In previous chapter of Big John's Legacy, I announced to appear more pre-Marvel work of the great John in future posts, and here's another helping. The first two images are both the covers of comic noir Wanted and display the art of John Buscema quite novice. In the three following showing quality art major and a stroke much more mature, and can be recognized much better the style of the great John; are three original No. 30 Series Indian Chief (Dell Publishing), for which Buscema illustrated about 60 pages spread between their n º 30 to 33 (1958-59).
special mention the last five pages, which belong to the comic 7th Voyage of Sinbad, also published in 1958 in the collection Four Color Comics, editorial title where Dell published comic book adaptations of famous films of the era. In my opinion, this work of John Buscema is one of the true highlights of his career and represents by John Buscema closer to Harold Foster, one of his biggest influences. From my point of view, entry and 60's and especially in its newly re-entered the world of comics in the hands of Marvel Comics, the style of John was coming increasingly under the influence of Alex Raymond and away a bit of Harold Foster, a par to introduce into their own style of storytelling to something way of Jack Kirby Marvel. Perhaps this John Buscema the 7th Voyage of Sinbad is more static than John Buscema we're used to seeing characters as illustrating the Avengers, Conan and Silver Surfer (Foster was also more static Raymond), but that was great! !:
Hoy, en nuestra entrevista habitual, tenemos ni mas ni menos que a otro dibujante de cómics, Rodney Buchemi, artista brasileño de corte realista que lleva ya un tiempo realizando trabajos puntuales para el mercado norteamericano, principalmente para Marvel, destacando especialmente varios números de las series Incredible Hercules, X-Men Forever y X-Men Forever 2. Para poder disfrutar de su arte, aquí I leave the link to your page on DeviantART . Mo: Could you summarize briefly what it means to you the figure of John Buscema in the history of comics? Rodney
: John Buscema is a unanimous reference for all comic book artists I know! His work is a great influence for many of them!
Mo: Tell me one of his works to excite you and lay his art for the first time or you will impact in a special way. Rodney
: All he did for Conan was very expressive. At the time I worked on Conan was the best!
Mo: What do you think is his masterpiece? Rodney
: Conan as well.
Mo: If you had to stay with a single comic Big John (comic-book, magazine, graphic novel ...), what would it be? Rodney
: Conan, The Savage Sword of Conan # 14 and # 15.
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? Rodney
: Alfredo Alcala.
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 their history of Big John's hand? Rodney
: Thor and Wolverine.
Mo: Thank you, Rodney.
The next Big John's Legacy more ...
... Well, you advance to the next interview I look again to my fellow bloggers, will also be appearing in a staggered in these interviews about John Buscema, just as Jesus took the time Duce. So in the next interview will have to Bruce !!... Or is your Doppelgänger?
