tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11225940.post3986017154574063947..comments2024-03-28T04:12:10.323-04:00Comments on Draw!: Week 7 Spring 2010 and other thingsMike Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11225940.post-87153806612905574392010-03-26T12:05:06.250-04:002010-03-26T12:05:06.250-04:00Mike,
I have been able to peek ahead to some of y...Mike,<br /><br />I have been able to peek ahead to some of your JP work in week 3. Looks very good and a bit different than weeks 1 and 2. Very nice work on family, Sam, Sophie, Abbey Spencer and Marie, the maid. The lettering is the same as what Eduardo Barreto was using, too. Looks great!<br /><br />Overall, you nailed the characters. Great job!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02379725780944233544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11225940.post-60691983890946154092010-03-21T13:54:50.258-04:002010-03-21T13:54:50.258-04:00Robbins work is awesome. I still have his work on...Robbins work is awesome. I still have his work on the Shadow from the 70s. His women always had these intriguing, big eyes.<br /><br />LeDoux's work on Judge Parker was very realistic in the 60s/70s. Dave Karlen has some of his stuff for sale which is all from that era and demonstrates how he did it back then...<br /> (http://www.davekarlenoriginalart.com/images/Category_2/subcat_1137/ps9.jpg)<br /><br />Later in his years, I think the art became a little more cartoony in style and less realistic. Still good, but the transition to Barreto was eye opening, especially how Ed drew his speciality..."sexy chicks".<br /><br />Best wishes on Judge Parker, Mike. I am sure you will more than do it "justice". Sorry, pun intended. LOL.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03162646470463167030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11225940.post-2469138220193985602010-03-21T01:55:28.667-04:002010-03-21T01:55:28.667-04:00Dom, thanks for the link, i'll check it out.
...Dom, thanks for the link, i'll check it out.<br /><br />CC to be honest i don't really remember the HD version of JP. I'm sure I had spied it over the years at some point, from what I have seen of his work recently while gathering more background on the strip, his work was more in a sort of Caniff style. That 50's style now is so far out of fashion it's hard to relate to for me, as I really only know the strip through Eduardo's run. <br /><br />I like Caniff, love Robbins. As you'll see over the next weeks and months the strip is becoming more my own take. And like I said in my interview on Comics Riffs, I don't think the difference between my work and Eduardo's will be jarring, we have many of the same root influences and are both realists in that regard. leDoux had a much more cartoony caniff school style,bold contours and splashie bold brush inking and there is certainly nothing wrong with that. It's interesting to know the history of the strip better but I don't think leDoux's style influence my take. if Eduardo had drawn the strip in LeDoux's style for his entire run, then I guess I would be trying my hand at it.Mike Manleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11225940.post-57529879257335621712010-03-21T01:33:13.757-04:002010-03-21T01:33:13.757-04:00Mike,
Just curious what you thought of the long 4...Mike,<br /><br />Just curious what you thought of the long 40+ year run that Harold LeDoux had on Judge Parker? Since most JP fans (like myself) grew up with his definition of how the characters should look, I didn't think I would warm to Barreto, but he far surpassed what I thought he would do with the strip. Revitalizing it for sure, like you said. Any thoughts on how you may evolve the strip, as compared to the LeDoux version of Judge Parker?CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15413019938950634774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11225940.post-21259694282281286742010-03-20T12:39:01.575-04:002010-03-20T12:39:01.575-04:00Mike,
Great job so far. Looking forward to seein...Mike,<br /><br />Great job so far. Looking forward to seeing more of your Judge Parker art.<br /><br />I realize you probably have no free time, but I found this awesome Q&A interview with Frank McLaughlin, which he talks about his time in comics and his association with Stan Drake, Dick Giordano and many others. Plus, he speaks about his seven years as the artist on Gil Thorp. It's over at the Silver Age Sage site. Good stuff, if you have a few mintues to check it out.<br /><br />http://www.wtv-zone.com/silverager/CSHTML/sas.shtmlUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03162646470463167030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11225940.post-7003010544929217382010-03-20T02:36:05.035-04:002010-03-20T02:36:05.035-04:00Rich, I don't know about my approach being pho...Rich, I don't know about my approach being photorealistic, realistic--yes. I will and have employed the use of photos, but really just for cars so far.<br /><br />I am of the mind to do it realistically but the draw it without the use of lots of photos for a few reasons.<br />1) time<br />2) style<br />3) Crutch<br /><br />While Drake and Starr did use photos they also drew a lot without the use of photos. Plus using photos can sap some energy and can end up making you a lazy thinker design wise. It also can add a lot of extra time/$$ into doing a strip if you must hire models and shoot pics.<br /><br />Also the style of the strip from the beginning was not photorealistic. So my aim is to be realistic with solid design and good acting.<br /><br />Lastly it can be a crutch and not an aid, I have seen this happen, the over use of pictures weakens the uniqueness of any artist's vision. my great friend Ricardo Villagran has a saying about this type of dependence, 'Where ends the photo, ends the artist".Mike Manleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00345070847409367151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11225940.post-69926508233788916162010-03-19T18:42:12.164-04:002010-03-19T18:42:12.164-04:00Mike,
Enjoying what I am seeing so far on Judge P...Mike,<br /><br />Enjoying what I am seeing so far on Judge Parker and for what is to come. Do you see evolving it to a more "old school" like Stan Drake or Alex Kotzky drew their strips in a "photo realism" style? Or how I saw Eduardo Barreto did with Judge Parker, which was to have kind of had a realism/noir/sexyness about it?<br /><br />And, YES, your body of work speaks for itself. You definitely can do it all. Very impressed with your depth of talent.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13824428956454899571noreply@blogger.com