Comments on: What's the Appeal of Jonah Hex to Artists? http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/26/whats-the-appeal-of-jonah-hex-to-artists/ Comic Book Resources Presents... Comics Should Be Good! Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:04:03 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Hugo Pratt http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/26/whats-the-appeal-of-jonah-hex-to-artists/comment-page-1/#comment-686906 Hugo Pratt Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:28:35 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=18468#comment-686906 maybe IDW should print Torpedo in monthlies? There are 15 volumes of Torpedo and each book is about 50-60 pages [in Europe printed at magazine size]...I think since the panels are large and not condensed it can easily be reduced to US standard size comic [even though this often does not work...I think it would in this case. Therefore from each original volume we can have 2 comics [15 covers are already done originally by Jordi Bernet and other 15 or more can be given to artists that adore Jordi Bernet's art [there are many] and let them have a crack at a cover. Then maybe after all this is done have a HC omnibus [with Jordi doing new cover for it] one huge book as it was done in France collecting all of them [600 pages?]. maybe IDW should print Torpedo in monthlies? There are 15 volumes of Torpedo and each book is about 50-60 pages [in Europe printed at magazine size]...I think since the panels are large and not condensed it can easily be reduced to US standard size comic [even though this often does not work...I think it would in this case. Therefore from each original volume we can have 2 comics [15 covers are already done originally by Jordi Bernet and other 15 or more can be given to artists that adore Jordi Bernet's art [there are many] and let them have a crack at a cover. Then maybe after all this is done have a HC omnibus [with Jordi doing new cover for it] one huge book as it was done in France collecting all of them [600 pages?].

]]> By: Hugo Pratt http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/26/whats-the-appeal-of-jonah-hex-to-artists/comment-page-1/#comment-686285 Hugo Pratt Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:10:04 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=18468#comment-686285 Love Jordi Bernet...without him Jonah Hex would suffer big time... Also like Darwin Cook I prefer artist who draw semi-cartoony and not too realisticaly as Luke Ross as in general it looks too staticky as they use too much photo reference...very few artist can draw realistaically and make it work...this is why Alex Ross great painting technique suffers as he cannot draw without art being too much staticky...Therefore I like artists such as Bernet who can make up panels on their own. I cant wait [finally] Jordi Bernet's Torpedo HC collected editions soon to be reprinted by IDW...awesome I also recommend Spaghetti bros by another excellent artist Mandrafina from IDW. [also check out his book Big Hoax printed by dark horse comics few years back...still awailable....would love that to be reprinted together with The Iguana which was also printed by DH as it is the same continuing story all in one HC book. That would be great. Love Jordi Bernet...without him Jonah Hex would suffer big time...
Also like Darwin Cook
I prefer artist who draw semi-cartoony and not too realisticaly as Luke Ross as in general it looks too staticky as they use too much photo reference...very few artist can draw realistaically and make it work...this is why Alex Ross great painting technique suffers as he cannot draw without art being too much staticky...Therefore I like artists such as Bernet who can make up panels on their own.
I cant wait [finally] Jordi Bernet's Torpedo HC collected editions soon to be reprinted by IDW...awesome

I also recommend Spaghetti bros by another excellent artist Mandrafina from IDW. [also check out his book Big Hoax printed by dark horse comics few years back...still awailable....would love that to be reprinted together with The Iguana which was also printed by DH as it is the same continuing story all in one HC book. That would be great.

]]> By: DanCJ http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/26/whats-the-appeal-of-jonah-hex-to-artists/comment-page-1/#comment-681963 DanCJ Mon, 01 Sep 2008 08:53:45 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=18468#comment-681963 <blockquote>I actually don’t like the stuff he did on Astonishing X-Men all that much…</blockquote> Neither do I (his Emma Frost looks like Celine Dion), but I don't think he's all that good at realistic stuff either. Where I think he really excels is in things like Giant Insects - which makes him the perfect artist for The Planetary and not much else.

