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Ron Chevrier
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A great drawing, but really not one of my favorite characters.
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John Byrne
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I have no idea! I had no part in designing the character.++ Who did design the character? I had assumed you did, since (as far as I know, but I could be wrong) she first appeared during your X-Men run. Apparently, I assumed erroneoulsy. •• Dazzler has a somewhat checkered past. She was created, obviously, to cash in on the Disco craze -- because, you know, music has always worked so well in comic books!! -- and at some point in her genesis it was decided to give her a little extra leg up by making her a mutant. Mutants were beginning to be popular, largely because of a little book hardly anybody was buying, called UNCANNY X-MEN. So, it was further decided, she would make her debut in that book. Right f**king now. In other words, "Chris and John, boo hoo that you're right in the middle of a 2 part story introducing Kitty Pryde -- it just became a three part story, and you're going to introduce the Disco Dazzler!" Thank dog, the "Disco" was dropped from her name before she made her debut, but Chris and I were still left, to this day, denying that we created her. (Who was it who insisted that Chris and I expand our two-parter into a three parter? Why, the very same Editor-in-Chief who, about a year later, would insist that all stories be one-parters, as of right f**king now -- thus causing Roger Stern to quit CAPTAIN AMERICA.)
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John Byrne
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…really not one of my favorite characters.
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Oddly enough, not one of mine, either. Tho she can be fun to draw, as here.
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Michael Huber
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| Posted: 18 February 2008 at 7:01pm | IP Logged | 4
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I always liked the "disco ball" boots n bracelets.
Nice picture and treatment of a character that hasn't gotten a lot of respect.
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Brad Brickley
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Nice commission, never really got Dazzler though. For me I have a hard time with the "sound" characters in comics, i.e. Tyroc, Dazzler, Banshee. I have a hard time connecting what the sound is supposed to do while reading a comic. Think that those type powers would come across better in a movie or TV show.
Black Canary's Canary Cry however does work for me, such it the whims of comicbooks!
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Brad Brickley
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Pat Ditton
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I liked the "What If" story where Dazzler became a herald of Galactus.
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Brian Hunt
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I like the character, but I hate the disco costume. It's a testament to JB's talent that she looks pretty good here.
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Peter Svensson
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I think Gail Simone managed to make Dazzler work as a "retro" singer in the modern Marvel Universe.
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Didier Yvon Paul Fayolle
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Cool !
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Michael Arndt
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Very nice.
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Brandon Carter
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…really not one of my favorite characters.
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Oddly enough, not one of mine, either. Tho she can be fun to draw, as here.
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Dazzler was a favorite of mine back when she had her own series in the early 80's so it's very cool for me to see her represented with a commission. I remember being disappointed when she first dropped the makeup and disco costume. In hindsight, yes, I can see why it was done! I still get nostalgic seeing her original costume like this, though.
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