Neal Adams versus Bernie Wrightson

[MR.COMICBOOK]

....Grell - very good, but not consistent.

 

Do people really like Grell? He always seemed like a watered-down Adams wannabe to me.

 

And nice to see all the people coming out against Ditko. I always felt his art was awkward and boring, and I could never understand why people who's opinions I respected thought so highly of him. I'm not saying ALL his work was terrible, but...

 

I agree with your take on Grell... to me, he had a similiar style to Adams - which is not a bad thing. My take on Grell, is that he has cleaner lines, and an almost engineer or architecht's style of preciseness to his drawings. Good stuff!

Grell also created two characters that lasted over 100 issues each Warlord and Jon Sable, if your gonna talk watered-down Adams wannabe then Bill Sienkiewicz is your man

[awe4one]

if your gonna talk watered-down Adams wannabe then Bill Sienkiewicz is your man

 

Really? I've never made that connection but then again I wasn't actively collecting comics when he broke in...

 

Jim

[dekeuk]

 

if your gonna talk watered-down Adams wannabe then Bill Sienkiewicz is your man

 

Yeah, he copied the Adams style (very well) in the beginning, but then he morphed into one of the most innovate artists of the 1980's

 

Yes, sometimes it looked like he was on a really bad acid trip. But it was always visualy striking and dramatic.

 

You could see him making the transition every month in the Moon Knight series.

 

Compare the cover of Moon Knight #1 to #38 the last issue and see the change in style.

 

 

 

 

I give him credit for trying to break out of the mold and create something dramatic. His Elektra was interesting to say the least.

 

 

 

 

[Flaming_Telepath]

if your gonna talk watered-down Adams wannabe then Bill Sienkiewicz is your man

 

Really? I've never made that connection but then again I wasn't actively collecting comics when he broke in...

 

Jim

 

Rather like BWS apeing Kirby, but then finding his own style, Sienkiewicz's run on Moon Knight was even closer to Adams than Grell's efforts. Even though it was blatent, it was actually fairly decent work.

 

Given what he put out once he'd 'found his muse', I think I'd prefer the Adams rip-offs.

[Flaming_Telepath]

 

if your gonna talk watered-down Adams wannabe then Bill Sienkiewicz is your man

 

Yeah, he copied the Adams style (very well) in the beginning, but then he morphed into one of the most innovate artists of the 1980's

 

Yes, sometimes it looked like he was on a really bad acid trip. But it was always visualy striking and dramatic.

 

You could see him making the transition every month in the Moon Knight series.

 

Compare the cover of Moon Knight #1 to #38 the last issue and see the change in style.

 

 

#38 was Mike Kaluta

[dekeuk]

 

 

 

#38 was Mike Kaluta

 

 

 

ok, but I still remember his style on the moom knight title around issues #22 to #28.

 

The interior art started to look different compared to the stuff in the early issues. There were more stark black and white images, even of the covers.

 

This was a precurser to his crazy style on Elektra and other projects.

 

 

[bhhooks22]

 

if your gonna talk watered-down Adams wannabe then Bill Sienkiewicz is your man

 

Yeah, he copied the Adams style (very well) in the beginning, but then he morphed into one of the most innovate artists of the 1980's

 

Yes, sometimes it looked like he was on a really bad acid trip. But it was always visualy striking and dramatic.

 

You could see him making the transition every month in the Moon Knight series.

 

Compare the cover of Moon Knight #1 to #38 the last issue and see the change in style.

 

 

#38 was Mike Kaluta

 

 

[dover]

of course some of Neal's stuff stands out more than others....

 

[awe4one]

of course some of Neal's stuff stands out more than others....

 

 

The single worst example of Adams art in an issue. Just awful...

 

Jim

[mackenzie999]

I believe Adams is also responsible for that awful Nasonex bee you see in commercials.

That bee is no GL/GA 76, that's for sure...

[RockMyAmadeus]

 

Fav Sienkiewicz cover ever.