Alright, I'm usually a pretty easy-going guy. I don't let too many things get to me. However, when I saw this today, I just got mad. Furious, really. I mean, I grew up reading comics in the 90's, when artists were respected and loved. The way the 90's are talked about now, it's as if it's something to be ashamed of. I hear so many people saying that comics of the 90's sucked SO BAD and everything. Um... the reason I'm a comic book artist today is because of the awesome work I saw in the 90's. That's when I first discovered names like J. Scott Campbell, Jim Lee, Joe Madureira, Bruce Timm, etc. They opened my eyes and made me wish that I could draw like them. They were superstars to me.
That's why when I saw the two covers posted here today it just made me mad. Artists USED to be the main pull for a book. I STILL think they do WAY MORE WORK than the writer of a book. But today, they are respected so little that their names are way at the bottom in small print, while the writer's name is BIGGER than the the actual title of the book. Ridiculous. This makes it seem as if artists are a dime a dozen, and it really doesn't matter who draws the book since it's the writer that's important. I hope that we can get back to a time when artists are respected and treated as such.
PLEASE take the time to comment to this article. I haven't heard from anyone in a while and I would like to hear your feedback on this. What do YOU think?
Talk to you soon. Much love.
-Mike C-
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I dunno... but I will say I prefer #1 as it gives credit as to who did what. Maybe less disparity between the type faces would be in order.
ReplyDeleteThat's what I'm saying, right? I mean, is it too much trouble to just have both names the same size? THAT that would be fair.
ReplyDeleteThanks for commenting! Hope you're doing well. ^_^
It pisses me off man. It's a perfect example of today's marketing. No respect for who does what, the only important thing is to sell a lot. And for what? To win big bucks so you can sell a lot more and the cycles repeats. People are just too stupid in the fact that they don't understand the consequences of their actions. That is today and forever problem with people, just tools of the desire. But at least in the 90's both authors names were the same size, what mattered was the creation per se, not per who.
ReplyDeleteI hear ya, man. 'Tis a crying shame. :(
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