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John Byrne
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Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 132135
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Posted: 23 February 2007 at 12:21pm | IP Logged | 1
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If DC offered you AQUAMAN gig would you take it?
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Only as a period piece.
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Greg McPhee Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 25 August 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 5064
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Posted: 23 February 2007 at 12:32pm | IP Logged | 2
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I am a big Aquaman fan, and I agree that the character was darkened for no good reason whatsoever.
Great piece, JB.
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Pablo Chiste Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 703
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Posted: 23 February 2007 at 12:34pm | IP Logged | 3
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By the topic title, I was hoping for Namor. But beggars can't be
choosers.
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Nathan Greno Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 20 April 2006 Location: United States Posts: 9154
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Posted: 23 February 2007 at 12:37pm | IP Logged | 4
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I don't know why people think of Aquaman as the "joke" of the JLA?
He's a powerful guy in the right hands...
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Michael Kennedy Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 17 July 2006 Location: United States Posts: 242
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Posted: 23 February 2007 at 12:47pm | IP Logged | 5
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Nathan Greno wrote:
I don't know why people think of Aquaman as the "joke" of the JLA?
What I hear most often is: "He's the guy that talks to fish." No one can ever seem to give me any other reason for why "Aquaman sucks!" other than that.
Too bad for them.
Pablo Chiste wrote:
By the topic title, I was hoping for Namor. But beggars can't be
choosers.
Maybe it's just because I have had much more exposure to DC than ^^***** over the years, but as soon as I saw the word "Fishy" I knew it was going to be Aquaman. He is, after all, the guy that talks to fish (which I don't consider a bad thing). Unless Namor does that as well.
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Matt Hawes Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 16407
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Posted: 23 February 2007 at 1:02pm | IP Logged | 6
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JB, your work on this piece gives off a Ramona Fradon vibe to me! Nice!
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Aki Himmanen Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: Finland Posts: 634
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Posted: 23 February 2007 at 1:08pm | IP Logged | 7
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Very good. Aquaman exudes that trademark "JB exuberance" that I like very much. Also, I nominate this and the Cap commission for inclusion in a special pamphlet to be sent to a selection of artists who routinely overdo scales in superhero costumes.
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Kevin Barber Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 21 December 2006 Location: United States Posts: 220
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Posted: 23 February 2007 at 1:11pm | IP Logged | 8
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Kudos to the purchaser of the comission peice for requesting something more unique. We all love to see John revisit characters he's best known for, but the comission is a chance to play,.."what if !!"
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Michael Penn Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 12 April 2006 Location: United States Posts: 12406
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Posted: 23 February 2007 at 1:36pm | IP Logged | 9
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Great! Verve and panache!
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Patrick T Ditton Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 07 February 2007 Posts: 404
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Posted: 23 February 2007 at 1:38pm | IP Logged | 10
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JB -
You say "only as a period piece" if you were offered Aquaman. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I can assume you probably have a solid story or two for Aquaman in this classic green-fin era, but being a fan of yours I know you often jump onto a book/character and tell a couple GREAT stories but unless you're specifically there to "Byrne" the character's origin, etc - you tend to leave the chararcter as you found them, except they have a couple good stories behind them.
If you could tell some Aquaman stories - any era you wish - what could you bring to the character that would become a lasting piece of Aquaman's mythos? What would make Byrne's Aquaman a version worth reading?
...and, of course, now that I've asked that - you probably can't answer since you don't want to be giving away your ideas....but if you could perhaps generalize....
Thanks.
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Ted Pugliese Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 05 December 2005 Location: United States Posts: 7979
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Posted: 23 February 2007 at 2:26pm | IP Logged | 11
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He's a powerful guy in the right hands...
I feel Aquaman should be as strong as the Sub-Mariner (I know that he isn't).
And I like how JB made Robot Man as strong as Iron Man (made him look like him too), or to paraphrase, nearly on par with Superman.
Edited by Theodore Pugliese on 23 February 2007 at 2:26pm
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Aaron Smith Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 06 September 2006 Location: United States Posts: 10461
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Posted: 23 February 2007 at 3:13pm | IP Logged | 12
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This one has me feeling nostalgic. Another great one, JB.
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