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Jim McLauchlin's article...

Posted By: MACK!
Date: THU, 2/13/03, 2:47 a.m.

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:
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: http://www.dynamicforces.com/htmlfiles/mclauchlin2.html

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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