Choco1980 posted:

Meh, not that different from Osamu Tezuka's "Star System" I suppose, but for the fact that he clearly "casts" his "actors" onto set characters with very recognizable looks that don't match at all, like Indy up there.

Choco1980 posted:

very recognizable looks that don't match at all, like Indy up there.

redbackground posted:

I tried to google and find out, but I wonder if there was a likeness royalty clause that Indy had to look like Indy...but not Harrison Ford. I've never read any of those comics, so I don't know if this was a recurring thing or not.

Alaois posted:

a dorky professor who still looked like Harrison Ford

Phy posted:

Oh, let's talk Indy. I remembered that there was preproduction art for Raiders that portrayed Indy as much more of a dark-haired rock-jawed adventurer than Harrison Ford... I didn't understand at the time who the artist was, so I didn't remember his name.

It was Jim Steranko.

quote:

In suggesting scenes he wanted visualized, George offered only the most minimal detail. So, I began with the image of Indy in the desert because it offered the best showcase to reveal his demeanour, clothing and props. He would sport a bomber jacket (like George wears), a beat-up fedora (not unlike Fred C. Dobb in Treasure OF Sierra Madre), and carry a whip (similar to the hero of Zorro’s Fighting Legion). I added the Sam Browne belt (military strap over the right shoulder), the WW1 garrison belt for the holster, and the khaki shirt and slacks. By positioning Indy close to the viewer, he became the dominant factor in the shot – which I underscored by graphically cropping him at the top and bottom edges of the Cinemascope-proportioned frame.

The hero’s action-orientated persona is supported by his ready-for-anything stance, legs apart like a street-fighter maintaining balance; he’s just as prepared to the whip (which George suggested) as he is the opposite hand, which flexes for action. The primary element is his face and expression: tough, rugged, weathered by a thousand perils – a leitmotif equally shared in serials, comics and cinema. As I applied the final brushstrokes, Indiana Jones lived! (Later, Tom Selleck was cast in the part, but when his Magnum P.I. schedule was prohibitive, Harrison Ford replaced him. I still remember getting a call from George’s Girl Friday Carol Titelman after the first rushed were screened at the Lucasfilm offices and hearing her exclaiming, “how close Harrison Ford resembled the figures in the painting!”)

Phy posted:

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

Looks like Indy's got a case of the ol' cottonmouth there

Endless Mike posted:

Anyone making GBS threads on Steranko is objectively wrong.

Travis343 posted:

Jeez, tough crowd. First Chaykin, now they're dissing Steranko. Just who is a good artist anymore?

Phy posted:

mind the walrus posted:

Tim Sale seems even sloppier than I remember.

Captain America: White #1

Also Jeph Loeb continues to be as awful a writer as ever.

Endless Mike posted:

Anyone making GBS threads on Steranko is objectively wrong.

Hakkesshu posted:

I'm not gonna poo poo on Steranko, I think he's a great artist, but legit question has he actually done anything since 70s?

Ferrule posted:

Bitch-slapped Bob Kane.

catlord posted:

I figure I know the why, but how did that come about?

Ferrule posted:

Bitch-slapped Bob Kane.

Endless Mike posted:

Pretty sure it wasn't much more than he ran into him at a con.

quote:

I'd hadn't encountered Kane in my travels, but at one rockin' SDCC, an associate asked me if I wanted to meet him, and walked me into a hallway. There he was, in a small group of people, wearing patent-leather shoes--and an ASCOT, like he was Vitamin f******g Flintheart in a Dick Tracy cartoon.
For years, I'd heard how he'd taken credit for Bill Finger's contributions (in addition to half his pay) and other despicable tales from his associates. But nothing aces an in-person encounter. We were introduced and Kane began talking about my Batman chapter in the HISTORY OF COMICS, which treated him--and everyone else--very respectfully.
He felt I credited Robinson & Finger (both of whom I knew intimately) too much. Kane (aka Kahn) was beyond pretentious, an intolerable rear end as pompous as they come. I bit my tongue while he regaled us with his many achievements.
The group was waiting for an elevator, which they stepped into when the door opened. Our conversation ended but not before he said: "See you later, Jim, baby," and cuffed me across the face--like some rat-pack street gesture he'd seen in some cheap flick. The doors closed...I was stunned by the sheer audacity of a stranger--like him--to lay a hand on me, and boiling with anger.
That night, I couldn't sleep and the next morning began combing the halls for his Bat Majesty. Around noon, I found him in another group, which I walked into. "Good to see you, Bob, baby!" I said, then bitch-slapped him across the face.
But this time, there was no elevator door closing between us. I stood there for about 15 seconds, waiting. He did nothing.
I turned and left. But I regret it now. I regret that he didn't do anything about it, even though he was at least a head taller than me. I wouldn't have minded bleeding at all for one more opportunity to give Kane the kind of Bat Lesson that Finger, Robinson, Sprang and others only dreamed of.

mind the walrus posted:

Tim Sale seems even sloppier than I remember.

Captain America: White #1

Also Jeph Loeb continues to be as awful a writer as ever.

Travis343 posted:

Here is a collection of the tweets Steranko posted about the incident:

zoux posted:

Sienkiewicz's hip hop variant. It's Eminem's Relapse.

Teenage Fansub posted:

Just saw a preview for this week's We Are Robin and got reminded about the amazing variants covers it gets.

The previous two.


What would y'all think about a thread devoted to covers? I've been thinking about starting one for a long time.