Be fair, the inking on TF vs GI Joe is far worse than you'd get in a coloring book... on purpose.BWprowl wrote:I'm not reading it either (not just because of a disinterest in GI Joe but also because the far-backwards-looking intent of the series is pretty much the opposite of what I want in TF stories), but I will point out that Re-Generation 1 nicely paid homage to Marvel G1's art without looking like a coloring book.andersonh1 wrote:Not this Transformers fan, but then that's due to a lack of interest in GI Joe rather than being put off by the art. It's so deliberately patterned after early Marvel TF that it's an obvious homage, so that wouldn't put me off by itself.
Perhaps the intent is to shock fans while making newcomers feel uninhibited by the art, letting the art be a throwback to shoddiness so that it doesn't say "I'm much more important than the story", minimizing the intent. Or maybe he's just jacking off trying to abuse the pretenses of art, but I don't get that feeling, this may be his lazy doodling but it's his lazy doodling that puts 30 unique characters and vehicles and settings into a single panel without fear while trying to pay homage to his and Barber's experiences with classic comics during childhood.