FINALLY!!!! I've been waiting 4-Ever! Lol. I cannot speak highly enough of the Savage Sword of Conan Omnibus hardcovers. Yes, they run about 100.00 each, but they are the complete magazines in large format. The books are AMAZING! The even have all the cover art by artists like Frazetta and others.
My art is comic book old school. Buscema was always realistic in his work. Check out his advertising art and early Avengers issues. Fantastic video, Rich.
I love big John's work. That Thor issue looks more like Sal's work. My favorite of John's work is the epic Thor Annual #5: War of the Gods and virtually everything in the Conan books with Ernie Chan. One of the things I love about John's work in addition to the storytelling are the faces of the villains and the women. I'm not as familiar with his surfer work. The volume of work he did was extraordinary as well.
what forum? I can check it out. I don't really know Joe's work very well although I've seen some of his covers. It might be cool to do a "reaction" video to the work./
I literally learn how to draw figures by copying Buscema's Conan. Savage Sword of Conan was immensely popular in Greece during the 80's and the 90's. They were printed in big size single issues, but also in smaller size omnibuses sold in news kiosks.
I'd forgotten how much movement was in this stuff; it's really great. I also love his earlier Marvel work when he was doing full pencils. Check out Sub-Mariner #1-8; there's just more there. Avengers #49-50 have John's own inks and it's really savage looking; lots of action in Olympus. At a certain point, he gave up on the full pencils and started doing breakdowns. It's good because his fundamentals are so good, but it's also watered down compared to what he was capable of in illustration. The change was partly for mercenary reasons, but also (according to a Romita interview in, I think, the Kirby Collector), Buscema got really into drawing Silver Surfer# 4 with Thor and used a lot of Hal Foster influence in his portrayal of Asgard. Stan allegedly tore it apart, because he was stuck on Kirby's version. Buscema was so deflated by the dressing down that it apparently made him a lot more cynical about whether it made sense to create Art in the medium. I know, however, that he really admired what Kirby did. I think in one of those convention panels he said that when he got stuck in his early issues of Fantastic Four or Thor, he just copied the layouts from old Kirby issues. Kirby recommendations: Thor/JIM #112. Incredible battle with the Hulk, inked by Chic Stone, drawn twice-up. Fantastic Four #57-60 (I think I mentioned this before) Sinnot inks in a powerful continuity from the height of the Cosmic Era of FF.
Hey , maybe you could use a larger, colored cursor when you run over those page reviews? Just a thought! Sometimes I lose track of where you're pointing because in a hi-res page the cursor gets so teeny weeny minuscule hehehe. Anyway, love this Buscema on the Thor and the Surfer, specially.
I love John Buscema's art. What I almost never liked were the inkers they used to pair with him because they always chose to do a simplistic style. Except Alfredo Alcala, of course (funny thing is Buscema himself didn't like him)
Alcala was great but I always felt that he over rendered inking John which I felt the same about Ernie. They were great but I loved the direct simple clean elegant John. I loved Tom finishing over John especially on avengers. Bold clear volumetric and yet it didn’t get over detailed breaking up the bigger shapes John used to push his design sensibilities. Again, I love it all, but, for me, Palmer on Buscema and Buscema on Buscema was tops
Ditko, Kirby, Buscema, Romita Sr., Colan (Austin), and throw in Mr. Heck; are all in the 1st wave and those guys laid it all down for about 70 percent of my entire old comic appetite as a kid. I held strong opinions on the work of all the inkers as well. I thought Sal's inks on John were weak and weird. Sinnott was best on Buscema (at least the superhero stuff) and Kirby (my opinion). And Tom Palmer was the best on Buscema. Ernie Chan bludgeoned John's breakdowns. I thought Alcala overpowered John's pencils (he hated it) but I thought he "rendered" John's pencils into great illustration. I loved it best next to Palmer's. Third, I liked John's own inks on his pencils (rarely done). I agree Vince Coletta gets overly hammered. He cut corners and Stan loved him 'cause he could make a deadline (he just erased shit and laid it down quick). But he did a lot of good work.
