posted: 17 October 2019 at 1:02pm | IP Logged | 7
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'This whole exercise is something of a unique experience for the readers, as you get to see me haul myself into the saddle, get seated, and slowly begin to trot, canter and eventually gallop.'
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And as a long-time illustrator dabbling in this medium myself, I realize just how unique this is. To follow your process on a daily basis, it's like a master class on storytelling, panel layouts, anatomy and using perspective to ground your scenes. Not to mention what I'm learning while inking these pages!
So, thank you once more for doin' what you do!
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Steve Gumm
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Especially evident in this comic is your ability to create great page turners. Perhaps it's the fact we are reading a page a day, but it seems each scene ends in a cliffhanger. It's be a fun rollercoaster ride and will be something we all will look back on fondly for many years to come, the day John Byrne returned to the X-Men... and made them OUR X-Men again!!!
Oh what is JB cooking up for us today?
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David Schmidt
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| Posted: 18 October 2019 at 7:43am | IP Logged | 9
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Exactly what I was thinking about today.
That's great storytelling!
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John Byrne
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As I’ve noted before, spending my formative years reading the serialized strips in EAGLE trained me, almost at an unconscious level, to think every page should end on a bit of a cliffhanger. Just enough to make the reader NEED to turn the page. Sorry for the delay posting today’s page, btw. Just woke up!
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David Schmidt
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Good morning to you!
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Richard Palmgren
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| Posted: 18 October 2019 at 8:44am | IP Logged | 12
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GAAAAAHHHHHHH (the following said in classic Kirk voice) Too...Many...intriguing cliffhangers...My brain ISN'T used to INTELLECTUALLY stimulating...storytelling
loving EVERY frame |
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