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Corey Johnson
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I'm thinking less of an enlongated forehead?
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That too. Namor's head is often portrayed as an inverted triangle, and this particular rendition is a little less exaggerated than I'm typically used to seeing.
As others have noted, JB really captures Namor's regality in this piece.
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John Young
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Great work Mr. Byrne!
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Tim O Neill
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I really like this one a lot - more and more I am seeing how important facial
expressions are in comic book storytelling. Pride, arrogance and strength all
coming out of just one look from Namor. Great piece, JB.
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Lars Sandmark
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Every line is pure 'BYRNE'.
A perfect example of how to draw freely.
Thanks for sharing!
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Scott Sackett
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What did you draw this with? It has an almost drybrush quality to it.
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Lars Sandmark
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I love the line weights here in the circled areas.
Carnegie Hall indeed! That's Talent.
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Didier Yvon Paul Fayolle
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It looks simple simple, but it must be very hard to do. Every thing must be in the art of inking it. And the inking is great.
I like the fact that we can see the not-so-perfect black inking...
It is a great portrait, John...
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Nathan Greno
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This piece reminds me of JB's iconic Marvel Age cover...
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Mark Waldman
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Doesn't look fan boyish enough to me. :P
jk, great pic!
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Brad Hague
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I don't think I ever placed it before, but now it seems just so obvious. Namor's lack of pronounced skull eye brow makes him appear very Asian. I am guessing that he is supposed to be very similar to Cantonese Chinese. Or is it more Northern, such as Korean?
The hair brings it all together.
Now that I think about it, Burgos made him look like that too.
Wow. Funny how realizations just come to you.
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Peter Martin
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This is great!
Pretty simple, yet very effective. Much prefer this non-triangular headed version a la the wonderful John Byrne Namor series, as opposed to earlier versions.
John's art in Namor was such a joy, it's nice to have a little reminder. After 20-odd issues, it still felt like there was so many more tales you could have told with him (I'm not counting the Jae Lee ones...)
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John Byrne
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Namor's lack of pronounced skull eye brow makes him appear very Asian. I
am guessing that he is supposed to be very similar to Cantonese Chinese.
Or is it more Northern, such as Korean?
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Can't say how much intent there was, since I didn't ask! But as a kid I got a
"Chinese" sense from how Jack drew Namor, and whenever I have drawn the
character, I have tried to play to that.
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