How so? Arguably his co-founding of Image was the best thing to happen to mainstream US comics in the last 40 years because (after an admittedly rocky start) it ultimately opened the door to the era of highly successful creator-owned works, something the Big Two had fought tooth and nail against for decades.
>How so? Arguably his co-founding of Image was the best thing to happen to mainstream US comics in the last 40 years because (after an admittedly rocky start) it ultimately opened the door to the era of highly successful creator-owned works, something the Big Two had fought tooth and nail against for decades.
I remember when he sold out ABC comics to DC and left Alan Moore in the dust. Jim Lee is a rat.
Maybe Bendis. I feel like the only truly terrible negative thing was the New 52 and even that wasn't exclusively his fault. Image was ultimately a good thing and he kind botched X-men when he was writing it but you can't blame him for everything dumb they did in the 90s after he left.
Bendis and his decompressed approach to storytelling.
Mark Millar treating comics as a first draft for film and tv.
Gail Simone for trying to be hip and in touch with fandom.
Hush up DCasual Jim Lee put more comics in more people's hands than anyone alive today, period, and on top of that helped make independent comics commercially viable.
>Jim Lee put more comics in more people's hands than anyone alive today
False. Claremont, and probably also Byrne, moved more product that Lee could ever dream of. Lee on the other hand catered to the speculators, which helped crash the industry. >helped make independent comics commercially viable
Absolute absurdity. Only shows that you know NOTHING about the history of American comics.
Her books are popular because it was just a right time right place kind of situation. The books aren't well written, nor do they really do anything unique. It just happened to gain traction at the right time.
At least Dan has ideas. They may be shitty, terrible ideas, but he has ideas of his own. Jim Lee just does whatever the corporate overlords want and seems to have no passion for anything other than getting royalties for putting Wildstorm characters into things.
Mostly edgy garbage. And a lot of later writers decided to copy his crap, so if Lee's getting blamed for people buying his art, then moore can be blamed for writers copying his crap.
I'm aware of his comics, most of which are great. I thought he did some behind the scenes tinkering that fricked with the industry, but you're just being a pansy.
I blame Jim Lee and the image crew for ruining storytelling in big two comic art by drawing pages based on resale value over narrative cohesion.
a pinup of a superhero in a straight pose sells way more than a zoom up of a fist or a kick in motion or something where the character is less visible or distorted. As a result, a lot of artists tend to work their page to look good individually to a buyer.
Jim Lee is peak example of that. Pretty much all his books have a ton of images that get put on posters and t-shirts, and his pages sell for big money.
X-men #1 and Hush are some of the most merchandised superhero comics ever. Cool images that mean very little.
The worse thing Lee did was turn Psylocke Asian and make her so popular that they had to give the Asian woman her codename so people wouldn't get confused that they were race swapping Psylocke
How so? Arguably his co-founding of Image was the best thing to happen to mainstream US comics in the last 40 years because (after an admittedly rocky start) it ultimately opened the door to the era of highly successful creator-owned works, something the Big Two had fought tooth and nail against for decades.
>his co-founding
i get your larger point, but he was the last to come aboard, reluctantly, and was among the first to get out
>How so? Arguably his co-founding of Image was the best thing to happen to mainstream US comics in the last 40 years because (after an admittedly rocky start) it ultimately opened the door to the era of highly successful creator-owned works, something the Big Two had fought tooth and nail against for decades.
I remember when he sold out ABC comics to DC and left Alan Moore in the dust. Jim Lee is a rat.
>I remember when he sold out ABC comics to DC and left Alan Moore in the dust.
Holy based. That washed up communist hack deserves no better.
Bob Harris, Dan Didio, Joe Quesada, Sana Amanat, and most of the modern writers, editors, and executives actually.
Image is the worst thing that ever happened to comics. Eat shit, hipster homosexual.
Keep being corporate bootlickers.
The fans.
