tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post8089421779339645964..comments2024-03-21T19:12:11.065-07:00Comments on Every Day Is Like Wednesday: Review: Invincible Iron Man Vol. 2: The War Machines Calebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-27997381774030431432016-11-08T12:25:22.508-08:002016-11-08T12:25:22.508-08:00I've read a few issues of Greg Land's ongo...I've read a few issues of Greg Land's ongoing run with Cullen Bunn on "Uncanny X-Men." He has improved fairly dramatically since he drew "Ultimate Fantastic Four" and when he drew Matt Fraction's run of X-Men. His work is no longer unbearably ugly and is now more along the lines of "unremarkably mediocre."<br /><br />His characters are easier to tell apart (I remember one thing I hated about his run with Fraction was that Emma Frost and Magik looked exactly the same), but I think that's partly because they all have very different hair colors, skin colors, and costumes (I kind of wonder if Bunn and Land picked this lineup with that in mind, in order to play to Land's weakness).<br /><br />TLDR, Land is now doing the bare minimum we expect of a comic artist. Which is way more than he was doing before.Evanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15661002375460378958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-83033484821149963592016-11-01T11:10:34.601-07:002016-11-01T11:10:34.601-07:00Much as I hate to correct you(and while there'...Much as I hate to correct you(and while there's a possibility that Toby Kessell may be the source for some reference, the main source of Deodato's Dr Doom is Vincent Cassel, who appeared in Ocean's 12 and 13 and many a French movie and used to be married to Monica Bellucci. <br /><br />Her's a google image search: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=vincent+cassel&client=safari&hl=en-gb&prmd=inv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjKgdT3kIjQAhVpC8AKHUHaB04Q_AUIBygB&biw=768&bih=928&dpr=2<br /><br />And a Deodato page for comparison: https://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.annihil.us%2Fu%2Fprod%2Fmarvel%2Fi%2Fmg%2Fd%2F03%2F5696a3065391f.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmarvel.com%2Fnews%2Fcomics%2F25624%2Fmike_deodato_wages_war_in_invincible_iron_man&docid=JQzpZQweka1Q2M&tbnid=SnRMvL5PuwgCjM%3A&w=1100&h=851&hl=en-gb&client=safari&bih=928&biw=768&ved=0ahUKEwjL9-KlkYjQAhXLIsAKHWkzBxsQMwgmKAowCg&iact=mrc&uact=8<br /><br />I'm in two minds about extensive photo reference for characters. I have fond memories of Paul Gulacy using Bruce Lee, Sean Connery and Marlon Brando in Master of Kung Fu, and it does give a distinctive voice to the way you read the character. Ditto for Sting as Bissette and Totleben's original design for John Constantine (and making sense characterwise when Brimstone and Treacle is taken into consideration for his original origin).<br /><br />But Deodato's style seems to pull you out of the story (it definitely did so for me when he used Tommy Lee Jones for Norman Osborne a few years back) so I suppose, as with most things, it's not so much the practice of using specific actors and more the way it is done.Careyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04661184760209648937noreply@blogger.com