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I thought Marvel's Logan's Run was better than the movie.
posted by ogooglebar at 2:28 PM on October 24, 2013


I have the James Bond film adaptation comic book for A View to a Kill somewhere, that was great, I remember reading it a lot.

That Bill Sienkiewicz Dune book reminds me, he was why Moon Knight was cooler than just about anything out there. That dude changed comic book art. He should be in the tags.
posted by Ice Cream Socialist at 2:30 PM on October 24, 2013 [6 favorites]


It's sometimes said of great actors that they could sit and read a newspaper for two hours and make it riveting. Bill Sienkiewicz could draw a comic book of a guy sitting and reading a newspaper and ditto.
posted by George_Spiggott at 2:34 PM on October 24, 2013 [9 favorites]


I would like to use this space to weigh in on behalf of Evan Dorkin's adaptation of Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, if I may. I haven't seen a copy since I was a kid, but I remember it as something important.
posted by Rustmouth Snakedrill at 2:35 PM on October 24, 2013 [3 favorites]


Michael Fleisher, Gene Colan and Dave Hunt's 'Little Shop Of Horrors'

I can't even begin to understand why anyone would think a musical should or could be adapted as a comic book.
posted by Panjandrum at 2:59 PM on October 24, 2013 [2 favorites]


I read and reread Dune until my copy was falling apart. Still can't get enough of Sienkiewicz.
posted by smartyboots at 3:13 PM on October 24, 2013


Now this is the sort of shit we should be finding in the dollar bins.
posted by turbid dahlia at 3:38 PM on October 24, 2013 [1 favorite]


Bill Sienkiewicz could draw a comic book of a guy sitting and reading a newspaper and ditto.

This is pretty much what Stray Toasters was about.
posted by turbid dahlia at 3:38 PM on October 24, 2013 [4 favorites]


The Abyss adaptation was really well done too (IIRC).
posted by drezdn at 4:13 PM on October 24, 2013


Well maybe the lazy bastard could finish Big Numbers.
posted by biffa at 4:16 PM on October 24, 2013


Hell yes, Sienkiewicz. I happened onto Stray Toasters when was about seventeen, and it was the first comic book I ever truly loved.
posted by palmcorder_yajna at 4:28 PM on October 24, 2013


I lucked into all of Sienkiewicz's Dune comics at a freaking garage sale in college. They have a place of honor in my living room spinner rack! I didn't know about Kyle Baker's Dick Tracy, though.
posted by Tesseractive at 5:24 PM on October 24, 2013


That Dick Tracy adaptation looks way, way worse than even the low expectations I had of a cash-in comic book based on a 1980s movie based on a 1960s cartoon based on a 1930s comic strip. It looks like a drunk junior high kid drew it--mostly by tracing--then let a younger, drunker kid colour it with washable Crayolas.
posted by Sys Rq at 5:27 PM on October 24, 2013


I was thoroughly enjoying this write-up until the totally unnecessary jab against Rocky Horror and its fans.
posted by DrAstroZoom at 5:36 PM on October 24, 2013 [2 favorites]


It looks like a drunk junior high kid drew it--mostly by tracing--then let a younger, drunker kid colour it with washable Crayolas.

Woah hey you're talking about Kyle Baker there.
posted by jason_steakums at 5:37 PM on October 24, 2013 [2 favorites]


Did he have a stroke or something, or just not care?
posted by Sys Rq at 5:39 PM on October 24, 2013


...or he's just not your thing. Or that particular project of his isn't. His style changes a looot and I'd be the first to say that his Frank Miller-esque stuff on some of his 80's projects isn't my favorite (even if I have a soft spot for his run on The Shadow), but he's one of the all-time greats.
posted by jason_steakums at 5:46 PM on October 24, 2013 [1 favorite]


Bill Sienkiewicz could draw a comic book of a guy sitting and reading a newspaper and ditto.

Reading his New Mutants issues when I was in high school was the first time I had ever encountered a comic book that doubled as art, it set the bar quite high for me.
posted by AzraelBrown at 6:46 PM on October 24, 2013 [1 favorite]


Ralph Macchio's Dune?!?!?
posted by blue_beetle at 6:54 PM on October 24, 2013


Well, hey, whaddaya know, he did trace it!
posted by Sys Rq at 7:58 PM on October 24, 2013


i've always hated that whole line of argument because there is a distinct difference between referencing a photograph, even heavily, and literal tracing, and this difference is routinely overlooked by both fans accusing people who have used reference of "cheating" and by people (including some who actually do literally trace things, which is admittedly - at least hopefully - more of a problem on, like, deviantart than in professional circles) going "no way tracing is legit look here's some examples of artists using references"
posted by titus n. owl at 10:32 PM on October 24, 2013 [1 favorite]


It looks like a drunk junior high kid drew it--mostly by tracing--then let a younger, drunker kid colour it with washable Crayolas.

Them's fighting words.

( Right cross, combination. Uppercut.)
posted by MartinWisse at 10:45 PM on October 24, 2013 [1 favorite]


Yeah, it's kind of amazing that an illustrator could call what Rockwell is doing tracing. He alters and interprets the poses, expressions and head tilts, changes not just the color and texture of things but even the lighting and the drape and folds of fabric. The reason tracing -- especially when mixed with original art in a single image -- sucks is because it throws in all sorts of false notes of inconsistent perspective and execution. Even a lay person can spot it fairly often.
posted by George_Spiggott at 10:49 PM on October 24, 2013 [2 favorites]


I've read the Steranko adaptation of Outland - it's out there on the net in full. It's pretty damn sweet; it's told almost entirely in double-page spreads, and looks lovely. Very word dense, but beautiful.
posted by egypturnash at 11:02 PM on October 24, 2013 [1 favorite]


Hopefully, this fits in the discussion, I recall reading an Empire Strikes Back giant comic book in 7th or 8th grade and it was out at least a week or two before the movie hit theaters - my friends and I were shocked by Darth Vader being Luke's father before we even saw the movie. I remember that it was well illustrated and very true to the story in the movie. Just a bad, good for me at the time, release date compared to the movie.
posted by mdrosen at 12:47 AM on October 25, 2013


I thought Marvel's Logan's Run was better than the movie.

I don't think I ever saw all of it, but I remember it. I know that I read the original novel, and it's been sometimes the case that licensed/ancillary materials are based on draft screenplays rather than the shooting script or final edit, so I wonder if it was closer to the novel.
posted by dhartung at 1:00 AM on October 25, 2013


I have that Dune somewhere (not a fan of Bill's New Mutants or Dune art, but his covers are astounding), but I need to read Outland, stat.
posted by Mezentian at 5:11 PM on October 27, 2013


I've read the Steranko adaptation of Outland - it's out there on the net in full. It's pretty damn sweet; it's told almost entirely in double-page spreads, and looks lovely. Very word dense, but beautiful.

It is a thing of amazement.
posted by Artw at 6:31 PM on October 27, 2013


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