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Jim McLauchlin's article... Posted By: MACK! In Response To: "David Mack
is a Renaissance man" (David Thornton) Wow. David Thornton, thanks for posting the link to this article. I
didn't know about it.
Check out the link for the rest of the article: UNRECOGNIZED GENIUSES by Jim Mclauchlin
It is the curse of an unrecognized genius not to be recognized in his
time as a genius.
To wit: Did you know that in its time, Moby Dick was considered just a
simple boy's adventure story? 'Tis true! 'Twasn't 'til many years after
author Herman Melville's death that people stopped and said, "Hey, there
might be something more than just chasing a whale going on here." In fact,
at the time of his death, Melville was probably better known as the author
of Typee, a much more obscure work today. In double fact, at the time of
his death, Melville had grossed all of about $10,000 in his career as a
novelist.
Give you pause, now don't it?
While you're pausing, consider comics. There are many unrecognized
genius (Geniuii?) working in the field today. Here are but a few. I urge
you: Check 'em out. You might find something you like. You might purchase
one of their works, and get them to a post-Melville $10,001 earned in
their career.
And you might be able to say, "Hey, I knew David Mack before he was
DAVID MACK."
David Mack
No one knows what "history" is while it's happening. You need time and
perspective to look back and say, "Hey, that made history." Believe me
when I say this: When the history books are written about this era of
comics, there will be pages and pages devoted to David Mack.
Mack is the master of a million techniques, from pencils to paints,
from nailing lace garters to blocks of wood (really!) to freehand drawing
with printer ink cartridges (really!). He has NO FEAR when it comes to
defying convention…and coming up with something that, even though you
thought it would never work, works!
Mack then puts these bold techniques into everything from super-spy
tales (see: Early issues of Kabuki) to fascinating introspective tales
(see: later issues of Kabuki) to superheroes (see: Daredevil)
Some say comics are going through a Renaissance now. Davis Mack is a
Renaissance man.
Richard Isanove
No one even knew what "digital painting" was before Richard Isanove
unleashed it on an unsuspecting comic world in the pages of Origin. Now,
all coloring will fall into two time periods: B.I. (Before Isanove) and
A.I. (Artificial Intelligence-No, wait! Make that "After Isanove").
And hear me now, believe me later, and think about it in the meantime:
Color is where the bleeding edge of comic technology currently is, and is
what will determine its future. Ask yourself: What do you really notice
when you pick up a book? The coloring? Or this thing called "inking"? At
least 50% plus one of you are saying, "Well, the coloring, duh." As more
books move direct from pencils to colors, the contributions of those who
really make it work such as Richard Isanove will be recognized.
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