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Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
I should have known it was zenoscope.

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Ygolonac
Nov 26, 2007

pre:
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CLUTCH  NIXON
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The Hero We Need

thetoughestbean posted:

I was going through my old pictures for reasons and forgot this pic of a “cosplay calendar” for sale around this time last year at my local comics store



Well, at least she got some Breastar steel to start on her armor.

Rotten Red Rod
Mar 5, 2002

How exactly is that "cosplay"

jng2058
Jul 17, 2010

We have the tools, we have the talent!





Rotten Red Rod posted:

How exactly is that "cosplay"

In the "Cosplay is a word that the kids use for skimpily dressed girls, right? Well I can do THAT!" way. :sigh:

Fish Of Doom
Aug 18, 2004
I'm too awake for this to be a nightmare



I love that the two sample pages they show are the exact same pose.

thetoughestbean
Apr 27, 2013

Keep On Shroomin

Rotten Red Rod posted:

How exactly is that "cosplay"

My guess is that it’s a way to get around copyright

thetoughestbean
Apr 27, 2013

Keep On Shroomin
How do you folks get pictures of the pages you want to post? I’ve got some manga I’d love to share but would have to take pictures with my phone

site
Apr 6, 2007

Trans pride, Worldwide
Bitch
If reading a cbr export the page
Use the windows clip to just grab a panel
Right click save then upload to imgur if reading on a scan site
Use the page share function on my tablet app

thetoughestbean
Apr 27, 2013

Keep On Shroomin

site posted:

If reading a cbr export the page
Use the windows clip to just grab a panel
Right click save then upload to imgur if reading on a scan site
Use the page share function on my tablet app

I am reading a physical book

site
Apr 6, 2007

Trans pride, Worldwide
Bitch
Well it's either the phone or I hope you got a scanner then

thetoughestbean
Apr 27, 2013

Keep On Shroomin
Oh well, I apologize for the pic quality in advance.

Ran and the Gray World is absolutely gorgeous





Cooked Auto
Aug 4, 2007

If you will not serve in combat, you will serve on the firing line!




theironjef posted:

Oh so she got grimdarked. That sorta sucks!

:hai:

sliami
Apr 28, 2018



thetoughestbean posted:

Oh well, I apologize for the pic quality in advance.

Ran and the Gray World is absolutely gorgeous







aWOOOOOga

Haha oh poo poo all this talk of scanning... Wanna fish out some of me own comics. I got Emily Carroll, Ivy Atom's Pinky Cooper, ROAD QUEEN, an Octopus Pie sketches thingy... I mean what do y'all think

the floor is baklava
May 4, 2003

SHAME

How Wonderful! posted:

I think a lot of Yoshitako Amano stuff is really beautiful and lovely.



That Harley Quinn illustration is maybe not him at his best nor really playing to his strengths but I think he puts a number of charming personal touches on it. The detailing on her pipe and bat, the superhero bubbles coming out... I dunno. I like it well enough!

Wow. Looks very Gustav Klimt-inspired. In a (very) good way.

Chinston Wurchill
Jun 27, 2010

It's not that kind of test.
I'm working through Alan Moore's Swamp Thing and although I didn't immediately love the art it's gotten significantly better and it's sometimes absolutely stunning.



There's an issue in the second collection involving the afterlife which is a total feast for the eyes.

...and the writing's okay too I guess.

JacquelineDempsey
Aug 6, 2008

Women's Circuit Bender Union Local 34



Ygolonac posted:

Well, at least she got some Breastar steel to start on her armor.

Booba Fett

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

https://mobile.twitter.com/artofmmignola/status/1344667718042013696

Darthemed
Oct 28, 2007

"A data unit?
For me?
"




College Slice

Adventures into the Unknown #50 (1953)
Pencils: Pete Riss
Inks: Ken Bald(?)


