[VonPooten]

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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

@Von
I feel like I should elaborate on my comments regarding modern comic art. I can appreciate the talent of many of the artists you've named, but stylistically, they don't move me to the point of following their work. When I shared my feelings about the lack of separation between styles, I'm referring more so to the rut that the industry seems to be in, rather than any artist(s) in particular. While I recognize and respect the quality of art contemporary illustrators produce, it doesn't draw me in. Classic artists like Byrne and Perez compelled me to follow them from title to title. Not only that, their work inspired me to draw and create...to imagine. I have yet to find a modern penciler that has elicited that kind of response from me. I want to experience that again, it simply hasn't happened in quite some time.

Now I don't want this to sound beyond insulting, because my intention couldn't be further from that, but do you suspect that to be a case of jaded nostalgia? I only say that because I came into the game late, around 2004, so I don't have that innate passion for the classics akin to those who were buying each issue as they were released with such insatiable gusto!

I like to think that because of that, I'm a little more open-minded about which art I love? Is that a fair thing to say? I have gone through the history of the X-Men over the years, and there is so much to love! Kirby, Roth, Cockrum, Byrne, Smith (Smith! My personal favourite), Sienkiewicz, Bachalo, Quitely, Jimenez, Larocca, Cassaday, Ramos, Choi, Tan, Sook, Ryan, Young, Crain, Mann, Opena, Ribic, Lopez, Coipel, Immonen, etc, etc. They all span a wide spectrum of what can be considered art in the medium, but I see qualities in them all which can inspire.

To me, a comparison between Jack Kirby and Clay Mann is impossible, but that doesn't mean that they aren't both as awe-inspiring as the other. That could just be my own jaded perception, mind you! You're not going to find anything classical in the works of Humberto Ramos or Clayton Crain, but David Lopez and Victor Ibanez? I like to think so! Personally, I can't think of a time I've been more inspired recently than witnessing Lopez's jaw-dropping opener to X-Men #33:



You have a powerful team, Storm leading the fray with a sheer look of determination. It's atmospheric, it's striking, and it instantly connected me with the art of David Lopez, who I have followed ever since. I dunno, perhaps it's just me!

Meanwhile, this is extremely off topic, so apologies for that. Bringing it back around, Starlord, those are some great displays! Is that a makeshift psimitar I spy with Cable? Excellent. Likewise your late 70s squad look pitch perfect (although the dust is starting to linger I see). That Phoenix figure is still gorgeous, and the Select effect works really well with her. I might even mod that head to put on the upcoming Hasbro figure, and hey presto: the quintessential Jean!