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Steve Coates Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 17 November 2014 Location: Canada Posts: 798
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Posted: 04 February 2016 at 8:38am | IP Logged | 1
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As you (JB) say. Given the differences in the characters' appearance from comicbooks to movies, identifying some characters would be difficult for civilians, but how does a Byrne Robotics Member compare?
I started reading comicbooks in the 1960s, so, I can name all the characters, even if I could not spell some of the names, like Dormammu, correctly.
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Joseph Greathouse Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 19 August 2015 Location: United States Posts: 591
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Posted: 04 February 2016 at 9:21am | IP Logged | 2
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Where are we drawing the line of a civilian. I understand comic fan/casual reader/non reader But nowadays, there are many people that are fans of the characters through many other media. Is someone who is a fan via video games, or television cartoons, or even just the drawings on t-shirts not count as a fan?
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James Woodcock Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 21 September 2007 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 7776
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Posted: 05 February 2016 at 1:31am | IP Logged | 3
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I find it interesting that on 95% plus of the material produced with characters on, where comic images are used rather than movie images, it is the versions of those characters that we know and love from the 60's to 80's that are represented.
I would like to see a justification of this from Marvel. Because to my mind it shows that they know the old, on model versions are what people associate with a character and that the current versions do not gain traction with the public.
I also wonder whether more people are buying t-shirts such as this than are buying comics. In fact, I'm pretty sure that would be the case as I see more people in such shirts than I do walking around with comic bags.
So why not have these characters represented as such in the comics if that is what people think they look like?
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Michael Roberts Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 20 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 14852
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Posted: 05 February 2016 at 1:50am | IP Logged | 4
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I would like to see a justification of this from Marvel.
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Would royalties be higher on more recent artwork?
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Eric Jansen Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 27 October 2013 Location: United States Posts: 2364
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Posted: 05 February 2016 at 3:09am | IP Logged | 5
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Dormammu is so tiny!
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Eric Jansen Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 27 October 2013 Location: United States Posts: 2364
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Posted: 05 February 2016 at 3:12am | IP Logged | 6
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That black area above the "Co" is very strange. And is that Modok (again!) behind it?
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David Lowe Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 25 June 2012 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 44
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Posted: 05 February 2016 at 5:00am | IP Logged | 7
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Apologies for going off-topic, but who is the artist of the Hulk in this image? Is it Sal Buscema or John Romita? I can't seem to get the answer from Google, but to me, that's the "Classic" Hulk.Thanks!
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Steve Coates Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 17 November 2014 Location: Canada Posts: 798
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Posted: 05 February 2016 at 6:43am | IP Logged | 8
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Herb Trimpe is the Hulk artist.
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David Lowe Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 05 February 2016 at 7:28am | IP Logged | 9
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Thank you!
I even have some Herb Trimpe Spider-Man (Team-Up) original art on my wall, but I forget that he's a quintessential Hulk artist...!
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Luke Smyth Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: Ireland Posts: 791
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Posted: 05 February 2016 at 7:29am | IP Logged | 10
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John Romita drew that Hulk.
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David Lowe Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 05 February 2016 at 7:37am | IP Logged | 11
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Oops - now I am confused! I thought it looked Romita-ish, but wasn't sure. I only ask because I'm sure that, as a small kid in 78-79ish, I had a T-shirt that I loved, with that Hulk on it!
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John Byrne
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Posted: 05 February 2016 at 8:23am | IP Logged | 12
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I'm pretty sure that's a Romita drawn or inked (and thus redrawn) Hulk.
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