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vaillant:
Of course. When I started reading Marvel comic books, at about age 9, I was fascinated by the style of John Buscema, Sal Buscema, Gil Kane, other artists which got hugely prominent in the 1970s. But as I discovered earlier issues of the Fantastic Four I was entirely drawn within their unique atmosphere. They have – I can’t explain better – almost a "mystical" quality, and the delicate alchemy has to be accredited to Stan Lee as well.
Jack alone was a giant, but his "Achilles heel" was a tendency to exaggeration, in ideas and occasionally in dialogues. Although I still think his second, late period on the SA "Captain America", and the Black Panther, have been heavily undervalued by certain comics criticism.
I’m sure you’d find Demon a fascinating read. He also did a pair of pretty original magazine-sized publications in the early 1970s, one dealing with the occult throughout history, and the other one with gangsterism, titled "In the days of the mob". :)
watson387:
--- Quote from: vaillant on March 25, 2012, 02:23:16 PM ---I’m sure you’d find Demon a fascinating read.
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I second this. Demon is one of my all-time favorite characters.
paw broon:
At one time I had both those magazines and I had a set of Demon. It was good, might still be good. When I got back into comics, Forever People, New Gods etc. had not long begun and I managed to find the early issues, second hand. Loved them but mainly because they were different. I quickly got fed up with Barda and those HUGE women, plus the art seemed to become looser and bigger. The issues I have kept are the ones with g.a. reprints. However, the silver age Captain America was and is excellent. But then, I'm a Cap. fan.
Reddition magazine looks extremely interesting. It's frustrating because there are comics and albums in there that I have read and stuff I want to find out about but my German is very poor. I noticed a mention of Misterix and it didn't look like any of the other characters of the same name that I know about. O.K., forget that, it's an anthology mag. and it's landscape. Just found some issues listed on ebay.
Kid gangs do seem a popular strand in comics of many countries. I'm intrigued by the Jacovitti cover. So here is the great D.D. Watkins giving us Lord Snooty and his pals duping Hitler:-
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/Photos/Our-galleries/slideshow/91/dudley-d-watkins-lord-snooty-and-hitler.html
Just scroll along the pictures.
By the way, Paw Broon is the father in The Broons strip from The Sunday Post, by Dudley D. Watkins.
And here are some gorgeous Watkins panels:-
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/Photos/Our-galleries/slideshow/92/treasure-from-the-archives-the-gems-of-dudley-d-watkins.html
narfstar:
Teens like to read about teens. Even before comics there were plenty of book series. I am a fan of the Boy Allies series of books from WW1. Even though they were more young adults than boys. Bomba the Jungle Boy is also pretty good. You and I agree on not liking Kirby's big women Paw. It visually turned me off to his DC work. Watson, I hated Kirby's late period. Mainly because he had two not so powerful characters fighting cosmic events.
Yoc:
It took me a long time for Kirby and Ditko to grow on me. Once I read the first adventures of Dr Strange and The X-Men I could see the the attraction.
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