Comments on: Alex Cox on Stuart Immonen’s Centifolia

By: :: immonen illustrations inc :: » even more centifolia

:: immonen illustrations inc :: » even more centifolia — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:51:17 +0000

[...] Also, Centifolia has been mentioned at the following sites: Universo HQ (Google Translation) HQ Maniacs (Google Translation) Buzz Comics (Google Translation) Superpouvoir (Google Translation) Rocketship’s Alex Cox on Comics Should Be Good [...]

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:39:36 +0000

1. I don’t get the complaints about the piece – Immonen has a new artbook out, which a lot of people I bet did not even know about, so Alex discusses a little bit of why Immonen is such a good artist and then says, “And he has an artbook out!” You can say the piece was short, but it hit all the important points, as far as I could see – the only reason you’d be interested in this book is if you like Immonen’s art, right?

2. I occasionally do “This Artist Is Good” You can check out a few of them on the right. Check the categories section (especially do a search on the old blog – admittedly, on the current blog, stuff that would be in This Artist Is Good has sort of fallen into Bill Reed’s 365 Reasons or the current Comic Book Alphabet of Cool).

By: sleeper

sleeper — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:58:18 +0000

I love Immonen and this piece does a great job looking at some of the things he does right.

I second the vote for a series of articles detailing some of the great artists of the modern era, with details breaking down and examining elements of their work and what makes it so good. You could discuss craft, style, and themes… we’d eat it up and it would certainly be keeping in the spirit of this blog’s title.

“Hooray for [Artist]” would even make a good title. Do it up.

By: Rohan Williams

Rohan Williams — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 04:07:16 +0000

Eh, it’s not really an advertisement- it’s not like he specifically says “you must buy this from Rocketship!”- and any chance to talk about Immonen is worth taking, isn’t it?

By: R

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:39:19 +0000

Say, it’s not THAT Alex Cox, is it?

By: JasonEdwards

JasonEdwards — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:09:32 +0000

Yeah, you really need some quality control for articles that get posted.
This is pretty much half a commercial wrapped in a lot of nothing.

By: joecab

joecab — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:25:06 +0000

His 50 Reasons book is hilarious. Poor Stuart!

By: Lynxara

Lynxara — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:10:27 +0000

Yeah, this isn’t about Centifolia at all. It’s mentioned in exactly one uninformative paragraph.

Most of the piece is just “Hooray for Stuart Immonen!” Now, that is certainly a sentiment I share. I could actually dig a series of “Hooray for [Artist]” type pieces on CSBG to remind people that artists play as much a role in making a comic book good as writers do. They’re kind of dissatisfying if you think you’re about to read about a specific upcoming work, though…

By: FunkyGreenJerusalem

FunkyGreenJerusalem — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:42:59 +0000

Feels like it needs another two paragraphs to wrap it all up – or some more preview art.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:52:43 +0000

No, it’s all there.

That said, I did go into the piece, and do a slight bit of editing, so hopefully the piece is clearer.

By: Apodaca

Apodaca — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:49:19 +0000

Are we missing part of the article?