I actually don’t like the stuff he did on Astonishing X-Men all that much…

Neither do I (his Emma Frost looks like Celine Dion), but I don't think he's all that good at realistic stuff either. Where I think he really excels is in things like Giant Insects - which makes him the perfect artist for The Planetary and not much else.

]]> By: Jono11 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/26/whats-the-appeal-of-jonah-hex-to-artists/comment-page-1/#comment-681650 Jono11 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:14:36 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=18468#comment-681650 "That’s the beauty of doing a single-issue story format; it allows an artist to dive into a project that is short and sweet."--Yeah, that's the spirit! Let's ENCOURAGE creators to not invest themselves whatsoever in lengthy storytelling! Let's ENCOURAGE the trend of creators leaving in less than six issues! Because we all love that! "That’s the beauty of doing a single-issue story format; it allows an artist to dive into a project that is short and sweet."--Yeah, that's the spirit! Let's ENCOURAGE creators to not invest themselves whatsoever in lengthy storytelling! Let's ENCOURAGE the trend of creators leaving in less than six issues! Because we all love that!

]]> By: Blackjak http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/26/whats-the-appeal-of-jonah-hex-to-artists/comment-page-1/#comment-681541 Blackjak Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:24:56 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=18468#comment-681541 That's why I thought of Cassaday to be honest... I really don't think of him as a "Superhero artist"... He does scars and grit with realism really well... Look at some of his Planetary work... Like Doc Bronze's legs and others... I actually don't like the stuff he did on Astonishing X-Men all that much... If anyone wanted to try for a hyper-real look for a story, I'd rather they used Cassaday than someone like Luke Ross (or, G_d forbid, Greg Land!) And yeah, that's exactly why I'd love to see Templesmith do it... His weirdness would really suit a more twisted Hex story... That's why I thought of Cassaday to be honest... I really don't think of him as a "Superhero artist"... He does scars and grit with realism really well... Look at some of his Planetary work... Like Doc Bronze's legs and others...

I actually don't like the stuff he did on Astonishing X-Men all that much...

If anyone wanted to try for a hyper-real look for a story, I'd rather they used Cassaday than someone like Luke Ross (or, G_d forbid, Greg Land!)

And yeah, that's exactly why I'd love to see Templesmith do it... His weirdness would really suit a more twisted Hex story...

]]> By: DanCJ http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/26/whats-the-appeal-of-jonah-hex-to-artists/comment-page-1/#comment-681536 DanCJ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:54:33 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=18468#comment-681536 I'm with Libaax on that one. I'm with Libaax on that one.

]]> By: Libaax http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/26/whats-the-appeal-of-jonah-hex-to-artists/comment-page-1/#comment-681378 Libaax Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:18:44 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=18468#comment-681378 Ben Templesmith would really weird on Hex just because of that it would be nice to see. Although i wouldnt want to see Cassaday and artists with similar style. I like my Hex gritty Bernet,Zuniga and art that is different from what you see in superheroes. Ben Templesmith would really weird on Hex just because of that it would be nice to see.

Although i wouldnt want to see Cassaday and artists with similar style. I like my Hex gritty Bernet,Zuniga and art that is different from what you see in superheroes.

]]> By: Blackjak http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/26/whats-the-appeal-of-jonah-hex-to-artists/comment-page-1/#comment-681368 Blackjak Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:09:56 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=18468#comment-681368 Or Joe Kubert... Or Joe Kubert...

]]> By: Blackjak http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/26/whats-the-appeal-of-jonah-hex-to-artists/comment-page-1/#comment-681353 Blackjak Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:03:44 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=18468#comment-681353 I'd love to see Tim Truman drawing Hex again... or John Cassaday... Or weirdly... Ben Templesmith... I'd love to see Tim Truman drawing Hex again...
or John Cassaday...

Or weirdly... Ben Templesmith...

]]> By: Libaax http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/26/whats-the-appeal-of-jonah-hex-to-artists/comment-page-1/#comment-681350 Libaax Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:39:25 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=18468#comment-681350 Darwyn Cook said it best. Its not only about drawing a dangerous,ugly looking guy like Hex. Its about drawing a high qualiy written comic that happens to the best western in this bizz today. Without Palmiotti/Gray Hex would only LOOK cool. Its not about drawing any western either cause there are many other out currently but still the famous artist choose Hex. Blackjak is right Hex is the comic version of Clint's famous western anti-hero. Dynamite might have the license but Hex is the real one in qaulity stories,coolness. Darwyn Cook said it best.

