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I got a He-Man from him 6 years ago. His style is perfect for that franchise.
Why would anyone hate Grummett's work? His style is so classic that I can't imagine it would be anything close to polarizing.
"One day I'm gonna have to divorce her just so I can marry her all over again!" That line makes me so sad. How did we go from a perfectly likable, genuinely responsible Spider-Man to the selfish, immature idiot we've been stuck with since "One More Day"? I'd rather have THIS Spider-Man back!
Interesting how the cape completely masks him out below the waist. This Superman could be any version: the traditional, the DCNU, the SMALLVILLE SEASON 11, or the MAN OF STEEL movie version. It doesn't lean toward any one of them, and that's actually pretty smart. It can be any Superman you want it to be, and with so many different versions in existence that might be the best way to go.
In an ideal world, Swan would have switched over to drawing Batman and Aparo would have taken over for him on Superman. I guess this as close as we'll ever get to that.
I have to say, this is the best Adams' most recent work has looked. Nowlan really cleaned up and streamlined the pencils to a high gloss. The mix of these two guys resulted in something really good.
Wow. A character Jones' style actually works really well for. I'm shocked. I always thought he was the wrong fit for Batman, but this? Totally different ball of wax. Jones' distorted, grotesque style is a good match for a character who's as inhuman as it gets. I have to give the man props. On monstrous, unnatural-looking characters, he can bring it. And Hulk is one of them.
The painting is nothing less than stunning.
It happens that he's a huge Trekkie (William Shatner was his childhood hero), so it wound up being the perfect fit. I think God was steering me in the right direction when I decided to ask Breyfogle to draw this. ;)
The phaser rifle was his call. I'd provided three reference sheets for this: Shatner head shots, Kirk's various uniforms from TV and the movies, and the various pistol phaser designs. But since the Shatner reference included shots of the phaser rifle, Breyfogle decided that was the way to go. It was a curve ball that made the sketch even better.
This was his very first STAR WARS sketch, and I provided the reference for it (as I do with just about everything). It would be fun to see him do more down the road, but we'll see what happens.
Batman is indeed wearing a Schumacher-era costume. It's the Val Kilmer Batsuit sans nipples. It's probably my favorite of all the movie costumes, and I thought it would match up well with the Julie Newmar Catwoman outfit. While Catwoman's costume remains a constant in all the Batman/Catwoman stuff I get, I find it's more fun to change up Batman's clothes every so often.
I always liked Churchill's art on this arc. I think he really found his feet on Superman with this run, and this for me was the point where his Superman finally clicked with me.
The back of the issue has a standard full-page ad. They never used the full image outside of promo articles for the Loeb run.
This is indeed one of the early McQuarrie Vader designs. I wanted Mr. Calafiore's take on it, after having had the other famous early design drawn by the likes of Franchesco. There's a lot of mileage in those early designs that doesn't get used all that much.
So? They have ridden since the snows of winter covered this land! Through the kingdom of Naboo to --
Ah, Tom Grummett. One of the few who knew how to draw Superman's Fabio-flavored makeover to look macho and heroic. It's kind of funny how poorly that hairstyle has aged, given how hard DC pushed it at the time.
Well, the idea was to do a takeoff on the old Betty Grable pinup shots from WWII. The gag behind this was to make it look like something you'd see on a calendar from the era.
There used to be conversations about old-time actors as superheroes on the AOL DC forums over 10 years ago. As to who Superman would be...I have art of that, too. It'll be up eventually.
When thinking about inkers I'd like to see McDaniel paired with, Randy Emberlin immediately sprang to mind. He'd rock the house inking this gem.
Marvin the Martian as Green Lantern...the hijinks pretty much write themselves. This would make a fun Looney Tunes short.
Wow, Warren's Batman costume design is a thousand times better than what they're using in the movies! This is what a live-action Batman SHOULD look like!
I wouldn't have minded Cir-El so much if she hadn't been such a transparent excuse for DC to trot out the "Lois Lane is an abusive wife" card yet again. Cir-El was never a character so much as a cheap plot device. Having said that, this art is really funny, and it sums up Cir-El in a nutshell.
Superman's really getting his Bela Lugosi on, isn't he?
Interesting. You normally don't see a Swan-drawn Superman that looks this youthful. He normally went as George Reeves in the face as possible. This younger-looking Superman is an unusual change of pace.
As I said on the owner's profile, I'm getting a very strong KING OF KINGS vibe off this art. The interpretation of Jesus is very evocative of Jeffrey Hunter. Not a bad thing by any means, as KING OF KINGS is probably the best Jesus biopic there's ever been or ever will be.
This is a very interesting illustration. It reminds me a lot of the Jesus biopic KING OF KINGS with Jeffrey Hunter (perhaps the very best filmed version of Jesus' life).
JR Jr. really benefits from inkers with super-clean, ultra-polished styles. I remember seeing his raw pencil sketches of Thor in preparation for the ongoing and was stunned by how razor-sharp his linework was. Then I saw the Thor art inked by Tim Townsend and Mark Farmer and I went from being iffy on JR Jr. to being a fan. (Then Klaus Janson inked the actual book and it didn't look anywhere near as good.) The cleaner the inks on his pencils, the better it looks. And I would add Vines to the list of people who really make his work sing.
I can just imagine Spider-Man right now: "Shut up, Boy Scout! I'll make as many deals with the devil as I want to, dammit!" And of course, Superman's not taking any of it seriously.
::Daffy Duck voice:: And it's MINE, you understand? Mine! All mine! Thank you once again for easily the best He-Man art I've seen in years. Not to mention the very best sketch I got at Motor City Con this year.
