Astonishing X-men: Xenogenesis

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This is part of Warren Ellis' closing run on the title, and I picked it up yesterday. I dig the story, but my god - the art! it's HIDEOUS! Whomever this artist is, needs to consult a standard anatomy text immediately! No sense of body proportion at ALL. Usually Ellis is paired with a really good artist, but damn, not this time.

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1. I hate to sound elitist, but...

I can't stand most superhero comic book art. It's either too manga-fied for my taste, or it's overly computer-enhanced, or--as you note--it just doesn't make visual sense.

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2. yeah, a lot of it is pretty dumb, but there's been some good ones out there too

Oeming's work on Powers, John Cassaday on Astonishing X-men come to mind. I've always liked Art Adam's work as well.

But Rob Liefield - good god, he takes the cake for ugly.

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3. I've always thought of Art Adams as the original Todd MacFarlane

I don't know which came first, but I know that I saw Adams' stuff first, back when he was doing his X-Men/Longshot stuff. When MacFarlane made it big a few years later, I remember thinking "I've seen this before..."

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4. I agree. McFarlane is Adams with less artistic talent

but better PR skills.

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5. The early Wolverine was fascinating. Marc Silvestri, I believe.

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