Superboy #66 (1958)
Pencils & Inks: John Sikela


Fantastic Four #42 (1965)
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Vince Colletta


The Defenders #16 (1974)
Pencils: Sal Buscema
Inks: Mike Esposito


Web of Scarlet Spider #4 (1996)
Pencils: Paris Karounos
Inks: Randy Emberlin


Spider-Man's Tangled Web #15 (2002)
Pencils & Inks: Paul Pope


Spider-Man's Tangled Web #17 (2002)
Pencils & Inks: Leandro Fernandez


Ben Reilly: The Scarlet Spider #9 (2017)
Pencils & Inks: Will Sliney


Edge of Spider-Geddon #1 (2018)
Pencils & Inks: Gerrardo Sandoval

thetoughestbean
Apr 27, 2013

Keep On Shroomin
When you know why people buy your books
Took this pic at my local comics store, so I wasn’t able to figure out its name. I wasn’t sure about posting this but there’s something about the anatomy of that feels really off here

The_Other
Dec 28, 2012

Welcome Back, Galaxy Geek.

thetoughestbean posted:

When you know why people buy your books
Took this pic at my local comics store, so I wasn’t able to figure out its name. I wasn’t sure about posting this but there’s something about the anatomy of that feels really off here

Quick check on Comixology indicates that the series name is Patriotika

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


The problem with that drawing is that the upper half of the picture has the character's body angled to highlight her boobs (obviously) but then the bottom half continues as if it was a normal 3/4 view. It makes her look like she has a tiny head.

sliami
Apr 28, 2018



thetoughestbean posted:

When you know why people buy your books
Took this pic at my local comics store, so I wasn’t able to figure out its name. I wasn’t sure about posting this but there’s something about the anatomy of that feels really off here

unintentionally lopsided

sliami
Apr 28, 2018



if u gonna make her have a paint-on breastplate with overwrought leather strap collar at least make it consistent 😑

thetoughestbean
Apr 27, 2013

Keep On Shroomin

Lurdiak posted:

The problem with that drawing is that the upper half of the picture has the character's body angled to highlight her boobs (obviously) but then the bottom half continues as if it was a normal 3/4 view. It makes her look like she has a tiny head.

Also her arms are inexplicably missing

Flesh Forge
Jan 31, 2011

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY DOG
People don't buy that to look at arms

Jordan7hm
Feb 17, 2011




Lipstick Apathy
Spider-Man Tangled Web was such a cool idea.

Random Stranger
Nov 27, 2009



thetoughestbean posted:

Also her arms are inexplicably missing

She's jutting her chest out while leaning back. You can see the edge of the arm on the cover.

No matter how you look at it, it's terrible posing and composition. There's better ways to stage that even if you want some boobs to dominate the image.

Internet Wizard
Aug 9, 2009

BANDAIDS DON'T FIX BULLET HOLES

She also has boobs that appear to be about two inches tall where they connect to her torso, and then extend outward so far that they fold over and fill in her top. Her nipples are pointed straight down, or possibly even pointing back at herself.

Solenna
Jun 5, 2003

I'd say it was your manifest destiny not to.

Lurdiak posted:

The problem with that drawing is that the upper half of the picture has the character's body angled to highlight her boobs (obviously) but then the bottom half continues as if it was a normal 3/4 view. It makes her look like she has a tiny head.
Not just that, the way her body is angled means her head should be way closer to the centre of the page. Right now there's a disconnect if you try and follow the line of her spine

Android Blues
Nov 22, 2008

thetoughestbean posted:

When you know why people buy your books
Took this pic at my local comics store, so I wasn’t able to figure out its name. I wasn’t sure about posting this but there’s something about the anatomy of that feels really off here

It feels like this has to be a tawdry homage to the infamous Liefeld Captain America profile shot.

stratdax
Sep 14, 2006

I googled Antarctic Press to see what they're about. Maybe they're another one of those porn tracing comic companies like that one posted much earlier in the thread.
No, Antarctic Press is much funnier. Looks like they're shitposting in comic form, but I honestly don't know.



