New edition of GR?

[Daniel Harper]

Damn, I didn't know about the right-wing politics thing. Although it
shouldn't really have surprised me. He's _still_ a great writer and
comic book artist, though -- the _Sin City_ series is brilliant.

That said, I don't read a lot of comic books in general, so I can't
talk about my favorite writers/artists.

On Nov 9, 2007 4:22 PM, Richard Ryan <richardryannyc at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'm gonna line up on the Frank-Miller-is-a-great-artist side on this
> one.  I'm not wild about his right wing politics - but it's a free
> country despite all the best efforts of his boy Bush.
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> I'm not sure I can think of any comix artist widely acknowledged as great who I'd dissent on.  When I was a kid I thought Jack Kirby was over-rated, but now I love his weird blocky creations; and I certainly understand why he's regarded as one of the masters.
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> Okay, here's the game - top 10 comic artists of all time (not cartoonists, right?) - not in any order, highly personal and all-that:
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> Neal Adams
> Jack Kirby
> Jim Steranko
> Tim Vigil
> Frank Frazetta
> Will Eisner
> Gil Kane
> Bernie Wrightson
> Howard Chaykin
> and, I dunno, Esteban Moroto?
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Bryan Snyder <wilsonistrey at gmail.com>
> To: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>; Ian (Hank Kimble) Scuffling <scuffling at gmail.com>
> Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
>
> Sent: Friday, November 9, 2007 4:12:23 PM
> Subject: RE: New edition of GR?
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> oh I couldn't disagree more, but then again I was introduced to Frank
>  Miller
> with his amazing Dark Knight stuff back when I was young enough to
>  justify
> reading comic books all day.
>
> Opinions!  Gotta love the art that produces so many!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On
>  Behalf
> Of rich
> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 3:52 PM
> To: Ian (Hank Kimble) Scuffling
> Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: Re: New edition of GR?
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> Frank Miller is the reason, IMHO, why many comix suck today.  how can
> anybody say this guy can draw?
> give me frazetta, neal adams and jon romita, please
>
> rich
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> On 11/9/07, Ian (Hank Kimble) Scuffling <scuffling at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The bomb itself is the illustration, I guess, but come on!  I, too,
> > bought it and expected something more.  Idiot Emptor!
> >
> > Henry Mu
> > http://www.urdomain.us/kcuf.htm
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> > On Nov 9, 2007 3:06 PM, Bryan Snyder <wilsonistrey at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > <snip>
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> > > I was one of those idiots (I use the term lovingly) who bought the
>  frank
> > > miller cover cause I was expecting an illustration or TWO... and
>  got
> none.
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