RonMarz

September 12, 2009 8:45 pm

A lot of you guys are completely missing the point. Repeated panels like this are a storytelling device. It's being done ON PURPOSE to tell the story in a specific way. It's not at all about saving time for the artist. It's being asked for in the script, by the writer, for a specific purpose. Kirkman does it all the time, I've done it, Alan Moore does it (see Watchmen and LOEG in particular), lots of writers do it. Whether you like the technique or not is personal taste, but it's not about saving time, it's about how the page portrays the passage of time.

September 11, 2009 5:10 pm What Seth is talking about, and apparently not undestanding, is cinematic storytelling -- the repitition of imagery to convey pacing and narrative. It's not uncommon, especially in Kirkman's books. It's got nothing to do with swiping or photo ref.

December 10, 2008 11:22 am

I think some of you have misconceptions ... or at least outdated perceptions ... about what Top Cow publishes. I respectfully and strongly disagree that it's "spank material." When I took over Witchblade four years ago, I told Top Cow I had no interest in writing a T&A book. They said fine. And it's been that way ever since. Sara Pezzini wears a hell of a lot more clothes than, say, Wonder Woman, She-Hulk or most any Big Two heroine you'd care to name.

But don't take my word for it. See for yourself, as full issues are available online for free:

First Born #1: http://www.topcow.com/Site/readers/firstborn1/Default.html

Broken Trinity #1: http://www.topcow.com/Site/readers/brokentrinity1/Default.html

Dragon Prince #1: http://www.topcow.com/Site/readers/dragonprince1/Default.html

Witchblade #116: http://www.topcow.com/Site/readers/witchblade116/Default.html

The Darkness #1: http://www.topcow.com/Site/readers/darkness1/Default.html

It's not the same kind of stuff you'll get from Marvel and DC, which is kind of the point. Hope some of you give it a try, to see what the books really are, rather than judging them with opinions formed a decade ago. Thanks for the interest.