Kevin Burton Smith wrote:
>> What was terrible about the comics was
Collin's
>> totally unimaginative use
>> of the panels themselves to elevate the
stories.
>
>
> Unimaginative? Or gimmick free? I prefer artist
Terry Beatty's clean,
> meat-and-potatoes art, very intentionally
reminiscent of classic fifties
> comic work, to the overblown "Look, Look, LOOK at
ME!" fanboy
> pretensions of prima donnas like Frank Miller in SIN
CITY any day.
> Gallons of black ink are no substitute for actual
story.
Maybe Beatty's art would stand up in the fifties, but my
impression was that those artist were subjected to much more
difficult working (and living) conditions than today. If it's
homage, it should look like the best of the fifties work,
rather than the worst. If the writing was homage to fifties
comic writing, that may explain why I dislike it so much: I
can't stand to read that stuff. Am I blaming Colins for
Beatty's art? maybe. I am with you on Miller; the art is
pretty, but there is no story. The only PI comic I've read
and liked is Alias (no connection to the TV series!) .
-- Stewart Wilson Toronto, ON
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