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Post by Hidden Jake on Jun 14, 2009 16:50:51 GMT -5
Back in the 90s when I was a young kid my uncle used to get me boxes of comics he'd pick up from various places. And looking back on them, comics in the 90s had some the worst artwork ever. Looking at some of the old Image comics it's really hard to look at, with these giant muscle bound out of proportion bodies it's kind of hard to get any enjoyment out of them.
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Post by The Tank on Jun 14, 2009 16:52:04 GMT -5
I've always wondered what exactly these people carried in their 3 trillion pouches back then.
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Post by SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts on Jun 14, 2009 16:53:27 GMT -5
I had a bigger problem with the coloring.
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Post by teamjd on Jun 14, 2009 17:08:08 GMT -5
Perspectives and tastes change over time too, and for as bad as it looks now it's impossible to not see how that has influenced a lot of the comic art from the past decade.
But even back when that art style was the hottest thing going, I know it had detractors. Someone mentioned the colouring, and I'll agree that a lot of times it just seemed bad, but I'm not sure how much of it is due to my current views as opposed to what was actually capable of being done in that era.
Another point, while Rob and Jim have been turned into the poster boys for the 90's, the art really was pretty varied if you looked for it. Guys from Bruce Timm to Tony Harris to Sam Kieth were all getting work, with a lot of the 'shadier/worse' art coming from Rob and Jim knock-offs.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Jun 14, 2009 17:18:27 GMT -5
To be honest, the EXTREME!! art with the overblown muscles, disproportionate women and the screaming mouths with the saliva showing is just lame.
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Post by Paul Servo on Jun 14, 2009 17:45:19 GMT -5
Jim Lee was good.
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Post by Kash Flagg on Jun 14, 2009 17:56:20 GMT -5
I was a fan of Jim Lee's work. Some of his creations sucked balls, but his artwork was topnotch.
The same can't be said for Rob Liefield, who I think is writing a script called "The Hills Hide Feet".
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Jun 14, 2009 18:00:13 GMT -5
Say what you want about 90s comics, but they had tin foil covers, and tin foil covers rock.
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Post by Kash Flagg on Jun 14, 2009 18:02:40 GMT -5
I loved me some Holograms.
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Post by Dynamite Kid on Jun 14, 2009 18:06:14 GMT -5
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Post by erisi236 on Jun 14, 2009 18:12:20 GMT -5
Best use of foil ever  |
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Post by Daveman on Jun 14, 2009 19:27:45 GMT -5
I hated Liefield's New Mutants and X-Force when I was younger, but now I'm really starting to dig them. I think the (bad) art's part of the books' charm.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Jun 14, 2009 19:29:24 GMT -5
That Lobo cover is just EXTREME!!!
*Rock version of Pachabel's Canon plays*
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Post by Cyno on Jun 14, 2009 19:40:28 GMT -5
One word and a number:
Punisher 2099.
...Yeah.
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Post by Ultimo Chocula on Jun 14, 2009 22:07:42 GMT -5
There's a ten mile wide gap between Jim Lee and the other artists at Image. Lee has anatomy, expression, scale, proportion, and page placement down pat. Sure on the surface there are obvious simularities but if you compare him to the rest of those Image bozos there's no competition. Lee was the best artist they ever had, no question.
Rob, well........look how big that gun is!
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Post by jagilki on Jun 14, 2009 22:12:35 GMT -5
The same can't be said for Rob Liefield, who I think is writing a script called "The Hills Hide Feet". One Million Points to you. |
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Post by Slingshot Suplay on Jun 14, 2009 22:13:09 GMT -5
I loved those comics... Captain America, the Eric Masterson Thor, X-Force, Excallibur, X-Men Blue and Gold team, the 3 Spider-Man series, Ex-Mutants, WildC.A.T.S, Youngblood, Shadowhawk... I couldn't get enough.
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Post by sunwukong on Jun 14, 2009 22:32:25 GMT -5
Rob Liefeld's understanding of anatomy and depth is unparalleled in the world of art:  |
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Post by AriadosMan on Jun 14, 2009 22:33:42 GMT -5
Why does Rob Liefield like men with bigger boobs than women?
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Post by sunwukong on Jun 14, 2009 22:35:20 GMT -5
Why does Rob Liefield like men with bigger boobs than women? Why does he like men that apparently have chests that open and close like a refrigerator door? |
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