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Ken Aldred

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  1. Ken Aldred
    A female Watcher
  2. Ken Aldred
    Yup. Charest is now a superb artist, but when he started out he had a terrible Image Comics style. I've been trying to remember a cover I saw that had some really bad, stumpy-looking figure work, but I suspect, maybe, I've been thinking about some of his interior artwork.
  3. Ken Aldred
    Those are two of Byrne's best FF issues, not covers.
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  5. Ken Aldred
    I agree. 556 is better, same reasoning as you. I was never a fan of Alpha Flight. Nowhere near as good as Byrne’s FF run.
  6. Ken Aldred
    Surely you lie !
  7. Ken Aldred
    Steve, you’re clearly not as much of a John Byrne fan as I am, so what’s your assessment of this classic cover? Interesting use of empty space, or phoned-in laziness?
  8. Ken Aldred
    To me, Jean's face looks extremely anorexic.
  9. Ken Aldred
    Hard to believe Liam Sharp drew that. He's done some good stuff.
  10. Ken Aldred
    Yup. Alex Ross always aspired to achieve the level of absolute, photographic realism you see in the painted artwork here. It's really quite an incredible achievement.
  11. Ken Aldred
    lk Surprised this classic hasn't appeared yet.
  12. Ken Aldred
    Byrne pencils with Tom Palmer inks was a nice combination as well.
  13. Ken Aldred
    The detail in his webbing was incredible.
  14. Ken Aldred
    I'm a huge Byrne fan, but I'll admit that's not one of his best. Some British understatement for you there.
  15. Ken Aldred
    One of my all-time most significant writer / artists, and I've followed his work from the 70s onwards, starting with Rog 2000. Iron Fist, X-Men, Fantastic Four, Superman, Namor, Omac, Next Men, are all runs I re-read. This week I finished the DC Universe collection, which has lots of nice, relatively obscure stories, and thoroughly enjoyable.
  16. Ken Aldred
    I admire your sophistication. Keep the red wine away from the Hulk 181, though.
  17. Ken Aldred
    The Dire Wraiths were quite unsettling at times. One of the best extraterrestrial threats to appear in comic books.
  18. Ken Aldred
    I don't really read newspapers anymore. I watch BBC News HD, occasionally look at some articles on my tablet. From what's being discussed here, Newsbiscuit and The Daily Mash offer more accurate reporting than The Mail does these days.
  19. Ken Aldred
    I haven't read the Daily Mail since the late 80s. Didn't seem too bad back then.
  20. Ken Aldred
    Technology moves on. Amazon is currently developing Comixology and Kindle apps for mobile devices, which will be able to replicate a nostalgically-acrid newsprint odour. Currently in its early stages, and still smelling a bit ozone-like, similar to what you might expect from a tablet which is electrically shorting out. But, I'm confident they'll get there in the end.
  21. Ken Aldred
    I had a minty pair of those as well.
  22. Ken Aldred
    In the UK you could see it starting to hit hard around 1994. Talking of Pre-Unity Valiants, 1993, a copy of Harbinger 1 was £100, by summer / autumn 1994 you could find them for £5.
  23. Ken Aldred
    I've never owned more than 2 copies of any issue at any one time. My first was Savage Tales 1.
  24. Ken Aldred
    Creepy's more of a challenge.
  25. Ken Aldred
    And, he'd been just another writer in the industry for two decades until he finally devised his winning SA Marvel formula. Hardly a charmed, instant sensation. A lot of perseverance.