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Bill Collins
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Posted: 01 January 2026 at 7:39am | IP Logged | 1 post reply
To use J.B. as an example, Chris Claremont could be wordy
on Uncanny X-Men, but J.B. made the conversations
interesting with different angles and facial expressions,
there was always something to catch your eye. Some of the
20th century stuff by other writer/artist teams was just
talking heads in grids, which i found boring. A lot of the
art i have seen of today's comics isn't to my taste either.
A lack of the smooth kinetic style of Byrne,Perez, Romita,
Davis to name a few. it's been a decade at least since i
regularly bought new comics.

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Craig Earl
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Posted: 01 January 2026 at 11:43am | IP Logged | 2 post reply
Spot on, Bill (I instantly conjured up an image of Logan crushing a beer can in the background!).

Chris seemed to use an awful lot of wordy thought balloons in those days too.
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Posted: 01 January 2026 at 12:04pm | IP Logged | 3 post reply
Chris Claremont could be wordyon Uncanny X-Men, but J.B. made the conversationsinteresting with different angles and facial expressions,there was always something to catch your eye.

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To be clear, you understand the pictures came first?

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Posted: 01 January 2026 at 12:31pm | IP Logged | 4 post reply
Chris seemed to use an awful lot of wordy thought balloons in those days too.

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I noted at the time that Chris’ characters always thought in paragraphs.

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