Comments on: 365 Reasons to Love Comics #207

By: lauren

lauren — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:24:35 +0000

I believe that Mr. Infantino not only drew well, and made the silver age flash a star, along with Adma Strange and Elongated Man, but that he has a really cool signature.

By: GarBut

GarBut — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:55:45 +0000

Hey SCAVENGER: My first Carmine art (reading, not owning!) was early-'80s Marvel as well, and I agree w/your assessment that his stylized heads sdidn'r really do it for me, particularly on his AVENGERS run. Years later, I got into the good stuff and have never looked back. But I recently reread those AVENGERS issues and visually, they did not age well. So IMO, his style was changing and it wasn't working.

By: Scavenger

Scavenger — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:36:08 +0000

I know him from his Star Wars (the comics that got me into comics)...always thought he drew everyone strangely Asian looking. Still some great stuff (and I have the original of my absolutely favorite page from his run on my wall). (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Image:Wheel.JPG)

By: GarBut

GarBut — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:32:27 +0000

From the aforementioned (and admittedly excellent) DIAL B FOR BLOG site, this picture is worth one thousand, uh, kilometres...

http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/9/howidrawflash_big.gif

By: Jeff Albertson

Jeff Albertson — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:06:03 +0000

Although I liked a lot of books he put out as DC's published, I weep to think of how cool it would have been if he had kept drawing regularly through those years.

THE Flash artist, the Science Fiction artist, and probably my first Batman artist. A wonderful talent.

By: Chuck T.

Chuck T. — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:38:56 +0000

Loved his Star Wars stuff as a kid. It was years before I realized he had done other work...

By: km

km — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:28:41 +0000

'Ductile detective'. Hee.

He just seems to capture movement effortlessly in all those panels.

Yeah, that EM sequence is real genius. I think Infantino may be the most purely talented of the artists you've spotlited so far this week...OK, tie between him and Simonson.

By: The Kirbydotter

The Kirbydotter — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:31:56 +0000

The Silver Age was basically started by three guys:
Julius Schwartz, Gil Kane and of course Carmine Infantino.

My favorite Carmine Infantino stuff is the DC sci-fi stuff. The Adam Strange run, of course but also all those great MYSTERY IN SPACE and STRANGE ADVENTURES anthologies. Talking gorillas, living skyscrapers, earth-stealing aliens, etc.

By: John Seavey

John Seavey — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:39:12 +0000

I'll add to the general praise with my absolute love of Infantino's fight sequences in 'Elongated Man'. The one pictured above is a great one, but they're all like that; vibrant, dynamic and cleverly structured to really bring the character's abilities to the forefront. Great, great artist.

By: Mongoose

Mongoose — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:30:25 +0000

Wow. He draws fabric in motion like a freaking god. He just seems to capture movement effortlessly in all those panels. What an artist! This sort of thing is why I've ended up reading this column every morning!

By: PÃ³l Rua

PÃ³l Rua — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:20:24 +0000

Carmine Infantino is also responsible for one of my favourite Con stories ever. He was being interviewed and someone in the crowd asks: "How do you feel about DC killing Barry in 'Crisis on Infinite Earths'." "Who? Barry?" A DC staffer leans over and says, "The Flash, Carmine. Our Flash." Carmine thinks for a bit and says, "Eh, what? You got anuddah one!"

By: Rohan Williams

Rohan Williams — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:34:10 +0000

If Infantino isn't the best cover artist ever, I'm not sure who is.

By: jccalhoun

jccalhoun — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 03:21:56 +0000

Just as Curt Swan was THE Superman artist, Carmine Infantino was THE Flash artist.

By: stephen cade

stephen cade — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 03:15:27 +0000

For me Carmine Infantino is THE Barry Allen Flash artist.

By: acespot

acespot — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:53:39 +0000

And, of course, Carmine's brother gave us Jim Infantino, of Jim's Big Ego, who gave us "The Ballad of Barry Allen", one of the best superhero songs. Ever.

By: D.B.

D.B. — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:36:59 +0000

Flash
AHHHHH
saviour of the universe

I gotta love Infantino for, if nothing else, creating my all time favorite DC franchise and hero. I love his silver age stuff primarily. Its awesome to see how he evolved from golden age all the way up to the last issue of Barry's book. I can understand why Barry Allen fans are so fanatical.