Alex Ross

Why is his Marvel art nowhere near as good as his DC stuff?

Whattupwitdat?

True Believer wrote:

Why is his Marvel art nowhere near as good as his DC stuff?

Whattupwitdat?

maybe because DC characters are better or something

I dunno

True Believer wrote:

Why is his Marvel art nowhere near as good as his DC stuff?

Whattupwitdat?

You're out of your mind! I still have last week's Avengers Invaders issue lying out of the box b/c I can't stop looking at the cover of the two Namors fighting each other.

DanElectro wrote:

True Believer wrote:

Why is his Marvel art nowhere near as good as his DC stuff?

Whattupwitdat?

You're out of your mind! I still have last week's Avengers Invaders issue lying out of the box b/c I can't stop looking at the cover of the two Namors fighting each other.

Yeah, but that's nothing compared to his work on Kingdom Come or even his JSA covers. Most of his Marvel work is uncharacteristically dark. It lacks the appropriate grittiness nor does it have that iconic Alex Ross feel to it.

Even his X-Men cover, as awesome as it was, doesn't feel quite "right" with Alex doing it.

Is anyone else feeling me on this? I actually think it may be some of his worst stuff. Which, by Alex Ross standards, is still heads and tails above most of his contemporaries.

True Believer wrote:

DanElectro wrote:

True Believer wrote:

Why is his Marvel art nowhere near as good as his DC stuff?

Whattupwitdat?

You're out of your mind! I still have last week's Avengers Invaders issue lying out of the box b/c I can't stop looking at the cover of the two Namors fighting each other.

Yeah, but that's nothing compared to his work on Kingdom Come or even his JLA covers. Most of his Marvel work is uncharacteristically dark. It lacks the appropriate grittiness nor does it have that iconic Alex Ross feel to it.

Even his X-Men cover, as awesome as it was, doesn't feel quite "right" with Alex doing it.

Is anyone else feeling me on this? I actually think it may be some of his worst stuff. Which, by Alex Ross standards, is still heads and tails above most of his contemporaries.

Well the Marvel stuff is a bit uninspired looking compared to the work in Kingdom Come for example. But I just can't help remembering how awestruck I was when I first read Marvels!

I think it is a matter of preference
despite his like major project starting out being a marvel it seems he has always prefered DC characters more

I met him once at a signing, and all he had to sell was DC paintings, I saw no Marvel....that I can remember

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No one has seen the upcoming cover for Uncanny X-Men #500?


That this is EPIC



Not to mention I loved the Spidey one. Not the cover, but it had like the rogues gallery with like some other characters like MJ and Punisher.

PeteWisdom wrote:

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No one has seen the upcoming cover for Uncanny X-Men #500?


That this is EPIC



Not to mention I loved the Spidey one. Not the cover, but it had like the rogues gallery with like some other characters like MJ and Punisher.

cover for Uncanny X-Men #500? I thought Land was doing it?


What Spidey pic are you talking about? I'd love to see it.

DanElectro wrote:

PeteWisdom wrote:

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No one has seen the upcoming cover for Uncanny X-Men #500?


That this is EPIC



Not to mention I loved the Spidey one. Not the cover, but it had like the rogues gallery with like some other characters like MJ and Punisher.

cover for Uncanny X-Men #500? I thought Land was doing it?


What Spidey pic are you talking about? I'd love to see it.

He's doing a 50/50 variant with Land.

And I already mentioned it.

Uncanny








still searchin for that spidey

PeteWisdom wrote:

Uncanny








still searchin for that spidey

Hmm . . . This actually is quite awesome. I like the classic looks.

Except his Wolverine. Alex Ross shouldn't have to draw Wolverine . . . Ever.

Amazing Fantasy #15 Alex Ross'd










anyways this was the one I was talking about...




The filename says John Romita on it too... but thats irrelevant, you can definitely tell its Alex Ross too.

I also always liked his Heroes Cover.




Course I still need to read it.

True Believer wrote:

PeteWisdom wrote:

Uncanny








still searchin for that spidey

Hmm . . . This actually is quite awesome. I like the classic looks.

Except his Wolverine. Alex Ross shouldn't have to draw Wolverine . . . Ever.

This reminds me of when I was little and first saw X-men: Pride of the X-men. Man was I disappointed when it turned out to be only one episode.

PeteWisdom wrote:

Amazing Fantasy #15 Alex Ross'd










anyways this was the one I was talking about...




The filename says John Romita on it too... but thats irrelevant, you can definitely tell its Alex Ross too.

I'm pretty sure this is Alex Ross painting over Romita art.

At the very least that MJ is.

True Believer wrote:

PeteWisdom wrote:

Amazing Fantasy #15 Alex Ross'd










anyways this was the one I was talking about...




