tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300559060189924423.post63475680552547986..comments2024-03-17T21:10:29.428+00:00Comments on ComicAlly: Astro City Vol 1: Life in the Big City by Kurt Busiek reviewNoelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03936275600540998073noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300559060189924423.post-52720811596375054382013-07-16T16:33:39.005+01:002013-07-16T16:33:39.005+01:00While I am a huge fan of Astro City, it's actu...While I am a huge fan of Astro City, it's actually Brent Anderson's art that doesn't work for me. It's sloppy, gritty-looking, his inking looks downright careless, his pencils tend to lean at times (as if Brent himself was leaning as he was drawing them at the time). <br /><br />I would rather see someone like Stuart Immonen, Graham Nolan, Darwyn Cooke, etc., paired with inkers like Mark Farmer, Gary Martin, Joe Sinnott (or a younger inker with Joe's style), someone who displays a cleaner, smoother style, which would better lend itself to this fine book. <br /><br />I would also love to see a different artist every month, since this is a sort of anthology. Or do a second AC title, with different creators doing their takes on the world of Astro City. That would actually be kind of interesting (not that Kurt and company aren't). Mark Waid, Geoff Johns, Dan Jurgens, etc., would be great guest writers, in my opinion. Just a thought.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14721919533722022948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300559060189924423.post-88036114315002222972013-07-16T06:58:22.127+01:002013-07-16T06:58:22.127+01:00I cannot recall EVER getting bored reading "A...I cannot recall EVER getting bored reading "Astro City". While there are similarities in narration that may be inevitable coming from the same writer, the editor's story is barely comparable to Phil's from "Marvels". The editor is NOT the secretary from Shadow Hill, she is NOT the paranoid lowlife who is NOT the spying old man. Oh, and heroes only directly save two of those 4 characters.<br /><br />I find that Brent Anderson's art works, for (like Ross does, movement lines or not) he captures human expression and (often missing from comics in the 90s or thereabouts) human anatomy.<br /><br />As for Ross & motion, it can be argued that there's no real motion in the still pictures & it takes a bit more effort to see it in Ross' work. He doesn't speed lines & he keeps blurred colors to a minimum, but there's movement if you look. Strange that didn't stop you from saying that "The saving grace of ['Kingdom Come'] is Alex Ross' artwork" and that "Alex Ross' artwork is great and I always enjoy it" back in January. (Your words at http://samquixote.blogspot.com/2013/01/kingdom-dumb-why-mark-waid-and-alex.html)<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07597506305529824635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300559060189924423.post-74203058974516063862013-07-16T04:50:36.248+01:002013-07-16T04:50:36.248+01:00While I don't think it's necessary, I beli...While I don't think it's necessary, I believe that an understanding of comic book superhero tropes and archtypes make Astro City a much better read.<br /><br />Life in the Big City is an anthology which while exploring some very personal stories from some unique angles and viewpoints, is also limited by the length of the one or two issue spans.<br /><br />If you can get KBAC: Confession or KBAC: Tarnished Angel offer the more personal in-depth stories you might enjoy.akachrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10396602382731120322noreply@blogger.com