Frank Robbins Appreciation Thread

[joe_collector]

One thing that always bugged me about Robbins was that he'd always have characters spitting at each other, drool dripping out of their mouths, etc.

 

Kinda rude reading material to go with your butterscotch pudding.

[Wrightson fan]

One thing that always bugged me about Robbins was that he'd always have characters spitting at each other, drool dripping out of their mouths, etc.

 

Kinda rude reading material to go with your butterscotch pudding.

 

 

Jeez....are they spitting or are they human water hoses?.....Anyone with that much saliva needs a cape around the FRONT of their neck.....screw wearing a bib.

 

Horrible.

[Comicopolis]

I like Robbins work.

 

I like Absinthe as well.

 

What did I just say

[Jeffro.]

my apprecaition of Frank Robbins is that he was better than Sal Buscema.

 

Not while they were both working, as the Captain America run we're talking about replaced Sal with Frank, to the reader's eternal regret.

 

Don't bring POS Moderns into this discussion.

 

Agreed. Sal back then was light years better than Robbins.

[JazzMan]

The only runs that I remember Frank Robbins art was Invaders and Human Fly and that quirky, anatomically impossible posses made the Invaders and Human Fly unique. It wasn't very visually appealing, however the gestures and expressions really came out at you. And as JC has pointed out, there was always the possibility of a spit wad.

[nocutename]

Frank Robbins was a fine storyteller. His run doing Batman was excellent and under-rated.

 

I absolutely love his work on Detective. They are fun and interactive reads.

[Ogami]

Blob understood my point. I wasn't talking Sal in the seventies, but Sal on Spec. Horrid, horrid line work.

[seanfingh]

 

I strongly disliked Robbins as a kid. I used to pray that John Byrne or George Perez would get switched to the Invaders.

[BRB-migration]

Frank Robbins was a fine storyteller. His run doing Batman was excellent and under-rated.

 

Hey comicstock, who's worse, Frank Springer or Frank Robbins? Who's worse, George Tuska or Herb Trimpe?

[The Question?]

 

 

Perhaps THE worst comic book artist of ALL-TIME!!!!

[the blob]

Tuska? Never really thought of him as bad, just average.

 

Herb Trimpe...I didn't like his faces, but his figures seemed fine.

[Comicopolis]

 

Perhaps THE worst comic book artist of ALL-TIME!!!!

 

I disagree:

 

[JazzMan]

Liefeld, the steroids induced artist. Or maybe they're implants.

[The Question?]

 

Perhaps THE worst comic book artist of ALL-TIME!!!!

 

I disagree:

 

 

 

 

Honestly? personally speaking/writing?

 

I think Liefeld a Di Vinci...compared to Robbins

[Jeffro.]

 

Perhaps THE worst comic book artist of ALL-TIME!!!!

 

Photo finish between Robbins and Don Hack.

[Ijiwaru Sensei]

A few more:

 

[bumpjay]

I never considered one artist as better than, or worse, than another....it is all a matter of how individuals express themselves artistically....all have their own approach.

IMHO,....art is not supposed to be a competition....

 

 

As a 10-12 year old reading the Invaders and Captain America in the 1970's, I knew his art was different than anyone else's,( just like Kirby's work was instantly recognizable as Kirby)........and that is why his (Robbins) work appealed to me...

 

Count me in the Robbins fan club !

(thumbs u

 

Bump

[Comicopolis]

His work is distinctive at least.

[underthebigw]

I never considered one artist as better than, or worse, than another....it is all a matter of how individuals express themselves artistically....all have their own approach.

IMHO,....art is not supposed to be a competition....

 

 

As a 10-12 year old reading the Invaders and Captain America in the 1970's, I knew his art was different than anyone else's,( just like Kirby's work was instantly recognizable as Kirby)........and that is why his (Robbins) work appealed to me...

 

Count me in the Robbins fan club !

(thumbs u

 

Bump

 

Love Robbins Bats stories.

 

Did some great DC horror

 

Absolutely love his Invaders work. I don't care what anyone says--it's a highlight of the BA for me. It just inspires so much hate from people that wanted every Marvel book to look the same. And that was one appeal, it was different. Not only different, but it just seemed to capture the feel of the 1940's, and of GA books for me. Great stuff.

[bumpjay]

I never considered one artist as better than, or worse, than another....it is all a matter of how individuals express themselves artistically....all have their own approach.

IMHO,....art is not supposed to be a competition....

 

 

As a 10-12 year old reading the Invaders and Captain America in the 1970's, I knew his art was different than anyone else's,( just like Kirby's work was instantly recognizable as Kirby)........and that is why his (Robbins) work appealed to me...

 

Count me in the Robbins fan club !

(thumbs u

 

Bump

 

Love Robbins Bats stories.

 

Did some great DC horror

 

Absolutely love his Invaders work. I don't care what anyone says--it's a highlight of the BA for me. It just inspires so much hate from people that wanted every Marvel book to look the same. And that was one appeal, it was different. Not only different, but it just seemed to capture the feel of the 1940's, and of GA books for me. Great stuff.

 

(thumbs u

I could not agree more regarding his work on the Invaders !!

I only discovered his Batman work ( I was a Marvel kid...) at a much later date, and, again, immediatley recognized it as Robbins, and liked it for what it was....However, I never read any of his horror work...would greatly appreciate any recommendations, if you don't mind taking a moment or two for a fellow aficionado....

 

Bump