You're completely right
Maybe Bendis. I feel like the only truly terrible negative thing was the New 52 and even that wasn't exclusively his fault. Image was ultimately a good thing and he kind botched X-men when he was writing it but you can't blame him for everything dumb they did in the 90s after he left.
Bendis and his decompressed approach to storytelling.
Mark Millar treating comics as a first draft for film and tv.
Gail Simone for trying to be hip and in touch with fandom.
grant morrison
Hush up DCasual Jim Lee put more comics in more people's hands than anyone alive today, period, and on top of that helped make independent comics commercially viable.
Jim didn't do that, Marvel catering to the speculator market did that.
>Jim Lee put more comics in more people's hands than anyone alive today
False. Claremont, and probably also Byrne, moved more product that Lee could ever dream of. Lee on the other hand catered to the speculators, which helped crash the industry.
>helped make independent comics commercially viable
Absolute absurdity. Only shows that you know NOTHING about the history of American comics.
Barack Obama
JK Rowling, Joss Whedon and Raina Telgemaier
>JK Rowling, Joss Whedon and Raina Telgemaier
One of these people has never been involved with the creation of a comic book or had any direct influence on the medium???
I don't think it's fair to blame JK for people not not understanding why her books were popular.
Her books are popular because it was just a right time right place kind of situation. The books aren't well written, nor do they really do anything unique. It just happened to gain traction at the right time.
Gail Simone
OP
I hate this homosexual for incorporating wildstorm into DC and for his shitty art
he stopped being good at it before 1990 ended
I have absolutely no stake in the western comic book industry so I say this as a drawgay. I like him, his streams are chill.
>Dan says hold mah beer
At least Dan has ideas. They may be shitty, terrible ideas, but he has ideas of his own. Jim Lee just does whatever the corporate overlords want and seems to have no passion for anything other than getting royalties for putting Wildstorm characters into things.
Quesada
Dan DiDio
Joe Quesada
Brian Michael Bendis (the comic book writer)
Mark Millar
Alan Moore
Sana Amanat
I hate most of Lee's DC redesigns, but he's small fries in the big picture.
>Alan Moore
What did he do?
Mostly edgy garbage. And a lot of later writers decided to copy his crap, so if Lee's getting blamed for people buying his art, then moore can be blamed for writers copying his crap.
I'm aware of his comics, most of which are great. I thought he did some behind the scenes tinkering that fricked with the industry, but you're just being a pansy.
Oh nah, he just sucks.
>Mostly edgy garbage
This is your brain on modern Cinemaphile
embarrassing
>Brian Michael Bendis (the comic book writer)
The one that wrote for Marvel?
Oh and DC.
That Bendis?
I blame Jim Lee and the image crew for ruining storytelling in big two comic art by drawing pages based on resale value over narrative cohesion.
a pinup of a superhero in a straight pose sells way more than a zoom up of a fist or a kick in motion or something where the character is less visible or distorted. As a result, a lot of artists tend to work their page to look good individually to a buyer.
Jim Lee is peak example of that. Pretty much all his books have a ton of images that get put on posters and t-shirts, and his pages sell for big money.
X-men #1 and Hush are some of the most merchandised superhero comics ever. Cool images that mean very little.
The fact that people will tell you with a straight face that Jim Lee's X-Men was any good is a testament to how contrarian this place is.
It WAS good as long as Claremont was still on it.
It had less soul in it because Claremont had to write with Jim in mind.
I thought that was Wake Up Jeff.
Seth MacFarlane
joe quesadilla that fricking homosexual
Really dude
The worse thing Lee did was turn Psylocke Asian and make her so popular that they had to give the Asian woman her codename so people wouldn't get confused that they were race swapping Psylocke
He isn't even the worst EIC in comics right now
>He isn't even the worst EIC in comics right now
He literally sat back as Tom Taylor made Superman's son gay.
Asian Psylocke was the consciousness of the original Psylocke transplanted into a new body.
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Don't mind me then