Comments, information & especially ROM related original art work all welcomed
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
New Our Pal Sal Tribute video
When I first found this video I was pleased to see that it included some Rom clip art among the collection of Sal's awesome work. And after chatting with this guy who made the video in the comments section I was also pleased to find that he also thought dikto was a bad choice to replace Sal on ROM spaceknight. Now this video is a fairly recent upload and I couldn't help but think as cool as it is (especially with the porno music soundtrack) how even cooler it would have been to have also included some of the more recent stuff from Sal like the Rom vs Mars Attacks bonus pin up page from IDW and the Sal at his drafting table with numerous Marvel superheros present commission art that turned up earlier this year and was later digitally colored by a big time Sal fan from Portugal.
Not to knock the current artists, who I respect and love, but sometimes when you look at old works from Sal and his contemporaries it hits you right in the stomach how much comic book art has changed. Not necessarily badly, but... different. And you want to dig out all your old comics and slip back into the old paneling and dynamic format. Makes it difficult to read some of the modern books.
i find it near impossible to read any of the new stuff unless i happen to find it in a discount box. glad you liked the art work in the previous posting those were a good find and although i'm some what under whelmed with the new Hasbro product you make some good points from a marketing stand point.
There are exceptions to the rule in comics today, most of which can be found outside the big two. Truly original stories where the format and artwork lend themselves to the writing, and vice versa. These are the real visionaries and artists in comics today. As to the marketing, I get to see the other side of it, from kids who have no real reference to the old stuff, and have grown up with the cutification of the heros. They love it. And mostly I just grin and nod, because I realize that at one point, I loved Popples and Care Bears, but I grew up and moved on. :)
i'm afraid i'm just too old and stuck in my ways i just want my ROM and Suicide Squad if they can't get that right i'm just gonna stick to discount boxes and blogging : )
Good point. I blame the switch to digital art. That medium loses something in translation... Sure, just like regular artists- some are better than others... but, I dunno... I guess I'm just old-school.
i swung by this comic shop/toy store yesterday while i was in san francisco that has these 3 for $1 boxes i like to go through whenever i'm in the neighborhood. i also thumbed through the New Suicide Squad #1 issue as well as some Amanda Waller One Shot that i think has been out a while now. they just didn't do anything for me. although from what random stuff from Infinity i've read (those before mentioned discount boxes) i probably would have been into it had they just not destroyed Galador even if Galador and the spaceknights had not played a major role in the whole thing. throw in those high cover prices and new comics today just aren't for me.
Saga hasn't let me down yet. But if you want something from Marvel I really like Fraction's work on Hawkeye. It's very different. Not the best art, but the writing is outstanding.
Cool fan vid. I agree would have been awesome to add that mars attacks art work by sal. When I finish my rom song maybe you could help with a vid dave if time permits
well if you got time to make i certainly have time to post it. there has been at least one Rom music video done before. i'm sure you've seen it already but are you planning on doing something similar? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKSeD8YMB20
hi Brad, welcome. well as you can see I'm not at all a fan of ditko's pencils on Rom but since you are I think you may have made a new best friend with the King of Thessaly. do I know you from some where else?
well the drugs would certainly explain you finding any redeeming qualities in dikto's goofy looking art in the ROM spaceknight series. speaking for myself when it comes to drugs and or dikto's work in the late 70s, 80s and 90s I just say no.
Not to knock the current artists, who I respect and love, but sometimes when you look at old works from Sal and his contemporaries it hits you right in the stomach how much comic book art has changed. Not necessarily badly, but... different. And you want to dig out all your old comics and slip back into the old paneling and dynamic format. Makes it difficult to read some of the modern books.
ReplyDeletei find it near impossible to read any of the new stuff unless i happen to find it in a discount box. glad you liked the art work in the previous posting those were a good find and although i'm some what under whelmed with the new Hasbro product you make some good points from a marketing stand point.
DeleteThere are exceptions to the rule in comics today, most of which can be found outside the big two. Truly original stories where the format and artwork lend themselves to the writing, and vice versa. These are the real visionaries and artists in comics today.
DeleteAs to the marketing, I get to see the other side of it, from kids who have no real reference to the old stuff, and have grown up with the cutification of the heros. They love it. And mostly I just grin and nod, because I realize that at one point, I loved Popples and Care Bears, but I grew up and moved on. :)
i'm afraid i'm just too old and stuck in my ways i just want my ROM and Suicide Squad if they can't get that right i'm just gonna stick to discount boxes and blogging : )
DeleteAin't nothing wrong with that. :)
DeleteGood point. I blame the switch to digital art. That medium loses something in translation... Sure, just like regular artists- some are better than others... but, I dunno... I guess I'm just old-school.
Deletei swung by this comic shop/toy store yesterday while i was in san francisco that has these 3 for $1 boxes i like to go through whenever i'm in the neighborhood. i also thumbed through the New Suicide Squad #1 issue as well as some Amanda Waller One Shot that i think has been out a while now. they just didn't do anything for me. although from what random stuff from Infinity i've read (those before mentioned discount boxes) i probably would have been into it had they just not destroyed Galador even if Galador and the spaceknights had not played a major role in the whole thing. throw in those high cover prices and new comics today just aren't for me.
DeleteYou're just reading the wrong stuff, man!
DeleteSaga hasn't let me down yet. But if you want something from Marvel I really like Fraction's work on Hawkeye. It's very different. Not the best art, but the writing is outstanding.
DeleteCool fan vid. I agree would have been awesome to add that mars attacks art work by sal. When I finish my rom song maybe you could help with a vid dave if time permits
ReplyDeletewell if you got time to make i certainly have time to post it. there has been at least one Rom music video done before. i'm sure you've seen it already but are you planning on doing something similar? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKSeD8YMB20
DeleteI dunno, I really liked Ditko's Rom art. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.
ReplyDeletehi Brad, welcome. well as you can see I'm not at all a fan of ditko's pencils on Rom but since you are I think you may have made a new best friend with the King of Thessaly. do I know you from some where else?
DeleteALL ARE WELCOME! -ONE OF US! ONE OF US!!!
DeleteWow, King got really excited about that.
ReplyDeleteI'm in a constant state of excitement.
Delete...I do a lot of drugs.
well the drugs would certainly explain you finding any redeeming qualities in dikto's goofy looking art in the ROM spaceknight series. speaking for myself when it comes to drugs and or dikto's work in the late 70s, 80s and 90s I just say no.
DeleteThat's because you're LAME!
DeleteAll the cool kids like drugs and Ditko...
DeleteThis is better than crossfire. I need popcorn. For the record, art wise, I agree with Shlomo. But then I was never concerned with being cool.
Deleteaw cmon K.oT ya know I had to get you back for that pro-dikto jab you gave me in your recent video : )
DeleteSHUN THE NON-BELIEVER! ~SSSHHHUUUNNNNNNa!
DeleteI know it!
DeleteIt's cool- I just filmed another vid yesterday and took yet another shot at you! Hahaha! Low-hanging-fruit.
This senseless war will never cease... Won't somebody think of the children?
You let CHILDREN watch those vids?!
DeleteYou can't stop children- they do what they want.
DeleteWow. Thanks! ^_^
ReplyDelete