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John Byrne
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You've been visiting the Forum for almost 3 years, and you have to ask?
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Vinny Valenti
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Batman has to be the one character with the most vastly-different artistic interpretations, no?
(Hey, palindromic post)
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John Byrne
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Yes -- with one provision. Until fairly recently, while artists were allowed to
express their own sensibilities when drawing the character, they were at
least expected to stay "on model" to the extent that an untrained eye,
looking at, say, a Dick Sprang Batman and a Neal Adams Batman, would at
least come away with the impression they were looking at the same
person, not just someone wearing the same costume. Look at the
figures on my "Batman shelf". The only one that really stands apart from the
rest is the most recently acquired movie version. Even the two Alex Ross
figures I have allowed into the array look like Batman, not "fat guy in
Batman costume".
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Michael Huber
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I'd say the older the characters the greater the opportunity for different interpretations of their image. The strength, or weakness of the system is two fold. Editorial decisions and the all mighty dollar. The first is obvious to most, the second simply put is, if the people buy the book with the pretty pictures, different pictures, whatever, they will continue to make it.
I don't think anyone can make the claim that Batman only changed (visually) in recent years. From '39 to today, there's been more changes than I am even aware of, let alone could count. I would say they have been larger changes recently, and that for those reading the longest, harder to accept.
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John Byrne
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The second MasterReplicas Enterprise I ordered as "insurance" against saggage and disaster turned out to be one of the "autographed" versions. As some may recall, I was not at all impressed with the idea of the autographs being on a separate plate, not on the model, or at least the model's base. However, since I now have the thing, I thought I might as well display it. This is my original, "unsigned" model.
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Lars Sandmark
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SWEET!
Autographs like those are nuthin' to sneeze at,you're lucky to have them.
-Side thought-
Hal Jordan IS the ancestor of Jim Kirk!
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Joe Hollon
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Christmas gift, Classic DC Heroes statue: Batman!
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John Byrne
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Xmas ain't over yet! Today's arrivals --- FAB 1, from "Thunderbirds"…
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John Byrne
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…and, she actually comes with her own base, but…
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Brian Hunt
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Wow. That Batman statue is sweet JB. The Catwoman figure works very well with it.
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Sam Houston
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John:
Pretty cool stuff there! Out of curiousity, in the background (outside) there appears to be a figure. Is that a statue or a lawn orniment? If so, of whom or of what?
Edited by Sam Houston on 26 December 2007 at 2:23pm
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John Byrne
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Sharp eyes, Sam! It's a bronze bear, rearing up on his hind legs. About 5
feet tall.
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