After watching all the trailers, my biggest question is...how many freaking Superman movies are coming out this summer?!?!? 


...and I can't wait to see them all! 

[Steve Leialoha]

Steve Leialoha - loved how his inks made Sal Buscema's art look in the original Marvel Team-Up.  Plus his original art wasn't too shabby either.




Michael Zulli - wish he could have gotten his own TMNT series back in the day

Katsuhiro Otomo - I know he's more into anime production and rolling around in his vault of Yen these days, but I really wish he'd put out some more original print work.

Dale Keown - he's more into work on covers, but wish he'd put out some more interior art work

Brian Hitch's "Alan Davis style" artwork - it's never coming back, but I can dream...  

Please do!!

I dug his Agent Liberty and his work from the Armageddon 2001 annuals were bought off the rack when the event was taking place.

Yes!  At the time, his work reminded me of Art Adams, but with its own, original flavor and not trying to completely ape someone else's work. 

Count me in!

Chris Chavez

US Domestic

Jay Tomio is dropping knowledge.

Word...

Is it the kind of comics celebrity scandals (litigation) he's involved with?  

If someone uses this to say that Rob Liefeld is a comics legend, I will slap you silly... 

But is Jim Lee's art a draw anymore? Sales would say maybe not, not that sales are the ultimate arbiter of course.

I'm sure his art doesn't hurt sales, but at the same time, comics in general are in more of a "writer driven" phase than they are by what artist is working on the title.  Best selling series of recent note, The Walking Dead, has an artist that many people have said makes his females look the same.  In that situation, art is definitely not the draw for the title.

Whether it is by choice or happenstance, Lee's professional career has moved beyond being dependent upon his art to dictate his personal success.  Working as a higher-profile comic's executive, while at the still time producing art for regular print, makes him a top tier talent for me.  (Of course, now someone will say that qualifies Joe Q as the same, so now I need to vomit in a corner...      )

I dunno. To me McFarlane's creator-owned work was MUCH more powerful and significant than Lee's, but Lee as a businesman, and in terms of reach into the industry outclasses Todd by a country mile.  In terms of their greatness as artists? Subjective to be sure, although the original art community has ruled in favor of McFarlane. Lee OA is pricey, McFarlane's OA is the stuff of legend.

The problem with using the price of OA as a measuring stick is that it is affected by the availability of said work; Lee has more out there because he keeps working on projects, thus the prices for his work are relatively less expensive than McFarlane, who doesn't produce as much OA. 

When McFarlane was big, he was bigger than Lee but I think the breadth and depth of Lee's career is much greater than McFarlane's.

Completely agree; like Ryan Stegman says in the latest EOC ep and JRJr has said in the past (most recently in his interview with the SideBar guys) artists are only viable\desirable if their work is seen in print on a regular basis.  Lee does a better job keeping visible to the comic reading public on a consistent basis than McFarlane does.

Finally had a chance to see the episode last night; what a great ride!  The episode felt very full of action, plot development and character development but didn't feel haphazard in its execution.  Both the Island and Starling City stories had me on the edge of my seat and definitely wanting more for Season 2.

Well done CW...I hope the show runners can keep up the great work in the Fall. 

I have a real difficult time with one-man podcasts. I think the only one I ever was able to follow for an arc was the Red Letter Media stuff.

I'm pretty much the same way; Tom Katers is the one notable exception to that rule for me. 

I don't think a bunch of writers, no matter how awesome, could have the same impact today as Image did back then. But I'm happy to be proven wrong.

I think Kirkman would like people to think he's that awesome of a writer on his own, but I don't think he's had anywhere near the impact of the Image 7.  He's just gone to show how a creator(s) can have a successful property that can be transferred to other media, ala Eastman & Laird or Jeff Smith.

My modern Image guys would be:

Ryan Stegman
Ivan Reis
Chris Bachalo
Olivier Copiel
Paul Pelletier
Chris Burnham
Eddy Barrows

I might have to peep that.

Downloading that now; a two-parter that I'll have to get to after running through Tom Kater's (now there is a true living legend) take on Jimmy Olsen.

BTW, "Injustice: Gods Among Us" does not suck...Harley Quinn & Green Arrow are an entertaining "couple" 

Based on Ryan's comic reading history, I'd be interested to find out if he read Otomo's Akira in the Epic format series or from one of the other publishers in it's native B&W format?  IMHO, while its genuinely considered to be blasphemy, I much prefer the Epic series with the Olyoptics coloring over the masterful storytelling. 

Paying for quality should not be confused with a "bad" trait.  Personally, I think it's reflective of how Lee treats the comic industry as a business instead of a hobby like other creators can do at times.  He's very aware that his artistic talents can be used to earn a healthy chunk of change, from which he can make a very good living.  At the same time, I've also read that he's used his high stature in the comics industry to help push forward with business deals\expansion of the brands that he's involved with.

Todd McFarlane did a similar thing with his skill set and while he's still out on his own with his own books and toy company, he didn't do badly by getting his characters into the movies and TV either.  I think that Todd and Jim could definitely be considered current comic publishing leaders, but I think they're both still many more years away from being considered "legends".

Listen to last weeks ep and all will be explained.

Already done (thanks for the shoutout  ); I'm still in a mild state of shock over Vince's new lease on life for Marvel.  He has been missing out on some good stuff with ASM & Superior SM though; glad to hear he's on board for it now though.

maybe we will get

Speedball

in another episode

Please God, no... 

Age of Ultron and Iron Man talk in the same episode?  Maybe Vince has been embracing his long lost Marvel... 

Anyone who's worried about how the show handles character interaction only needs to refer back to the "Marvel One Shot" videos for reassurance that this could be very good stuff.  

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