Re: the inking of Ditko’s later work, I've seen some of Ditko’s late ’70s/’80s pencils, and he wasn’t usually spotting the blacks. His pencils were fairly tight, but still more like breakdowns than f… (View Post)
Never heard of it before now. Looked it up, and Tim Foster, the original artist, sounds like an interesting guy. He was friends with Sam Kieth and Tim Vigil but quit comics almost as soon as he got i… (View Post)
For first-timers, I want to show what the medium is capable of in terms of art, storytelling, drama, emotion, and just plain fun, while still being easily accessible. Books that are sophisticated in … (View Post)
Re: Byrne not always drawing backgrounds, quite often a panel simply is more effective when there is no background to distract the eye. It's no different than taking a photograph, or filming a shot, … (View Post)
Fun fact: The Falcon (created in 1969) was the first black superhero who did not have the word black as part of his superhero name. So I suppose if anyone should have that conversation, it should be … (View Post)