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Paul Anthony Llossas
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My favorite work of Mr. Colan's is the "Phantom Zone" mini-series from 1982. Mr. Colan managed to make his art work for the story, which was difficult given that his style didn't seem suited for Superman, yet his depictions of what lay beyond the surface level of the Zone was eerie, ghastly, yet exciting at the same time. It was nightmarishly evocative and powerful, especially in the final issue. Superman never looked so grim and haunted up until that point. When ever I think of Mr. Colan's work, that's the series that always comes into my mind first.
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Andrew Kneath
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Ian, IIRC JB basically has said that Colan is a master of one aspect of art (Light and Shadow) but has overlooked the other areas such as anatomy and perspective.
I think that's a fair call and I speak as someone who likes Colans art a lot.
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Jon Godson
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Ian, IIRC JB basically has said that Colan is a master of one aspect of art
(Light and Shadow) but has overlooked the other areas such as anatomy and
perspective.
I think that's a fair call and I speak as someone who likes Colans art a lot.
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Not fair at all.
Colan was/is a master of comic book art in all aspects.
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Frank Strysik
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Thanks Gerry, I somehow missed that thread!
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Andrew W. Farago
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With the recent flurry of Marvel Essentials featuring
Gene Colan's work (Daredevil, Tomb of Dracula,
Howard the Duck, Iron Man & Dr. Strange), he's
finally starting to get the recognition that he
deserves.
It happens all the time in the comics
industry--someone does great work for years, falls
out of favor when a new generation of fans (and
editors) comes along, then gets rediscovered and
reevaluated after he's been out of the loop for a while
and everyone suddenly realizes what a great body of
work he's produced (and claims to have always liked
his stuff). Happened with Jack Kirby, happened with
Steve Ditko, happened with John Romita, happened
with John Buscema...
The Tomb of Dracula reprints are great, and look
incredible in black & white. Looking back at his older
works, it's amazing to see how quickly he adapted to
the Marvel style, consistently improved every month,
then managed to deliver a solid, well-drawn comic
every single month no matter what the plot was (who
else could have pulled off the startling saga of Matt
Murdock's twin brother, Mike Murdock, with a straight
face?). His late 1990s Daredevil issues are nearly
as solid as his late 1960s issues, which is quite an
accomplishment. Check out the "Minus-One" issue
of Daredevil for some good reading, if you can figure
out where your local comic shop's filed it.
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Jason Carpenter
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I've ALWAYS been a Colan fan personally and were I not so damn poor right now I would be buying this book. There is something damn near photographic in hiw work on TOD and there is a fluidity in his other work that few other artists seem to be able to convey. A master.
Jason
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Jon Godson
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Your right he's a master, and their are few artists in the industry today who
are worthy to hold his pencil sharpener while he works.
If only I could get Tomb of Dracula in Marvel Masterpiece hardcover.
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Chad Carter
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Colon's TOD stuff is incredible in black and white. Really, it's the rare case where the color comics look blurry and confusing. Black and white makes everything Colon's shooting for stand out. I nearly died of happiness when I became the owner of the entire series in ESSENTIALS.
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Rodrigo Baeza
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<<'Infamous comments on Gene's pencils'? Is it ok to ask about these or is it best left? >>
Here's an example from a 1982 convention panel, as transcribed in the Comics Journal #75:
BYRNE: <<[Jim] Shooter wouldn't let Gene Colan do the kind of crap that he's been doing for the last -banana feet and duck hands- that he's been giving us for the last five years. Shooter wouldn't let him do that, so he went over to DC where they said "Sure. Come and do garbage. We'll pay you for it.">>
Rodrigo Baeza
http://rodrigobaeza.blog-city.com
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Andrew Kneath
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That's rather less diplomatic than what JB said about Colan in this forum before.
If an accurate quote, It appears to be a comment about Colan's most recent Marvel work. ("last five years") His Avengers issues were hardly the peak of his career though I don't think anyone would disagree that even at his artistic peak Colan style was never suited to that book anyway.
I have one of Colan's Batman issues from when he joined DC and I really like it. I must try and get hold of more.
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Jon Godson
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BYRNE: [Jim] Shooter wouldn't let Gene Colan do the kind of crap that he's
been doing for the last -banana feet and duck hands- that he's been giving
us for the last five years. Shooter wouldn't let him do that, so he went over
to DC where they said "Sure. Come and do garbage. We'll pay you for it.
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Colan's DC work wasn't garbage. His work on Batman was inspired. He did
the best Wonder Woman EVER.
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Trevor Giberson
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Ehh... that quote is 23 years old.
Edited by Trevor Giberson on 30 August 2005 at 10:02am
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