I appreciate Big John Buscema's art way more now than when I was a kid. I didn't like Conan comics so I thought of Buscema's art as too far removed from mainstream comics like Spider-Man and Batman, etc, so I just avoided it. Now I realize what a pillar he was back in the day. I'll always sit up and pay attention to pieces of original Buscema art...always a pretty penny. Thanks for posting, Rich.
No worries. I felt similarly to say Jack Kirby when I first was getting into comics. some of it looked cool to me but a lot of it I found odd...now I like it way more and some of it I really love!
I’m going to complain to Sakura about overlooking you. Oh, as far as newsprint goes, you don’t need to find some ancient paper with a clean sheet, just scan a nice smooth piece from the art store. It’s beautiful stuff to draw on.
Hey Rich -- Sorry to bomb this here but you are a major comics industry player --- Just got word on a FB group from John Buscema's daughter Dianne Buscema -Gerogianis that 45 (forty-five!) original JB art pieces were stolen from their home this morning. I am sure you have connections closer than I do but if you can please get the word out about this---please reference the Artistry of John Buscema FB appreciation page for details.
LOOOOOVE SEEING BUSCEMA'S ARTWORK!!!---BUT, DUDE--THAT'S NOT SINNOTT ON THOR, BUT STILL KID BROTHER SAL...WHOM YOU'D CORRECTLY RECOGNIZED JUST A FEW PANELS BEFORE... (NICE ALLITERATION, "NOT SINNOTT" THO', AIN'T IT?... THANKS FOR THE POST, NONETHELESS!! :)
The great John Buscema!!!!! I was never fond of Joe Sinnott's inks. It always seemed that the pencils were left unrecognizable. BTW, if you want to see stuff about collected editions and reprints of Silver age/Bronze age stuff, I recommend the Near Mint Condition channel here on TH-cam.
Incidentally, that John Buscema issue of Thor fighting Hela and her aging spell was the first Marvel story I read. On a reprint anthology. Talk about memories.....
hey Rich why dont you upload some videos of you drawing Blasterkid? You can just set the camera going draw and add an overdub commentary after. I mean you are already doing the work, why not have it double as content also AND a promo?
For a Jack Kirby review, check out Fantastic Four annual #5. (Note: Joe Sinnott is credited as inker, but it was actually Frank Giacoia.) It is a hugely imaginative, detailed and dynamic outing, even for Jack. Speaking of the King, he was not so much blazingly fast as he was doggedly dedicated and single-minded, working very long hours, but not insanely long ones. Thus saith his wife, anyhow, in interviews.
wow ok that is interesting because he seems to be the guy they will always say could do so much work...but longer hours makes sense also! Thanks Kevin.
the next 2 weeks I'll be showing art and starting to do regular updates. The Covid 19 made stuff weird and I wasn't sure it was a great time to start that process. I'm going back to 1 video a day and that will give me way more time to get cool videos up about the project. thanks for asking !
John Buscema one of my favorite artists along with George Perez. I love his Thor and Conan runs. My 1st comic was his Tarzan #1 back at a school book fare.Have you done a Perez video?
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This guy was and is the best of the best.
FINALLY!!!! I've been waiting 4-Ever! Lol. I cannot speak highly enough of the Savage Sword of Conan Omnibus hardcovers. Yes, they run about 100.00 each, but they are the complete magazines in large format. The books are AMAZING! The even have all the cover art by artists like Frazetta and others.
My art is comic book old school. Buscema was always realistic in his work. Check out his advertising art and early Avengers issues. Fantastic video, Rich.
John Buscema era um Gênio. Fiquei fã de Conan muito pelo trabalho/arte dele.
I love big John's work. That Thor issue looks more like Sal's work. My favorite of John's work is the epic Thor Annual #5: War of the Gods and virtually everything in the Conan books with Ernie Chan. One of the things I love about John's work in addition to the storytelling are the faces of the villains and the women. I'm not as familiar with his surfer work. The volume of work he did was extraordinary as well.
For the record, it's all Buscema. No Neal Adams required.
