Dredd (2012)

[Syne]

Anyone know it that "dark lumpy outline" technique is unique to Ezquerra? I've never seen it anywhere else. When I first saw it - at the age of 9 or 10 - it put me off at first. Soon learned to love it though.

A lot of artists use a thicker outline around objects or characters in the foreground, to make them stand out more.  I remember Dillon and Bolland using it quite a bit.  Ron Smith would sometimes separate foreground with a white surround. However,  I don't recall seeing anyone else using Carlos's lumpy outline. It's a very individual technique - another reason why his art is so distinctive I guess!

Yeah, it's the lumps that make the difference, as Middenface would say

[Bubba Zebill]

Anyone know it that "dark lumpy outline" technique is unique to Ezquerra? I've never seen it anywhere else. When I first saw it - at the age of 9 or 10 - it put me off at first. Soon learned to love it though.

A lot of artists use a thicker outline around objects or characters in the foreground, to make them stand out more.  I remember Dillon and Bolland using it quite a bit.  Ron Smith would sometimes separate foreground with a white surround. However,  I don't recall seeing anyone else using Carlos's lumpy outline. It's a very individual technique - another reason why his art is so distinctive I guess!

Yeah, it's the lumps that make the difference, as Middenface would say

It always reminded me of tractor treads...it's a very tough look. Never seen it anywhere before, I've looked..he does other things I see in continental comics...but I think the treads are his alone.

[Glenn Broadway]

Anyone know it that "dark lumpy outline" technique is unique to Ezquerra? I've never seen it anywhere else. When I first saw it - at the age of 9 or 10 - it put me off at first. Soon learned to love it though.

I'm fairly sure I've seen Henry Flint do it recently - or was it in Incubus?

I also seem to remember McMahon doing it early on (in the days when they used to draw for each other).

I hate it.

[a chosen rider]

Anyone know it that "dark lumpy outline" technique is unique to Ezquerra? I've never seen it anywhere else. When I first saw it - at the age of 9 or 10 - it put me off at first. Soon learned to love it though.

I really missed it when Hector was inking his work; he did make an effort to reproduce it, but it always came off  a bit too smooth and even.  I'm another one that quickly learned to love it - gives his stuff real character.

[Steve Green]

There is another technique he used on his painted work which I loved - just not having a defined outline, to suggest the subject being out of focus or indistinct.

He used it a couple of times in Necropolis, but never really noticed him using it elsewhere - but it works so well.

[Syne]

Anyone know it that "dark lumpy outline" technique is unique to Ezquerra? I've never seen it anywhere else. When I first saw it - at the age of 9 or 10 - it put me off at first. Soon learned to love it though.

I really missed it when Hector was inking his work; he did make an effort to reproduce it, but it always came off  a bit too smooth and even.  I'm another one that quickly learned to love it - gives his stuff real character.

I think it's a technique that works best in black and white anyway. Definitely doesn't quite fit with digital colouring.

[Goaty]

New feature in Empireonline, 10 Things You Need Know About Dredd

http://www.empireonline.com/features/10-things-dredd

[Mike Carroll]

Hmm... The first entry in the Empireonline list strongly indicates that the writer has no understanding of Dredd and I'm guessing she's never read a single Dredd story:

"...he's a ruthless, murderous bastard."

-- Mike

[Goaty]

Hmm... The first entry in the Empireonline list strongly indicates that the writer has no understanding of Dredd and I'm guessing she's never read a single Dredd story:

"...he's a ruthless, murderous bastard."

-- Mike

well, he got very highest body count in the world....?

[Buddy]

Anyone know it that "dark lumpy outline" technique is unique to Ezquerra? I've never seen it anywhere else. When I first saw it - at the age of 9 or 10 - it put me off at first. Soon learned to love it though.

I'm fairly sure I've seen Henry Flint do it recently - or was it in Incubus?

I also seem to remember McMahon doing it early on (in the days when they used to draw for each other).

I hate it.

Early Colin MacNeil also used it.

[Syne]

Anyone know it that "dark lumpy outline" technique is unique to Ezquerra? I've never seen it anywhere else. When I first saw it - at the age of 9 or 10 - it put me off at first. Soon learned to love it though.

I'm fairly sure I've seen Henry Flint do it recently - or was it in Incubus?

I also seem to remember McMahon doing it early on (in the days when they used to draw for each other).

I hate it.

Early Colin MacNeil also used it.

Ah! I'd forgotten that. He also tried to reproduce Ezquerra's style of page composition: lots of curved corners and frames flowing/intruding into each other. Do you know if he used it outside of his Strontium Dog strips though? I don't have all the progs from that period.

[Stan]

I've often wondered about the Ezguerra thing. I neither liked nor disliked it but as a lazy person it seemed like a lot of effort for little pay off.

The Empire article is decent overall though.

[Steve Green]

Hmm... The first entry in the Empireonline list strongly indicates that the writer has no understanding of Dredd and I'm guessing she's never read a single Dredd story:

"...he's a ruthless, murderous bastard."

-- Mike

Tell that to East-Meg One...

[Steve Green]

Anyone know it that "dark lumpy outline" technique is unique to Ezquerra? I've never seen it anywhere else. When I first saw it - at the age of 9 or 10 - it put me off at first. Soon learned to love it though.

I'm fairly sure I've seen Henry Flint do it recently - or was it in Incubus?

I also seem to remember McMahon doing it early on (in the days when they used to draw for each other).

I hate it.

Early Colin MacNeil also used it.

Ah! I'd forgotten that. He also tried to reproduce Ezquerra's style of page composition: lots of curved corners and frames flowing/intruding into each other. Do you know if he used it outside of his Strontium Dog strips though? I don't have all the progs from that period.

Not sure, Mick did it a couple of times in the early Dredds. It just seems to be an extension of using thicker lines on foreground detail, but Carlos really made it his own thing.

[brendan1]

Hmm... The first entry in the Empireonline list strongly indicates that the writer has no understanding of Dredd and I'm guessing she's never read a single Dredd story:

"...he's a ruthless, murderous bastard."

-- Mike

Tell that to East-Meg One...

They fucking well deserved it. East-Meg scum.