Sunday, April 04, 2004
Oz Art.
I was re-reading some of my old Oz comics today, starting with Oz #1 and going through the "Scarecrow," "Lion," and "Timman" specials, and I noticed the difference between regular series artist Bill Bryan's Oz world is compared to the other fill-in artists on the specials.
Bryan's drawing style -- a darker, deeper madness -- perfectly coincides with the storyline through the comic. But the other three artists offered up styles that were complete opposites, some more indicitive of a superhero comic. The styles were just overdone and really didn't fit the mold of the comic.
Mind you, that doesn't mean I think they are bad artists, I don't. I just think that their styles were not fits for the specials. If they had applied their handiwork to a superhero genre comic, it would be better, but I don't think any of the three would have been particularly spectacular.
6:17:00 PM
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