tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621995982503387078.post4969076900323783520..comments2024-03-25T12:06:32.583-05:00Comments on THE ARCHETYPAL ARCHIVE: THE READING RHEUM #2: CREATURES ON THE LOOSE #16-21Gene Phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11495562795211277146noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621995982503387078.post-9217344317302912342013-07-11T16:19:22.949-05:002013-07-11T16:19:22.949-05:00I'm still a big fan of his AVENGERS and SUB-MA...I'm still a big fan of his AVENGERS and SUB-MARINER, but I've come to realize that a lot of his scripts read like Weisinger Superman tales: they're more like summaries of stories than like actual stories.<br /><br />I'm with you in finding Andru's SPIDER-MAN overrated. I've always felt that he and Esposito were not able to handle the range of soap-opera characterization important to the feature. Their style is perfect for "flatter" characters, though, like WONDER WOMAN. At the moment I can't remember specifics about his SUB-MARINER stuff, tho.<br /><br />Agree that Grainger is overlooked too. Gene Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11495562795211277146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621995982503387078.post-1996015271496051542013-07-11T10:50:54.557-05:002013-07-11T10:50:54.557-05:00Roy Thomas-- OY. I do enjoy his CONAN work, as wel...Roy Thomas-- OY. I do enjoy his CONAN work, as well as both his runs on DR. STRANGE, but other than that, there's so much about his writing that I often find intensely annoying... I'm really glad most of his energies for years now have been spent being a comics historian, rather than a comics writer.<br /><br />Hey-- how come just about EVERY Ross Andru art job I see in whatever book he touches is BETTER than his Spider-Man stuff??? (For example, he was a MUCH-better fit for SUB-MARINER than Colan, Buscems, Buscema, Tuska...)<br /><br />Also, that Andru-Grainger team looks SHARP!!! (But then, when did Grainger ever not look sharp? He's terribly overlooked, I think.)Henry R. Kujawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01607373491331529952noreply@blogger.com