tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178894507761299440.post8844189020494470427..comments2024-03-17T00:19:31.607-07:00Comments on BLOG FOR ROM FANS WHO AREN'T DICKS: How Steve Dikto all but ruined ROM for me as a kidShlomo Ben Hungstienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07238927958290618109noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178894507761299440.post-20650452565271871482010-09-13T07:14:19.228-07:002010-09-13T07:14:19.228-07:00Like the blog-host here, when Steve Ditko came on ...Like the blog-host here, when Steve Ditko came on board performing the pencil work on ROM it nearly broke my heart.<br /><br />Not that I don't love Ditko's work on other titles...<br />His DR STRANGE and SPIDER-MAN are among the best work ever for those characters.<br />He invented the visual narrative style for those and other characters.<br /><br />A Jack Kirby pencilled Dr. Strange or Spider-Man don't work so well (the few times he did draw such characters) but a Jack Kirby ROM would have rocked!<br /><br />The difference is that Steve Ditko is all about soft, supple MOVEMENT.<br />His figures bend and contort, are sleek and expressive.<br />All things which one should NOT really do with ROM.<br /><br />Sal Buscema, while a fairly "basic" styled artist just knocked ROM out of the park.<br />Hand's down his best work on ANY title for which he ever put pencil to paper.<br /><br />In the first few issues where Sal was inking his own work, while rough and course, the work STILL stood as dynamic with well-designed pages and action-packed panels.<br />Once aided by the incomparable inking team of Ian Akin and Brian Garvey... the title rose to heights above much of what Marvel was putting on spinner-racks.<br /> <br />I had just shortly before the Ditko run, started to lose my taste for the ROM comic - for multiple reasons; Akin and Garvey had long since left, leaving some fill-in inkers who just didn't match up... the storyline started to be less "intrigue" and more "guest-star hit-parade"...<br /><br />When Ditko came on board I was done.<br />I picked up the occasional issue here and there; my direct-mail subscription having run its course by then. I only later grabbed the issues I missed after the final issue was out and I figured that I really should complete the run.<br /><br />The Ditko era on ROM was only highlighted by the special-guest INKERS who were lining up in droves to get a chance to work with the legendary master.<br /><br />As an artist myself, I can totally understand that.<br />Even so, they must have noted that this was a shadow of his best work.<br />But still, a shadow of great work is still something to appreciate... especially now, as an adult.<br /><br />But as a teenager reading the comic back then? Oh, hell no.~P~https://www.blogger.com/profile/09299078564477985626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178894507761299440.post-14084785685988229292010-09-10T06:46:01.656-07:002010-09-10T06:46:01.656-07:00I'm a little late to this party, but I suppose...I'm a little late to this party, but I suppose I should defend Ditko's work. Is it like Buscema's? No. Do I enjoy it? Yes. I think his style was added a lot of pathos to the final run. Though I do understand how it may have came as a shock to those who were accustomed to another artistic team.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178894507761299440.post-55790667775796724022010-08-23T01:42:07.772-07:002010-08-23T01:42:07.772-07:00It's nice to see that so far at least two othe...It's nice to see that so far at least two other ROM fans out there feel the same as I do about Steve Ditkto's less then stellar pencil work to the tale end of the ROM series.Shlomo Ben Hungstienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238927958290618109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178894507761299440.post-83306390986271964152010-08-23T01:02:13.051-07:002010-08-23T01:02:13.051-07:00Dave,
I can't seem to post to your blog for so...Dave,<br />I can't seem to post to your blog for some reason, so feel free to post my responses. <br /><br />I agree with the Ditko art. Ugh, it was not a step forward for Rom.<br /><br />My love of Rom began when I was about 10 yrs old. I first read the story or Rom and the character Serpentyne and it was instant love. For me, Rom is one my "Big 3": Thor, Iron Man and Rom. His humanity, sense of purpose, and self-sacrifice of his life and love on Galador made a real impression on me and still does today. <br /><br />TonyShlomo Ben Hungstienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238927958290618109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178894507761299440.post-6667956018239983012010-08-22T13:59:23.321-07:002010-08-22T13:59:23.321-07:00Thanks for the advice Siskoid. I took your suggest...Thanks for the advice Siskoid. I took your suggestion and went into the post edit mode to create an actual link to that url.Shlomo Ben Hungstienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238927958290618109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178894507761299440.post-40396806536525171722010-08-22T13:53:14.777-07:002010-08-22T13:53:14.777-07:00By the way, instead of writing links whole, you ca...By the way, instead of writing links whole, you can create a clickable link in Blogger rather simply by selecting text and clicking the little "chain link" icon in your post-writing interface and putting the URL address in that. Makes it easier for readers to browse to and from your site.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2178894507761299440.post-61244643540249147902010-08-22T13:50:48.472-07:002010-08-22T13:50:48.472-07:00No I totally agree. THE art team for Rom will fore...No I totally agree. THE art team for Rom will forever be Buscema, Akin and Garvey.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.com