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John Byrne
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And I just got back from checking it! Thanks, Dan!
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Eric Smearman
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Really love the inks on this one! Great job!
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Clint Ludwick
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As much as I loved the Avengers movie last night...this still tops it!
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 05 May 2012 at 11:07am | IP Logged | 4
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As much as I loved the Avengers movie last night...this still tops it!•• A friend who also saw the Avengers movie yesterday insisted on explaining to me why the costumes "had to be" changed. Why Thor, especially, could not wear the "simple" costume Kirby designed. As I was drawing this piece, Thor in particular, I once again found myself asking "Why not?"
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Robert Bradley
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JB - I think it's epidemic in the comic book industry as well. There are very few re-designs that were somewhat necessary and well-executed. (Wally Wood's Daredevil, Steve Ditko's Iron Man, the black/blue & red Captain Mar-Vell and Jim Starlin's Adam Warlock are a few of the exceptions), but there are countless cases of artists redesigning characters that already worked visually (from the X-Men's change to individual designs to sales stunts like Spider-Man's black costume).
While I don't mind changes to characters like Iron Man (technology marches on) or the Wasp or She-Hulk (who have no single, established look), On the other hand, I don't think we need to see "feathers" and pouches on Captain America, a modernized Hercules, overly-elaborate costumes for Namor, more "authentic" looks for the Marvel gunfighters, or a different look for the Nova corps every time a new Nova series begins.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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Wallace Sellars
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I saw the Avengers movie last night, and there's no reason the characters as
they are depicted here couldn't have been used. In fact, that would have
heightened my enjoyment of the movie.
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Brad Brickley
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Commission day, or as I like to call it, my day of jealousy! I've kind of run out of words to describe these wonderful images, so I'll just say it's great!
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Gundars Berzins
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Wow, once again a fantastic piece. I'm sure viewing the actual 20" x 30" commission is even more jaw dropping. I'm patiently saving up my "pennies" for a commission but this sure put a strain on the "patently" part of it.
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Blair Herd
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Great composition and frame filling as always. Inking has a "fine" quality to it. I'm particularly drawn to the Hulk's right foot as he braces himself to deliver the backfist. So much storytelling being delivered with only images as only JB can do. Congrats to the lucky commissioner.
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Josh Goldberg
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"I once postulated he could jump out of a plane, standing on his shield, and the impact would be absorbed, not passed on to him. (There are other considerations, but. . . )" **** In AVENGERS WEST COAST # 48, you had him jump from the 20th floor of a building crouched atop his shield and suffering "less of a shock to [his] body than just stepping off a curb!"
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Eric Ladd
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Another very nice commission. I love the Avengers with the Hulk.
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Brian Burnham
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Is that Rick Jones waving out the window?
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