Ken Aldred

Mike Parobeck, for me, remains the worst, most tragic example of a very talented creator lost far too soon ; just 30 years old.

Well done. Should’ve remembered that one.

Never noticed that. Interesting observation. Regardless of gender, the only important thing is to be introduced to and recognise a true comics fan.

I agree. Given current circumstances you’re doing well with any book of that vintage at that price. Good way to introduce the gold armour colour, suggested by his girlfriend while they’re at the circus to make him look less scary and intimidating. One of the few memorable scenes from a lacklustre early run during which Lee was figuring out what to do with the character, story wise.

That was quite interesting on Fallout 4. Going to a lighthouse where there’s a Cult of the Atom, then getting my health totally eroded by them using Gamma Guns to kill me at a distance via radiation damage. Luckily, I carry a Hazmat suit around with me, which negates the radiation but has zero protective armour, and then getting repetitively nuked into oblivion by mushroom cloud generating grenades being spammed at me. Inventive.

I was waiting for this. The Newton-Harrington-Bingingham is, of course, silent. This is common with posh, upper-class English names. Such as the classic Cholmondeley, pronounced Chumley. Or, so I believe, as a common northerner.

Missed the invite. 4am here.

Never heard of him. But, it's the actual stories I'm more concerned about, and not continuing on the same way it has been.

I concur. I’m reminded of Botticelli’s Venus.

I feel quite crushed by the news, even though I’d anticipated it to be imminent. Two of my favourite comics creators gone in the space of a week. I feel quite numbed by it all, which is my usual response to loss, rather than overt sadness. Perhaps it makes me feel very distant from the excitement and vitality I experienced reading comics and discovering talented writers and artists when I was a kid in the 70s, admiring his work throughout the decades following, but now, in these circumstances, seeing it all as a bit distant and historical, and, as a major player as far as my comic art and storytelling appreciation goes, the loss of Perez is a big hit. Maybe I should try compensating by binge reading a run of Avengers. It’d be respectful.

But that’s an Adam Hughes cover. Which is the comic book equivalent of classical art figurework. It’s an admittedly fine line.

Hot women to sell hot comics? Seems like unnecessary and desperate overkill.

He did, up to issue 12. Then Chaykin took over the interior art but Golden continued doing the covers for a while.

I can tend to get too hyper emotional, when and where, in reality, I barely know someone, and so I tend to practise at being more controlled in situations like these, including the loss of Neal Adams only a few days ago. That said, I’ve already done enough enthusing about how significant George and his work has been to me, back when I was a kid, and through to the present day, and how much admiration I have for his immense talent. Given the prognosis associated with his illness, I suppose there’s a logical preparedness for what’s to come, and you can’t expect asynchrony between two or more equally crushing events, for there to be a selfishly-comfortable spacing between losing two of my all-time great comic book icons. That’s absurd. One thing I will say, having met him on several occasions at conventions, he did seem a very genuine, friendly, caring individual, and one would wish there were more around like him. Thanks.

You’re bound to get differences of opinion on what the best movie in any genre is. It’s a subjective choice. For instance, I think the second film is far superior.

Orlando was a very good artist. Especially his 50s work at EC.

In the late 70s to early 80s, Michael Golden did many very nice covers hiding lacklustre art inside, from Sal Buscema on Incredible Hulk, Howard Chaykin on Micronauts, Mike Vosburg on She-Hulk.

George Tuska was another older school artist whose interior page artwork was guaranteed to bore me.

Reminds me of this...

His original Caniff-influenced style is okay (Johnny Hazard). I can see how DC might've thought his heavily-shadowed style could've worked on Batman, but it didn't. And, he was no super-hero comic artist - a complete mismatch.

Yup. A classic example of great cover artist (Adams and Cardy) and mediocre interior art.

Pure luck that he came up with a classic bit of cover design. The interior art hasn’t aged well. Hard to believe his style seemed so fresh and exciting at the time, and that I looked forward to something from McFarlane every month.

Existential truth.

The gap couldn’t be wider on that run.