Marvel vs DC

[mmmbeans]

I think J. Scott Campbell has it down. His women are heavily stylized, but based on a strong foundation of understanding of human anatomy. I modeled my female face technique after his style; not a total ripoff, but strong influence.

meh. campbell made his living off drawing big tits and tight asses attached to big doe-eyed anime rip-offs all crammed into thong unitards or armored bikinis. I have no hate for campbell but imo he hardly has a unique style.

But to be fair I stepped away from comics years ago, in a large part because of Scott Campbell and Todd McFarlane.

[Porn Shop Clerk]

I prefer big-eyed Spider-Man.

Either way looks nice there though.

EDIT: I never bought in to Mark Bagley either. Something about his style didn't sit right with me. Everyone looked 14 years old or something.

[Captroop]

meh. campbell made his living off drawing big tits and tight asses attached to big doe-eyed anime rip-offs all crammed into thong unitards or armored bikinis. I have no hate for campbell but imo he hardly has a unique style.

But to be fair I stepped away from comics years ago, in a large part because of Scott Campbell and Todd McFarlane.

Please don't mention anime or manga in a discussion of comic books. It hurts my soul. And no, I don't think his style is in any way resemblant of anime. They have normal sized mouths as opposed to a 2mm horizontal line.

And for reference sake, I stepped away from comics when I asked to be directed to the graphic novels section at a book store and they brought me to a wall of Love Hina books (that you have to read backwards no less). I realized my time as a comic reader had ended.

I resolved to make them from that point on, not read them.

[mmmbeans]

campbell has a very distinct similarity to masamune shirow.

He's not as good, but there are definite similarities.

[Porn Shop Clerk]

Please don't mention anime or manga in a discussion of comic books. It hurts my soul. And no, I don't think his style is in any way resemblant of anime. They have normal sized mouths as opposed to a 2mm horizontal line.

And for reference sake, I stepped away from comics when I asked to be directed to the graphic novels section at a book store and they brought me to a wall of Love Hina books (that you have to read backwards no less). I realized my time as a comic reader had ended.

I resolved to make them from that point on, not read them.

Anime/manga has much broader influences in comic books than that:

I see a lot of old school (pre-Dragonball and poo shows like that) influences in modern comics.

EDIT: The clone Spider-Man and McFarlane stepping back from the pencils on Spawn were the end of the road for me. Oh, and Doomsday and Bane. What crap.

[rodeo]

you guys should download some new stuff. read the civil war arc at least.

[Samuel L. Jackson]

Old Man Logan was the poo...

[Mr. Scot]

you guys should download some new stuff. read the civil war arc at least.

A significant portion of comic fandom would like to eat Joe Quesada's liver with fava beans and a fine chianti over what he did to Spider Man.

Frankly, I don't blame them. I think it was crap.

[Porn Shop Clerk]

I went back and dug out a fugload of my old Batman graphic novels a few years ago. I'd forgotten how good the writing was.

The last new comic anything I read was The Man Who Laughs which was a great read.

[rodeo]

A significant portion of comic fandom would like to eat Joe Quesada's liver with fava beans and a fine chianti over what he did to Spider Man.

Frankly, I don't blame them. I think it was crap.

yeah, it was. after like 50 years of spider-man he decided he gets to be the one to do that.

that's basically been retconned out now. he made a deal with mephisto to like erase it or something.

[Porn Shop Clerk]

Didn't have the testicular fortitude to just kill Aunt May and Mary Jane.

I remember when comics had a bit more meaning, like yhe Gwen Stacy storyline.

[Mr. Scot]

yeah, it was. after like 50 years of spider-man he decided he gets to be the one to do that.

that's basically been retconned out now. he made a deal with mephisto to like erase it or something.

The retcon with Mephisto is what I hated.

[rodeo]

it's a cheap way to do things, but it had to be done.

if there's one thing mephisto should retcon it's norman osborn's hair. i just don't understand. whenever he's on the page his hair is the only thing i look at.

they updated his face to look like willem dafoe. they updated bullseye. they updated luke cage. every character in marvel has been modernized at some people. but norman osborn's hair endures.

[pstall]

One of the best threads ever. BTW- if you guys are ever in Ft.Mill SC. Go to main st and checkout my uncles comic shop. Tell him I said hello. Just don't tell him where I live.