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TF comics should look more like this again
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 1:28 am
by JediTricks
http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/12/MarvelUS-01.jpg
Damn, that thing looks cool as hell! Simplistic, inaccurate, and dated, yes. But there's no denying that Optimus Prime looks super badass there, it's dark and a little scary, and he's crushing enemies in his bare hands! They shouldn't have old guys and kids on the covers, unless they're being killed by our heroes, but whatever. That cover looks more like pop art than a mere comic book, it looks like a twisted, slightly abstract, artistic interpretation! In a good way!
Oh, and look, a proto-Dom posted a Usenet review about it way back in '84!
http://groups.google.com/group/net.comi ... df610e0376
See? The internet WAS made for this shit!!!
Re: TF comics should look more like this again
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:44 am
by Dominic
That cover was hideous. It was like Bill Seinkewitzsp?) said, "Well, I finished 'New Mutants' for the month, now to do that favor for the boss, right after I get drunk."
A later version of that cover cleaned up the image quite a bit. But, the early one is awful.
I like abstract looking TFs. But, there is a different between "abstract" and "sloppy".
Those first few issues of TF are painful to read. (I often forget how bad Macchio was, in light of Budiansky's strong early showing.) Early issues were not even at the "workman like" level. The roll-call scenes made even the most tedious "assembly sequence" in anime look graceful.
Dom
Re: TF comics should look more like this again
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 12:58 pm
by JediTricks
That cover is rad! (not to be confused with the TF character of the same name) Sure, the pants are a little Shogun Warriors, but it's epic and emotive! Prime looks wild!
Re: TF comics should look more like this again
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 5:12 pm
by Onslaught Six
Re: TF comics should look more like this again
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 7:04 pm
by donosaur
Re: TF comics should look more like this again
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 11:38 pm
by onslaught86
Painted art is lovely. That cover image is iconic, if strange to look at now. My vote goes to this, though:
http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/d8/MarvelUS-05.jpg
Re: TF comics should look more like this again
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 1:48 am
by Onslaught Six
Well, I stuck with UK #1 to go with the first-issue theme. Clearly, Number Five is the coolest cover 'ever.' And then there's that G2 one with Bludgeon's head and Megs is holding it.
Re: TF comics should look more like this again
Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 11:53 am
by Gomess
And Britain hits an incredible opening pitch...!
...Yeah, I'm not really sure about the OP cover up there. It's a nice piece of art, but it wouldn't make me buy the first issue of a long-running comic.
Not that I do that much *anyway*, but, well, you know!
Re: TF comics should look more like this again
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 11:16 am
by Dominic
The problem with US issue 5 is that it is so distinctive that it has an unfair advantage. Those lovely early UK covers were just average for when they came out, while US issue 5 was able to shine with the same standard.
Dom
-likes the Brian Bolland tribute on AHM #1.
Re: TF comics should look more like this again
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:18 pm
by onslaught86
If there's one TF comic cover I want in poster, coffee mug, t-shirt, and just about every form possible, it's #5. Ahh, Shockwave. Surprises me that they've not milked that image yet..
