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Post by tarkintino on May 21, 2024 17:39:39 GMT -5
I am enjoying Frank Robbins' work on The Shadow just as much as Kaluta, if not more. There. I said it. About art on DC's The Shadow: one artist's work was brilliant and highly lyrical, transporting the reader into another world with its strange, but compelling blend of the look of a decades-old world and some early 1970s edges to characters. The other was Robbins' art. |
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Post by tartanphantom on May 21, 2024 18:19:13 GMT -5
I am enjoying Frank Robbins' work on The Shadow just as much as Kaluta, if not more. There. I said it.  I am enjoying Frank Robbins' work on The Shadow just as much as Kaluta, if not more. There. I said it. About art on DC's The Shadow: one artist's work was brilliant and highly lyrical, transporting the reader into another world with its strange, but compelling blend of the look of a decades-old world and some early 1970s edges to characters. The other was Robbins' art.
While I don't totally hate the Robbins' work on the series, I am convinced that when Rob Liefeld was trying to learn to draw feet as a teen, his only point of reference must have been Robbins' work on The Shadow.
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Post by Cei-U! on May 21, 2024 19:08:48 GMT -5
I am enjoying Frank Robbins' work on The Shadow just as much as Kaluta, if not more. There. I said it. I've mentioned before--possibly in this very thread--that I prefer the Robbins issues over the Kaluta ones.
Cei-U!
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Post by berkley on May 21, 2024 19:41:36 GMT -5
I prefer Kaluta but don't mind the Robbins. I still think he was trying too hard to emulate what he thought were the standards of superhero comics of the time, even though the Shadow isn't that kind of character. I would like to have seen him use a style a little closer to his Johnny Hazard newspaper strips, with of course whatever adjustments might be required in moving from the comic strip to the comic book format.
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Post by commond on May 22, 2024 15:42:53 GMT -5
I find Robbins' storytelling to be clearer, and his issues have far more action.
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Post by tarkintino on May 22, 2024 16:29:12 GMT -5
While I don't totally hate the Robbins' work on the series, I am convinced that when Rob Liefeld was trying to learn to draw feet as a teen, his only point of reference must have been Robbins' work on The Shadow.
One poor ability passes on into another in comic history... |
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Post by commond on May 22, 2024 16:35:08 GMT -5
I'm not getting the feet thing. I just read issue #8 and the Shadow had feet. I think they were right and left feet.
Night of the Mummy was great, especially the final page.
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Post by MDG on May 23, 2024 7:39:00 GMT -5
I'm not getting the feet thing. I just read issue #8 and the Shadow had feet. I think they were right and left feet. Night of the Mummy was great, especially the final page. I think Robbins was great for the Shadow, as was Kaluta. However, the switch was jarring because of the total difference in styles. |
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Post by Batflunkie on May 23, 2024 17:50:23 GMT -5
I am enjoying Frank Robbins' work on The Shadow just as much as Kaluta, if not more. There. I said it. Speaking as someone who used to draw in a "cartoony yet realistic" style, I appreciate Robbin's work. He gave the Invaders kind of "saturday morning cartoon" flavor that I appreciated. I will say however that his style is not something that's easy to get used to in mainline books like Cap though  I do also love his take on Baron Blood  |
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Post by tonebone on May 24, 2024 10:13:39 GMT -5
I find Robbins' storytelling to be clearer, and his issues have far more action. Man, I find Robbins' stuff to be a hard pill to swallow. It's so inky and brushy, which is not normally a turn off for me, but sometimes it seems like he just puts brush marks anywhere where there is a moderate space of emptyness. Often just looks like mush to me.  |
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Post by commond on May 28, 2024 16:16:57 GMT -5
Despite being adeptly adapted by Roy Thomas, and beautifully drawn by John Buscema, Marvel's Tarzan fails to match Kubert's Tarzan, in spite of the latter being a mess editorially.
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Post by tarkintino on May 28, 2024 17:52:59 GMT -5
]Man, I find Robbins' stuff to be a hard pill to swallow Indeed. Its beyond jarring and never presented the best representation of superheroes. Or Bendy figures caught in a 100-car pile-up. |
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Post by codystarbuck on May 28, 2024 22:38:45 GMT -5
Whatever. I loves me some Frank Robbins and no amount of argument will ever change that.
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Post by wildfire2099 on May 29, 2024 7:29:24 GMT -5
For me Robbins has his moments, but his crazy gumby action positions throw me right out of the story every time. Why people bending at unnatural angles is worse that flying and having laser beam eyes I can't say, but it is.
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Post by tartanphantom on May 29, 2024 8:39:41 GMT -5
For me Robbins has his moments, but his crazy gumby action positions throw me right out of the story every time. Why people bending at unnatural angles is worse that flying and having laser beam eyes I can't say, but it is.
I wonder if Robbins could take credit for the illustrations in the old Stretch Armstrong ad, or the illos in the coloring book?
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