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Name: Bryton Sampson
Bio: Hey. I like comic books. The first comics I owned were some '80s GI Joes that I read over and over and over again until they disintegrated. The first comic I bought with my own money was X-Men #1 from the '90s. I've since had it signed by the creators. Jim Lee was very friendly and impressed that I still had the same copy I bought so many years ago. Chris Claremont couldn't have cared less and berated me about Gambit for ten minutes. (It ended with him shouting "These are not YOUR X-Men, these are MY X-Men!" which is so bizarre because I wasn't even trying to argue with him).I read a pretty wide variety of books. I have sworn no fealty to either Marvel or DC. I just enjoy a good yarn.I got my own thing going over here, if you're inclined, check it out.http://www.fightforcomics.com
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Well hey! Another great book in the current GI Joe comic renaissance. If you liked GI Joe: Cobra this is…
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This was really cool!
@cutty, yeah you can tell Huston knows his stuff when it comes to baseball.
On a philosophical level I don't have a problem with phototracing. It's just another way to tell the story. From an aesthetic standpoint though... I mean there's art I enjoy and art I don't enjoy, and almost every time I do not enjoy the phototraced stuff. I think it looks terrible. When they use celebrities it's obvious and distracting, but even if their not using celebrities the faces always seem to be just weird and awkward and the expressions are always so stiff.
I can appreciate Alex Maleev or David Mack more than some other phototracers because I feel like they're trying to create a new style for themselves, not trying to take shortcuts but trying to exploit the potential of phototracing, rather than just slapping some thin squiggly lines over a picture James Gandolfini.
Phototracing is totally affecting my buying habits. I'm really sensitive to it and I can't look past it in otherwise good books. Invincible Iron Man could be a great book but I dislike the art so much I can't buy it. I'm paying $3.99 for a comic book, a complete package of writing and art. If I love the writing but the art turns my stomach, I can't justify it. I can't pay that much for something I will only enjoy 50% of. Likewise, Shuttertown. I was intrigued by the story and I've loved everything else Nick Spenser has written, but after two issues I had to walk away. The artist (sorry I can't recall his name) was doing some interesting things too. His layouts were creative and I liked the way he put together a page. But Gabriel Byrne, Julianne Moore, Giovanni Ribisi, and James Gandolfini were just too distracting. I couldn't do it.