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Jan 7, 2015 - 5:09 AM
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Jim Phelps
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Thought-Provoking Stuff, Even if Ya's Don't Agree Wit It aka Food for Thought for Those Who are Starving around Here Dept.
"1968: The Year Marvel Sold Out"
http://zak-site.com/Great-American-Novel/1968.html
Then there's this riposte:
"There is a magic to Marvel from 1961-1968 that really never has been as consistently replicated. I believe this has to do with not looking at comics as product as much as they are "art." I refer to art not just as the penciled page, but the whole comic as art. From 1961-1968, it really is Stan and Jack and Steve's universe. There are a few others involved, particularly Roy Thomas who could replicate Stan's style of writing fairly well.
But soon enough, Ditko leaves. Then Kirby. Stan took a few months off to write a movie. Then Gerry Conway starts writing Spidey and Thor. Steve Englehart and Steve Gerber get involved. Many new artists join. They are all talented men and women in their own right, but Marvel ceased to be an artistic vision of three men, and these new men and women pursued their own visions. That became a little jarring on titles like the FF and Thor where the illusion of change was the order of the day.
I believe that is why many who love Marvel in the 70's cite favorites like Tomb of Dracula, Killraven, Master of Kung Fu, Warlock and Howard the Duck. They essentially are the work of two-three men again and the singular vision leads to "art." Again, no illusion of change----anything could happen in Tomb of Dracula or Man-Thing (and often did).
This may be partially why X-Men and New Teen Titans and Daredevil were the top comics of the early 80's. All are the work of a great, clicking creative team with an artistic vision. No illusion of change---anything can happen----Jean Grey dies, Raven is the daughter of Trigon, or we find our Daredevil had a mentor named Stick.
This is why I think the enemy of a great Marvel of DC comic is the company crossover. Mixing up unique artistic visions, tends to blur them all together----like taking beautiful bright colors of paint together and mixing them into an ugly gray. They lose the uniqueness that makes them beautiful."
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