Sunday, February 27, 2011

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: TRIBUTE TO BIG JOHN DWAYNE MCDUFFIE

A final brackets before the fireworks begin with the end of The Perfect Pencils (sorry, David), I have thought necessary. And is that a few days (namely 21 February) died Dwayne McDuffie, writer known comics and animation series for TV.

This post is a tribute to the career of Dwayne, a good comic book writer, but also a great guy and a professional committed to his race. McDuffie was not a star writer in the style of, say, Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison and Ed Brubaker, but partly because it was not never wanted to undergo the real ups and downs that have ruled the comic book super-heroes of Marvel and DC in recent times, he wanted to tell their stories as you thought you had to be told ... and when from on high did not stop meddling and over again, changing plans and imposing even the characters who play and those who had not started the problems, as happened, for example, in the JLA. On this issue you have more information on this wonderful post Bruce.

Among his various experiences in the world of comic-book, Dwayne also launched a successful career writing for animation series, with particular emphasis on his work for shows like Static Shock, Justice League, Ben 10; series, the latter which has been widely accepted here in our country, and which you can appreciate its value as a writer when he could do things without unwanted interference.

Dwayne, who has also done work of editor (mainly for DC), besides a writer, was one of those most responsible for creating the company Milestone and most of his characters. Milestone titles published by DC Comics and really meant a risky proposal, as advocated by the publication of titles featuring basically for African American characters and other American minorities.

For if in the recent post is dedicated to Trevor Von Eeden, they played the theme of racism in American comics industry, the few existing black characters in the comic-book industry and how disappointed they ended with Trevor the industry, in the case of Dwayne McDuffie should talk about the man who did most to remedy all this and more African American characters created and / or treated throughout the history of comic-book.


For all these reasons and more, from comic art is we pay fitting tribute to a great guy, an honest man who helped to make better and interesting comic-book industry and always tried to write good comics, apart from trying, as long as he could introduce more and better black characters in Marvel and DC universes.

Our particular tribute to Dwayne McDuffie is formed by a selection of covers of comic books written by him, where, at the hands of several artists, you can see the large number of African American characters Dwayne tried.

Thanks for everything, Dwayne, rest in peace.



















Sunday, February 20, 2011

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05'S LEGACY: THE John Buscema MARVEL PRE-I / INTERVIEW WITH JOHN MORROW BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPECIAL

plunge into the great fireworks end of that exercise called The Perfect Pencils, I have been doing for months in Comic art is, but as among the posts dedicated to Black History Month, and some other things, this section John Buscema has already too many days without show up here, I have given preference. After this post, the conclusion of The Perfect Pencils.

This will be the first of several chapters of Big John's Legacy dedicated to seeing works prior to their arrival Buscema Marvel in the mid 60's. And in this particular, we will see some of the most first-timers, like the cover of Mr. Risk (one of his early, early works, where it is difficult even to recognize their style) or the cover of Nature Boy (his real first contact with the super-heroic genre.)

A little further down, we have several pages where you can see a more mature style and close to the best John Buscema. The first belongs to a film adaptations of comic book publishing for Dell (notably Helen of Troy) and the following stories are great for headers Forbidden Worlds and Adventures Into the Unknown (American Comics Group), which already shows a truly spectacular style:











This time, in the interview, is John Morrow, editor / editorial director TwoMorrows (with his wife Pam, hence the Two). John, absolute fan of Jack Kirby, the legendary creator and editor of The Jack Kirby Collector , legendary title that began in 1994 almost as a fanzine and that day is a reference publication featuring the issue after issue collaboration of the best writers and theorists of the media. Apart from The Jack Kirby Collector, TwoMorrows publishes such prestigious titles as Alter Ego (edited by Roy Thomas), Draw! (Edited by Mike Manley) or Write Now! (Edited by Danny Fingeroth), among others. (Following one of your comments in an earlier post by Big John's Legacy, I only includes the translated version of the interview do not think it necessary to add below it the English version.)

Mo: Could you summarize briefly what it means to you the figure of John Buscema in the history of comics?

John: For me John Buscema occupies an important place in the history of comics. He is not focused on creating characters, rather chose to redefine visually. Did you know that any graphic work Buscema would always just a step above it in terms of artistic quality.

Mo: Tell me one of his works to excite you and lay his art first time or you will impact in a special way.

John: I personally enjoyed with Silver Surfer. Being a Kirby fan as I am, I always stay with the version of Jack's character, but Big John, especially in the early numbers, made a spectacular job.

Mo: What do you think is his masterpiece?

John: I'm partial to his work on the Avengers. I know everyone loves their Conan, but for me, seeing as it came to handling so many colorful characters was really fun.

Mo: If you had to stay with a single comic Big John (comic-book, magazine, graphic novel ...), what would would it be?

John: The second Superman / Spiderman. Strange choice, I know, but it is the work that I have come to mind.

Mo: On the eternal theme of which have proven unsuitable for its many of its inking pencils, what would you say has been your best ink?

John: Joe Sinnott. Can that tended to impose his own style on that of Buscema, but for me the combination was truly remarkable.

Mo: Throughout his career, John Buscema drew the vast majority of Marvel's iconic characters, what do you think these characters have lived the best representation of the history of Big Hand John?

John: Silver Surfer.

Mo: Thank you.

The next Big John's Legacy more ...

Friday, February 11, 2011

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II: MATT BAKER BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPECIAL

And here is the second entry framed within a month of black history. As I mentioned in the previous post is dedicated to Matt Baker, one of the greatest artists who saw the world of comic-book during the Golden Age.

Last year we dedicate a post (where you have a little more information about Matt), but I felt it necessary to publish this one to fully appreciate its spectacular art as a cover artist. And this time we will focus solely on their great covers, side where he was, without doubt, one of the best.

COVERS MAJOR MATT BAKER