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Eric Seffinga

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    Art behind glass: Show off your framed art!

    in Original Comic Art

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    Hah, not at all. Just struck me that either the art is super tiny, or that frame width is gigantic. i.e. Not a more usual 1.5" to 2" wide frame.

     

    Almost looks like a built up of 2 or more moldings, plus the fillets. Some of my favorite frame moldings have been monsters. Unfortunately I've never found a use for them. Look forward to the in situ shot

    Suicide Squad movie coming

    in The Movie Forum

    Posted

    So's this one, unfortunately. To me it comes across as overacting. But I said my piece earlier in the thread about how the footage has struck me so far. I REALLY keep hoping to see something that makes me wanna go, but I just don't yet.

    Near six figure MTG art sales

    in Original Comic Art

    Posted

    To be fair, a lot of folks were suggesting similar things about comic art 20 years ago, and 10 years ago, etc. The thoughts being pages went from tens of dollars to hundreds of dollars. And from Hundreds of dollars, to thousands. It's always so hard to judge where the peak is where emotion and nostalgia is concerned.

     

    But maybe in this case, it's more clear?

    Ted McKeever

    in Original Comic Art

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    McKeever's work definitely stood out on a comic rack. Extremist, Doom Patrol, Metropol... his Batman: Nosferatu is still a favorite elseworlds Batman story of mine. Right in my wheelhouse.

     

    Back when I still did it in the 90s, I remember I always had to stop and look at his covers whenever browsing boxes of back issues. Didn't matter what the title or company was, it was interesting.

     

    It was clear his work wasn't built for mass consumption. He takes the shapes of a cartoonist but plays, with light and line in many fascinating ways, more akin to painters. Imagine someone with the stylistic drawing style of say Phil Hester, but applied to the board in a way that experimenters like Bill S. or Kent Williams, or Jason Alexander might explore. It's different in a field full of so much sameness. He has a real texture to his application.

     

    There's a bit of the old and the new there that is uniquely Ted. The only other artist I can think of that one might equate his overall aesthetic to would be Teddy Kristiansen, and I know he's moved on to other things as well over the years. Maybe a bit of Eddie Campbell?

     

    All guys who have always explored their own visions, and never tried to force themselves into a more commercial style or vein to stay relevant. I have great respect for that.

     

     

     

     

    Suicide Squad movie coming

    in The Movie Forum

    Posted

    I think he is an incredibly talented actor, actually. I think his portrayal of this character (from the various clips I've seen) is so ridiculous it's impeding my desire to enjoy it. And the stories in various media about him sending bullets to cast members and stuff behind the scenes is not creepy, it's cheesey trying to pretend it's creepy.

     

    Of course, IMO, the art direction they have taken with the character is also beyond stupid.

     

    I've read their explanations, and I get where they were trying to take it, and I would have been OK had it been executed in a more thoughtful manner, but instead my gut reaction is that it looks like bufoonery instead of mania. If this guy approached me on the street, I'd not be scared, I'd laugh in HIS face.

     

    It's not frightening in the least. Not to me.

    When I say i didn't have high hopes, I meant because I saw the early images that were leaked and then the original promo shots. It looked stupid then, and the more I see of him mugging for the camera, the more silly it comes across to me.

     

    I WANT to be terrified. I want to be unsettled. Instead, watching this stuff, all I want to do is go watch something good.

     

    But that's just my .02¢

    Suicide Squad movie coming

    in The Movie Forum

    Posted

    Man, I gotta say, I didn't have high hopes for Leto as the Joker.

    And the more I see of his performance, the more I hate it. Which is saying a LOT, because I really really didn't like the initial footage, or even the early teaser images. And still I wanted him to pull it off and win me over, I really did.

     

    But ugh....

    Got a comic room??? Showcase it here!

    in Comics General

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    That's be great if not for the fact that UV "block" in the form of filters or glass/plexi formulations don't work that way. They only slow the rate of exposure, they don't 100% block it, and in truth any light can have fading effects over time.

     

    Much also is in play when it comes to the paper, the inks, etc.

     

    It's why in critical cases (the Star Spangled Banner in the Smithsonian) they keep anything on display under ultra low light conditions, and even then it is only part time. Best bet to prevent fading is zero light exposure. The rest is just happening to varying degrees. Mostly imperceptibly slowly.