Which do you prefer?
If I may elbow in here, JayzusB, and tread on your toes, and generally act like I own the joint: how about Kev Walker’s fully painted Khronicles of Khaos versus his pen and inks on something like Mandroid?
Walker’s early contributions to the prog were nothing special at all, and then he’s given The ABC Warriors and – oh wow. I used to smoke weed and go over those early episodes with a magnifying glass. Astonishing stuff.
Cut to the new century and it's minimalist as hell, shadowy as Mignola, utterly different, and still brilliant.
Which do I prefer? I’d have to say the newer style, because it’s more confident and because sometimes less really is more.
(Maybe I’d think differently if I started smoking weed again, but I’m just too damned old.)
No problem, was going to switch to another artist but couldn't decide which one. Great choice though.
I think if you'd asked the younger me (who, along with a lot of creators and other fans, was still living in Bisley's airbrushed shadow) I would have gone for the flashy full-colour stuff. But my current self would definitely go for the brooding planes of muted colour and shadow used for
Mandroid, and especially
Sin City.
EDIT - It's not really an option, I know, but I might possible take his inking on Dillon's stuff on
Cinnabar over both of these. It was just what was needed for the filth, smut and blood that made up Cinnabar's streets and Nu Earth's swampier, uglier zones. I know he did the same for Harlem's Heroes but I mean, Harlem Heroes, for Jesus' sake.
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