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         Mal Gardiner Byrne Robotics Member 
  
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           | Posted: 30 June 2021 at 1:55am | IP Logged | 1
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Love Colossus in panel 2 - just leapt off the page at me for some reason. 
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         Richard Stevens Byrne Robotics Member 
  
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           | Posted: 30 June 2021 at 5:23am | IP Logged | 2
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Switching back to Earth is a really neat way to convey how BIG that explosion(?) in space is! And it's always great to see the Muir Island crew.
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         Eric Ladd Byrne Robotics Member 
  
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           | Posted: 30 June 2021 at 6:41am | IP Logged | 3
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Nice to see Muir island back to full population. I’m sure everyone is curious about the explosion in space. 
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         Wallace Sellars Byrne Robotics Member 
  
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           | Posted: 30 June 2021 at 6:58am | IP Logged | 4
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More Sean and Moira? Yes, please! 
 
 This scene reminds me of the transformation Banshee went through when he was changed from villain to hero. I recall early Banshee being drawn with an almost impossibly long upper lip and gruesome visage. However, by the time he joined the All New, All Different X-Men, he had become a more traditional superhero handsome.
  
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         Jason Ladwig Byrne Robotics Member 
  
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           | Posted: 30 June 2021 at 7:09am | IP Logged | 5
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JB, the panel today with the Stratojet in the back ground, did you do the figures first or the background then erase? I cant tell, it so clean. 
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         John Byrne 
  
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           | Posted: 30 June 2021 at 7:16am | IP Logged | 6
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Figures first. 
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         Mark McKay Byrne Robotics Member 
  
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           | Posted: 30 June 2021 at 7:18am | IP Logged | 7
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JB, regarding the stars against a white background. How would you expect those to be handled by the inker or colorist?
  Edited by Mark McKay on 30 June 2021 at 7:19am
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         John Byrne 
  
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           | Posted: 30 June 2021 at 7:21am | IP Logged | 8
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I've never been in the biz (as so many readers have not) so I'm not sure what an editor would/could do.••• This is one of the reasons I grumbled when various fan awards started including a best/favorite editor category. Ask a hundred fans and ninety-nine of them would not be able to define an editor’s function. Is this book good because of the editor or despite him/her?
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         Michael Arndt Byrne Robotics Member 
  
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           | Posted: 30 June 2021 at 7:57am | IP Logged | 9
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Echoing what Wallace said. 
 
 Always a treat to see Sean and Moira. 
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         Andrew Bitner Byrne Robotics Member 
  
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           | Posted: 30 June 2021 at 7:57am | IP Logged | 10
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In my experience, editors are mostly notable when something goes massively wrong--a book ships late, there are huge and obvious typos in the lettering or balloon tails lead to the wrong character, the coloring is off, a double-page spread is split up wrong or the pacing is thrown off by poorly placed ads... the list goes on.
 
 If an editor does a good job, it should be virtually invisible. 
 
 Just an opinion. (By a one-time comic book editor.) 
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         John Byrne 
  
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           | Posted: 30 June 2021 at 8:03am | IP Logged | 11
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Editors, letterers and colorists, and to a slightly lesser extent inkers, should be “invisible”.Ideally, of course, no part of the package should stand out more than the rest. All should be serving the STORY as a seamless whole. 
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         Andrew Bitner Byrne Robotics Member 
  
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           | Posted: 30 June 2021 at 8:22am | IP Logged | 12
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Agree completely. If one part sticks out like a sore thumb, it's usually for bad reasons--but even "good" reasons aren't always good for the book as a whole.
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