(This is a tracing job, right?)


https://antarctic-press.myshopify.com/
Everybody should go here and scroll through what they're offering. It's great stuff.

stratdax fucked around with this message at 19:08 on Jan 2, 2021

ruddiger
Jun 3, 2004

I really want to read Cat poo poo One but gently caress giving that company any business.

Selachian
Oct 9, 2012

Geez, I haven't paid any attention to Antarctic since back in the day when they were just publishing Ben Dunn's and Fred Perry's mangaesque stuff. Looks like they've found another, uh, niche to sell to.

stratdax
Sep 14, 2006

I'm not sure they're being entirely flattering. Last image I'll post of this though because honestly the art itself doesn't seem to be that bad, unless they're all tracing jobs. (But I don't have that critical an eye). Except for the american anime stuff they're publishing looks horrible to me but I dunno, I guess it's a style they're going after. Imagine being a comics artist and this is where you end up... gotta pay the bills somehow I guess. But I'm still laughing anyway.

stratdax fucked around with this message at 01:58 on Jan 3, 2021

Random Stranger
Nov 27, 2009



stratdax posted:

I googled Antarctic Press to see what they're about. Maybe they're another one of those porn tracing comic companies like that one posted much earlier in the thread.
No, Antarctic Press is much funnier. Looks like they're shitposting in comic form, but I honestly don't know.



I was wondering if that was being satirical or sincere and then I scrolled down to see Chuck Dixon's name.

ruddiger
Jun 3, 2004

Goddamn I used to love Dave Dorman’s work too.

That Space Force cover also has a bad case of Liefeld foot.

theironjef
Aug 11, 2009

The archmage of unexpected stinks.

Internet Wizard posted:

She also has boobs that appear to be about two inches tall where they connect to her torso, and then extend outward so far that they fold over and fill in her top. Her nipples are pointed straight down, or possibly even pointing back at herself.

One of her powers is using her breasts as a dowsing rod. She's just discovered an aquifer!

Zoben
Oct 3, 2001

How Wonderful! posted:

I think a lot of Yoshitako Amano stuff is really beautiful and lovely.



That Harley Quinn illustration is maybe not him at his best nor really playing to his strengths but I think he puts a number of charming personal touches on it. The detailing on her pipe and bat, the superhero bubbles coming out... I dunno. I like it well enough!

Kind of late to put in my two cents, but while these ones you posted are awesome, the other stuff in the thread looks pretty bad to me, especially the coloring -- looks like poorly-blended colored pencil work. Don't get me wrong, I like looser artists for sure and I'm not much of a fan of house style/realism attempt comic art, I'd much rather see artists like Sienkiewicz and Egon Schiele (not comics I know, duh). It's just kind of strange when you see art like what you posted and the awesome Vampire Hunter D cover, then see the other work posted which (to me, in my subjective opinion, of course) looks like another less-skilled artist's work. Almost like when Liefeld posted his portrait of George Floyd, I was like "uh, wait a minute here...." TLDR: I agree with BiggerBoat

As an aside, and I hope I'm not breaking the rules of the thread too much by posting non-comic art, but some of Amano's better work reminds me of an artist I really love, Akiya Kageichi. Also an acquired taste though, I know. Very busy stuff but I digs it

Flesh Forge
Jan 31, 2011

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY DOG

Android Blues posted:

It feels like this has to be a tawdry homage to the infamous Liefeld Captain America profile shot.

no that's just the aesthetic of the comic :shrug:



e: like, very consistently the waist down is carefully rendered to make sure you know it's body paint, not a garment, in every depiction

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BiggerBoat
Sep 26, 2007

Don't you tell me my business again.

Flesh Forge posted:

no that's just the aesthetic of the comic :shrug:



e: like, very consistently the waist down is carefully rendered to make sure you know it's body paint, not a garment, in every depiction

Subtle


Doesn't bother me. That's bad rear end.

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