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Nikkolas from Texas Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#1: Jun 15th 2012 at 4:40:37 PM

So I'm not a huge comic fan. I know a lot about the lore of Marvel and DC but I only read a few comics here and there when my interest is sparked.

Recently I've been reading comics from different periods of time. Now I don't have very good eyesight and as I'm not a real avid comic reader, I wasn't sure if it's just particular artists I'm not too fond of or if it's more "the style of the time".

Firstly I was reading Acts of Vengeance and Streets of Poison. A sample of the art. While I didn't hate it, I didn't really like it either.

Next I was reading Captain America V5. The more realistic style appealed to me but didn't wow me.

Then I switched to DC and read some Knightfall. This is definitely my favorite style. To my uninformed eye, it looks not quite as realistic as the previous image but it also isn't as....I dunno how to describe it. Whatever the first image is, this one isn't it, and I like it for that.

So is it just the artists that make the difference? Or is it the "era' in which the comics were made?

edited 15th Jun '12 4:42:51 PM by Nikkolas

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#2: Jun 15th 2012 at 6:17:29 PM

A bit of both. Different periods definitely had prevalent styles, but there were usually artists doing their own things, as well. The '90s, for example, was mostly men with huge muscles, women with ridiculously huge breasts and small waists, and just generally terrible anatomy and proportions. That was the more popular style of the time. But some artists eschewed it for their own style.

So, yeah. Bit of both.

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#3: Jun 16th 2012 at 9:09:54 PM

As time goes on, inking gets better so the colors look less like concrete chalk though even that can be ruined by a terrible penciler.

Yeah, American comics generally seem to be getting more detailed over the years but eras do have their standouts. The 60s have lots and lots of Kirby Dots, and homely Steve Ditko women and mustached Ditko men.

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Gray64 Since: Dec, 1969
#4: Jun 16th 2012 at 11:34:13 PM

[up] And yet, you'll always find exceptions in some out of the way places. Just take a look at the work of the folks over at Mad Magazine, working at the same time as Kirby and Ditko and whatnot.

DrFurball Since: Jan, 2001
#5: Jun 19th 2012 at 9:12:45 PM

A bit of both. Different periods definitely had prevalent styles, but there were usually artists doing their own things, as well. The '90s, for example, was mostly men with huge muscles, women with ridiculously huge breasts and small waists, and just generally terrible anatomy and proportions. That was the more popular style of the time. But some artists eschewed it for their own style.
This, pretty much. I know that Sal Buscema's style shifted from his Bronze Age stuff to an edgier one in the 90s. But it was still recognizable as being Sal's art.

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