kaan
Common Vampire
[Mo0:3]
Posts: 78
|
Post by kaan on Apr 27, 2010 21:58:03 GMT -5
Why is no one pointing out that Moline's Sam also has some boobage going on? Maybe not on the scale on Chen's, but it's there. That's what I thought! Moline's Sam has huge boobs, much bigger than Chen's. Chen's is a pose shot and I have no trouble with boobage. I like boobs, sue me. Both cover's are pretty boring imo. What exactly is Riley and Sam shooting at? And except for #34 and #35, I haven't been that impressed with Chen's covers for a long time now. Whereas Jeanty's are getting better and better. Moline's artwork is pretty hit and miss for me. Loved Fray, pretty much hated TOYL, but he redeemed himself with the Willow one-shot. I know everyone wants to know what's up with Riley, but did we really need an entire issue to deal with that? A thrilling spy adventure? Really? Withholding judgement on this one.
|
|
The Night Lord
Wise-cracking Sidekick
The Long Kiss Goodnight
There can be no love. Only pain exists[Mo0:1]
Posts: 2,654
|
Post by The Night Lord on Apr 28, 2010 0:45:51 GMT -5
Well, I'm looking forward to this, cuz I have questions and for once, there's an issue that's gonna have answers, so yay for that
|
|
Darth Rosie
Ensouled Vampire
I do doodle
Keeper of Didacity [? Astray][Mo0:12]
Posts: 1,392
|
Post by Darth Rosie on Apr 28, 2010 0:48:50 GMT -5
i once lost a friend to the deadly side-boob. i'm still going to get the chen cover. This is one of the funniest things I've ever read. Thanks for making my day. Karma!
|
|
cutiepatootie
Common Vampire
lay waste to the world, and everything in it[Mo0:0]
Posts: 87
|
Post by cutiepatootie on Apr 28, 2010 10:34:10 GMT -5
I'm pleased to see this, hopefully these one shots will be able to patch up some of the plot holes of Season 8. Although I'm not too keen on Moline's work.
|
|
|
Post by CowboyGuy on Apr 28, 2010 14:35:33 GMT -5
Pretty excited for this issue. I'm a Riley fan, and I am a Sam fan. I am glad we will get actual answers, where as with the Willow one-shot I felt pretty let down. The covers are alright, but nothing spectacular...but I do wanna point out that I never in a million years thought we'd see a Riley/Sam cover by Jo Chen. Nifty!
I'm in that "collect em all" mood, and we've had almost everyone drawn by Chen on a cover, sans Spike, Tara and Anya...and the Angel cast of course.
|
|
alex_krycek
Rogue Demon Hunter
keeper of the x-files
sorry, i just remembered seeing king ralph[Mo0:30]
Posts: 484
|
Post by alex_krycek on Apr 29, 2010 8:51:17 GMT -5
i once lost a friend to the deadly side-boob. i'm still going to get the chen cover. This is one of the funniest things I've ever read. Thanks for making my day. Karma! thank you!
|
|
|
Post by Giant Michael on May 5, 2010 10:52:50 GMT -5
Kind of excited by this, because what Riley's been up to and what happened to Sam has been one of the threads I've been most interested in this series.
Can't say enough about Moline's artwork, either. He draws good Buffy.
MB x
|
|
BlueJay
Descendant of a Toaster Oven
Resident Charmed Fan[Mo0:12]
Posts: 631
|
Post by BlueJay on May 7, 2010 21:12:33 GMT -5
I really don't understand the Jo Chen hate. I love the covers, the artwork, everything. I don't care if most of them are portrait-style and aesthetically enhanced - that's why it's artwork and not a photo cover. I think we're damn lucky to get Jo Chen as a regular cover artist.
|
|
narflet
Potential Slayer
grr. arg.[Mo0:0]
Posts: 198
|
Post by narflet on May 14, 2010 8:48:18 GMT -5
HQ Covers from CBR:
|
|
|
Post by wenxina on May 14, 2010 9:02:15 GMT -5
Thanks for the find. OP has been updated with hi-res images.
|
|
rufio
Novice Witch
[Mo0:0]
Posts: 205
|
Post by rufio on May 14, 2010 9:55:31 GMT -5
Yeah I personally think the Chen cover is perfection. The likenesses of Riley and Sam are spot on IMO-- its a lot better than issue 33 when Twilight is taking off his mask and buffy looks horrified (that cover is probably the worst one by Chen- Buffy's neck/face look so off!) If you look back, a few of the covers are simply the characters posed- which is fine w/me. Since they're so realistic looking compared to the drawings inside, to me-they seem more like a snapshot window into the characters in Season 8. I love all of the Chen covers so far--except for #33. But, with this Riley one-shot cover...I may be reaching, but if we're going to read poses- it seems that Riley and Sam have their backs to each other. Now, this could mean that there is a disconnect between them as husband and wife...or not, because they're holding hands on Molines cover. Guess we'll have to just wait til August to see!!
