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Henry Imler April 11th, 2008
One of my favorite comic series of all time is Kingdom Come. It tells the story of a superhero community run amok and Superman’s attempt to right the community. The great Alex Ross did the art work for the series. The special thing about Alex’s work is his attention to detail. For example, take a look at the following section from page 103, where Superman is talking with Orion, who has usurped Darkseid’s throne and know tries to rule Apokolips justly.
The above panels only take up a minor portion of the page (see below), but Ross nevertheless makes sure to keep the person speaking in focus. When Superman is talking to Orion, he is in focus and vise versa. The effect is subtle enough that I did not notice it the first time through. But it did influence the way I read the comic. I did not realize it the first time through, but I did the second time. When I did finally realize this, I was blown away. I think the reason I did not catch the effect is because of how natural and life-like it was.
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This is why Ross is my favorite comic book artist! Thanks for the insight.
He is so freaking good. His art here is the principle reason I have not gotten past page two in the Kingdom.
To go from his artwork and character renditions to what is in there - well, it is a few steps down.
Ross is good, you should check out his covers for the invaders stuff. I was reading some preview stuff and I’m kind of excited to see Namor past v.s. our illumnati kicking some Stark Namor. I’d say Ross is good, it just takes him like 5 years to make a comic book, which kind of sucks. Captain America has spot on comic book artwork, I like the dark undertones there is in it, it really benefits the mystery of Brubakers story.
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