Its not only about drawing a dangerous,ugly looking guy like Hex. Its about drawing a high qualiy written comic that happens to the best western in this bizz today. Without Palmiotti/Gray Hex would only LOOK cool.

Its not about drawing any western either cause there are many other out currently but still the famous artist choose Hex.

Blackjak is right Hex is the comic version of Clint's famous western anti-hero. Dynamite might have the license but Hex is the real one in qaulity stories,coolness.

]]> By: DanCJ http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/26/whats-the-appeal-of-jonah-hex-to-artists/comment-page-1/#comment-681242 DanCJ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:34:37 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=18468#comment-681242 Yay - the old 'blockquote' thing works! <blockquote>i second the Lansdale version of Jonah Hex. Still makes me smile to think of the running joke about how his face got that way. “Damn razor slipped,” or “Bit myself eatin.” It’d almost be worth it to look like Jonah to be able to pull off a line like that.</blockquote> That running joke was the only thing I liked about Two Gun Mojo TBH. Yay - the old 'blockquote' thing works!

i second the Lansdale version of Jonah Hex. Still makes me smile to think of the running joke about how his face got that way. “Damn razor slipped,” or “Bit myself eatin.” It’d almost be worth it to look like Jonah to be able to pull off a line like that.

That running joke was the only thing I liked about Two Gun Mojo TBH.

]]> By: DanCJ http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/26/whats-the-appeal-of-jonah-hex-to-artists/comment-page-1/#comment-681241 DanCJ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:33:29 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=18468#comment-681241 <blockquote>test</blockquote>

test

]]> By: Bright-Raven http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/26/whats-the-appeal-of-jonah-hex-to-artists/comment-page-1/#comment-681236 Bright-Raven Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:43:26 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=18468#comment-681236 Brian: Left side of face doused in acid or gas in explosion turns you into a schitzophrenic criminal with a two headed coin fetish. Right side of face melted and seared with scalding hot tomahawk turns you into old west vigilante. Artist: "Well, if I can't draw a Batman book with the cool looking villain, I'll draw the old west vigilante. I just wanna draw that damned cool facial design..." Is the mystery solved now? Brian:

Left side of face doused in acid or gas in explosion turns you into a schitzophrenic criminal with a two headed coin fetish.

Right side of face melted and seared with scalding hot tomahawk turns you into old west vigilante.

Artist: "Well, if I can't draw a Batman book with the cool looking villain, I'll draw the old west vigilante. I just wanna draw that damned cool facial design..."

Is the mystery solved now?

]]> By: DeathItself http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/26/whats-the-appeal-of-jonah-hex-to-artists/comment-page-1/#comment-681202 DeathItself Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:32:01 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=18468#comment-681202 This book is what keeps me in comics. I've been reading comics since the early eighties and some of my most prized issues were the 1975-1981 Hex comics. After getting burned out in the late nineties I stopped collecting until I just happened to see the new Jonah Hex on a newsstand. They pulled me right back in and I have to say that of all the books I pick up on a semi-regular basis this one always delivers. I haven't missed an issue yet. The humor is just enough to keep it from being another Punisher title and I'm glad it operates under the radar of the mainstream DCU. Palmiotti and Gray NAILED this character. He hasn't been this gritty or unpredictable since before Michael Fleischer took over the original run. I wish they would settle on one sort of regular artist, though. Jordi Bernett is terribly overrated to me and not suited for this book at all. Darwyn Cooke's art was the only thing to me that kept that particular issue from being perfect. A book like Jonah Hex needs less cartoony art IMHO. Luke Ross was perfect, as is Tony DeZuniga. This book is what keeps me in comics. I've been reading comics since the early eighties and some of my most prized issues were the 1975-1981 Hex comics. After getting burned out in the late nineties I stopped collecting until I just happened to see the new Jonah Hex on a newsstand. They pulled me right back in and I have to say that of all the books I pick up on a semi-regular basis this one always delivers. I haven't missed an issue yet. The humor is just enough to keep it from being another Punisher title and I'm glad it operates under the radar of the mainstream DCU. Palmiotti and Gray NAILED this character. He hasn't been this gritty or unpredictable since before Michael Fleischer took over the original run. I wish they would settle on one sort of regular artist, though. Jordi Bernett is terribly overrated to me and not suited for this book at all. Darwyn Cooke's art was the only thing to me that kept that particular issue from being perfect. A book like Jonah Hex needs less cartoony art IMHO. Luke Ross was perfect, as is Tony DeZuniga.

