Brett Breeding's work did remind me of Bob Layton's work.

His work on Superman with Kerry Gammill... or on Action Comics with Perez was GREAT. Damn that was great comics.

In the case of Joe Rubenstein... the one inker whose work remind's me of Joe's work is Jose Marzan JR. If I was a betting man... I would wager that Jose might have started as Joe's assistant ??... or something like that.

Hey Guys - I'm not dead, I'm still over here! I have to say the last place I would expect to find a discussion about my work is on the John Byrne forums. John probably thinks so too. Thanks for all the kind words,  I am always amazed to find that I have fans who not only remember my work, but liked it.

For the record, I started out as a bit of a Bob Layton clone, part of being his background assistant I guess. In fact, "the clone" was Layton and Jim Shooter's nickname for me when I worked for Bob. After that I became friends with Rubinstein who taught me a great deal about drawing, anatomy and inking in general. My stuff started to look more like Joe's for a while. Eventually I moved more towards my long-time favorites Palmer, Janson and Giordano. My run on Thor and early Superman stuff with Gammill and Perez was heavily influenced by Palmer.  Once I moved to Jurgens, my Giordano and Janson influence creeped in, along with some Jerry Ordway. These days my art directors need me to work in a Hughes-Sook-sorta-style. I 'm really an amalgam of all these influences and tend to adjust my ink style to best fit the pencils I am working over. The work I did with Ron Frenz on Avengers Next, some of my very last published editorial work, was probably the closest thing to "my style" as I would define it.

Yesterday, when this discussion first came to my attention, I saw a post (which seems to have been removed?) were the poster stated that he would have liked to see me ink John Byrne pencils.  Ironically, after thirty plus years in comics, I have never had that opportunity and it remains one of my biggest professional regrets.  John was one of my all time favorite artists, and still is. I would love to ink his stuff.

Thanks again for remembering. 

I treasure my Justice League of America issues drawn by Don Heck and inked by Brett. An interesting mesh of two distinct styles.

Really great comics that they just don't make anymore (sigh).

Brett Breeding wrote: After that I became friends with Rubinstein who taught me a great deal about drawing, anatomy and inking in general...

So, I'm not crazy!!!

Cool to hear from you, Brett. I've been a fan of yours for quite some time.

Brett wrote: I saw a post (which seems to have been removed?) were the poster stated that he would have liked to see me ink John Byrne pencils.

Still there. Posts 15 and 16.