Drawing perspective like that with a person is very difficult. That's well done.
I think you've romanticized the era. Sales were inflated because of multiple gimmick covers per issue and the very things you're holding against Marvel today: "hot shot angles." It was all style and no substance. The writing was terrible and the art was (overall) not good.
In regards to Spider-Man of the 90's, I think you're talking about McFarland, not Leifield. McFarland's SM was one of the few bright spots for Marvel in the 90s, IMO...and he was one of the few Image guys that were talented enough to go it on their own (along with, to a lesser extent, Jim Lee and Erik Larson). Liefield was F'n terrible. Just awful. Here's a prime example:
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(It's actually just "Hulk" and appears to be a second on-going title).
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It's not Rick Jones. We don't know what the deal is yet, but this new Hulk seems to be enraged and coldy calculating at the same time.First, I'm disappointed they just made Hulk red. If he's Rick Jones couldn't he look just a touch more like... Rick Jones? I'm not talking body building Lim-style Hulk (I may have lost some people there) but just not Bruce Banner Hulk painted red.
I agree. I really like McFarlane's stuff, especially on spider-man. Later I thought his work got a little too detailed, but that's nitpicking.Todd McFarlane- made Spider-Man look fluid and more agile than anyone else and inspired most modern Spidey artists with his interpretation. More importantly, his characters out of costume looked different than a lot of cookie cutting dress-up dolls a lot of artists seem to be stuck with. No two characters of he drew could be mistaken.
http://www.newsarama.com/Actor_Hero/USM100/McFarlane.jpg
I've got to disagree with you on this one. While I love the way his japanese influence gives the pencils a great sense of motion and action, that same influence ruins it for me because of the faces and hair. I can't stand it.Jose Madureira- his own artistic style was heavily influenced by Japanese cartoons, his style really created a whole wave of copy-cats that defined the look of comic books for a period. Of all the artists I've followed, his career has been the most fun, a person can see as he grows. He's got some really incredible and unmistakable stuff going on in the Ultimates (3) right now.
http://www.entrecomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/ultimates-3-1.jpg
The blocky style is pretty popular these days, but again, I don't like it. I didn't like it when JRjr shifted to it, and I don't like this stuff, either.[/SIZE]Chris Bachalo[/SIZE][SIZE=-1]- Has a very blocky style that I love. His characters also look unique. Does a lot of smaller-press stuff and I personally, never get to see enough of his work.[/SIZE]
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That Cap does look ridiculously bad.
This link covers 40 of his worst...pardon the language of the critic...but some of his comments are pretty funny.
http://progressiveboink.com/archive/robliefeld.html
Red Hulk is the "next" story, and so far it's pretty good. But, if you're looking for some good hulk stories, I'd start with "Future Imperfect" and the first couple of trade paperbacks of Bruce Jones' "Incredible Hulk" (from around 7 years ago).Now I have to ask, where do I go from there Hulk-wise, is Red Hulk the next series or was there something in-between? and who is this Sentry dude that fights Hulk to a standstill?
Red Hulk is the "next" story, and so far it's pretty good. But, if you're looking for some good hulk stories, I'd start with "Future Imperfect" and the first couple of trade paperbacks of Bruce Jones' "Incredible Hulk" (from around 7 years ago).
The Sentry is a strange character. He's superman-powerful, and his story was that he's actually been a part of the Marvel universe forever, but his enemy, The Void, somehow wiped everyone's (including the Sentry's) mind of his presence. The Sentry went mad and only recently resurfaced. I hope they clean the mess up they've made with him soon.
The Sentry first appeared in a mini series by the same name. Maybe 2 or 3 years ago?Ok thanks for clearing that up for me...I'll have to look up those other Hulk books now.
Is there a Sentry origin story out there? What book did he first appear in? Did Marvel do a "Crisis on Infinite Earth" type thing like DC and basically hit restart on the universe or was there something else done?
Right on... what else is coming from Marvel?Marvel reeks of desperation right now.
There are lots of good things coming out of Marvel. Millar is doing an awesome run on Wolverine and the FF, Punisher (even minus Ennis) is still very good, spider-man has gotten back to basics and has been better than it's been in years.Right on... what else is coming from Marvel?