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Despite our slightly misleading title, the conversation on the show today is pretty sober. And we were joined in it by a special guest, Wilfredo Torres — friend of the show and artist on The Shadow: Year One mini-series available right now from Dynamite Entertainment. It seemed apropos to ask Wilfredo on. Not only is he a stellar artist himself, but one look at his work will easily tell you what his influences are.
Or will it..?
Hence, the crux of today's roundtable. We chop up the nature of influence in comics and art. Why some artists transcend their influences while others do not. How far should said influences go? And can one be influenced in ways other than visually?
Check out the discussion and see what you think. Our goal with the talk was to take a conversation we have all had privately with our buddies, and bring it to the fore. Hell, you'll even learn to appreciate the greatness that is Curt Swan if you don't already. (Shame on you if you don't!)
-ADRiAN
Awesome show guys!
- Jeff
Posted by: Jeff Lafferty | February 27, 2013 at 10:10
LOVED the episode!
Re: JC LEYENDECKER/ROCKWELL...
Leyendecker was literally Rockwell's teacher. Leyendecker took such a liking to Rockwell that they ended up sharing studio space. These two simple facts will influence any artist's growth. :)
the Tiki
(RE: Thanks, and duly noted, Tiki! A few other people were cool enough to pass along that tidbit, too. Good info!)
Posted by: the Freaky Tiki | March 01, 2013 at 06:39
I loved this show if for no other reason than you guys gave it up to Curt Swan! Finally!! I grew up on this man's work. It wasn't flashy it was just RIGHT! Imagine I grew up reading Suoerman when Swan was on one book & Garcia Lopez was on the other!! One of those under appreciated DC artists of the 70's like Dick Dillin. (THE JLA artist!) I came in when Swan was inked buy Bob Oksner but I later saw the early 70's work inked by Murphy Anderson. Gorgeous!
To really appreciate Swan's art, check out some non Superman stuff he did in the 80's. He did some killer issues of Batman, Teen Titans & later Aquaman. Understated but so so good.
I used to look for the Adams lookalikes myself. Loved Nasser back in the day. Grell too. One thing on Rich Bucker. I used to think he was strictly an Adams / Kirby clone until I saw his work on Deathlok. That's the real deal there. The 70's were my time I guess. Adams, Aparo, Marshall Rogers, Byrne, Perez & underrated guys like Dillin & Keith Pollard. (Pollard was a favorite of mine back then. ) I even loved Romita JR ! I respect his stuff now but, seriously, does his current work even resemble his awesome Iron Man run? Great show fellas!!
Marc
Posted by: Marc | March 01, 2013 at 18:14