Great Artist, Terrible Art: Would You Buy? 1 1

[dichotomy]

Almost never. Maybe if I needed a page to finish a story/issue. 
 

Speaking of, really not feeling this Kirby Thor at Heritage.  Just me? 
 

 

[Twanj]

Face looks too weird or the arm bend back.

[Rick2you2]

38 minutes ago, Twanj said:

Face looks too weird or the arm bend back.

I was thinking that too, but then I noticed the date. How were his skills at that age?

[Will_K]

Taking the topic title (Great Artist, Terrible Art: Would You Buy?) literally...

Does anyone believe that Neal Adams, other than his signature, had anything to do with this thing ??

C'mon, it's a CGC SS.  Adams should sue.

https://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?id=1422595

 

[ESeffinga]

WTF?!?

[Blastaar]

3 hours ago, Will_K said:

Taking the topic title (Great Artist, Terrible Art: Would You Buy?) literally...

Does anyone believe that Neal Adams, other than his signature, had anything to do with this thing ??

C'mon, it's a CGC SS.  Adams should sue.

https://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?id=1422595

 

[Blastaar]

I guarantee it’s his. He brags about the different styles he’s able to do. Someone probably said could you do an animated Batman series sketch and he said....

“For $600 I’ll draw anything you want.”

I think he would do tattoos at his table if the price was right. 

Edited August 25, 2020 by Blastaar

[malvin]

14 minutes ago, Blastaar said:

I guarantee it’s his. He brags about the different styles he’s able to do. Someone probably said could you do an animated Batman series sketch and he said....

“For $600 I’ll draw anything you want.”

I think he would do tattoos at his table if the price was right. 

I think I saw someone with a Mario Brother licensing piece that was his.  It totally matched the video game look. My first thought was why would you pay Neal Adam's rates to have him draw a different stye? If I'm paying Neal Adams, I want the Neal Adams look!

Malvin

[Will_K]

I can imagine Adams drawing in an "animated" style.  But that example is not it.  The way the blacks are filled in aren't even "Adams" looking.

[Rick2you2]

2 hours ago, Will_K said:

I can imagine Adams drawing in an "animated" style.  But that example is not it.  The way the blacks are filled in aren't even "Adams" looking.

I once went to a show where someone asked him to sign a sneaker. He said he would sign anything for $20; but it is hard to imagine he meant that literally.

[BuraddoRun]

6 hours ago, Blastaar said:

I guarantee it’s his. He brags about the different styles he’s able to do. Someone probably said could you do an animated Batman series sketch and he said....

“For $600 I’ll draw anything you want.”

I think he would do tattoos at his table if the price was right. 

I was gonna say this, too, minus the guarantee. For something like this, I would imagine someone had the goofy bright (dull) idea to ask him to sketch Batman VS Clayface in the vein of The Animated Series. Still, this looks BAD.

Regarding drawing or signing anything for the $$$, some artists are like that. We'd like to think every artist, especially the greats, hold their work to a certain standard, but some simply...don't. It may seem to some like they're selling out or whatever, but really, it's just a job. They have talent, and they use it to make a living. I have a friend that's an author (not in comics, though he's also a comic fan) who has very strong opinions regarding his work. He wants to write well, cares about his books, and writes fiction that he enjoys and hopes others will as well. But he says he'll write whatever, including unplanned and uninspired sequels, and would be fine with butchered conversions to film or whatever, so long as he gets paid. He cares, but not to the point where his stuff is sacred. And that's just simply him using his talents to make a living is all.

Edited August 26, 2020 by BuraddoRun
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