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Isaac Aubrey Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 02 December 2021 Location: United States Posts: 3
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Posted: 02 May 2022 at 10:13am | IP Logged | 1
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That drawing from the breakroom has some force to it! Subtle angles in the postures of each character speaking volumes. Neil was such a massive talent; he must have put people's jaws on the floor in his time.
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Joe Smith Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 29 August 2004 Location: United States Posts: 6606
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Posted: 02 May 2022 at 10:16am | IP Logged | 2
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Annnnnd…..that’s the best Neal Adams drawing I’ve ever seen. Ridiculously hard angle to pull off……Talia is gorgeous. Wow. Thanks JB.
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Andrew Davey Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 27 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 1437
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Posted: 02 May 2022 at 11:47am | IP Logged | 3
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Very sad to hear. He will be missed by many.
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Wallace Sellars Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 01 May 2004 Location: United States Posts: 17671
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Posted: 02 May 2022 at 12:10pm | IP Logged | 4
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My wife - who is still a civilian despite having read some comics yeeears ago when we first started dating - shared the news with me on Friday. That she immediately recalled both Neal Adams' name and importance in the world of comics is yet another small testament to the strength of his legacy.
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I’m remembering talking with Denny O’Neil about that first GREEN LANTERN/GREEN ARROW. |
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That art. . .
Wow!
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John Byrne
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Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 132331
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Posted: 02 May 2022 at 12:16pm | IP Logged | 5
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Yes, the writing on GL/GA is very much of its time and place, but the art is timeless. Can’t imagine it done by Gil.
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Peter Martin Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 17 March 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 15816
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Posted: 02 May 2022 at 12:36pm | IP Logged | 6
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I have been travelling a lot in the last week and missed this news. Saw in passing something Walt Simonson posted on Facebook a couple of days ago that had me worried and hoped it wasn't what I thought it might be. Then saw this thread yesterday when I got home and I though, "Aw, shit."
He was so much more than this, but I'll say it anyway: my favourite Batman artist. In a single panel, he could convey the excitement and the noirish cool of the character. His art conveyed mood, character, story and looked somehow classic and fresh at the same time -- the art he was creating 50 years ago had that; the art he was putting out in recent years had that.
I'll end by praising just one of the many things he did well: his 'lighting'. Just world class.
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John Wickett Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 12 July 2016 Location: United States Posts: 810
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Posted: 02 May 2022 at 1:23pm | IP Logged | 7
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He drew everything exceptionally well. As a kid, I can't tell you how many issues of Justice League I picked up because of his phenomenal cover art, only to be disappointed when I opened the issue and found Dick Dillin's pencils inside- which is no sleight against Dillin. He was a fine artist; especially loved his Green Arrow- he just wasn't Neal.
And of course his Superman was great. Superman vs. Mohammed Ali still stands today as one of the most beautiful comic books ever drawn.
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Greg McPhee Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 25 August 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 5065
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Posted: 02 May 2022 at 2:42pm | IP Logged | 8
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I've been busy with other things these past few days, and am just catching up.
The world is so much emptier now without Neal Adams.
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Brad Hague Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 19 December 2006 Location: United States Posts: 1713
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Posted: 02 May 2022 at 6:54pm | IP Logged | 9
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The first artist I noticed that made me stand up and take note of how intricate and artful (and difficult as I attempted to replicate it) it could be to depict hands was John Byrne.
It was clear that either John Byrne had spent a lot of time studying depicting hands or he was simply immensely gifted at being able to do it.
I tried as a teenager but could never get that (drawing hands) down very well.
Then I discovered Neal Adams. Neal was the master of depicting hands. I then decided that either Byrne had studied Neal's work or they were serendipitous twins in being able to draw amazing renditions of hands.
Neal Adams and John Byrne remain the gold standard in my eyes in being able to draw the human hand.
R.I.P. Neal
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Peter Martin Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 17 March 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 15816
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Posted: 02 May 2022 at 7:37pm | IP Logged | 10
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Naturally, I've been doing a lot of looking back at his art. I started with the splash he draw of Batman running in the desert, which is as iconic image of Batman as I can imagine. Another favourite is that famous one of Batman perched on the limp of a tree in a swamp. I think comic art doesn't get much better than this though:
Edited by Peter Martin on 02 May 2022 at 7:38pm
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Rodrigo castellanos Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 03 July 2012 Location: Uruguay Posts: 1464
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Posted: 02 May 2022 at 9:10pm | IP Logged | 11
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This is the piece I watched Neal draw in the break room at DC back in 1971.
Oh my
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Mark Haslett Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 19 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 6107
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Posted: 03 May 2022 at 11:04am | IP Logged | 12
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That treasury cover haunted me as a child.
I loved Batman, but I decided I was just not old enough to read that one. Robin appears to die on the cover-- and a quick peek at page one confirmed my worst fears.
It all would have landed very differently if it were all drawn by Win Mortimer. Neal had a way of making things feel believable and (in this case) TOO believable for me at around age 9.
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