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Post by bodega on Feb 10, 2024 16:41:49 GMT -8
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Post by kav on Feb 10, 2024 16:47:08 GMT -8
VERY interesting. He would just eliminate entire people to get the job done. kirby must have been peed off. I dont detest his work on Thor-it still looks good to me but he utterly destroyed Curt Swan. I am a big Swan collector but I have NO books inked by Coletta. Left alone and with time, he was able to draw tho.
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Post by bodega on Feb 10, 2024 16:48:28 GMT -8
"But it’s too easy to dismiss Colletta as nothing but a hack, and as a bit of evidence, here’s an example of his full artistic prowess. This story was published in 1954, and was both penciled and inked by Colletta. The story itself is nothing more than a knock-off of an EC story adapting one of Ray Bradbury’s prose shorts, it’s nothing special. But the artwork that Colletta produces here is really quite nice."  |
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Post by bodega on Feb 10, 2024 16:51:13 GMT -8
VERY interesting. He would just eliminate entire people to get the job done. kirby must have been peed off. I dont detest his work on Thor-it still looks good to me but he utterly destroyed Curt Swan. I am a big Swan collector but I have NO books inked by Coletta. Left alone and with time, he was able to draw tho. Yes. I've heard stories about him for years. But I can see how he would be useful to an editor. |
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Post by kav on Feb 10, 2024 17:07:03 GMT -8
VERY interesting. He would just eliminate entire people to get the job done. kirby must have been peed off. I dont detest his work on Thor-it still looks good to me but he utterly destroyed Curt Swan. I am a big Swan collector but I have NO books inked by Coletta. Left alone and with time, he was able to draw tho. Yes. I've heard stories about him for years. But I can see how he would be useful to an editor. I mean he left stuff out in Thor but it didnt hurt the eyes like with Swan. Kirby's pencils were indestructible. |
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Post by bodega on Feb 10, 2024 17:20:02 GMT -8
Yes. I've heard stories about him for years. But I can see how he would be useful to an editor. I mean he left stuff out in Thor but it didnt hurt the eyes like with Swan. Kirby's pencils were indestructible. I was just reading a Curt Swan article by the same author. Someone should ink and publish this! Wonder Woman and the Unpublished Pencils of Curt Swan |
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Post by kav on Feb 10, 2024 17:27:49 GMT -8
Those are some tight pencils for Swan. If it was the old days when I was drawing comics I would print out on 11 x 17 and ink-it would have been a blast. |
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Post by kav on Feb 10, 2024 17:29:06 GMT -8
Ps I have this book-very interesting-and sad. Swan died a poor alcoholic.  |
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Post by bodega on Feb 10, 2024 17:37:26 GMT -8
Ps I have this book-very interesting-and sad. Swan died a poor alcoholic. Sad how some things turn out. |
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Post by kav on Feb 10, 2024 17:46:35 GMT -8
He was THE ICONIC DC artist! No one could draw the relaxed lifelike poses he did. No one. He could draw ANYTHING.
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Post by kav on Feb 10, 2024 17:48:23 GMT -8
And Colletta utterly demolished his work.
From genius to garbage.
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Post by Buzzetta on Feb 10, 2024 17:48:25 GMT -8
"But it’s too easy to dismiss Colletta as nothing but a hack, and as a bit of evidence, here’s an example of his full artistic prowess. This story was published in 1954, and was both penciled and inked by Colletta. The story itself is nothing more than a knock-off of an EC story adapting one of Ray Bradbury’s prose shorts, it’s nothing special. But the artwork that Colletta produces here is really quite nice." There are a lot of people that dump on Colletta and forget that even at his seemingly most criticized work, he has talent above and beyond what many others did and do. |
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Post by Buzzetta on Feb 10, 2024 17:49:27 GMT -8
Heh - side note. I had a nice long conversation with Larry Hama one year. He has some incredible Vince Colletta stories, some of which have been told online and some of which should best remain private  . |
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Post by kav on Feb 10, 2024 17:53:54 GMT -8
Who was he better than aside from Ramos, frank robbins and liefeld?
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Post by The Thing from Another World on Feb 10, 2024 18:12:51 GMT -8
"But it’s too easy to dismiss Colletta as nothing but a hack, and as a bit of evidence, here’s an example of his full artistic prowess. This story was published in 1954, and was both penciled and inked by Colletta. The story itself is nothing more than a knock-off of an EC story adapting one of Ray Bradbury’s prose shorts, it’s nothing special. But the artwork that Colletta produces here is really quite nice." There are a lot of people that dump on Colletta and forget that even at his seemingly most criticized work, he has talent above and beyond what many others did and do. The Thin Black Line: Vinnie Colletta Skip the intro. Looks like a good book and this Youtuber has some Shooter stories to tell. |
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