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narfstar:
Wolverton and Hanks did not take much to win me over. Paul Gataso is another quirky kinda artist that I liked from the get go.

OtherEric:
Speaking for myself, I like Wolverton's work a lot more than Hanks.  Not that I dislike Hanks, but comparing the two almost seems to be missing the point; they get superficially similar results from completely different directions.

Ami_GFX:
Wolverton was the master of weirdness. Ordinary people were not his thing. Monsters and aliens and grossely distorted human anatomy were where he shined. I like his woodcut like rendering style and firm bold lines. Distinctive is the word I would apply to his art. Nobody before or since has drawn comics the way Wolverton did whether you like his art or not.

I first got acquainted with Wolverton's art in Mad's Ugliest Girl in America series and later found his SF stories in 80s reprints. I've been enjoying the Spacehawk stories. The art is really remarkable in the context of the time the books came out. Wolverton and Jack Cole were shining lights in the early 40s golden age when there was a lot of very simplistic art being done.

Astaldo711:
The first thing I noticed when I looked at that panel was that his art needs a shave. He didn't color in his shadows, he used lines to darken them and made it look like stubble. I like his stuff though.

JVJ (RIP):

--- Quote from: jfglade on June 09, 2011, 04:49:07 PM ---I feel the same way about Basil Wolverton as I do Hank Williams Senior, and if you don't like Hank Williams....

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In case anyone missed the allusion...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH24t8mm7kw
I can never tell just how much of my "culture" is shared (or if anyone even cares). Personally, I think Kristofferson is one of the greatest poets of the 20th century. But then I like comic books, too.

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