I am unable to refute a single word in this post.
"Stupid" and "awesome" need not be mutually exclusive, especially in superhero comics. There's a sort of Crosses the Line Twice effect here; something obviously implausible stops being a problem if the author understands that it is and goes all the way with it.
My own grudge with "heroes fire a load of guns towards the viewer" is that I would like to see what effect that firing is having.
A blog that gets updated on a geological timescale.I have a problem with the whole "poo face" thing, and how it used a classic Todd McFarlane cover featuring the Hulk and Wolverine as an example. As in, why is it a problem? Why can't badasses be shown straining themselves without it being considered Narm?
And here I wondered why other people are wondering if Cracked is running out of ideas for articles...
On a happier note, here's a drawing of Liefeld's
that I actually like, even though her waist is admittedly very skinny. I like her costume and the colorist's work on it, although that probably didn't have much of Liefeld's input.
edited 1st Jul '12 7:38:02 PM by BearyScary
Do not obey in advance.
It also completely ignores the fact that it fact that the Pietà pose(which is the proper name for it) predates comes by centuries, hell one of Michelangelo's most famous works is commonly known as simply as the Pietà. For that matter two of Marvel's famous covers use the same pose and predate COIE by a couple [1]
◊ and here [2]
◊ . Now DC for it's part scarily presaged SG's fate and that cover two years previously as can be easily seen
here [3]
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edited 4th Jul '12 5:00:57 AM by Tanrage
Tanrage: You could try enclosing the links in brackets like this: [[link]]
Don't forget to put a space between the link and a phrase in the brackets, or it'll look all jumbled up.
edited 4th Jul '12 1:02:59 AM by BearyScary
Do not obey in advance.![]()
The Pietà pose is used over and over again in Renaissance sculpture. the most famous example being Michelangelo's, where Mary is depicted as seated as was the by far the most common rendering, but there were exceptions, even back then:[1]
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edited 7th Jul '12 5:59:55 PM by Tanrage
I would argue that Liefeld has improved over the years, just not as much as he should have. His women have improved a lot
over the years
(although he still draws them with very rounded hips and thighs); just compare his latest drawings to the weird drawings he did of Avengelyne where her torso
looked like a
depleted Capri Sun pouch
(heh, pouches). He's also improved drawing Cable a lot. When he started, Cable looked more like a pudgy old guy; now, he looks more like a Cool Old Guy.
edited 24th Jul '12 9:06:57 PM by BearyScary
Do not obey in advance.Age is very much relative, even in fairly realistic art styles. It depends on how many lines the readers expect. If you draw a fair amount of cross-hatching on everyone to give relief to their faces, age becomes more a matter of specifically drawing wrinkles and showing the skin sagging a bit. (However, everyone will look more "rugged" than with a neater art style.) Buck Danny and some parts of The Sandman are good examples.
A blog that gets updated on a geological timescale.Considering how many people aped his style for a few years there, I think Liefeld might actually be kinda justified in his pride.
X-Men X-Pert, my blog where I talk about X-Men comics.So, apparantly Liefeld made this character
◊ called "Smash".
Totally not the Infraggable Krunk
. Or that one green guy, what was his name? Bulk? Sulk?
That was presumably a parody character. I hope.