The filename says John Romita on it too... but thats irrelevant, you can definitely tell its Alex Ross too.

I'm pretty sure this is Alex Ross painting over Romita art.

At the very least that MJ is.

ya, its been awhile since I've seen it actually. I just remembered it being all Alex Rossy...



forgot about Romitay

Ok with all this positive'ness' that is being posted about him, I feel compelled to post something that is a bit negatory, despite how much I disagree with this, wait Captain shouldn't have guns anyway......but still.

PeteWisdom wrote:

True Believer wrote:

PeteWisdom wrote:

Amazing Fantasy #15 Alex Ross'd


anyways this was the one I was talking about...




The filename says John Romita on it too... but thats irrelevant, you can definitely tell its Alex Ross too.

I'm pretty sure this is Alex Ross painting over Romita art.

At the very least that MJ is.

ya, its been awhile since I've seen it actually. I just remembered it being all Alex Rossy...



forgot about Romitay

That's very interesting looking. The X-Men issue above is really good.

I could never understand what kind of claws wolverine has since artists draw them one of two ways 1) Like blades, i.e. flat and sharp or 2) round like horns or spikes. Quesada likes to add hooks to the ends of his spike like claws. I've just always preferred the blade version.

TJ wrote:

Ok with all this positive'ness' that is being posted about him, I feel compelled to post something that is a bit negatory, despite how much I disagree with this, wait Captain shouldn't have guns anyway......but still.

But Bucky has always used a gun.



Anyways I still like New Cap... his uniform, and despite maybe some excessive shinyness... I still like this Alex Ross image.

PeteWisdom wrote:

TJ wrote:

Ok with all this positive'ness' that is being posted about him, I feel compelled to post something that is a bit negatory, despite how much I disagree with this, wait Captain shouldn't have guns anyway......but still.

But Bucky has always used a gun.



Anyways I still like New Cap... his uniform, and despite maybe some excessive shinyness... I still like this Alex Ross image.

Wait...Wait. What was the word you just used Pete? Like?

Thomas wrote:

PeteWisdom wrote:

TJ wrote:

Ok with all this positive'ness' that is being posted about him, I feel compelled to post something that is a bit negatory, despite how much I disagree with this, wait Captain shouldn't have guns anyway......but still.

But Bucky has always used a gun.



Anyways I still like New Cap... his uniform, and despite maybe some excessive shinyness... I still like this Alex Ross image.

Wait...Wait. What was the word you just used Pete? Like?

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uh yeah.


I do use that word quite often... you just only focus on the negative things I say.

TJ wrote:

Ok with all this positive'ness' that is being posted about him, I feel compelled to post something that is a bit negatory, despite how much I disagree with this, wait Captain shouldn't have guns anyway......but still.

The only thing that ruins this image is that it is way too shiny. Other than that this is an amazing design and I like cap with a gun.

DanElectro wrote:

PeteWisdom wrote:

True Believer wrote:

PeteWisdom wrote:

Amazing Fantasy #15 Alex Ross'd


anyways this was the one I was talking about...




The filename says John Romita on it too... but thats irrelevant, you can definitely tell its Alex Ross too.

I'm pretty sure this is Alex Ross painting over Romita art.

At the very least that MJ is.

ya, its been awhile since I've seen it actually. I just remembered it being all Alex Rossy...



forgot about Romitay

That's very interesting looking. The X-Men issue above is really good.

I could never understand what kind of claws wolverine has since artists draw them one of two ways 1) Like blades, i.e. flat and sharp or 2) round like horns or spikes. Quesada likes to add hooks to the ends of his spike like claws. I've just always preferred the blade version.

I agree, the blades are much better.

TJ wrote:

Ok with all this positive'ness' that is being posted about him, I feel compelled to post something that is a bit negatory, despite how much I disagree with this, wait Captain shouldn't have guns anyway......but still.

Cap's carried guns before:




And Bucky, especially as Winter Soldier, definitely has!

Mr.Wholesome wrote:

TJ wrote:

Ok with all this positive'ness' that is being posted about him, I feel compelled to post something that is a bit negatory, despite how much I disagree with this, wait Captain shouldn't have guns anyway......but still.

The only thing that ruins this image is that it is way too shiny. Other than that this is an amazing design and I like cap with a gun.

I think it blows. The shininess is lame, but even without it I don't much enjoy it. He kept the head wings which, when modernizing a Captain America costume, should be the first thing to go. He basically just used the design he made for the Spider-Man movie and put a flag on it. The black doesn't fit and the gloves strike me as kind of fruity and ladylike. Like Black Widow should be wearing them. The gun's alright, but it does pussify him to a certain extent. Steve didn't need no stinking gun.