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Conner Dinkins
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Happy Birthday to one of the all time greats Jim Aparo. My childhood would've been significantly less fun without him.
And here's one of my all time favorite covers to one of my favorite Batman stories. I am amazed at this, who would think to have Batman's cape flying up like that and the placement of the legs in deep perspective, the shading everything. He was a true master.
Post some great Aparo Work!
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Brian Hague
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One of my all-time favorite comic artists. Just amazing...
Edited by Brian Hague on 24 August 2015 at 11:52pm
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Eric Smearman
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Happy Birthday to one of my favorite Batman, Spectre and Aquaman
artists as well as one of my favorite JB inkers. Only once, alas, but
still...
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Petter Myhr Ness
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They don't make them like that anymore. He's sorely missed.
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Brian O'Neill
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Aparo is 'my' Batman artist. Can anyone imagine another artist who is so closely associated with a character, even though he seldom drew that character in solo stories?
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Steve De Young
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One that sticks out in my mind from years ago:
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Brian Peck
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Loved Jim Aparo's B&B covers!
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Vinny Valenti
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IMO, Aparo was DC's counterpart to Marvel's John Romita.
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Laren Farmer
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I love that comparison, Vinny. Two of my favorites.
Aparo was great for a team up book like B&B...because every character he drew 'looked right'.
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Aaron Smith
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One of my favorites!
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Stephen Robinson
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CONNER:And here's one of my all time favorite covers to one of my
favorite Batman stories. I am amazed at this, who would think to have
Batman's cape flying up like that and the placement of the legs in
deep perspective, the shading everything. He was a true master.
SER: It's been almost five years since I found a copy of that issue of
BRAVE AND THE BOLD (Interlude on Earth Two) in an Athens Georgia
comic book shop. I was back in town for a former classmate's
wedding and had stopped into the old haunt from my college days. I
was giddy to find this issue that I couldn't locate anywhere else. I
immediately headed over with it and a stack of other comics to a cozy
couch at a favorite bar with a drink. One of my favorite memories.
I've commented that a comic book artist is like a film's director,
cinematographer, as well as the entire cast. Jim Aparo's Batman
doesn't just look great -- his "performance" as Batman is emotional,
powerful, compelling. There's never a dull shot of Aparo's Batman.
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John Byrne
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IMO, Aparo was DC's counterpart to Marvel's John Romita. ••• Interesting. I would have been more inclined to say Don Heck. Romita's work was so slick and polished, while Aparo had some rough edges showing. Striking and positive traits in both men's work, especially when they were "well cast."
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