StarWars-Marvel V Manga

[johnnystress]

From todays Drawn.ca

Manga vs. Marvel -- it's truly an unfair comparison to gauge how well Marvel Comics originally adapted the classic trilogy films against how Japanese artists did the same.

This list isn't really meant to be a competition; instead it's a contrast at how different cultures approach the same subject matter in graphically illustrated form. What follows are key moments of the Star Wars trilogy as presented in Japanese manga by Media Works in 1997, placed next to moments as already interpreted by Marvel writers and artists.

Link: http://www.starwars.com/eu/lit/comics/f20080227/index.html" target="_blank">Marvel V Manga

[Richmond Clements]

Good link!

I'll have a proper read at this later.
Some of the Manga panels are glorious though- particualrly the Death of Obi-Wan scene.

[johnnystress]

They're amazing- bursting with energy

[Bolt-01]

Holy cow. I want to read that manga!

Bolt-01

[Mardroid]

The manga is beautifully drawn, nice and crisp. I'm not a fan of the huge eyes on the characters though. It makes the adult characters look like children. Appart from Leia's plumpies of course.

It's a style that Manga does a lot, but I do know that some Manga/anime goes for more realistic proportions. I don't dislike the other style, but not for this kind of story.

As for the US versions (I think I actually read one of those by the way before I saw the film), the art has a shabbier look, but the realism in capturing the characters' likeness is very good.

[Jim_Campbell]

"As for the US versions (I think I actually read one of those by the way before I saw the film), the art has a shabbier look, but the realism in capturing the characters' likeness is very good."

Unless I'm very much mistaken (which I usually am), the original SW adaptation was pencilled by Howard Chaykin.

For the second two, Marvel appeared to have made the effort to get permission to use the actors' likenesses (which is required in the States but not in the UK) and deployed Al Williamson, who is inexplicably best known as an inker, despite some cracking work on these and also the Blade Runner adaptation.

Cheers!

Jim