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John Byrne
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| Posted: 12 August 2006 at 8:11pm | IP Logged | 1
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I was a bit shocked when I saw you say in another thread that you dont care for the way you draw hair, since for the most part I liked your methods in particular (the only exception was that I thought the sharpie inks made hair look too flat). I was looking for a good example of what I liked about your free-flowing hair, and Marvel Girl in this piece is a great example of that. **** This piece was inked almost entirely with the PITT Pens I have been using of late. Basically, Sharpies with India Ink.
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Erin Anna Leach
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| Posted: 12 August 2006 at 8:51pm | IP Logged | 2
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Being an inker myself, I would like to point out that JB puts down lines with the PITT Pens. That look the same as lines most inkers would need a brush or a nibbed pen to achieve. That is some serious skill, and an excellent piece of work.
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Matt Hawes
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| Posted: 13 August 2006 at 5:03pm | IP Logged | 3
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I would love to see a nice, large hardcover collection of all of these commission pieces.
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Didier Yvon Paul Fayolle
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| Posted: 13 August 2006 at 7:23pm | IP Logged | 4
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I hate to repeat myself, but I just cannot stop to say it: Beautiful piece of Art ! it makes me sad to know that you are not going to be on a monthly for a little time. I really hope it is not for too long !
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Greg Cordier
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| Posted: 13 August 2006 at 7:48pm | IP Logged | 5
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Beautiful work is an understatement.
I am also impressed with the way you draw hair. It always has such a nice natural flow.
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Andy Hardy
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| Posted: 13 August 2006 at 8:29pm | IP Logged | 6
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That's a great-looking piece of work. My favorite aspect of it is the look of joy on Hank's face. The entire piece speaks of how (I think) superhero comics SHOULD be: action, drama, and FUN!
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Jonathan Graver
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| Posted: 13 August 2006 at 10:01pm | IP Logged | 7
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I wholeheartedly agree. Emphasis on the FUN.
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Steven Huie
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There are a few things I Love about this piece.
The composition over all is perfect. The flow is natural. Your eyes are
moving around all the time throughout the piece. smoothly.
I love the hands, the feet, their expressions, the lighting, the
movement. Each with their own character. Where they exist on the page,
the angles...there isn't a still moment anywhere.
The explosions! How nicely rendered.
The characters are all experiencing different circumstances, and you
can see that each one is having spilt second decisions to make
differently....as in, oh no! I'm getting attacked, how am I going to
get out of this while thinking of what you're going to do is going to
affect my teamate's solution of getting out of their dilemna?
So many decisions to make and somehow make it work as a team. As the
Danger Room, it is a place to exercise the abilities to act as a team,
and succeed as a team.
A great story in one illustration.
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 14 August 2006 at 6:03am | IP Logged | 9
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"Story" is the key, I think. I have never, even as a child, been able to draw a picture that did not automatically have a story behind it. This was, in fact, what told me there was probably a writer living in my head, next door to the artist.This is also why I have, over the years, not derived much pleasure from doing covers that were based on sketches the editor sent to me. Sometimes those sketches would have a "story" to them, but many times not, and the pieces ended up kind of dead on the page. It's also why I sometimes feel frustrated when a story is without any spoiler-free scene that can be used for a cover shot, and we end up with yet another heroes-running-at-the-reader shot. (The first issue of XHY had one of these, to my ultimate dissatisfaction, but there was just too much in the issue that I did not want to "announce" on the cover.) So -- thanks for noticing the "storytelling" that goes behind a lot of these one-of shots.
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john morrison
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I know I am a bit late, but I love this piece. In all honest, I looked at it with my jaw wide open for 10 minutes soaking in all the detail and story. It's great and there is so much there
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Tomas Burgos
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| Posted: 16 August 2006 at 10:56pm | IP Logged | 11
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You know, seeing these JB commissions he keeps posting is truly a painful experience, I am not kidding.
They remind me of several things that I hate:
1- Nowadays, except for very rare,few cases, comic book covers are just pinups and static, inert images, with no dynamism (I bet I misspelled that word) or energy.
aI truly miss the covers of my childhood, when John Byrne and George Perez were doing such amazing work, with covers that jumped at the readers, covers that told a story and grabbed you.
Sigh...
2-Superhero stories (again, except for very few cases) have lost all sense of wonder, all the kickass superhero fun has been replaced with navel-gazing and grimy pseudo-realism and "coolness"...
3-I don't know what the exact reasons are, and of course I am not interested in finding out at this point, but I HATE the fact that Mr.Byrne is not working for Marvel...
God, how I wish he was doing something...anything...at least some covers...for Marvel.
His art is as dynamic, crisp, thrilling, fun-to-look-at, well-crafted and superbly executed as ever...("his old stuff was better" my butt! Fuck the haterz!)
Man, I am gonna have to save some moolah for a Spider-Woman/Sue Storm/She-hulk/Monica Rambeau/Valkyrie/Silverclaw Lady Liberators-type of commission...
Edited by Tomas Burgos on 16 August 2006 at 10:57pm
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 17 August 2006 at 6:07am | IP Logged | 12
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Fuck the haterz!
****
If that actually happened, they might hate a bit less.
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