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Dave Phelps Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4184
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Posted: 06 June 2008 at 12:46pm | IP Logged | 1
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Joel, hmmm... that might be why I was unable to "book" Ron Frenz until today... :-) (Nice pic!)
Have a few things fresh from the copier (to reduce them to fit on my scanner) and my scanner. First up, a personal "holy grail" that I took care of a little while ago - a page from the Aparo run on Batman and the Outsiders (in this case a page from #12 with inks from Dick Giordano):
(Not sure why the scan was so fuzzy. Sorry. Also, for those wondering about the "Drop red lines," that was a casualty of the copying process. The real panel 5 is closer to this:
Although the red is a tad straighter... :-) So for those who have the Showcase volume and are wondering why nothing is coming from Halo's hands, that's why.)
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Dave Phelps Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 06 June 2008 at 12:47pm | IP Logged | 2
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Then we have a Steve Epting Captain America page (I think from #20):
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Dave Phelps Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 06 June 2008 at 12:52pm | IP Logged | 3
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And now on to four more entries in the "JSA vs. Spider-Man's villains" series.
Star-Spangled Kid vs. the Shocker by Dick Ayers:
(I don't think this one played to his strengths, but I really liked the idea of a having a "participant" who was actually working in the industry when the original All-Star Comics JSA series was still running. Plus, he got his start working on a lesser Jerry Siegel co-creation (Funnyman) so it's only fitting that he get to draw another lesser Jerry Siegel co-creation. :-) (SSK) )
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Dave Phelps Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 06 June 2008 at 12:54pm | IP Logged | 4
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Starman vs. Looter/Meteor Man by Ramona Fradon (Thanks again to Gerry Turnbull & Paulo Pereira for reference.)
She even included the balloon. How cool is that? :-)
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Dave Phelps Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 06 June 2008 at 12:56pm | IP Logged | 5
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Red Tornado vs. the second Vulture (Blackie Drago) by Keith Pollard
Toldja I was being thorough... (A bit of artistic license on RT's face, given that period of the character's history, but nothing wrong with that.)
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Dave Phelps Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 06 June 2008 at 1:00pm | IP Logged | 6
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Huntress & Robin vs. the Kingpin by Dick Giordano (after Mazzuchelli)
(It's kinda funny - the four "post-GA JSA"/"early Romita Spider-Man villain" matchups were later additions to the overall concept yet those pieces ended up being done first. Go fig.)
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Wilson Mui Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 27 June 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4555
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Posted: 06 June 2008 at 2:34pm | IP Logged | 7
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All nice pieces, Dave. I especially like this last one.
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Felicity Walker Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 19 February 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 349
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Posted: 06 June 2008 at 7:21pm | IP Logged | 8
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I liked Ron Frenz’s ’80s and ’90s art, but when I checked out Spider-Girl recently, I found his art too cartoony for my tastes. I miss the more square style.
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Kor Watkins Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 07 June 2008 at 7:57am | IP Logged | 9
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Those JSA vs Spider-Man villain pieces are simply amazing! A great concept, and great execution!
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Joe Hollon Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 07 June 2008 at 8:33am | IP Logged | 10
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I liked Ron Frenz’s ’80s and ’90s art, but when I checked out Spider-Girl recently, I found his art too cartoony for my tastes. I miss the more square style."
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Hm....I wonder if what you really miss is Joe Sinnott inking Frenz. I wouldn't call Frenz's art on Amazing Spider-Man or his early Thor art "square" in style. When Sinnott inked his Thor run they seemed to be going for an old school Kirby look.
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Joel Tesch Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 07 June 2008 at 11:25am | IP Logged | 11
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"When Sinnott inked his Thor run they seemed to be going for an old school Kirby look"
Frenz has a great ability to utilize the "style" of other great artists while not mimmicking them. He did this with Spidey in the 80s w/ a Ditko style in Amazing (which looked much different than his Spider-Man work in Marvel Team Up previously). I loved this style. Then he slowly transitioned more to a Romita style in the later issues of his run. As Joe said, Frenz went for a Kirby look w/ Thor. And now with Spider-Girl, it seems like he's going for a looser, more cartoony look ...likely to emphasize the fun nature of the series. Personally I don't think it's too cartoony at all (especially compared to other stuff other), but that's just my opinion.
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Joe Hollon Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 07 June 2008 at 12:53pm | IP Logged | 12
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Dave Phelps,
Do you have an online gallery where you are displaying these pieces? If not, you need one! If so, we need a link!
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