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I loved his Captain America. I bought Alpha Flight but didn't relly understand why he wrote it the way he did. I thought he was developing the backstories until issue #12 and after that the book would go into overdrive but it didn't happen. The death of James Hudson was a bold move.
I was hooked on his FF run. I noticed a change in his style when he started the Negative Zone saga. At the time he was criticized for it looking too muddy. They explained that he was trying out some new markers to draw with. He seemed to get the hang of it tho. Eventually his lines became thicker. I took some art classes and usually to loosen up an artist they make you draw with soft charcoal to get thicker lines.The art looked like that for a time. I think one of his peaks was THING#2 which he inked. The art in that issue is probably the closest he has ever come to bringing the THING to real life.
I liked his work on the DC mini-series Legends more than on Superman. Maybe it proves he was meant to do Shazam more than Superman. His Shazam is faithful and yet contemporary and fresh. Byrne has stated in interviews that he left Superman because DC got nervous with the changes he was making and said there's Superman continuity and John Byrne's Superman. When you look at it, he was bringing the comic more in line w/the Richard Donner film: Superman I. Byrne heard this and decided he was wasting his time working on Superman so he left.
He did a very good OMAC miniseries in black and white. I liked his West Coast Avengers, ( he brought back the original Human Torch!). I have his run on She-Hulk, which was good. It was a farce and not serious. His Namor run seemed more like he was bringing DC flavor to Marvel but I like his version of Namor. Namor has wet, slicked back hair. Not the wiers hammerhead do that was so prevelent in the 80's.
He did a pretty good job on Star Trek's Assignment Earth. I wish he would do more and not limit each story to 1 issue each. His Star Trek Crew is pretty good. I read 3 issues so far. It follows the career of Majel Barrett Rodenberry's character, Number 1.
Byrne has many FAQ up on his own website, johnbyrnerobotics.com, that are really interesting. He is very strict tho about what you post and the FAQ are intense. They fill you in on a lot of the "why did you do that" moments in his career.
I was hooked on his FF run. I noticed a change in his style when he started the Negative Zone saga. At the time he was criticized for it looking too muddy. They explained that he was trying out some new markers to draw with. He seemed to get the hang of it tho. Eventually his lines became thicker. I took some art classes and usually to loosen up an artist they make you draw with soft charcoal to get thicker lines.The art looked like that for a time. I think one of his peaks was THING#2 which he inked. The art in that issue is probably the closest he has ever come to bringing the THING to real life.
I liked his work on the DC mini-series Legends more than on Superman. Maybe it proves he was meant to do Shazam more than Superman. His Shazam is faithful and yet contemporary and fresh. Byrne has stated in interviews that he left Superman because DC got nervous with the changes he was making and said there's Superman continuity and John Byrne's Superman. When you look at it, he was bringing the comic more in line w/the Richard Donner film: Superman I. Byrne heard this and decided he was wasting his time working on Superman so he left.
He did a very good OMAC miniseries in black and white. I liked his West Coast Avengers, ( he brought back the original Human Torch!). I have his run on She-Hulk, which was good. It was a farce and not serious. His Namor run seemed more like he was bringing DC flavor to Marvel but I like his version of Namor. Namor has wet, slicked back hair. Not the wiers hammerhead do that was so prevelent in the 80's.
He did a pretty good job on Star Trek's Assignment Earth. I wish he would do more and not limit each story to 1 issue each. His Star Trek Crew is pretty good. I read 3 issues so far. It follows the career of Majel Barrett Rodenberry's character, Number 1.
Byrne has many FAQ up on his own website, johnbyrnerobotics.com, that are really interesting. He is very strict tho about what you post and the FAQ are intense. They fill you in on a lot of the "why did you do that" moments in his career.
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