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William Lukash
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Sinestro's hand on that cover has always bugged me. Its a great cover except for that. I just can't get by it. I know the left arm is supposed to be closer to the reader, but it just looks odd like that.
I like Sid Greene's work. He, like Sinnot, really polished the art. Okay, maybe they overpowered a little, but the artwork does not suffer because of it.
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Rick Senger
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I was always curious and perhaps someone here knows... why was Kane called "Sugar Lips"? I always assumed it had something to do with the full lips he liked to draw on characters, but what's the true origin?
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John Byrne
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…why was Kane called "Sugar Lips"?
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Stan being whimsical. Sugar cane to sugar lips, not much of a stretch.
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Robert Bradley
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It's interesting how Kane's art on Green Lantern evolved - early on it was much more in tune with the National Comics 'house style".
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Robert Bradley
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It's difficult for me to pick just three Marvel covers as my favorites, but if I absolutely had to it would probably be these three - Avengers #97, Giant-Size X-Men #1 and Sgt. Fury #96 inked by three of my favorite Gil Kane inkers (Bill Everett, Dave Cockrum and John Severin) -
The cover of Giant-Size X-Men includes the famous mistakenly-drawn Wolverine mask, which became the standard look.
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John Byrne
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The cover of Giant-Size X-Men includes the famous mistakenly-drawn
Wolverine mask, which became the standard look.
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A legend which persists, yet I heard nothing about it at the time. Even
owned a page from GSXM 1, once upon a time, and Wolverine's mask
showed no indication of being redrawn.
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Robert Bradley
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JB - would the cover have been done in advance or was the usual MO to have the interior art done first? Or were they done simultaneously?
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Rick Senger
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Sugar cane to sugar lips
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I'd never have thought of that. Thanks for clearing that up.
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Mike Norris
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I wish I could draw noses as well as Gil Kane.
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Richard Marcej
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I love the layouts that GK did on that Teen Titans page 9 (above).
Each panel has a dynamic feel thanks to his POV choices.
Especially like how he placed the villains' head behind the arm in the last
panel.
Great stuff!
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Robert Cosgrove
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Sword of the Atom had its moments, but I agree that on the whole, it was a
bad idea. Of course, it was a mini-series at a time when the Atom's book
had been cancelled.
I recall smiling when Roy Thomas referred to it as, "Sort of the Atom."
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Jay Famous
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Ah, yes! Somebody up at the DC offices thought SWORD OF THE ATOM was
a good idea!
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I've read that that was a bit of maneuvering from a clever editor. Supposedly Kane was pretty burnt out on the idea of doing regular series with superheroes at that point and was itching to do some sword n' sorcery work (which he did, adapting the Ring Cycle with Roy Thomas). The editor in question (I can't remember who at the moment) went to DC and said he could get Gil Kane to return to The Atom then went to Kane and proposed a fantasy book with built-in name appeal.
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