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[lizards2]

[porcupine48]

[steveinthecity]

2 hours ago, porcupine48 said:

I'm a huge Bill S. fan, but this looks like he got a last minute call to submit cover art within the hour and the editors had to go with it.  I'm really on the fence as to whether or not posting this image made CG better. The ROM in the little price box would've made a far better cover.  

[shiverbones]

Reading it as a kid though 

[slym2none]

I don't see a thing wrong with that ROM art. It might not be Sienkiewicz's best, but it is certainly well-done. Proportion, perspective, basic form, all those hallmarks are present in a good fashion. It's better than most of the art I see people gushing about on these very boards, that's for sure, and far better than anything Rob Liefeld has ever done.

-slym

Edited November 25, 2019 by slym2none

[steveinthecity]

7 hours ago, slym2none said:

I don't see a thing wrong with that ROM art. It might not be Sienkiewicz's best, but it is certainly well-done. Proportion, perspective, basic form, all those hallmarks are present in a good fashion. It's better than most of the art I see people gushing about on these very boards, that's for sure, and far better than anything Rob Liefeld has ever done.

-slym

 

It's not the art itself, but that it's used as a cover.  You've got 2/3rds of ROM posing, looking down at the viewer, and no background.  Compare this to Hulk Annual #12 published right around the same time,  same design, but Hulk tells more of a story IMO.  Maybe my expectations are heightened due to it being a "special" annual issue.

 

Maybe someday Liefeld will draw an issue of ROM.  

[shiverbones]

43 minutes ago, steveinthecity said:

 

It's not the art itself, but that it's used as a cover.  You've got 2/3rds of ROM posing, looking down at the viewer, and no background.  Compare this to Hulk Annual #12 published right around the same time,  same design, but Hulk tells more of a story IMO.  Maybe my expectations are heightened due to it being a "special" annual issue.

 

Maybe someday Liefeld will draw an issue of ROM.  

Probably bad idea mandated by editorial for the single character Annual portrait pose, done much better (mostly) a couple years later for the anniversary covers

Edited November 26, 2019 by shiverbones

[Hepcat]

On 11/22/2019 at 5:39 PM, porcupine48 said:

Ottawa lost our Ex,sad face.And they renovated the Aberdeen Pavilion so you can't even smell livestock anymore.A lot of fond memories going every year

The Western Fair in my home town of London is still going strong. 2019 was its 151st year! While attendance for the ten day September fair peaked at 446,000 in 1976, attendance these days of 175,000 or so is still very respectable in comparison to U.S. state fairs. Here are some pics:

Oh man! Don't you wanna be there?

Edited November 27, 2019 by Hepcat

[porcupine48]

Here's a positive!So I mentioned a while back I'd never seen a third printing of Silver Surfer #50 and as the first and second printings were,are nostalgic from childhood collecting to me,I wanted to find one.

Well,I get a nice pm from someone saying they wanted to send me one on them!So,I got a nice parcel from this person with a few other really neat quirky comic things,just as a gift from a fellow comic lover and a new friend through chatting.Some folks like to keep their kindness private,so I wont name names,but thank you to them,very much.I love it.A lot,and it goes in the special box of things I'll never part with.

And it's Thanksgiving,so I'll say I'm thankful for this place and the wonderful folk I have the pleasure of interacting with.big hearts

@F For Fake tagging you because I know you know how happy these era fancy books and seconds make me.Share the joy,share it!

[porcupine48]

This post is for you @Hepcat 

It looks like it has a little greytone in it to me tho'

 

[Hepcat]

Timmy rules!

And I don't necessarily have any objection to grey tone covers. It's just that there are three DC superhero ones  - a Wonder Woman,  Mystery in Space and Green Lantern - that I think are really lousy.

Edited November 29, 2019 by Hepcat

[porcupine48]

17 minutes ago, Hepcat said:

Timmy rules!

