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Howard Porter’s Return is Good
- by Brian Cronin
- in General
Saturday, October 4th, 2008 at 4:42 AM EST
Updated: Saturday, October 4th, 2008 at 3:47 AM EST
The second issue of DCU: Decisions #2 featured artwork by Howard Porter, and I really quite enjoyed it. Porter’s inks over his pencils reminded me of the old days of Porter and John Dell on JLA.
I had noticed Porter’s absence from comics, but I had chalked it up to dissatisfaction with the business, as I know Porter had left comics in the past. However, thanks to this very cool interview by Vanetta Roger over at Newsarama, I learned that it was due to an injury Porter suffered on his thumb.
Since his forced departure from comics, Porter had been driving a school bus! Read the interview for more details - Porter is always an amiable, engaging interview, and this interview is no exception. He’s a really cool guy, whether I always like his artwork or not, and I’m glad to see him able to draw comics again (and, again, DCU: Decisions #2 looked good).
11 Comments
Robert
October 4, 2008 at 5:23 am
wow..I knew he had sliced his hand up pretty bad a while back, but Im shocked that he is just now able to return to work. Didnt know it was so severe. Glad to see him back though.
Tom Fitzpatrick
October 4, 2008 at 5:42 am
I didn’t even noticed he was gone.
Codename assassin
October 4, 2008 at 7:15 am
They should have him on a GL arc. Althought he says he loves Winick’s scripts.
Jono11
October 4, 2008 at 11:23 am
Man, I hope we get the guy back for good. Those JLA issues were some good times.
Nitz the Bloody
October 4, 2008 at 11:56 am
Wonderful news. His stuff on Morrison’s JLA was great in and of itself, and his more recent work ( particularly, his work with Waid on Fantastic Four ) has shown dramatic improvement, ditching the stereotypically 90’s aspects of his early stuff in favor of genuinely great storytelling. I’m glad that his injury is healing and hope to see more of his work.
Chris Jones
October 4, 2008 at 3:30 pm
I read that interview a little while ago. Very touching.
DubipR
October 4, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Nice to have Howard back. While people like his JLA run with Morrison, I don’t think it’s his best work. I mean, it’s fine but his run on The Ray is a bit more crisper and more eye pleasing. Like Nitz said, he’s a fantastic storyteller. That’s the most important part.
Rohan Williams
October 4, 2008 at 7:39 pm
JLA #5 was my first ever Morrison comic, so I’ve got a lot of love for Howard Porter. I think he’s a much, much better artist than he’s often given credit for. That was a great interview, too.
John Cage
October 5, 2008 at 6:05 am
I love Howard Porter’s artwork. I followed JLA through the trades and while it took a little bit to get used to his style, it really grew on me and I adored his runs on the Flash and Shazam. Decisions wasn’t the most complex title (it mostly seemed to be “this hero’s conservative, this one’s liberal…”) but his art looked great. I’m looking forward to seeing him on Titans.
Have a good day.
John Cage
R. J. Sterling
October 5, 2008 at 7:23 pm
I guess this an indictment of shaken martinis.
zundian
October 6, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Speaking of returns… Larry Stroman returned to X-Factor with # 33, and man, his inker bloooooooows. Also, it seems like all the background character’s bottom halves are 8x larger than their tops.