Ken Aldred

Quite an impressive skill set. I'm hopeless at working out how things look 3-dimensionally. That came out with my struggles with technical drawing at college.

Nice. Without the usual painted style it's more energetic and engaging. Reminds me a little of Ordway or Ryan's take.

Yup. Ross, amazingly talented artist. Kirby, One-Above-All.

Yup. Human beings and not robots, and so one’s capabilities and motivations can change or erode significantly. As we saw with Miller as well. I’m a 60-year-old, and, as I said previously, currently looking back with fondness at his Bronze and Copper Age zenith.

I lost interest when I read the Elektra Lives Again graphic novel, back in 1990. I found the artwork to be quite scratchy and ugly, and an indicator of what was to come from then on. More into his earlier Kane / Eisner / Krigstein influenced work. Never particularly liked his later chiaroscuro technique. Currently re-reading his Daredevil comics, which are still brilliant, peak examples of what’s achievable in the medium.

Close, but no cigar. (Sorry, couldn’t resist it.)

Sounds tasty. Never seen those over here in the U.K.

‘Generally unfavorable’ is a very diplomatic way of putting it.

Nope. It’s very nice, but, for me, nowhere near the same level of energy or magnetism.

Simple, pithy, but very effective.

I’ve always admired the energy pouring out of Kirby’s art, which really drew you into the story and made it a very engaging read. There’s much less of that dynamism in Ross’ art, which makes me feel I’m reading more at a distance. Very well executed, but a colder and a much more sterile experience for me. Also, no competition when it comes to Kirby’s almost relentless, manic ability to create characters. Of course, not everything works well, with a spectrum running from, say, Black Panther to Paranex, but, with that level of torrential outpouring, conceptual quality control issues aren’t too surprising. Ross is extremely prolific and driven in his own way as an illustrator, I particularly like some of the camera angles and figure work in his more recent Captain America covers, he’s clearly immensely talented at reinterpreting extant characters, which is safer ground than Kirby’s, and with page layout and graphic narrative progression, but, overall, Kirby’s on an entirely different level as as all-round, defining, creative force, and, for me, much more entertaining. And, that last factor is a very primal reason as to why I’m still reading comics after four decades. It doesn’t have to have fine art pretensions, and maybe a faction will eventually canonise Ross as a more modern equivalent to BWS, for example, but, I still can’t see the broader significance of Kirby’s being attributed to him in terms of a retrospective legacy.

Do you have a petroglyph image featuring Devil Dinosaur?

Solar 10 Remember it well. Classic Valiant. One of my favourite BWS covers. Nice-looking copy. Very tough in UHG.

Not in the least bit avant-garde.

They've reprinted material that's inferior by far to these books. Good stuff that's being overlooked.

Great series. The best one after Fleisher / Aparo's. Actually, pretty much on par with each other.

Surprising these haven't been done properly. Lots of good stories, and art from Sprouse, Moder and Immonen.

Infinity Inc would be nice.

Yup. That book is a bit of an eyesore, in hand.

Judging from the videos, all of the really good comics stocked in bulk have been snapped up long ago. Some okay reader material, but a shadow of what was available at its peak.

Sandman Presents : Lucifer mini-series 1 to 3 Lucifer 1 to 28 Lucifer Nirvana one-shot A bit leaden at times, but some good stories and ideas, and worth persisting with. That said, prefer Neil Gaiman’s writing style on Sandman. 32 issues in total 2024 total = 166

Very true.

"If you ready for it you send a reference am open for commission" Inhuman is perhaps a bit harsh. More Bizarro World.

I compose my posts very slowly, and edit a lot due to OCD. One thing I avoid now is store webchat, as the super-speedster on the other end tends to type ... "Hello, are you still there?" Well, that, when I can decode the garbled mess they've written, anyway.

Just watched this. Quite different to the comics' Spider-Verse saga storyline, but brilliantly done, with a superb range of animation. Deserves the accolade.