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Theory: Frank Miller's recent work is good, but DC have no idea what to do with it
Above: I recoloured that recent Wonder Woman cover Frank Miller did for DC last week. Mine on the left, DC’s on the right. I did this to demonstrate a theory I have that despite the general critical consensus, there’s actually nothing wrong with Frank Miller’s recent art- it’s just that DC don’t know how to treat it.
In January of this year I tried out to be a colourist for Frank Miller at DC. Not because being a colourist for the comics has always been my dream, or because I’m the world’s biggest Frank Miller fan, but because I kept seeing some pretty awesome drawings of his being critically savaged. He’s a good artist, but people were talking as if these recent drawings were the scrawlings of a lunatic. I felt like I needed to step in.
Below is one of the Miller covers I recoloured for DC. My colours on the top, and DC’s original on the bottom. Here you can see the discrepancy between the potential I saw in these drawings, and what was actually being published.
I spoke to a couple of editors at DC and the consensus seemed to be that they loved what he was turning in. So why did every blog I read think it was the worst work he’d ever done? I believed that the colour treatment DC was giving to his art was in no way flattering to the type of work he was doing.
My friend Julian Dassai said it best: “His work is dynamic and, in some cases, verging on abstract. Trying to color his stuff with representational lighting and rendering is pointless, whereas a flat, graphic approach (or just leaving it in b&w) allows the energy to jump off the page.” My colour job, followed by what DC actually published:
Frank is an artist who is constantly evolving, and his new work seems to be somewhere between Jim Mahfood, Sergio Aragonez and Ralph Steadman. It doesn’t make sense to colour him as if he’s an Image comics artist from the 90’s, all gradients, shadows and shiny metallic finish.
Here’s another one. Again: my work on the top, DC’s on the bottom.
All these images I’ve posted so far have two things in common- they were all widely dunked on and derided when they first went online, and they all prompted responses of “WHOA, COOL!” and “I LOVE THIS!” after I recoloured them and circulated them amongst my friends. So what happened here is ol’ Frank became the butt of everyone’s joke when actually, there was nothing wrong with his drawings.
So how did this happen?
Well, check out Frank’s work in the Sin City comics. When Frank works in black and white, he’s a one-man band. But when he works in colour, he hangs back and gives the colourist a lot of space. He knows that colours and inks are two halves of a whole.
Above is a page from 1986’s The Dark Knight Returns. You can see just how much trust Frank placed in his colourist, Lynn Varley, to finish his work. As you can see, some of those panels aren’t even THERE in the original inks. Panel 6 is just an empty box.
This approach has been proven to work very well, but the problem is it places the burden of the image’s success or failure squarely on the colourist’s shoulders. And if the colourist and Frank aren’t on the same page, we end up with terrible covers that are the laughing stock of the whole internet.
It’s funny- even Lynn Varley could screw up colouring for Frank. Two years after their critically acclaimed work 300, they made their most widely panned book of all.
Lynn’s computer colouring on Dark Knight Strikes Again has all the invention and nuance of her colouring on Frank’s earlier work. However, her experimental digital art just isn’t a good fit for Frank’s traditional, brusque inkwork. The artwork in the book suffered a generally poor reception from fans and critics alike.
I took a pass at colouring DK2, too. I include this not to throw shade on Lynn’s work, or to say that I’m a better colourist (I’m not), but just to support my claim that there’s nothing wrong with Frank’s pencils and inks in even the book that was generally regarded to be his worst. His lines have character and energy and do everything they need to do to tell the story, and with the right treatment would have looked pretty great.
We can apply the same lessons to Frank’s most recent work. I’d read a whole comic that looked like either of the recoloured images below.
DC liked my stuff, but they’re happy with the guy they already have colouring Frank’s work, and so my experiment has to run its course. Still, I want to believe that there’s something in here that we can all learn from.
It’s important to pick the right team, and to utilise a stylistic approach that’s harmonious with what the rest of the group are doing. If you don’t, you might just end up with something terrible even though you worked your butt off. As we’ve seen, it can even happen to an exceptional talent like Frank. That’s a scary thought.
Thoughtful thoughts on the marriage of comic book drawings and color by Harvey.
"In the three years of her life, the young princess crippled almost a dozen nurses, as it turned out that the child preferred flesh to milk. As a maester, I am concerned that this habit does not remain in the princess's future life." 132 AC
we need your magic words, white girl... we can't camp just yet we still have a little bit of fight left in us... save us, white girl... (also i haven't cured karlach yet but just imagine she won't burn lae'zel alive and is fully healed here. they're still in the underdark LOL)
no comic for today, just my greatest girl with even greater ambitions
#amazing #no notes
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In honor Dahlia getting really popular at a dwarven tavern that one time, I made an entire animated music video out of it using the legendary song, Diggy Diggy Hole of Yogcast fame. Thanks for watching!
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ladies and gentle-people, i present to you..
