This cover is horrible, and anyone who says otherwise is a liar! 6 6

[s-man]

On 5/17/2024 at 8:20 AM, Ken Aldred said:

Still far from being the worst modern era Superman cover I’ve seen.

Looks to me like he’s simply tensing against a hail of shrapnel fragments.

I ding it because he looks squat to me.

[paqart]

On 5/17/2024 at 11:52 PM, s-man said:

I ding it because he looks squat to me.

His abdomen is squashed and his chest is inflated dramatically. Based on the credits I see on GoCollect, I don't know if this is Schaffenberger or Oskner. I like both artists, but this doesn't look like either to me.

[Ken Aldred]

On 5/18/2024 at 10:05 PM, paqart said:

His abdomen is squashed and his chest is inflated dramatically. Based on the credits I see on GoCollect, I don't know if this is Schaffenberger or Oskner. I like both artists, but this doesn't look like either to me.

GCD states that it was done by Oksner.

[Ken Aldred]

On 5/17/2024 at 11:59 PM, Larryw7 said:

I agree. She was actually rather pretty. Blame Wally Wood. He usually had an eye for nice looking women.

I’d never have worked out that it was drawn by Wood.

Predates the far superior caricatures he did for Mad.

[Ken Aldred]

On 5/18/2024 at 4:52 AM, s-man said:

I ding it because he looks squat to me.

Not far off having an almost Hulk-like build.

[HouseofComics.Com]

On 5/15/2024 at 2:12 PM, paqart said:

No, but I may notice it more because the coloring is, on average, much worse. This is thanks to modern printing technology, which provides considerably more flexibility to be bad. Until around 1990, almost all comics (absent special arrangements) had a very limited palette of colors to choose from. Because of this, it was almost impossible to go wrong. ...

Wonderful series of posts. Thank you!

[Silver Surfer]

Bryne's Supes looks like he is 4'11". 

[Tom789]

[Ken Aldred]

On 5/20/2024 at 2:56 AM, Tom789 said:

If only modern comic covers could reach this standard. Superb.

[SpineTic]

[paqart]

On 5/16/2024 at 1:44 PM, Chip Cataldo said:

Thank you for your thorough analysis and insight. I'll re-read the post again later on when I'm home and it's quiet since the first read when I'm at work is probably rushed though I probably don't realize it. Lol

I've seen your website, and it's no surprise that when I first saw your more comic-style work I immediately thought of Darwyn. It's a great style and you do it very well. Your paintings are amazing in their own right.

Do you do commissions at all?

 

I haven't ever done a commission. Graham Nolan asked me to when I did a story for him, but I didn't because I had no idea how to price such a thing. I'm open to the idea, but the logistics of it are alien to me.

[Hepcat]

On 5/13/2024 at 11:25 PM, paqart said:

These are all pretty bad or over-rated in my opinion. The worst is the wedding cake, but the newsboy Mac Raboy isn't far behind.

You're right! Those covers are all awful.

[1950's war comics]

On 5/17/2024 at 12:46 AM, Larryw7 said:

reminds me of the cover of Cracked #12 , both are so bad that they are good !!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[1950's war comics]

On 5/16/2024 at 9:22 PM, Senormac said:

They both look good to me 

me too ! i like any battleship cover !!

[Hepcat]

On 5/20/2024 at 1:05 AM, SpineTic said:

Now that he's learned how to colour methinks Wes Craig should learn how to draw.

 

Edited May 22 by Hepcat

[Senormac]

On 5/19/2024 at 6:56 PM, Tom789 said:

Dang, he's so flexible he might be Eel O'brian.  

[Ken Aldred]

On 5/23/2024 at 2:55 AM, Senormac said:

Dang, he's so flexible he might be Eel O'brian.  

Not so much The Elongated Man as The Broken Man.

[Cat]

Variant cover for Action Comics #1068. I guess it'll appeal to the 5 year old reader segment. 

[Ken Aldred]

On 5/23/2024 at 3:59 PM, Cat said:

Variant cover for Action Comics #1068. I guess it'll appeal to the 5 year old reader segment. 

Minimalist.  Lois looks a bit like she’s drawn by Harvey Kurtzman.

The composition and figurework are fine.

My inner five-year-old approves.

Edited May 23 by Ken Aldred

[royaluglydudes]

On 5/23/2024 at 10:59 AM, Cat said:

Variant cover for Action Comics #1068. I guess it'll appeal to the 5 year old reader segment. 

Is Make A Wish getting 2nd graders cover gigs?!?