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August 25th, 2009

Legion of Super-Giffen, Prologue III
But Keith Giffen left the book.

They say it was the poster that did him in.

This poster:

http://unnecessaryg.com/lsh/GiffenPoster2083x755.jpg

Ah yes. The famous compositional style, unique to 80s DC, of people randomly standing around in the air

wonder why nobody does that anymore.

Keith Giffen, I adore Keith Giffen. His career is filled with brilliant ideas that don't work. He's tried everything. Most none of it works. BUT HE DID IT!

He was "co-plotter and designer" for issues #3-#5. That probably means he did breakdowns. He was assisted by Steve Lightle, who draws great robots and weird faces. Inked by Mahlstedt, whose work here raises the eternal question,

( Why doesn't the inker just redraw stuff that doesn't work? )

Tags: creator: keith giffen, creator: larry mahlstedt, creator: steve lightle, publisher: dc comics, theme: panel layout, title: legion of super-heroes

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May 13th, 2009

12:18 am
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Promethea: Goes both ways
Here's an interesting panel layout trick, courtesy of Alan Moore and J.H. Williams III. In this two-spread, the panels can be read either clockwise or counterclockwise, and in either direction they'll make sense as a sequence and conversation.

( Try it out for yourself... )

Tags: char: promethea, creator: alan moore, creator: j.h. williams iii, theme: panel layout, title: promethea

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