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I tend to agree with this and never really thought about it before. Neil Gaiman for the most part has some great artists on SANDMAN, or at least good artists whose strengths he played to. Alan Moore has almost always had really good collaborators. But Grant Morrison seems to have a hard time with it.
I find almost all the art in THE INVISIBLES to be sort of flat and pedestrian, and while I do think the art on ANIMAL MAN has charm, it took me a long time to convince myself of that. The JLA stuff is really ugly - just not my thing. All those muscles and energy crackles and funky techno costumes. Not to my taste at all - but that's just me.
The stuff I do think is good are:
Quitely issues of NEW X-MEN and even more so FLEX MENTALLO. And WE3, although I thought the first two issues looked better than the third.
SEAGUY. Cameron Stewart's art is smashing on this (plus I know he reads this board - but really, I liked it. Honest).
THE FILTH is so ooky, it looks like something I just took out my nose. Perfect! And psychedelic! A great stoner read. I expect the collected ALL-STAR SUPERMAN to be another "just toke n'read" experience.
ARKHAM ASYLUM looks great, but I didn't like the story so much so for me it's a wash.
All of the SEVEN SOLDIERS stuff looks perfect, though. Of special note is KLARION THE WITCH BOY and THE MANHATTAN GUARDIAN, although I like FRANKENSTEIN and ZATANNA, too. And SHINING KNIGHT is good. The weakest of the bunch for me is BULLETEER, but I'm hoping that it goes in an interesting direction that makes the standard-issue superhero art make more sense. |
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