Barry Windsor-Smith Storyteller
Suspended Animation Classic #402
Originally published September 1, 1996 (#35)
(Dates are approximate)
Mini Miniviews; Barry Windsor-Smith: Storyteller
By Michael Vance
“Eye of the Beholder [NBM]. “Startling revelations” drawn with thick, artsy simplicity like a woodcut. This comic strip takes a brief peep into urban life. A sample insight: a close-up of a beautiful woman reveals an ugly mosquito on her arm. Heavy, man!
“Domain” #1 [Fry Vision]. Dog-headed aliens snarl, grit teeth, and claw one another almost as much as readers who realize they’ve paid $2.50 for this well intentioned but amateur SF comic.
“Spirit of Wonder” #s 1-5 [Dark Horse]. Whimsical humor, story and delightful art weakened by nudity, ‘cutesy’ groping and lots of panties as landlady Miss China contends with deadbeat inventors. Mangled manga.
“Meet Monkeyman and O’Brien”/”Monkeyman and O’Brien” #s 1-3 [Dark Horse]. With a wink and a nod to ‘60s Marvel Comics, artist Arthur Adams turns clichés into homage to artist Jack Kirby through Adam’s own exceptional talent.
A giant, super-intelligent ape from another dimension and his giant, super-intelligent human babe battle mutated shrews, alien frogs, and galactic conquerors. Great, light fun...
Highly recommended.
“Barry Windsor-Smith: Storyteller” #1 [Dark Horse]. One of comic’s finest turns a pastiche to Robert Howard’s “Conan” (“Freebooters”), Jack Kirby’s “Forever People” (“The Paradoxman”) and “New Gods” (“Young Gods”) into stunning art.
Smith made his fame with Howard’s “Conan”. Smith’s barbarian is a piece of muscled, bumbling fluff in a marvelously detailed fictional city, Shadariza. Fun.
“Paradoxman” is a romp through ‘60s pop art that stumbles into the ancient realm of Marvel’s early monster comic books. Fun.
Kirby also created a race of star-spanning “New Gods” that Smith transforms into new snobs as backgrounds swirl with multi-colored planets or cherubs. Epic exaggerated becomes subtle but epic silliness. More fun.
Several artists and writers have been returning to the simpler, more heroic style of 1960s comics, and no one does it better than Smith.
Barry Windsor-Smith Storyteller
Suspended Animation Classic #402
Originally published September 1, 1996 (#35)
(Dates are approximate)
Mini Miniviews; Barry Windsor-Smith: Storyteller
By Michael Vance
“Eye of the Beholder [NBM]. “Startling revelations” drawn with thick, artsy simplicity like a woodcut. This comic strip takes a brief peep into urban life. A sample insight: a close-up of a beautiful woman reveals an ugly mosquito on her arm. Heavy, man!
“Domain” #1 [Fry Vision]. Dog-headed aliens snarl, grit teeth, and claw one another almost as much as readers who realize they’ve paid $2.50 for this well intentioned but amateur SF comic.
“Spirit of Wonder” #s 1-5 [Dark Horse]. Whimsical humor, story and delightful art weakened by nudity, ‘cutesy’ groping and lots of panties as landlady Miss China contends with deadbeat inventors. Mangled manga.
“Meet Monkeyman and O’Brien”/”Monkeyman and O’Brien” #s 1-3 [Dark Horse]. With a wink and a nod to ‘60s Marvel Comics, artist Arthur Adams turns clichés into homage to artist Jack Kirby through Adam’s own exceptional talent.
A giant, super-intelligent ape from another dimension and his giant, super-intelligent human babe battle mutated shrews, alien frogs, and galactic conquerors. Great, light fun...
Highly recommended.
“Barry Windsor-Smith: Storyteller” #1 [Dark Horse]. One of comic’s finest turns a pastiche to Robert Howard’s “Conan” (“Freebooters”), Jack Kirby’s “Forever People” (“The Paradoxman”) and “New Gods” (“Young Gods”) into stunning art.
Smith made his fame with Howard’s “Conan”. Smith’s barbarian is a piece of muscled, bumbling fluff in a marvelously detailed fictional city, Shadariza. Fun.
“Paradoxman” is a romp through ‘60s pop art that stumbles into the ancient realm of Marvel’s early monster comic books. Fun.
Kirby also created a race of star-spanning “New Gods” that Smith transforms into new snobs as backgrounds swirl with multi-colored planets or cherubs. Epic exaggerated becomes subtle but epic silliness. More fun.
Several artists and writers have been returning to the simpler, more heroic style of 1960s comics, and no one does it better than Smith.