MARVEL: Art in the X-Books
Ernie Oporto
people with either two left feet or right hands. I'd like to see if
anyone else picked this up. Post a reply to this if you did and I'll
see if its what I noticed. I dont have too much of a problem with
Portacio's art work besides these two inconsistencies. His work is
pretty good, but tends to be a bit sloppy.
Leifeld's art work definitely needs improving. The characters all look like
their pants have been pulled up to their chest, their heads are too
tiny, and a lot of the muscle proportions are wrong. I saw him the
other day on the Levis commercial, and he looked really young. I
dont think it would be too much forMmarvel tobe giving him some tips
and lessons from their staff artists, so look for improvement in his
work within a couple of years. He should probably also research some
of the things he draws. Lee for instance (I'll get into him later)
talked in a recent Marvel Age issue about how he had to research the
weapons he drew in the Punisher. If Leifeld would research how the
Twin Towers looked, he could have drawn them just a tad bit more
realistic. I find it a little difficult to believe that Thunderbird
could have survived the fall from the top of the tower, even if he
did have Juggernaut under him to break his fall (that would be like
having a water balloon full of ketchup on your belly......smash!),
but thats just a story writing nitpick. Oh,yeah.....he cant draw
long flowing hair to save his life. I wonder what made marvel hire
him in the first place. He obviously has problems with his art and
it really needs fine tuning. Does anyone know where he came from?
(No, smart replies, please.) Is the comics world really that short
on artists?
Lee: I have no complaints about his art work at all. His is the best I've
seen in a very long time. I think its a shame if there's any truth to
the rumors that he and the members of Homage Studios (Lee, Portatio,
etc....) have left Marvel. His art was the main reason I got into
the X-Men so much more so many months ago.
Excalibur: I dont have anything to say here, because I haven't kept up
with the book for a few years now, and I haven't really considered
them to be an X-Book anymore, as have a lot of people, because they
lost continuity with the other books. Maybe this will be corrected
in the future?
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Hey, you left out the best of the lot: X-Factor. (Kubert? Is that
right? I'm suffering from mental block.) Whoever did the one with
the latest one, with the mayo jar. I especially just _loved_ those
opening pages with Lorna and Guido. Not to be confused with the
fill-in artist on the issue before, who sucked like a black hole at
two feet.
But I'm waiting for the day when X-Factor (or any other X-Book for
that matter) is written by Peter David and drawn by Kyle Baker.
Yowie!
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