]]> By: Jeff Ryan http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/26/whats-the-appeal-of-jonah-hex-to-artists/comment-page-1/#comment-681168 Jeff Ryan Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:18:20 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=18468#comment-681168 i second the Lansdale version of Jonah Hex. Still makes me smile to think of the running joke about how his face got that way. "Damn razor slipped," or "Bit myself eatin." It'd almost be worth it to look like Jonah to be able to pull off a line like that. i second the Lansdale version of Jonah Hex. Still makes me smile to think of the running joke about how his face got that way. "Damn razor slipped," or "Bit myself eatin." It'd almost be worth it to look like Jonah to be able to pull off a line like that.

]]> By: Blackjak http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/26/whats-the-appeal-of-jonah-hex-to-artists/comment-page-1/#comment-681149 Blackjak Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:40:55 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=18468#comment-681149 Hex is also that much closer to Clint Eastwood's "Man with No Name" - grizzled - dangerous - moral.. Though my (guilty) favourites are still the Tim Truman/Joe Lansdale minis - Two Gun Mojo, Riders of the Wyrm, etc... I liked the supernatural mix... It worked with established Hex... Hex is also that much closer to Clint Eastwood's "Man with No Name" - grizzled - dangerous - moral..

Though my (guilty) favourites are still the Tim Truman/Joe Lansdale minis - Two Gun Mojo, Riders of the Wyrm, etc...

I liked the supernatural mix... It worked with established Hex...

]]> By: Blackjak http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/26/whats-the-appeal-of-jonah-hex-to-artists/comment-page-1/#comment-681148 Blackjak Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:37:23 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=18468#comment-681148 Tony DeZuniga coming back to draw him was amazing! I was reading through the B&W phonebook reprints (Showcase?) and a couple of months later I spotted his signature on the cover of the current series! His work seems to have improved even more! Tony DeZuniga coming back to draw him was amazing! I was reading through the B&W phonebook reprints (Showcase?) and a couple of months later I spotted his signature on the cover of the current series! His work seems to have improved even more!

]]> By: DanCJ http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/26/whats-the-appeal-of-jonah-hex-to-artists/comment-page-1/#comment-681139 DanCJ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:07:24 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=18468#comment-681139 I'm only a couple of trades in, but in what I've read, the issue by Tony DeZuniga stands out a mile. That guy's art is fantastic. I'm only a couple of trades in, but in what I've read, the issue by Tony DeZuniga stands out a mile. That guy's art is fantastic.

]]> By: edc http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/26/whats-the-appeal-of-jonah-hex-to-artists/comment-page-1/#comment-681136 edc Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:04:31 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=18468#comment-681136 Why? cuz hes cool. Why?
cuz hes cool.

]]> By: Don MacPherson http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/08/26/whats-the-appeal-of-jonah-hex-to-artists/comment-page-1/#comment-681131 Don MacPherson Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:49:27 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/?p=18468#comment-681131 From my interviews, it didn't seem as though the artists in question were getting higher-than-usual rates to illustrate <I>Hex</I>. Furthermore, in terms of sales, they said it sells well in trades rather than at the individual issue level. From my interviews, it didn't seem as though the artists in question were getting higher-than-usual rates to illustrate Hex. Furthermore, in terms of sales, they said it sells well in trades rather than at the individual issue level.

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