Todd McFarlane review...
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fajrdrakoA review of former comic book superstar Todd McFarlane's Spider-Man graphic
novel "Masques" on the Ottawa Public Library website begins: "Todd
Mcfarlane can't wright." I chortled.
Mind you, it's true. Many comic book artists think they can write (because
writing is a lot easier than drawing, right?) and then prove they can't
write by producing beautifully drawn nonsense. Or, sometimes, badly-drawn
nonsense.
Mind you, I haven't read "Masques" so can't judge there.
But this reviewer (who, if I dare say so, can't wright), goes on to say
Todd McFarlane can't draw. I disagree. He's a bad anatomist, and his work
sometimes looks rushe and sloppy, but his work has energy, cohesion and
verve. It looks good even when it isn't.
And it's something of a historical artifact, the comics of the 1990s,
which was a wild time for comics and their creators.
novel "Masques" on the Ottawa Public Library website begins: "Todd
Mcfarlane can't wright." I chortled.
Mind you, it's true. Many comic book artists think they can write (because
writing is a lot easier than drawing, right?) and then prove they can't
write by producing beautifully drawn nonsense. Or, sometimes, badly-drawn
nonsense.
Mind you, I haven't read "Masques" so can't judge there.
But this reviewer (who, if I dare say so, can't wright), goes on to say
Todd McFarlane can't draw. I disagree. He's a bad anatomist, and his work
sometimes looks rushe and sloppy, but his work has energy, cohesion and
verve. It looks good even when it isn't.
And it's something of a historical artifact, the comics of the 1990s,
which was a wild time for comics and their creators.
