I'm not sure how I feel about Bats' very pointy chin.
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Discussion of Buffy and Angel comics, books, and more. Please don't get into spoilery details in the first week of release.
Not grooving on that art style at all. Ugh.
Matter of personal taste, that.
Tend to think you're wrong, natch.
Matter of personal taste, that.
Of course.
Tend to think you're wrong, natch.
Naturally. But I'm not.
You totally are.
Y'all gonna kibbitz, or you gonna throw down?
Commentary is easy. Take a stand.
I kinda think Hec is wrong, but only because I tried to read Love and Rockets and didn't like it.
I'm not sure what I'd say the best comic book ever is.
At times, I'm tempted to say Starman, because of the way Robinson manages to tell such a layered, complex story within the confines of the DC Universe, which I think is a harder task than either writing with thinly-veiled versions of existing characters (see: Watchmen, The Authority) or creating a 'verse from whole cloth that you share with no one.
I'm *always* enraptured by things that have to deal with structural hoops and limitations and do it well, far moreso than I am by things that have full freedom of their own universe.
Are you judging comics by their writing alone, or does the art play into it?
I'm not sure if I agree with Hec's "greatest ever" assessment, but Jamie from L&R is a phenomenal artist, his work is technically flawless.
L&R peaked in the 80's, and has been on a slow decline ever since. I find Gilbert practically incoherent these days; he's trying to tell too much story, with too many characters, in too few panels. I think he's trying to imitate the style of a telenovela, but just doesn't work.
Jamie needs to show way, way, way more Hopey.