Some pretty amazing artists worked on Wildstorm books. Just looking at my comic collection, we've got John Paul Leon on The Winter Men, JH Williams III on Desolation Jones and Sean Phillips on Sleeper.
I'm not sure it fits consideration because it's so distinct from the rest of Wildstorm's output, but I'm still ride or die for Automatic Kafka #4 by Joe Casey and Ashley Wood. Wood can be kinda divisive but the relatively low bombast of the story (middle-aged Charlie Brown, dissatisfied with his life, writes Automatic Kafka a letter asking to be a contestant on AK's lethal game show.) brings focus to just how deep and well-rounded his bag of cartooning tricks really is.
This guy is one of my favorite artists, and I can barelly pronounce his name. He became a painter after that, he is really good at It. I wish he had done more work on comics.
I agree it never gets better than that spread, which has stuck in my brain since I first saw it back in the 90s. Not sure why I never picked it up. Looking again, there are perspective issues etc but the style, colours and layout rules. I see Darrow but I also see European influence, like XIII or the dude that drew I.R.$. Maybe even Skroce, if the timeline makes sense.
The comment Ed made about the dude (Victor Wong) from Big Trouble, 3 Ninjas, Revenge of the Nerds tripped me out so hard, I was thinking exactly that right before you'd said something!! Love his flicks man!
I didn't read alot of books from WildStorm but my vote would have to go to Ale Garza. I was really into his GEN13 run but was fully onboard when he did Ninja Boy. Mike Turner and Francis Manapul were my dudes from Top Cow.
Some pretty amazing artists worked on Wildstorm books. Just looking at my comic collection, we've got John Paul Leon on The Winter Men, JH Williams III on Desolation Jones and Sean Phillips on Sleeper.
Planetary is most probably my favorite comic book run on Wildstorm!
I love the artwork in this mini-series highly underrated!
I'm not sure it fits consideration because it's so distinct from the rest of Wildstorm's output, but I'm still ride or die for Automatic Kafka #4 by Joe Casey and Ashley Wood. Wood can be kinda divisive but the relatively low bombast of the story (middle-aged Charlie Brown, dissatisfied with his life, writes Automatic Kafka a letter asking to be a contestant on AK's lethal game show.) brings focus to just how deep and well-rounded his bag of cartooning tricks really is.
I was obsessed by this comic when it came out. It definitely amazed me and was extremely memorable.
Just looked up Weisenfeld, it seems he’s primarily a painter now. Definitely talented.
13:37 Slight Quitleyness!
8:08 chain link in the mouth is from Frank Miller's cover for the collection of the first Wolverine miniseries
I always thought this series was going for that Geoff Darrow look.
lol. There it is at 4:55, from Ed. I should watch the whole thing before breaking out the comments.
This guy is one of my favorite artists, and I can barelly pronounce his name. He became a painter after that, he is really good at It. I wish he had done more work on comics.
I love this series. I interviewed Wiesenfeld on my channel about his time working on this book just a couple of years ago.
Wow, this looks so clean
I'd love to see you guys take a look at Dustin Weaver's Paklis. Stunning work from a Wildstorm alum.
please review the one Wiesenfeld did in Wildstorm #2 (1995) taboo stories
its a black and white short story
I bought these as it came out and there was a 5 or 6 months gap between issues.
loved loved loved the first part of this back in the day
He’s on Facebook. He’s a modern art artist. His work is wild/great….
Aron Wiesenfeld went on to become an absolutely fabulous fine artist.
That house in Issue #1 with the colors remind me of the period when Al Columbia was doing a bunch of drawings of houses around the time he did 5:45
I agree it never gets better than that spread, which has stuck in my brain since I first saw it back in the 90s. Not sure why I never picked it up. Looking again, there are perspective issues etc but the style, colours and layout rules.
I see Darrow but I also see European influence, like XIII or the dude that drew I.R.$. Maybe even Skroce, if the timeline makes sense.
Wildstorm books rarely did it for me storywise, but Jim Lee definitely brought on better artists than Extreme or Top Cow
okay, yes please!
The comment Ed made about the dude (Victor Wong) from Big Trouble, 3 Ninjas, Revenge of the Nerds tripped me out so hard, I was thinking exactly that right before you'd said something!! Love his flicks man!
No mercy from Ed in this one
Yes
I didn't read alot of books from WildStorm but my vote would have to go to Ale Garza. I was really into his GEN13 run but was fully onboard when he did Ninja Boy. Mike Turner and Francis Manapul were my dudes from Top Cow.
The faces remind me of Carla Spped McNeil at her best
Great comic, a very European style .
Shout out to Rubber Johnny
Thanks Ed & Jim for all the great content
Got my copies of Red Room Crypto Killers 2&3 in the post today! Good job well done as per usual Mr Piskor 👍
You can see here why Bennett Lamas droped from cómics and ended up doing storyboards for Fincher and Nolan.
No. It’s not. It’s definitely interesting to look at though.