My all time favorite comic book illustrator, sometimes unappreciated Joe Jusko just posted over 90 examples of his pencils in a forum by the way.
what forum? I can check it out. I don't really know Joe's work very well although I've seen some of his covers. It might be cool to do a "reaction" video to the work./
@@RichardFriendartist
The Artistry of John Buscema.
@@RichardFriendartist So maybe not forum but fan page. But there are some beautiful pencils there.
I miss that you haven’t been saying “It’s gonna be SUPER fun!!!”
I've noticed that you could take out the word bubbles and still be able to follow the story awesome story teller
What tremendous inspiration
I literally learn how to draw figures by copying Buscema's Conan. Savage Sword of Conan was immensely popular in Greece during the 80's and the 90's. They were printed in big size single issues, but also in smaller size omnibuses sold in news kiosks.
I'd forgotten how much movement was in this stuff; it's really great. I also love his earlier Marvel work when he was doing full pencils. Check out Sub-Mariner #1-8; there's just more there. Avengers #49-50 have John's own inks and it's really savage looking; lots of action in Olympus.
At a certain point, he gave up on the full pencils and started doing breakdowns. It's good because his fundamentals are so good, but it's also watered down compared to what he was capable of in illustration. The change was partly for mercenary reasons, but also (according to a Romita interview in, I think, the Kirby Collector), Buscema got really into drawing Silver Surfer# 4 with Thor and used a lot of Hal Foster influence in his portrayal of Asgard. Stan allegedly tore it apart, because he was stuck on Kirby's version. Buscema was so deflated by the dressing down that it apparently made him a lot more cynical about whether it made sense to create Art in the medium. I know, however, that he really admired what Kirby did. I think in one of those convention panels he said that when he got stuck in his early issues of Fantastic Four or Thor, he just copied the layouts from old Kirby issues.
Kirby recommendations: Thor/JIM #112. Incredible battle with the Hulk, inked by Chic Stone, drawn twice-up.
Fantastic Four #57-60 (I think I mentioned this before) Sinnot inks in a powerful continuity from the height of the Cosmic Era of FF.
Buscema was phenomenal
Hey , maybe you could use a larger, colored cursor when you run over those page reviews? Just a thought! Sometimes I lose track of where you're pointing because in a hi-res page the cursor gets so teeny weeny minuscule hehehe. Anyway, love this Buscema on the Thor and the Surfer, specially.
When I imagine The Avengers, in my mind it looks like John Buscema drew them.
I love John Buscema's art. What I almost never liked were the inkers they used to pair with him because they always chose to do a simplistic style. Except Alfredo Alcala, of course (funny thing is Buscema himself didn't like him)
Alcala was great but I always felt that he over rendered inking John which I felt the same about Ernie. They were great but I loved the direct simple clean elegant John. I loved Tom finishing over John especially on avengers. Bold clear volumetric and yet it didn’t get over detailed breaking up the bigger shapes John used to push his design sensibilities. Again, I love it all, but, for me, Palmer on Buscema and Buscema on Buscema was tops
Nice video, thank you.
What issue of Thor is this?
Ditko, Kirby, Buscema, Romita Sr., Colan (Austin), and throw in Mr. Heck; are all in the 1st wave and those guys laid it all down for about 70 percent of my entire old comic appetite as a kid. I held strong opinions on the work of all the inkers as well. I thought Sal's inks on John were weak and weird. Sinnott was best on Buscema (at least the superhero stuff) and Kirby (my opinion). And Tom Palmer was the best on Buscema. Ernie Chan bludgeoned John's breakdowns. I thought Alcala overpowered John's pencils (he hated it) but I thought he "rendered" John's pencils into great illustration. I loved it best next to Palmer's. Third, I liked John's own inks on his pencils (rarely done). I agree Vince Coletta gets overly hammered. He cut corners and Stan loved him 'cause he could make a deadline (he just erased shit and laid it down quick). But he did a lot of good work.
I appreciate Big John Buscema's art way more now than when I was a kid. I didn't like Conan comics so I thought of Buscema's art as too far removed from mainstream comics like Spider-Man and Batman, etc, so I just avoided it. Now I realize what a pillar he was back in the day. I'll always sit up and pay attention to pieces of original Buscema art...always a pretty penny. Thanks for posting, Rich.
