I so didn't mean Neary in my post above -- I meant Greg Land.

Maybe Ross's photos are better? No, that's not it, either.

I think part of it is.... I remember in my art classes, the teachers talked about mirrors and photos not always working as subjects because they have a tendancy to flatten out the image, and it will show through in your drawing/painting.

Alex Ross seems to be consciously compensating for that effect. I know his images are photo-traces, but he's able to re-3-D-ify the photos, adding depth and sharpness to the image.

Gregs:

Rucka = writer, went to college with JZ. Responsible for OMAC, Wonder Woman, Adventures of Superman, half of Gotham Central, large portions of No Man's Land, Cry for Blood, and some other nifty stuff, including Queen and Country. Novelist, seems to have a thing for writing honest-to-L7 dykes, lives in Portland. I think I own all his novels save for Smoker. Writes women well, good first person voice.

Land: artist who lives by his lightbox.

Sorry, just had to clarify the Gregs. Like one, not too keen on the other, but would take Land over Leifeld any day.

That's what I get for typing while chatting with my guests. I'd clicked on ita's link, then kept googling for more of the artist's stuff, and then as I was working my reply the guests came in, so I was trying to do two things at once, when I suck at even doing one thing reliably.

(really leaving now)

Hey, Astounishing AND Serenity next week!

Also, it looks like the next new Powers isn't coming out 'til mid-September.

Also, it looks like the next new Powers isn't coming out 'til mid-September.

Oh yeah. Guess it *has* been a while.

The new comics list said that the originally scheduled release was in May.

Is Serenity a three or four issue series?

There has not been enough discussion of Batman #644. And by "discussion," I mean "ranting and raving," and by "enough" I mean "any."

(Well, there's some in LJ-land, but seriously not enough.)

People! Friends of mine! Speak!

I ranted. And then, like a sensible person, I linked DC Clocktower to Sarah T's post on the subject, because she said things without the mouth froth.

Only... I didn't really have mouth froth like I should have, because I'd realized that was where they were going with it early on, and had just hoped I'd be wrong. It's silly, pointless, and did I mention offensive?

I don't know. I'm really feeling more and more, between recent events and recent comments by artists and creators, like they really don't want my dollar. As a female, I feel like a disposable consumer these days. Which I totally didn't when I started getting back into comics two or three years ago.

I'll probably start cutting back my purchases, both because the content isn't grabbing me, and I need to cut all corners I can in terms of finances, but I'm irritated that I'm in a position where that doesn't feel like I'm really going to be losing out on that much.