Comments on: 365 Reasons to Love Comics #270

By: drank slightly

drank slightly — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:04:39 +0000

I am not normally a comic fan (at least not since I was about 12) but started following Quitely's work when I picked up the "scottish connection" upon visiting Roslyn Chapel many years ago. I read on a music blog recently that Frank Quitely is doing limited edition record cover artwork for a rock band called The Phantom Band some time soon - should be worth checking out if anyone's a collector. Haven't heard anything more, but will keep you posted if I can find out any more about it.

By: JR

JR — Tue, 27 May 2008 11:38:47 +0000

Once I was forced to wait 24 hours at the Moscow-Airport. There i saw a woman and i fell in love with her just by looking at her. And now, 12 years later, she returned, wearing the name Emma Frost, being drawn by Mr.Quitely...somebody will say now that i have a bad taste of pencillers and/or women but i love the way he paints faces, especially Emma's...the eye-brows, the arrogant but also vunerable eyes...i'm in love again...
'Top two...' should be three : Quitely, John Cassaday (for the faces and the wide-screen-feel), John H. Williams III (for the overall impression, the panel-handling...it's sooo psychedelic, every time i turn a page i hold breath what comes next)

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WishList » Blog Archive » Comics — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 10:34:52 +0000

[...] We3, by Grant “God Of All Comics” Morrison and Frank “Beautifully Ugly” Quitely, ideally in trade paperback (TPB) [...]

By: Alonso

Alonso — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 21:54:46 +0000

And let's not forget that amazing Sandman story that he did, and that was sans Morrison as well.

By: DanCJ

DanCJ — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:51:42 +0000

If Quitely is one of the two best artists currently working in comics, who is the other one?

Tim Sale!

By: FunkyGreenJerusalem

FunkyGreenJerusalem — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:11:09 +0000

Quitely did some great work in those old Veritgo anthology mini-series, and Flinch.

I really wish they would collect those, even a flawed best of, as I've only got some scattered issues of those, and although there was some muck in there, there was some real gold as well.

By: Comics Should Be Good! » 365 Reasons to Love Comics Archive

Comics Should Be Good! » 365 Reasons to Love Comics Archive — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 04:50:49 +0000

[...] 270. Frank Quitely [...]

By: Gokitalo

Gokitalo — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:05:30 +0000

New X-Men was the first Quitely work I got as well, and I wasn't quite enamored with his art at first (it was mainly the faces; some of them looked a bit similar and Emma Frost sometimes looked Asian, for some reason). We3 and All-Star Superman won me over, though: that last picture Brian posted of Superman and Lois kissing on the moon is just amazing, for example.

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:02:58 +0000

His character work is one thing (and great all on its own) but his character DESIGN and his story-telling are what really make him one of the greatest artists working today. Was there anyone in New X-men who didn't have a fantastic design. Maybe you don't like the leather on the X-men, but he gave them some great costumes AND made each of them personal while keeping them uniform. A real skill if you ask me.

By: jazzbo

jazzbo — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 18:38:49 +0000

I totally meant Robbie Morrison. Didn't I make that clear?

If Quitely is one of the two best artists currently working in comics, who is the other one? Has that already been a Reason and I've just forgot?

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:48:03 +0000

It makes me very sad that Flex Mentallo is essentially impossible to get a hold of. Sad face.

By: davidwynne

davidwynne — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:43:12 +0000

to echo Dancj, I've been a Quitely fan since Missionary Man and Shimura. So Morrison has nothing to do with it.

...unless you mean Robbie Morrison, Jazzbo...

But I've got to say his Authority run didn't look anywhere near as good as the rest of his work, which may go a long way towards explaining a lot of people's hesitancy towards his art. I can't remember if he inked himself or not on Authority- anybody know?

By: DanCJ

DanCJ — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:15:08 +0000

I think Quitely is a decent artist, but it honestly seems to me that the reason most people love him so much is because they love Morrison so much. I have to think that if all his work had been done with Jeph Loeb, who most people on this blog seem to despise, nobody here would be a fan of his.

I loved Frank Quitely since his days on Judge Dredd: The Megazine before he ever worked with Morrison. Conversely I love Tim Sale even though almost everything I have by him is written by Jeph Loeb.

The reason people love Frank Quitely is that he's one of the best artists working in comics.

By: stealthwise

stealthwise — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:10:34 +0000

QUITELY!~

...um, I got nothing to add here.

By: Alejandro

Alejandro — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:00:34 +0000

Another great reason to love comics.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:38:46 +0000

He's pretty good.

A truly great artist can make you pick up a book despite the writer or characters - why haven't you picked up his Authority stuff when it's so readily available?

I don't get Earth-2, and the Scottish Connection is a fairly run-of-the-mill Batman tale, with the added novelty of Bruce Wayne in a kilt. Well drawn, though.

By: jazzbo

jazzbo — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:14:11 +0000

I didn't mean for my comment to come out quite as snarky as it did. I try to avoid that in this column, since I think it should be about what people like, and not what they don't like. I've had a few drinks, so I'll blame it on that. I do like Quitely as an artist. I do think he's a reason to love comics. I also think he gets viewed more highly because of his association with Morrison. Just my opinion. Your mileage may vary.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:00:08 +0000

Morrison and Quitely have been lucky enough to have been able to work with each other a great deal, but all the same folks who praise Quitely now were praising him when he drew Millar's Authority.

And while it is a bit far back for me to recall the general consensus on it, I know I certainly thought that one-shot he did with Alan Grant was phenomenal. It was pretty much a throwaway one-shot except for the artwork.

And I also know that I loved his Jonah Hex cover, his American Virgin covers and his Bite Club covers.

So, basically, no, I do not think that it is due to him basking in the greatness that is Grant Morrison.

By: jazzbo

jazzbo — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:34:07 +0000

I think Quitely is a decent artist, but it honestly seems to me that the reason most people love him so much is because they love Morrison so much. I have to think that if all his work had been done with Jeph Loeb, who most people on this blog seem to despise, nobody here would be a fan of his. Maybe I'm wrong. But as one of the few non-Morrison lovers that reads this blog, I've always felt Quitely was held in higher regard here because of his association with Morrison.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 06:40:26 +0000

Judging from the pixelled solutions webpage, yes.