#567848 - 03/11/10 03:56 AM
Re: Only at the John Byrne Forum ...
[Re: Paul W. Sondersted, Jr.]
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As loathe as I am to agree with Paul, I have to partially acknowledge that he might be right about something. Byrne's writing on the She-Hulk book was fun and somewhat breezy, and probably is up there with his best writing.
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#567855 - 03/11/10 09:37 AM
Re: Only at the John Byrne Forum ...
[Re: IvanJim]
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Byrne's later DC work -- BLOOD OF THE DEMON and DOOM PATROL -- didn't impress me. Admittedly, I only looked at it, I didn't read it every month. But the stiffness and formulaic style that I think has plagued much of his artwork in recent years very much was on display in those two books.
Still, as I've often said, even mediocre Byrne is better than a lot of the stuff published by Marvel and DC, no question.
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#567860 - 03/11/10 11:40 AM
Re: Only at the John Byrne Forum ...
[Re: Lawson]
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Still, as I've often said, even mediocre Byrne is better than a lot of the stuff published by Marvel and DC, no question.
We've been setting the bar awfully low lately, haven't we?
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#567862 - 03/11/10 11:45 AM
Re: Only at the John Byrne Forum ...
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Byrne's later DC work -- BLOOD OF THE DEMON and DOOM PATROL -- didn't impress me. Admittedly, I only looked at it, I didn't read it every month. But the stiffness and formulaic style that I think has plagued much of his artwork in recent years very much was on display in those two books.
Still, as I've often said, even mediocre Byrne is better than a lot of the stuff published by Marvel and DC, no question. Other than the Byrne-style faces & forms, Blood of the Demon appeared (at least to me) to be quite different from his usual stuff. There seems to be a lot MORE to it.
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#567866 - 03/11/10 12:06 PM
Re: Only at the John Byrne Forum ...
[Re: Paul W. Sondersted, Jr.]
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On BLOOD OF THE DEMON, I'll say that Byrne sometimes seemed to channel some other influences -- Jack Kirby and Walt Simonson, to name two -- so that did add something to the mix.
I could be wrong about this, of course, but at least one DEMON cover by Byrne didn't look like Byrne to me at first, it looked like Simonson, and in a good way. Not a bad influence to have.
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#567872 - 03/11/10 12:44 PM
Re: Only at the John Byrne Forum ...
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I think the MTU with Spidey and Thor was awesome.
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#567873 - 03/11/10 12:46 PM
Re: Only at the John Byrne Forum ...
[Re: Joe Lee]
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Never seen it. Link to an image?
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