Mazzuchelli not only drawing each character in a specific style but gives each character a unique font and word balloon is pretty inspiring and really affects the "voice" of each character. From Asterios Polyp. Does it take Anyone out of the story? Too distracting?
One of the big reasons that Asterios Polyp works so well for me is that Mazzucchelli sets his thesis up from the jump. Creates what @HassanOE & @thingsbydan called setting the baseline of the narrative. Incredibly smart choices made in this book
We are seeing the world through Asterios's eyes-which justifies Mazz's choices. Brilliantly layered storytelling
Gil Kane on Dan Spiegel's work: "(Spiegel's)organizing of a picture is probably the finest demonstration I have ever seen of a guy dealing in spatial relationships. And on top of that, he can create a three dimensional scene" Proof:
Take a Toppi Break with me won't you? Master of texture, design, use of negative space and scale.
Today's inspiration Rodolfo Damaggio's Captain America Storyboards
Some Rodolfo Damaggio to end your week right
As comics get more "widescreen" I've really come to appreciate the sweet, skinny, vertical panels of Miller's DD
we do not spend enough time gushing over how great John Bogdanove is. Great Cartooning skills, amazing draftsmanship and gestures. From a new mutants annual and X-terminators
Kurtzman. I want comics to be colored like this again
Urasawa's celebrity portraits are the best
my favorite Neal Adams stuff was his comic strip work...what a legend