John Byrne's newest creations

[thunderbolt]

Given that this Trio appears to be Rock, Paper and Scissors, let's at least hope he's having some fun with it. Not really my cup of tea.

Didn't even pick on that, I was hoping the stabby guy was a shape changer. Guess he's stuck with some pretty useless hands, like Megalon.

[GaryPlaysWithDolls]

Rock must help Scissors do #1 and Paper must help after #2. Teamwork is what its all about people!

[thunderbolt]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iapcKVn7DdY

Dang, why did I click on that. That show makes me a little more disgusted with it every time I see a bit.

[Blue Meanie]

I dunno, Byrne has left me cold the last few years. His Doom Patrol was very bland, his art is lacking something lately. Can't quite put my finger on it, but I kind of get a stuck in the 80's vibe from him and his designs of late.

I can tell you what it is missing....a REAL inker like Terry Austin or Jerry Ordway. I think the last thing I was interested in done by him was the Doom Patrol...and that went south really quick.

[Figuremod73]

I agree about the inkers. I actually prefer Ordways inking over just about anybody over him.
I thought Byrne did a good job on the demon and im glad he finally finished JBNM.
Sometimes he seems really into a project and sometimes....(snore)

[thunderbolt]

I can tell you what it is missing....a REAL inker like Terry Austin or Jerry Ordway. I think the last thing I was interested in done by him was the Doom Patrol...and that went south really quick.

I don't think its even that to me, the layouts, designs, etc all look like they could be left overs from Superman or Next Men. They just don't look like anything new from him.

[ctc]

>I kind of get a stuck in the 80's vibe from him and his designs of late.

My biggest problem with Byrne is the same that I've had with a lot of "mainstream" guys: their stuff is boring 'cos everybody looks the same. They usually have three or four physiques, one or two faces, and a handful of poses that they use over and over and over. (And they're usually not too expressive to begin with.) At a certain point, most artists seem to stop developing at all, and LITERALLY do the same stuff over and over. (We used to call it "Byrning out.")

Don C.

[emeraldknight47]

>I kind of get a stuck in the 80's vibe from him and his designs of late.

My biggest problem with Byrne is the same that I've had with a lot of "mainstream" guys: their stuff is boring 'cos everybody looks the same. They usually have three or four physiques, one or two faces, and a handful of poses that they use over and over and over. (And they're usually not too expressive to begin with.) At a certain point, most artists seem to stop developing at all, and LITERALLY do the same stuff over and over. (We used to call it "Byrning out.")

Don C.