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Post by lordyam on Sept 6, 2016 17:02:21 GMT -5
I think what can be frustrating is that the art is o.k but not great. After what we've seen over the last 4 years or so in the main series we are content with a mediocre comic. Is that a good thing? probably not. But, I think given time Davila has the potential to improve, not just with his depiction of characters but also his storytelling skills. The art of telling a story with pictures is becoming a lost art form, it's unfortunate, but true in the modern comic book industry. The greats from the past were better at observing body language, and the understanding of weight and mass, movement and how to exaggerate these qualities in a comic panel and when to use these panels when telling a story. I've seen the rough layouts of John Buscema and been amazed how he has managed to capture everything with a few scribbles - the composition is all there, you can tell who Conan is from his confident stance, no unnecessary growl on his face, he does not even need to be in action, but you know from his body language that he is centre stage, and dangerous, he could explode into action at anytime. Aqulionia said it took Fiorello a while to hit his stride (telling me his first issues in yaralet where awful.) Davilla is growing into his grove |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2016 17:15:15 GMT -5
A couple of new Conan drawings by Sergio Davila.   Both are just great!!!! Keep this up, Dávila. Wanna see panels like these spread all over the next numbers! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2016 17:19:57 GMT -5
I think what can be frustrating is that the art is o.k but not great. After what we've seen over the last 4 years or so in the main series we are content with a mediocre comic. Is that a good thing? probably not. But, I think given time Davila has the potential to improve, not just with his depiction of characters but also his storytelling skills. The art of telling a story with pictures is becoming a lost art form, it's unfortunate, but true in the modern comic book industry. The greats from the past were better at observing body language, and the understanding of weight and mass, movement and how to exaggerate these qualities in a comic panel and when to use these panels when telling a story. I've seen the rough layouts of John Buscema and been amazed how he has managed to capture everything with a few scribbles - the composition is all there, you can tell who Conan is from his confident stance, no unnecessary growl on his face, he does not even need to be in action, but you know from his body language that he is centre stage, and dangerous, he could explode into action at anytime. Aqulionia said it took Fiorello a while to hit his stride (telling me his first issues in yaralet where awful.) Davilla is growing into his grove It took a little time for me to appreciate Tomas Giorello's Conan. It was actually during the 'Hour of the Dragon' adaptation that his art won me over. I was not really impressed with his earlier work on 'Conan the Cimmerian'. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2016 11:37:30 GMT -5
Aqulionia said it took Fiorello a while to hit his stride (telling me his first issues in yaralet where awful.) Davilla is growing into his grove It took a little time for me to appreciate Tomas Giorello's Conan. It was actually during the 'Hour of the Dragon' adaptation that his art won me over. I was not really impressed with his earlier work on 'Conan the Cimmerian'. For me Giorello's best work may well be Iron Shadows in the Moon. The guy is cooking in every page. I have hardly seen him doing splash pages like those illustrating the pirates of the story. Just plain perfect. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2016 14:13:41 GMT -5
It took a little time for me to appreciate Tomas Giorello's Conan. It was actually during the 'Hour of the Dragon' adaptation that his art won me over. I was not really impressed with his earlier work on 'Conan the Cimmerian'. For me Giorello's best work may well be Iron Shadows in the Moon. The guy is cooking in every page. I have hardly seen him doing splash pages like those illustrating the pirates of the story. Just plain perfect. I think in my case, it's probably that the Savage Sword adaptation was so good, probably one of the best Conan adaptations in comics, that I really could not appreciate the Truman/Giorello 'Iron Shadows'. After all these years even if I read the REH original, I still visualise in my mind the artwork of Buscema and Alcala. It's funny how some of the early SSOC adaptations have that effect on me, even after all those years. |
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