I review the John Byrne's Fantastic Four Artist's Edition published by IDW. The artists editions publish high quality scans of original comic art, focusing on a particular artist and series.
This book is incredible, as are all the Artist Editions. Byrne has always been my favorite as well (going back to 1980). This period especially. Incredible detail and master storytelling. Thanks for sharing.
One of the legends of comics. Agree, that X-Men was his peak with Terry Austin. With Fantastic Four and his DC work and his Next Men, he was writing and drawing and even inking his own work. He had the speed, but the lines were bigger and more rushed. But these are still beautiful.
JB really did a great job when he took over. The comic got so much better. My favorite era, right next to the pre #100 Issues...The Classics. Great stories...would have liked to hear more about the stories. Thanks for the posts. The art was great, but the stories very much distracted from them. LOVED the 'Leathery' Thing. They should do that in the movies!
This video was the beginning of my addiction. I bought this book after watching your video. I was so jazzed on it when I got it, I immediately grabbed up one of the last copies of the X-men book that IDW had left. Cut to: Just under 2 years later, I now own SEVEN of these editions. This is almost as expensive as a drug habit...
John Byrne was my favorite artist back in the day. I collected all his stuff. I love to draw, and even to this day, I still see influences of Byrne's work on my own art. Love his work on The X-Men. Byrne's FF stuff was more personal to him and it showed in his work. His inks gave his art a more organic feel versus Austin's. I think I read somewhere that Byrne worked twice up so the originals would have to be shrunk down to fit the 11"x17" pages of this book. This book brings back a lot of memories. One year, around my birthday, I remember hinting to my family that I would love to get this book...no one got the hint...blah. Thanks for posting.
Loved his FF run. But I'll be honest, I preferred it when he inked his own pencils. He had a bunch of inkers take over near the end of his run and I never quite liked the look of the books during that time.
The detail is astounding when it's not colored. I'm always torn because good coloring can really add to a book but 9/10 it seems to detract from the pencil work. Thanks for the video.
