Comments on: 365 Reasons to Love Comics #68

By: John Klein III

John Klein III — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:00:36 +0000

RIP Ringo, you are as you always were, a legend!

By: Colier Rannd

Colier Rannd — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:15:40 +0000

I think the first comment said it all. I will say I met Mike at a con and he did a sketch of Sue Richards (because he draws my favorite Sue Richards) and could not have been nicer if he was sainted. I will always always always treasure the sketch he gave me, free of charge. The first sketch I've ever gotten btw. Actually it was the week that FF was coming out and the new team was debuting so before it hit stands I got to get Waid, 'Ringo and Kessel sketches and autographs. DeZago was there too and he and 'Ringo signed Tellos trades for me. All four were not just nice but considerate of fans. And even IF 'Ringo's art was as bad as art could be (which it isn't, it's some of the best, imo) I'd still love him for his character. Michael

By: TV's Grady

TV's Grady — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 00:59:02 +0000

I actually met 'Ringo once at a con, where I got him to autograph a Fantastic Four issue he'd drawn. He struck me as a really nice guy.

By: Apodaca

Apodaca — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:27:10 +0000

My only beef with Ringo's style is the big eyes. He does fall into that manga cliche, and it really pulls me out of a story fast.

But that's all.

By: DanLarkin

DanLarkin — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 21:49:50 +0000

Oh yeah. Who the heck would want a cartoony style in a comic book?

By: Martin

Martin — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 21:45:40 +0000

I like his art better now that it's turned less cartoony and more like Chris Sprouse's style.

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 19:07:02 +0000

Wieringo's style is just too cartoony for my taste. He's better suited to drawing Astroboy than the FF.

By: DanLarkin

DanLarkin — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 18:45:22 +0000

Walt Simonson's FF is much better than either Byrne's or Waidringo's.

By: Alonso

Alonso — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 18:29:44 +0000

It's just a big statement to make, and honestly not one that I've ever heard before. I mean, Malice/Invisible Woman? That great Doom solo issue? The Trial of Reed? It's an amazing run, and I don't know that any run, Waid/Ringo just one example, is close to it in terms of scope and virtuosity.

By: Joe Rice

Joe Rice — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 16:45:13 +0000

The art may have been better, but definitely not the writing.

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:49:11 +0000

But a true one.

By: Alonso

Alonso — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:42:25 +0000

Oh Snap! Did you just call out Waid/Ringo as being better than Byrne on FF? That's a pretty ballsy statement.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:11:31 +0000

I really think he drew the best Flash since Carmine Infantino. It's certainly the definitive version of Wally West in the role.

By: DanLarkin

DanLarkin — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 14:31:58 +0000

That Zoo Crew sketch is a little too serious looking- like some horrible Alex Ross reimagining of Capt. Carrot and Co.- which is odd because 'Ringos art is usually so fun and joy-filled. I'm looking forward to his Spidey/FF.

By: Ian Astheimer

Ian Astheimer — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 14:09:41 +0000

Ringo rocks, man. No doubt. His sketchblog demands daily (or at least weekdaily) viewing, and his comics are a joy to behold.

By: Omar Karindu

Omar Karindu — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 07:27:59 +0000

'Ringo never worked on Untold Tales. You're thinking of Pat Oliffe.

By: NecroVMX

NecroVMX — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 06:08:13 +0000

When I first heard of 'Ringo he was doing Untold Tales Of Spider-Man which I think looked awful, I hated the way he drew spidey (though that sensational cover is great). But he really is a great artist, his work on Superman was frikkin great.

By: Greg Hatcher

Greg Hatcher — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:23:27 +0000

I just wish I had a better ability to describe good art so I could tell you how damn awesome it is.

Try this. He has a magnificent gift for design, for pacing, for everything a comic-book artist needs to make a page work as a unit -- AND he has the caricaturist's knack for conveying an enormously wide range of emotion and characterization in facial expression without over-drawing or cross-hatching it to death. He has all the best characteristics of manga artists, with none of the cliches. He works constantly at improving. And all of this craft and hard work is very nearly invisible, he is always working in service of the story. His pages are never self-conscious, show-offy pin-ups like a lot of other Hot Artists are guilty of producing. He has the best kind of humility and team-player attitude when it comes to comics work, at least as far as anyone can tell from looking at his pages. It's all about the READING experience, not the visual experience, when it's a Wieringo job. His pages look like somebody crossed CC Beck with Jack Kirby, and added Eisner's style of facial expression. They're amazing. Those qualities made him the best FF artist in decades. Certainly he's one of the top five guys working in mainstream comics today just in terms of sheer craft. ...how's that?