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i’ve seen some people confused about the title of The Executioner and Her Way of Life aka Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road, and i kind of want to talk about it because it’s interesting and also, imo, reveals a bit about the series
so as you can see from the Wikipedia article, the original title of the series is 処刑少女の生きる道 (“Shokei Shoujo no Ikiru Michi”)… but then, if you look closer, you’ll see that the phrase 生きる道 (”ikiru michi”) also has the phrase バージンロード (”virgin road,” yes, literally the English words “virgin” and “road”) written above it. as you can see in the screenshot, when the title is written in Japanese characters, it’s written as 処刑少女の生きる道, but when written in Romaji, it’s written as “Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road”
if you look at the Japanese cover for the series, you’ll also noticed how 生きる道 is in the “main title,” but it also has the “subtitle” of バージンロード
so what gives? it’s pretty simple: because of how the Japanese writing system works, it’s not always clear how Japanese characters are meant to be pronounced– typically any kanji has at least two different ways to be read, if not more. so, sometimes little “subtitles” called furigana are provided next to or above kanji to show the intended reading. these are usually used on more obscure kanji, or in written works intended for children who haven’t yet learned more complex characters– but sometimes writers also like using furigana to convey a double meaning or wordplay
so, basically “virgin road” is an alternate reading of “ikiru michi.” and if we pop “ikiru michi” into ye olde Google Translate
we’ll see that “way of life” is a pretty straightforward translation. (note: under normal circumstances, don’t trust a machine translation as your sole source lmao. i’m only doing this because i know from other sources that this is the correct translation and this is a quick easy way to convey what i mean) so, technically “The Executioner and Her Way of Life” is actually pretty much a literal translation of “Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road”… it just lacks the ability to convey that double meaning of the original title due to how English works, and the translators basically had to make a tough call as to which nuance to convey
…but of course, the big question remains: what the hell is a “virgin road?”
it’s a wedding aisle.
so, the title can be read as “The Executioner and Her Way of Life”… or, something along the lines of “The Executioner’s Walk Down The Wedding Aisle”
anyways here’s the official art for the anime’s OP, “Paper Bouquet,” which depicts Menou and Akari wearing wedding dresses
Today's gender of the day is Kim Jun-su as Dracula from Dracula the Musical
What the Heck is Joye’s Deal With the Fire Corridor?
(P.S. I’m Joye. Hello, lovelies.)
I’ve been making a lot of comments regarding the fire corridor in the Failsafe episode of She-Ra Season 5. A lot of comments that are probably going to generate a lot of controversy. So I want to clear up any misunderstandings, and analyze this scene bit-by-bit to explain my problem with it. If you don’t like people thinking of Shadow Weaver as a complex character and/or get offended easily, don’t read this post.
Hmm this is interesting. I agree with your criticisms about Catra’s arc, but I do think you’re being a little too kind to Shadoweaver here. IMO the correct read is that she’s trying to keep Adora and Catra apart so that she will be able to manipulate Adora into releasing the magic so that she is able to increase her own power (and hopefully end up much stronger herself after they take down Prime).
I love Shadoweaver as a fascinating character since she can be rationally self-interested and sometimes genuinely altruistic, but she is always manipulating someone when she speaks and nothing is just a literal statement with no undertone.
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Chapter 10 dropped and- She-ra Catra <3
The IATSE just voted to strike!
Support them by signing this petition- they're going into negotiations before actually striking, and having proof of support from the public will increase their power in those negotiations.
From IATSE's website:
"Throughout the bargaining process, the AMPTP has failed to work with us on addressing the most grievous problems in their workplaces, including:
Excessively unsafe and harmful working hours.
Unlivable wages for the lowest paid crafts.
Consistent failure to provide reasonable rest during meal breaks, between workdays, and on weekends.
Workers on certain “new media” streaming projects get paid less, even on productions with budgets that rival or exceed those of traditionally released blockbusters.
It is incomprehensible that the AMPTP, an ensemble that includes media mega-corporations collectively worth trillions of dollars, claims it cannot provide behind-the-scenes crews with basic human necessities like adequate sleep, meal breaks, and living wages. Worse, management does not appear to even recognize our core issues as problems that exist in the first place."
These are basic rights they're fighting for; support them by signing the petition now, and don't be a scab once they start the strike!
Hordak walking in and seeing Shadow Weaver wearing his clothes-- The ending is up to you.
Controversial Disaster Duo Take: I kinda don't care or am not bothered by the fact Catra and Hordak really only have Adora and Entrapta by the end of Season 5 (Argument to be made Catra is pretty square with Bow and Glimmer but that's beside the point, oh and Melog Catra has Melog) point is it doesn't bother me cuz again, Open Ended, probably all that wider support network growing and what not will happen afterwards, but the important thing is they are in better places and ready to move on.
So, for me personally?
It doesn't bother me from a Hordak-and-Catra perspective.
It bothers me from an Adora-and-Entrapta perspective.
Caring for others during physical and mental recovering, along with caring for those who are chronically ill, can be hard. People shouldn't have to shoulder that responsibility alone. Adora shouldn't be the only person Catra goes to with her problems. And Entrapta shouldn't be the only one to take care of Hordak during times of physical or emotional illness.
Those who provide support and care need their own systems of support and care!
This is why I relish fics where Hordak and Catra get to talk, as well as the other cross pairings there