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Byrne's always been a sentimental favorite because of his great runs on X-men, FF and Alpha Flight, but it's a shame he turned into such a bitter crank.Comment
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Great story line. Just a heads up though, The TPB came out over a month ago .
Actually all of Byrnes Trek stuff for IDW has been incredible, some of his best work ever in my opinion!
Always was a big fan of his art style, right from his Charlton Space 1999 days. when I found out he grew up in Calgary, he sort of became a role model. I tried to emulate his art style and writing style for a while.
I dont think any of his writing was groundbreaking or in hindsight, all that original. He was one of the first to return characters to their original paths (ie--copying from their greatest eras). Nothing wrong with that if done right, and he did it right...for a while anyways."Crayons taste like purple!"Comment
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For me, it was all about Alpha Flight. LOVED the fact that it was set in places I actually knew and had been to, like the West Edmonton Mall, Old Montreal, and Ontario Place (even though the water isn't deep enough there to hide a monster).
I think the one big innovation with that title was the fact that he tried to capture the size of Canada and the flavour of the regions by at first featuring solo adventures of the characters in the first year before branching off into team-ups of pairs in the second year. I don't think I'd ever read a "team" book structured that way before.Comment
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Drawing yourself into your own comic is always a bit self indulgent.
This cover was fun though.
This issue was hilarious. I always thought of it as a pilot for She Hulk's solo title.
The end of this one was heartbreaking. Two decades later, it was kind of cool to find out that the baby did "survive".
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Yeah - FF #267 was mind-blowing!
His FF stuff was my favorite - especially inked by Terry Austin!
After he left the FF I stopped collecting comics for years.Comment
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I dare say I enjoyed Byrne's FF better than the days of Lee and Kirby....Think OUTSIDE the Box! For the BEST in Repro & Custom Packaging!Comment
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1/2 way thru the FF's Negative Zone adventures in the 80's he switched inking untensils, FF#253. At first there were complaints of muddy inking. He got it under control but it seemed his inking had evolved into much thicker lines on everything. I actually liked how it looked in some titles; like the THING solo book #2 & FF#260. I think the inking took a bad turn by issue#269. Bob Wiaek may have been on the book. I don't think he was a good match for Byrne.
The Modern Masters from TwoMorrows is worth picking up. Byrne was in issue#7. You can download a PDF version from TwoMorrows website for less than the actual book. He says he changes his art style from time to time. He is also aware of how he treats people. He says he has a personality he switches to when he goes into convention mode because he feels there are no questions he hasn't been asked yet.Comment
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I've told this story here before, but I was at Mid-Ohio Con in Columbus one year (about 98 or 99 I think) and I was in a long line to get Mark Waid to sign some books. There was a lady behind me who was very upset and everyone started paying attention to her sad tale. She had taken a book to Byrne to sign, and he refused, saying he never worked on that issue. Clearly, the cover alone was pure Byrne. I can't remember what it was, but it was Byrne. This story started to move up the line, and pretty soon Mark Waid uttered, loudly "Does someone else have a crazy John Byrne story?"He is also aware of how he treats people. He says he has a personality he switches to when he goes into convention mode because he feels there are no questions he hasn't been asked yet.
The whole room erupted in laughter.
In his defense, I met Byrne that day, and he was very professional. Not an overly friendly guy like Perez, but he was polite enough to me.
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He arrived with this Time Magazine cover, his X-Men were the best. The Terry Austin inks made his work great.sigpic "It's like you're unravelling a big cable-knit sweater that someone keeps knitting and knitting and knitting and knitting and knitting and knitting..."
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Oddly enough, the Time cover is one thing that honked him off at DC. He hated the use of the word "supernatural" and apparently threw a big stink about it.He arrived with this Time Magazine cover, his X-Men were the best. The Terry Austin inks made his work great.
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