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John Byrne
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And….. I hope my Superman never looked that prissy!
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Shane Hill
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Joined: 28 September 2014
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| Posted: 22 January 2024 at 4:55pm | IP Logged | 2
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The face is way off. It looks like they tried to put a Garcia-Lopez face on it and failed!!
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Vinny Valenti
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I'm beginning to think that Jim Maddox is the only person that should be allowed to make Byrne-based statues.
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Francesco Cipparone
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For me the two biggest issues I have with it are the face and the seem at the shoulders, both of which I hope to attempt to correct when the statue arrives. DC has given me a project
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Mark Haslett
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Joined: 19 April 2004
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I’ll never get the common trope of having shirts and pants so tight that
every micrometer of muscle definition is revealed, but emblems and boots
are sticking out 1-2 inches like they’re made of foam rubber.
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Francesco Cipparone
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| Posted: 22 January 2024 at 6:50pm | IP Logged | 6
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What I still have a hard time wrapping my head around is if you are going to base a piece upon an artist's work and have that artist's name attached to it, if the artist is still alive should he or she not be consulted in the very least? All it takes is a phone call or an email. In my opinion, lazy on DC's part. I'll be honest JB, surprised me that you had not been notified of it's existence. Is this common place?
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Michael Hogan
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Joined: 16 April 2004
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While the face is not too bad, IMHO, it is NOWHERE NEAR
what JB drew. JB drew the handsomest Man of Steel I have
ever seen...better looking than JLGL or Neal Admas, even.
I think Christopher Reeve would've been flattered by JB's
art.
That being said, I've seen a lot worse representations,
both in print and on collectibles. The current trend tends
to have Superman scowling. That figure does evoke that
last page of the limited series, though.
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Paul Wills
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Yeah, that face has no traces of George Reeves or Christopher Reeve
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 22 January 2024 at 11:02pm | IP Logged | 9
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“I’ve seen a lot worse” falls somewhere short of a sterling endorsement!
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Gundars Berzins
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Coincidentally I just add this one next to the "Invincible" one.
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Peter Martin
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Not a fan of the darker shade of the cape, but apart from that, that one is pretty good.
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Athanasios Kollias
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Re: the "Man of Steel" statue: I took a look at the actual JB image, and I can see why the sculptor went with some aspects that seem off with the statue (ie the ears, which don't seem to me per JB's usual style). But, it has missed the hair and face by a lot, which is the most important part, imo. The unnecessary seams all around and the altered S-shield don't help at all. If they are supposed to be doing a JB inspired statue, they should never change those important details.The one above perplexes me. Is it supposed to be Reeve? Is it based on someone's work? And I agree the darker red on the inside of the cape is redundant... |
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