Comments on: 365 Reasons to Love Comics #209

By: Sterling Clark

Sterling Clark — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:18:31 +0000

I agree totally with you, and I’m glad that you posted a shot from John’s “Conan The Rogue” GN. If anyone wants to see Big John doing his thing completely – pencils, inks, and colors as well as coming up with the story – this 62 page masterpiece is the book to own. The next best things to get: Marvel Materworks: Silver Surfer 1-6 and the 64 page hard-bound Surfer book with Stan Lee. Judgement Day, I think its called.

By: Peskin

Peskin — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:18:05 +0000

John Buscema has always been my favorite Conan artist.

I saw an original comic art panel page of [b]Conan The Barbarian #100[/b] up for auction at Heritage Auctions.
The auction ends August 8, 2008

http://comics.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=829&Lot_No=42236

John Buscema & Ernie Chan – Conan #100 – page 44 (final page) – Marvel Comics – 1979

Peskin

By: DanCJ

DanCJ — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:42:35 +0000

I wasn’t around back in the day so maybe his art was revolutionary at the time, but I find his art fairly bog standard. Not bad per se, but there’s just nothing about it to make me care either way

By: DanLarkin

DanLarkin — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 01:10:11 +0000

John Buscema is awesome. I took How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way out from the library when I was a kid and didn’t return it ever.

By: David R

David R — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:41:56 +0000

Not only a superb artist but also a fantastic storyteller.

I grew up reading the British Marvel B&W re-prints in the 1970′s and John rapidly became my favourite artist. The power and grace of his work gripped me then and still does today.

Great choice Bill!

By: Apodaca

Apodaca — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:32:51 +0000

Now THAT’S a reason to love COMICS.

By: km

km — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:27:12 +0000

I’m not sure I’m all about the Vision in a corset, but that’s about it for criticism. Buscema’s is the iconic ‘comic book’ style.

By: Greg Hatcher

Greg Hatcher — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:19:12 +0000

According to Amazon, Dark Horse is about to embark on the Complete Savage Sword of Conan reprint collection, with volume one rolling out in November or December. There you will find my personal favorite examples of John Buscema on Conan; he really shone in the magazine version, and with the larger black-and-white format you can see how much he put into the art. I hope Dark Horse A) leaves it at magazine size and B) doesn’t color it. It looks great as is.

By: Johnny Kwango

Johnny Kwango — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:52:35 +0000

Thank you! I’ve been waiting for this one since January 2nd!

Someone, I can’t remember who, said that John Buscema wasn’t a comics artist, he was an artist who worked in comics.

The Marvel Visionaries books are great, but personally I’d like to see the occasional creator-themed Essentials volume – it could be a good opportunity to introduce readers to some of the more obscure works of the all-time greats. Of course, an Essential John Buscema would need more than one volume….

By: John Seavey

John Seavey — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:03:45 +0000

I’m reading the Essential Avengers right now, and he is a toweringly great artist. Nothing against Don Heck, who he replaced, but the difference is shocking and immediate. (And I haven’t even gotten to the introduction of the Vision yet.)

By: Prankster

Prankster — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 07:59:43 +0000

I really need to pick up one of Dark Horse’s recoloured collections of Classic Conan…Barry Windsor-Smith may be the one most closely identified with Conan, but Buscema’s is my favourite. The guy could draw the human figure like nobody’s business. And I’m only just noticing it now, but he really seems like part of the Frank Frazetta/Wally Wood continuum.

Is Buscema the one who created the “chainmail bikini” look for Red Sonja? I remember when she debuted she had a really awful outfit with dorky hotpants. Not that her more well-known outfit isn’t dorky too, but hey, at least it’s a pleasure to look at.

By: dhole

dhole — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 04:37:21 +0000

Always fun when I guess the entry from the teaser! But after all, John Buscema really is one of the best!

I remember in the submarine flick “Crimson Tide” they shoe-horned in some everyman characterization by having Denzel Washington settle an argument about who drew the definitive Silver Surfer, Kirby or Moebius. Besides feeling very phony and out-of-nowhere, the scene was lame ’cause they never even mentioned the actual correct answer.

John Buscema is one of my favorite artists ever, especially on Conan, Avengers and of course Silver Surfer.

I really enjoyed this tribute.