I Love DC Characters But I Read Marvel For the Writing. 9x12 Ink on Bristol Paper.
Today this statement is a moot point because the writing for both brands as well as independents is tremendous. Years ago, before and during the late '80s comic revival, this was was true. Thank you Miller, Gaiman, Baron, Claremont, and Moore and many others for making comics amazing again- for writing that competes with the artwork.
Rodin Brancusi Noguchi. 9x12 Ink on Bristol Paper.
I always admired these three men. A legacy of modern art that also relied on a tradition of apprenticeship. Brancusi was the apprentice of Rodin, and Noguchi was the apprentice of Brancusi. What fascinates me about this relationship of art, generations, and modernism is how distinct each artist is, but reading about their thoughts on form, abstraction, and movement you can see how ideas were passed down to each artist. I find that this relationship is slowly disappearing in the teaching of art. I learned my craft from mentors, but never in a full emersion apprenticeship. Maybe this is nostalgia speaking.
The studio is funny space. It's safe, private, and has room to act out fantasies. Emotions run high and low. I often think about the scene in A League of Their Own in which Tom Hanks yells- "There's no CRYING in Baseball!". There is crying in fashion. 9x12 Ink on Bristol Paper.
