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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Jun 11, 2016 11:21:07 GMT -5
Huge John Buscema fan. Next to Kirby, he's the quintessential Marvel artist in my book. His best work is in Conan and Savage Sword of Conan, but one of his lesser known gems is Thor Annual #13. The whole book is gorgeous, but this might be my favorite image: Ha! After seing the goreous black and white version of this, I was thinking the colors probably ruinded it, but it's still qte alright. It heavily reminds me of Berni Wrightson, even some specific illustrations of his, so that indeed puts Buscema in a new perspective for me, as I never was a fan from the exposure I had of him. Thanks guys.
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jun 11, 2016 11:30:37 GMT -5
I love his art. You don't see "personality" and expressiveness like the above at Marvel and DC anymore. I think the modern styles of art often come off as stiff and lifeless when compared to the best of Buscema's work. I guess I just miss all the over-exaggerated poses and pomp of the Silver and Bronze Ages.
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Jun 11, 2016 11:35:34 GMT -5
Where is this from? It almost looks like a great loose Romita Jr drawing.
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Post by Warmonger on Jun 11, 2016 13:52:46 GMT -5
Where is this from? It almost looks like a great loose Romita Jr drawing. It's definitely from Buscema's brief run on War Zone. He was the penciller for issues 23-30 plus the first annual I believe. Definitely resembles JR Jr.'s version of Frank but less bulky.
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Post by Farrar on Jun 11, 2016 14:59:19 GMT -5
I haven't read the War Zone issues, but the image adorned the cover (on the Marvel side) for this 1994 crossover:
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Jun 11, 2016 15:21:46 GMT -5
Where is this from? It almost looks like a great loose Romita Jr drawing. It's definitely from Buscema's brief run on War Zone. He was the penciller for issues 23-30 plus the first annual I believe. Definitely resembles JR Jr.'s version of Frank but less bulky. Very nice! It looks like the best of both artist to me I would be very gratefull if you could point out to me which issue actually look like that picture inside. JR Jr's punisher is close to my fave of him, but with smoother angles from Buscema, that's really something I would dig! Now I can only hope the stories are good...
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Post by Warmonger on Jun 11, 2016 15:54:49 GMT -5
I haven't read the War Zone issues, but the image adorned the cover (on the Marvel side) for this 1994 crossover: Yep The alt cover for Archie Meets Punisher Knew I was mixing something up
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Post by BigPapaJoe on Aug 14, 2016 22:20:33 GMT -5
Buscema is one my favorites along with Adams and Garcia-Lopez. He was a fantastic draftsman. I'm reading The Avengers from scratch and I can't wait to get to his investment on the series.
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Post by mightygolem on Aug 20, 2016 12:20:14 GMT -5
Hi, fellow Buscema fans!
I've had a rough out page (onionskin/tracing paper) for years which was sold to me as a Buscema sketch for an issue of CTB. I'd love to identify the actual final issue of the comic it became. However, I can't seem to post photos to this forum, so if you're able to help me out or are curious to see my eBay folly, please PM me with your email address and I will send you a couple of photos.
Thanks!
Jeffrey the Barbarian
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Aug 20, 2016 13:26:06 GMT -5
Hi, fellow Buscema fans! I've had a rough out page (onionskin/tracing paper) for years which was sold to me as a Buscema sketch for an issue of CTB. I'd love to identify the actual final issue of the comic it became. However, I can't seem to post photos to this forum, so if you're able to help me out or are curious to see my eBay folly, please PM me with your email address and I will send you a couple of photos. Thanks! Jeffrey the Barbarian Hi Jeffrey, You can link to an image using one of the buttons up there, but it has to be hosted by another service (like photobucket or the equivalent).
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Post by MDG on Aug 20, 2016 16:18:34 GMT -5
Hi, fellow Buscema fans! I've had a rough out page (onionskin/tracing paper) for years which was sold to me as a Buscema sketch for an issue of CTB. I'd love to identify the actual final issue of the comic it became. However, I can't seem to post photos to this forum, so if you're able to help me out or are curious to see my eBay folly, please PM me with your email address and I will send you a couple of photos. Thanks! Jeffrey the Barbarian Hi Jeffrey, You can link to an image using one of the buttons up there, but it has to be hosted by another service (like photobucket or the equivalent). If you don't have or don't want to open a photo account, there's at least one-- and probably more-- Buscema fan pages on Facebook.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2016 0:28:43 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2016 15:16:12 GMT -5
Speaking of the GREAT, GRAND ol' John Buscema, I started re-reading the classic FF starting with #107, so far up to #112. Just...WOW!! Such a majestic penciler/storyteller!!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2016 17:53:22 GMT -5
Speaking of the GREAT, GRAND ol' John Buscema, I started re-reading the classic FF starting with #107, so far up to #112. Just...WOW!! Such a majestic penciler/storyteller!! That's one of my favorite issues!
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Post by berkley on Nov 24, 2016 2:35:54 GMT -5
I read several of those first post-Kirby FF issues back when they came out, so they hold a fair bit of nostalgia for me. Looking at comics.org I think I went up to the issue where Crystal was under Daiblo's mind-control (#118), but I missed more than a few in between. I actually remember more of the Romita issues that preceded Buscema's run but there were some excellent issues by the latter as well - the Overmind and Thing vs Hulk stand out in particular.
I don't think Buscema's FF ever quite reached the heights of his Avengers work, though. In fact, I don't think any of his later superhero comics ever matched his 60s work on the Avengers and the Silver Surfer - maybe because he had become more interested in Conan once he took over that series in the early 70s? - but also I think because Marvel stretched him too thin in the 70s, doing the two Conan books, CtB and SSoC (the latter often very long, extended stories), as well as a fair number of issues on other books here and there.
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