wow. you guys nailed it. this is a darn good drawing all by itself... but moreover it *looks like kubert*.
now that i think of it. i quite enjoy m. neno's unashamed kirby-tribute style (and, what's more, the loud-and-clear echoes of kirby's jimmy-olsen moment)... but... now that i think of it... steranko & (windsor-)smith & that "myth of 8-opus" cat and many many others besides neno have openly sat at the feet of this particular master. and even *i*... who "can't draw"... have proudly stolen (mostly in my childhood & youth when i was less self-conscious about that kinda thing) from eisner (letters that look like buildings!) and kurtzman (scribble an outline and *publish*! or get inked by elder so carefully it'll make a kid look at _little_annie_fanny_ first ... never mind the goddess-of- -the-month. & all those _mad_ reprints & i didn't even know it was the same guy... just knew it was *great* and that the grownups were the ones missing out)... and obviously kirby (hulk *smash*!).
the thing is. *everybody* steals from these guys... wow. flashback moment. these grafitti kids. bode. boy he was great... but what's up with joe kubert? evidently he's got a kid somewhere (cf mark bode) with some chops but for hecksake. kubert was *kubert* for hecksake and deserves just as many clones as the next astonishing-master-of-the-medium.
probably i'm just revealing my ignorance here but whoa. _letters_from_sarejevo_ was one of those rare "show it proudly to people that don't even know they like comics" things (and also way better than friggin _maus_ which don't get me wrong was a masterpiece). where's the love? this guy was one of a kind.
Most of the guys you mentioned considered themselves only hired craftsmen who churned out work to pay the bills. But, their work endures. And we all need to pay the bills. Now it's our time to create the work that endures.
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wow. you guys nailed it.
this is a darn good drawing
all by itself... but moreover
it *looks like kubert*.
now that i think of it.
i quite enjoy m. neno's
unashamed kirby-tribute
style (and, what's more,
the loud-and-clear echoes
of kirby's jimmy-olsen moment)...
but... now that i think of it...
steranko & (windsor-)smith
& that "myth of 8-opus" cat
and many many others besides
neno have openly sat at the
feet of this particular master.
and even *i*... who "can't draw"...
have proudly stolen (mostly
in my childhood & youth when
i was less self-conscious about
that kinda thing) from eisner
(letters that look like buildings!)
and kurtzman (scribble an outline
and *publish*! or get inked by
elder so carefully it'll make a kid
look at _little_annie_fanny_ first
... never mind the goddess-of-
-the-month. & all those _mad_
reprints & i didn't even know it
was the same guy... just knew
it was *great* and that the
grownups were the ones missing
out)... and obviously kirby
(hulk *smash*!).
the thing is. *everybody* steals
from these guys...
wow. flashback moment.
these grafitti kids. bode.
boy he was great...
but what's up with joe kubert?
evidently he's got a kid somewhere
(cf mark bode) with some chops
but for hecksake. kubert was
*kubert* for hecksake and deserves
just as many clones as the next
astonishing-master-of-the-medium.
probably i'm just revealing my ignorance
here but whoa. _letters_from_sarejevo_
was one of those rare "show it proudly
to people that don't even know they
like comics" things (and also way better
than friggin _maus_ which don't get me
wrong was a masterpiece). where's
the love? this guy was one of a kind.
gee i like typing. thanks for the post.
Most of the guys you mentioned considered themselves only hired craftsmen who churned out work to pay the bills. But, their work endures. And we all need to pay the bills. Now it's our time to create the work that endures.
Glad you like the drawing!
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