|
|
rufio
Novice Witch
[Mo0:0]
Posts: 205
|
Post by rufio on May 14, 2010 10:03:18 GMT -5
and people are overreacting to the side-boob thing. it's a BOOB! Who cares?!! I believe Sam had a heavy vest on for most (if not all) of the season 6 episode "As you Were", so how are we to know exactly that she doesn't have big knockers?! They teach you in art school to exaggerate, and sorry-but people want to see boobs. Besides... this cover aint nothin' compared to Faith on the cover of "Safe"- THAT was a bit too much exaggeration on the cleavage.
|
|
alex_krycek
Rogue Demon Hunter
keeper of the x-files
sorry, i just remembered seeing king ralph[Mo0:30]
Posts: 484
|
Post by alex_krycek on May 14, 2010 10:43:01 GMT -5
cover art aside, i think that this will be a great issue. i'm anxious to see what happened/happens to sam. i liked her. thought she was a good fit w/ riley.
|
|
|
Post by wenxina on May 14, 2010 13:56:55 GMT -5
rufio: Please don't double post. Use the "Modify" function. Thanks.
|
|
The Girl In Question
Ensouled Vampire
Lumpy Space Princess
"It eats you starting with your bottom."[Mo0:33]
Posts: 1,674
|
Post by The Girl In Question on May 14, 2010 20:20:23 GMT -5
and people are overreacting to the side-boob thing. it's a BOOB! Who cares?!! I believe Sam had a heavy vest on for most (if not all) of the season 6 episode "As you Were", so how are we to know exactly that she doesn't have big knockers?! They teach you in art school to exaggerate, and sorry-but people want to see boobs. Besides... this cover aint nothin' compared to Faith on the cover of "Safe"- THAT was a bit too much exaggeration on the cleavage. Er...I went to art school and unless you were an Animation major (like moi ^_^) it was encouraged to not exaggerate features. But then again I went to a commercial arts school, so... And I don't think people are freaking out about the side boob, but they're making fun of it. And since Chen's going for a photo-realistic look, the boobs should not be exaggerated.
|
|
rufio
Novice Witch
[Mo0:0]
Posts: 205
|
Post by rufio on May 15, 2010 11:37:23 GMT -5
I studied fashion illustration and while they didn't exactly teach to exaggerate the bust, they did teach to make the neck and legs unrealistically long. Anyway, it's part of the female anatomy and it shouldn't be ignored because people think women are objectified.
|
|
|
Post by henzINNIT on May 15, 2010 12:21:19 GMT -5
I studied fashion illustration and while they didn't exactly teach to exaggerate the bust, they did teach to make the neck and legs unrealistically long. Anyway, it's part of the female anatomy and it shouldn't be ignored because people think women are objectified. Fashion illustration is a whole other area, and fashion tends to use incredibly long models. Painting real people with enlarged breasts is objectification. Joss has a habit of picking girls that don't fit that bracket, so it's odd to undermine that so blatently. My main gripe is that it's totally unnecessary and damages the realistic image Chen is supposedly going for.
|
|
rufio
Novice Witch
[Mo0:0]
Posts: 205
|
Post by rufio on May 15, 2010 13:50:30 GMT -5
I don't know, maybe it is objectification- but I don't personally think the image of Sam looks that exaggerated.
|
|
terryb
Innocent Bystander
"Oh, god, no." "Please no."[Mo0:0]
Posts: 17
|
Post by terryb on May 24, 2010 0:01:29 GMT -5
I'm certainly not a huge Riley fan, but I'm vaguely excited for this. Personally, it's my predication that Sam is going to die, but I hope I'm wrong. I'm not a huge Riley fan either. I was SO hoping he would turn out to be Twilight and we could get rid of him. I still think he would have made a better Twilight than Angel - IMO. Not sure if I will include it in my collection or not. It's not going to be numbered like the Willow one-shot was. So, I guess it could be left out if you wanted to too. I don't want to read some attempt to make Riley out to be a nice guy. - Sorry - I'm probably his biggest non-fan. It's a good cover though - for Riley. ;D
|
|
Billie Erin
Ensouled Vampire
"I go back to December"
"I picked up a hitchhiker. You've got to when you hit them."[Mo0:0]
Posts: 1,536
|
Post by Billie Erin on May 25, 2010 9:35:05 GMT -5
I don't know how many of you have the read the Buffy novel "Seven Crows" but in that Sam was pregnant. Do those things count as canon? . . .
|
|