No worries. I felt similarly to say Jack Kirby when I first was getting into comics. some of it looked cool to me but a lot of it I found odd...now I like it way more and some of it I really love!
I’m going to complain to Sakura about overlooking you. Oh, as far as newsprint goes, you don’t need to find some ancient paper with a clean sheet, just scan a nice smooth piece from the art store. It’s beautiful stuff to draw on.
Hey Rich -- Sorry to bomb this here but you are a major comics industry player --- Just got word on a FB group from John Buscema's daughter Dianne Buscema -Gerogianis that 45 (forty-five!) original JB art pieces were stolen from their home this morning. I am sure you have connections closer than I do but if you can please get the word out about this---please reference the Artistry of John Buscema FB appreciation page for details.
LOOOOOVE SEEING BUSCEMA'S ARTWORK!!!---BUT, DUDE--THAT'S NOT SINNOTT ON THOR, BUT STILL KID BROTHER SAL...WHOM YOU'D CORRECTLY RECOGNIZED JUST A FEW PANELS BEFORE... (NICE ALLITERATION, "NOT SINNOTT" THO', AIN'T IT?... THANKS FOR THE POST, NONETHELESS!! :)
Have you done John Byrne already?
Would love to see some X-Men stuff or F4 stuff
Hey Rich 😊you mentioned that Jim Lee had another book he looked at other than Bridgman,do you know what it was?
WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO DO AN EPISODE ON JAMES STERANKO??!!!
HE REVOLUTIONIZED COMICS ILLUSTRATION!!!!!
The great John Buscema!!!!!
I was never fond of Joe Sinnott's inks. It always seemed that the pencils were left unrecognizable.
BTW, if you want to see stuff about collected editions and reprints of Silver age/Bronze age stuff, I recommend the Near Mint Condition channel here on TH-cam.
cool I will check that out for sure. thank you!
Incidentally, that John Buscema issue of Thor fighting Hela and her aging spell was the first Marvel story I read. On a reprint anthology. Talk about memories.....
hey Rich why dont you upload some videos of you drawing Blasterkid? You can just set the camera going draw and add an overdub commentary after. I mean you are already doing the work, why not have it double as content also AND a promo?
For a Jack Kirby review, check out Fantastic Four annual #5. (Note: Joe Sinnott is credited as inker, but it was actually Frank Giacoia.) It is a hugely imaginative, detailed and dynamic outing, even for Jack. Speaking of the King, he was not so much blazingly fast as he was doggedly dedicated and single-minded, working very long hours, but not insanely long ones. Thus saith his wife, anyhow, in interviews.
wow ok that is interesting because he seems to be the guy they will always say could do so much work...but longer hours makes sense also! Thanks Kevin.
@@RichardFriendartist Very few videos showing him work. But there's nothing to suggest he's broad and gestural, just methodical.
Newsprint Remasters YES PLEASE!
Kirby you say? Do Etrigan!
I will look into that. Not really sure what that is!
Are you possibly inker Richard Friend?
Frankly, people who dominate the conversation have a control complex.
Any update on Blaster Kid?
the next 2 weeks I'll be showing art and starting to do regular updates. The Covid 19 made stuff weird and I wasn't sure it was a great time to start that process.
I'm going back to 1 video a day and that will give me way more time to get cool videos up about the project.
thanks for asking !
@@RichardFriendartistI'm looking forward to getting it in my hands.
@@RichardFriendartist I would say that this just the right time to start the process, with all people stuck inside
John Buscema one of my favorite artists along with George Perez. I love his Thor and Conan runs. My 1st comic was his Tarzan #1 back at a school book fare.Have you done a Perez video?
If they're black sabbath, who's oingo boingo?
Keith Giffen? ;) hahaha Maybe Ron Lim.
@@RichardFriendartist Aaron lopresti
@@Jameswindsorsmith That's Danny Elfman's band, right? So Mignola?
Vince Colette at marvel was awful, at dc he stepped up his game