And I don't necessarily have any objection to grey tone covers. It's just that there are three DC superhero ones  - a Wonder Woman,  Mystery in Space and Green Lantern - that I think are really lousy.

Aw,I like the Mystery in Space ones almost as much as the Sea Devils.I saw the Green Lantern,what are the others?

[Jeffro.]

On 11/25/2019 at 8:51 PM, steveinthecity said:

It's not the art itself, but that it's used as a cover.  You've got 2/3rds of ROM posing, looking down at the viewer, and no background.  Compare this to Hulk Annual #12 published right around the same time,  same design, but Hulk tells more of a story IMO.  Maybe my expectations are heightened due to it being a "special" annual issue.

That Rom cover does tell a story. The story is "here, gaze at my metal spaceknight codpiece" And really, wouldn't we all want to do the same if we possessed a codpiece? 

Edited November 29, 2019 by Jeffro.

[Hepcat]

11 hours ago, porcupine48 said:

Aw,I like the Mystery in Space ones almost as much as the Sea Devils.I saw the Green Lantern,what are the others?

In general I really like all Carmine Infantino's Mystery in Space covers. But they only started with issue #61. Up to #60 Gil Kane pencilled the covers, and I'd rate the #55 wash tone the worst:

(Not mine.)

While the monster is decent, Adam Strange and especially Alanna are dreadfully rendered. 

Here's how Adam Strange and Alanna should look:

And Wonder Woman 108?

So dreadful that I don't even care to add it to my collection!

Edited November 29, 2019 by Hepcat

[porcupine48]

On 11/24/2019 at 10:22 PM, steveinthecity said:

I'm a huge Bill S. fan, but this looks like he got a last minute call to submit cover art within the hour and the editors had to go with it.  I'm really on the fence as to whether or not posting this image made CG better. The ROM in the little price box would've made a far better cover.  

It always gets a giggle and snort out of me.Looks like he's off for a Halloween party at the Blue Oyster.

[porcupine48]

On 11/25/2019 at 12:48 PM, slym2none said:

I don't see a thing wrong with that ROM art. It might not be Sienkiewicz's best, but it is certainly well-done. Proportion, perspective, basic form, all those hallmarks are present in a good fashion. It's better than most of the art I see people gushing about on these very boards, that's for sure, and far better than anything Rob Liefeld has ever done.

-slym

I like the crotch eye view.I remember getting this comic at a yard sale some years after it came out,and my Papa-who was a pretty big Rom fan- laughing and laughing at this cover and at age nine I sorta didn't get it  

[Hepcat]

13 hours ago, porcupine48 said:

Aw,I like the Mystery in Space ones almost as much as the Sea Devils.

The Sea Devils covers though are indeed fabulous! Here are a few of mine:

[porcupine48]

2 hours ago, Hepcat said:

In general I really like all Carmine Infantino's Mystery in Space covers. But they only started with issue #61. Up to #60 Gil Kane pencilled the covers, and I'd rate the #55 wash tone the worst:

 

(Not mine.)

While the monster is decent, Adam Strange and especially Alanna are dreadfully rendered. 

Here's how Adam Strange and Alanna should look:

 

And Wonder Woman 108?

So dreadful that I don't even care to add it to my collection!

While I agree Adam and Alana look a tad off,it's the texture and feel of the whole thing that does it for me.And I honestly LOVE that WW cover.Here's my fave

[porcupine48]

4 hours ago, Jeffro. said:

That Rom cover does tell a story. The story is "here, gaze at my metal spaceknight codpiece" And really, wouldn't we all want to do the same if we possessed a codpiece? 

See,Snofro gets it.

If you polish the codpiece and look at the reflection in the mirror,infinity codpiece!

Edited November 29, 2019 by porcupine48

[Hepcat]

4 minutes ago, porcupine48 said:

And I honestly LOVE that WW cover.

 

Hmmmm. How about Wonder Woman 102 then which I think has among the very best renderings of Wonder Woman up until the 1970's: