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John Byrne
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This Kirby-centric weekend has me reviewing some of my intersections with his characters, and DAMN I miss this series. I've not at any time felt that I was fully up to the job of filling Jack's big boots, but here I came closest. I could have stayed on JK4W for a long time, if only circumstance would have permitted. Life is full of paths not taken, but the ones that I resent are the ones I was PREVENTED from taking.
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Robbie Parry
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| Posted: 07 October 2017 at 1:49pm | IP Logged | 2
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I can understand the mindset behind the last sentence of your post, Mr Byrne.
Thank you for what you did do on the series.
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Eric White
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| Posted: 07 October 2017 at 1:52pm | IP Logged | 3
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At the time, your art fit those characters PERFECTLY!
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Mike Norris
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| Posted: 07 October 2017 at 2:00pm | IP Logged | 4
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I loved that book.
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Shane Matlock
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In my opinion, you and Walt are the only creators that should be allowed to even write and draw the Fourth World saga and I would have loved to have gotten more. I'm a fan of Starlin's older work, but his Death of the New Gods was an abomination.
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Petter Myhr Ness
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| Posted: 07 October 2017 at 2:55pm | IP Logged | 6
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JB, it was through your work that I was first introduced to the Fourth World characters. I instantly took to them, and it made me seek out Kirby's original - which I rank among his finest work.
I would definitely have loved to see you do more Fourth World.
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Adam Schulman
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| Posted: 07 October 2017 at 3:31pm | IP Logged | 7
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Well, the New Gods are mostly all back to the way they were before Starlin's series and then the New 52 reboot, so at least we don't "need" to complain anymore about what happened to them.
(For a brief while before the reboot the term "Fifth World" was being used, right after Final Crisis. I don't know if that's still the case, not that I really care.)
P.S. My edit was to change "Stalin" to "Starlin" -- I don't think Jim's crimes are quite that huge!
Edited by Adam Schulman on 07 October 2017 at 3:32pm
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Paul Greer
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| Posted: 07 October 2017 at 3:56pm | IP Logged | 8
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Your 4th World stuff is easily one of my top
ten Byrne projects. Those ten switch places
depending on when I read them last.
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Ryan Maxwell
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Your writing, plotting and art were flat out perfect on JKFW. If not for Generations, this would be my favorite of all your DC work. Time to pull these out for a read again.
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Joe Zhang
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| Posted: 07 October 2017 at 5:36pm | IP Logged | 10
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Do a Fourth World series with moustaches!
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Wilson Mui
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| Posted: 07 October 2017 at 5:44pm | IP Logged | 11
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The artwork for that series was just amazing. There was
so much detail packed into each page.
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Paul Go
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| Posted: 07 October 2017 at 6:38pm | IP Logged | 12
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I loved your work on JKFW (and enjoyed the backup stories as well). I wish you could have stayed on too.
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