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Vinny Valenti
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My comparison comes from their output at their respective companies - I should have clarified. Neither one had worked on the other side's titles (excluding Romita's DC Romance work). If you come across Aparo art, you know it's going to be DC, likewise Romita and Marvel. Both had long-running associations with flagship characters. Their styles are definitely different, though, I'd agree.
But you know what, now that I think about it....Sal Buscema might be a more appropriate counterpart - both Sal and Jim are known for their very lengthy runs on titles.
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Brian Rhodes
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But you know what, now that I think about it....Sal Buscema might be a more appropriate counterpart - both Sal and Jim are known for their very lengthy runs on titles.
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Brian Rhodes
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But you know what, now that I think about it....Sal Buscema might be a more appropriate counterpart - both Sal and Jim are known for their very lengthy runs on titles.
Agreed. And it works out in that looking at their art never gets old...
Edited by Brian Rhodes on 29 August 2015 at 12:23pm
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Stephen Robinson
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BRIAN: 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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SER: I think Aparo was the regular artist on BATMAN or DETECTIVE for
about 7 years (starting around the late '80s).
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Joe Hollon
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Aparo's version of Batman is the definitive take on the character from my childhood. Very pleased to add some original art pages of Aparo's to my collection recently (though sadly, not Batman related...).
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Peter Martin
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He was good!
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Conner Dinkins
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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.
Stephen Robinson
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.
Here is another of my favorite stories. His run on B&B was phenomenal.
The moodiness of his artwork captured so much and brought some of the more fantastical elements of the Earth 2 stories down to well earth. I also loved this one.
If you haven't read it track it down, Batman has a fatherly effect almost on a time displaced Superboy and a small scene that is so subtle with the adult Superman in Smallville that is wonderful. Great ending as well. Aparo's artwork made me love these comics so much.
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Michael Arndt
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I really enjoyed his work on BATMAN and the OUTSIDERS. Great stuff.
Edited by Michael Arndt on 25 August 2015 at 6:38pm
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Rodrigo castellanos
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I've always thought of Jose Luis Garcia Lopez as the DC Romita. Though I find Garcia Lopez superior on a technical level, they both defined the "house styles" of both companies in their eras, even more so in the merchandising than the comics themselves.
Aparo is great but I just can't dis-associate his style with Batman, when he draws Superman it just feels "weird" to me, somehow. Like it's Bruce Wayne dressed up as Superman or something.
Edited by Rodrigo castellanos on 25 August 2015 at 9:14pm
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Charles Valderrama
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Jim Aparo defined Batman when I was growing up and was first exposed to the character. Before I discovered Neal Adams, Aparo was "the man" when it came to the Caped Crusader and I enjoyed his run on BRAVE AND THE BOLD the most. Looked forward to his interpretations of the guest stars in the series. Blew my mind when JB and Aparo teamed up for THE UNTOLD LEGEND OF BATMAN.
-C!
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Brian O'Neill
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SER: You're right about Aparo's late 80s-mid 90s stretch on BATMAN. I started following the bat-books again around that time. He and De Carlo made a good team, even though it took me a few issues to get used to 'someone else' over his pencils.
Connor Dinkins: That Batman-Superbiy team-up has some great moments. For one, Superboy is somewhat younger than the 16 (or maybe 17) that he he was customarily portrayed as in his own book(a Cary Bates-ism that doesn't apply here; I forget who wrote the story offhand, Mike W. Barr?) The other was the great way that Aparo handled Superman in this story, downplaying his cameo with brilliant use of shadows (and one 'fading away' effect). Even Clark Kent is shown partially obscured by darkness early on, seemingly reading the Daily Planet with super-vision to kill time as he waits for Batman's signal.
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Charles Valderrama
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Jim Aparo's AQUAMAN run is truly underrated….
-C!
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