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Post by Enisy on Feb 12, 2008 17:40:21 GMT -5
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Post by mandikaye on Feb 12, 2008 20:05:07 GMT -5
I hate hate hate both of those pages. I think the art sucks, to be completely honest. The likenesses are AWFUL - particularly on the Lorne page.
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Post by Enisy on Feb 12, 2008 20:16:44 GMT -5
I think the art in the Lorne page is supposed to look "childish", in a way, to fit with the poem that'll accompany it. I love the Spike page, though. (Messina does a great job with the hair and the cheekbones, particularly.) That looks like an ironic smile in the last panel...
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Post by mandikaye on Feb 12, 2008 20:20:51 GMT -5
Poem? Did I miss something?
I do agree that it looked like an ironic smile. I just don't necessarily agree that it looked like Spike.
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Post by Brian Lynch on Feb 12, 2008 22:08:18 GMT -5
Yeah, the Lorne page is done in verse. It's pretty sweet.
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Post by patxshand on Feb 12, 2008 23:12:50 GMT -5
The Lorne page is a lot better when you see it with the words and everything. It's a cartoonish vibe, yeah, but it makes sense given how the page is written.
But the Spike page... That's easily Messina's best work ever. I'm the first to say that I haven't liked any of his work up until this point, but that Spike page is completely astonishing. I don't think there's any arguing that it doesn't look like Spike, because it just *does*. Those final three panels especially. I can very much see James Marsters in those last three panels.
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Post by mandikaye on Feb 12, 2008 23:37:10 GMT -5
I'm new to the world of comics, so I don't know what else Messina has done. These may be his best panels ever, but they just don't do it for me.
Did I know it was Spike? Of course. Can I see Spike doing what the guy on the page is doing? Definitely. That doesn't mean I have to think it looks like him.
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Post by SlayerLV on Feb 13, 2008 1:08:29 GMT -5
I love Lorne's page it's totally cute as for Spike page it's amazing the likeness to James is perfect.
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Post by angeliclestat on Feb 13, 2008 9:57:45 GMT -5
I love those pages. Am looking forward to getting these issues.
As much as I like Franco's work, part of me still wishes that Messina had gotton the gig. This pages alone proves to me how great a job he would have done.
Still Franco's work is getting better each issue, so am happy with that.
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Post by commandercool on Feb 13, 2008 12:59:47 GMT -5
I'm liking the Lorne page. I saw it in black and white with the poem, but I thought it was just concept art. I'm happy to see it in use.
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Post by chronicboredom on Feb 15, 2008 18:19:24 GMT -5
I don't like the idea of small stories from different writers/artists. What I love about Buffy and Angel so far is they've kept a comics with the same art. With other comics, Ultimate X-Men for instance, the characters are looking different every couple of months! It's nice to have some cintinuty to a comic every now and then  |
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Post by patxshand on Feb 15, 2008 18:21:41 GMT -5
Well, there aren't going to be any different writers. It's the same writer with different artists. It's only for the "First Night" story though, the main arc of "After the Fall" (Issues 1-5 and then 8-the end) is all pencilled by Franco Urru.
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Post by balesthebloody on Feb 15, 2008 21:07:40 GMT -5
I kinda like the idea of the different artists.
I kind gives it a "What if" feel.
Like: "What if he did it?! I wonder what it would have looked like?".
Well we now get to see that, plus it spices up the series each month!
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Post by buffysmglover on Feb 15, 2008 23:52:09 GMT -5
I'm loving both
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Post by commandercool on Feb 16, 2008 20:01:43 GMT -5
I don't like the idea of small stories from different writers/artists. What I love about Buffy and Angel so far is they've kept a comics with the same art. With other comics, Ultimate X-Men for instance, the characters are looking different every couple of months! It's nice to have some cintinuty to a comic every now and then Ugh... I had that problem with Ultimate X-Men too. Not with the art, but with the writers. It constantly flip-flopped from being excellent to utter crap so often that I finally dropped it. The art was kind of annoying as well, but it was the inconsistency of the storytelling that bugged me. |
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Post by buffysmglover on Feb 17, 2008 14:31:14 GMT -5
Yeah, the Lorne page is done in verse. It's pretty sweet. Well, hello there Brian. Sorry I missed you. Hah! Can someone tell me what this means? He's just saying the Lorne page is in poetry form right? |
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Post by Wyndam on Feb 17, 2008 20:07:05 GMT -5
I love both of the pages. Lorne added so much to Angel, so I am glad we will be seeing more of him (I wonder how he's handling the whole "LA in Hell" predicament), and I also love the panel of Spike looking out across L.A. Really spectacular.
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