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Trevor Smith
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**But I have to agree with Erik - I'm not as big a fan
of some of Kane's inking of his own work - the Tales to
Astonish Hulk stories being a good example.**
Wow, exactly the opposite here! I've been going through
the early Hulk stuff on the GIT DVD, and the Kane issues
blew me away. I was really disappointed when Kane's run
on Tales ended up being so short - I wanted that artwork
to go on and on!
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John Byrne
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Kane's inks over his own pencils were certainly a break from the more
traditional, heavier line we saw at the time. But that, for me, was one of the
things that made them stand out.
It's almost always fun, anyway, to see an artist in his or her "pure" form. I
have been reading the latest DC SHOWCASE: STRANGE ADVENTURES and am
blown away by Carmine Infantino inking his own work. Nothing like the
others who worked on his pencils (and since Carmine I very much of the
"thousand line school" I can understand why). An almost Kriegstein quality
to the ink line.
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William Lukash
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I agree about Infantino on Strange Adventures. Pretty amazing stuff. I mean, almost so good that you don't want to look at it because it makes you hate your own stuff. Okay, well, maybe that's just me. :)
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John Byrne
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I agree about Infantino on Strange Adventures. Pretty amazing stuff. I
mean, almost so good that you don't want to look at it because it makes
you hate your own stuff. Okay, well, maybe that's just me. :)
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Not just you, William! Not just you!
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John Peter Britton
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A real nice tight pencil Daredevil by Gil Kane beautiful!
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Brian Miller
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Holy crap! That's awesome!
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John Peter Britton
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Yes and the original is selling for nearly $4000.
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Michael Arndt
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Big fan of Gil Kane. One of my favorite issues is What If? #3. Loved how he draws The Avengers.
The Daredevil cover is fantastic.
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One thing that strikes me: I've seen examples of Gil Kane's pencils before, and lots of the work he's inked himself, and he seems to have a similarly anatomical approach as Burne Hogarth. The Dynamically Contorted shapes, the clearly defined musculature, the detailed rendering of the joints (knees, elbows, fingers).
What also strikes me is that where Burne Hogarth's work is emotionally off-putting (to me) in an almost misanthropic way, Kane's work is full of life and action and very "down to earth". Perhaps a little more "emotionally distant" than most other comparable talents like Romita, Kubert, Buscema and the like, but still much more Dynamic than Hogarth.
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John Peter Britton
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My mind goes back to when i was a child at school holding a issue of the Atom drawn by Gil Kane i still see that moment so clear.
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John Byrne
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…he seems to have a similarly anatomical approach as Burne Hogarth…
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Principle difference being that Kane's figures are captured at a moment of
extreme extension, perfect for superhero comics, whilst Hogarths figures
tend to look more as if they are having epileptic fits.
That pencil cover above, btw, is a perfect example of how spare and
economical Kane's work was -- not a line wasted. (Tho the lack of visible
underdrawing suggests this might be another one traced from his full-sized
layouts.)
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Trevor Smith
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**That pencil cover above, btw, is a perfect example of
how spare and economical Kane's work was -- not a line
wasted.**
That's one of the biggest things I noticed about his
work on the Hulk. Seeing it with an older eye now, it's
amazing just how few lines are actually involved in his
rendering of the Hulk, yet still the Hulk's sheer mass
comes through, possibly better then any artist before
him, even Kirby (please don't kill me, folks).
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