Illustrator Reacts to Good and Bad Comic Book Art 5 (Moebius, Bryan Lee O'Malley and more)

[@PopCross]

EVERY ARTIST I'VE COVERED SO FAR: Illustrator Reacts to Good and Bad Manga Art: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGW4fYavprJ9b8U Yoshihiro Togashi, Masashi Tanaka, ONE, Q Hayashida and Katsuhiro Otomo Illustrator Reacts to Requests kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2iuZWyoa9ifhac Lee Bermejo, Akira Toriyama, Esad Ribic, David Finch, Jason Fabok, Skottie Young, Gabriel Picolo, Tsutomu Nihei, Andrew Wildman and Mark Bagley Illustrator Reacts to Comic Artists Evolutions kzbin.info/www/bejne/aX2wnpVqrtuebM0 Frank Miller, David Aja, Jae Lee, Matteo Scalera and Marcio Takara Illustrator reacts to Good and Bad Comic Art 4 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXOnp3RtbL6ceKc Kim Jung Gi, Joe Madureira, Stjepan Sejic, Todd McFarlane, J Scott Campbell, Takehiko Inoue, Sean Murphy and Matt Hollingsworth Illustrator reacts to Good and Bad Comic Art 3 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIK7ZZSAequansk Eric Canete, Dexter Soy, Dan Mora Chaves, Yusuke Murata, Kentaro Miura, Hirohiko Araki Illustrator reacts to Good and Bad Comic Art 2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJqbpoiBaZecjqs Alex Ross, Mike Mignola, Jorge Jiménez, Das Pastoras, Greg Land, Fiona Staples Illustrator reacts to Good and Bad Comic Art kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXLHZ2uurKp8atU Rob Liefeld, Kenneth Rocafort, Greg Capullo, FCO Plascencia, Francis Manapul and Humberto Ramos

[@gkalaitza2183]

Do some Miyazaki cover art or Manga art from Nausicaa since you love it so much. Miyazaki is an amazing artist as well, the artbook of Nausicaa is pretty amazing

[@timcolivet7343]

I would love to hear your opinion of Steve Ditko!!

[@daanrutten6130]

how have you not yet talked about jim lee? XD

[@wellintentionedproductions2827]

I'd recommend livo rameondeli, if that's how his name is spelled

[@dxppxlgxngxr]

Can you cover more filipino artist?

[@thejurassicshow5928]

Love this series. Perhaps consider doing a retro edition. Featuring artists like Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and George Perez.

[@AlexandreLema]

I totally second that! John Byrne, John Buscema, Gil Kane, Garcia Lopez, Curt Swan... And I'd like to make a very unusual suggestion: Carl Barks! Some of his layouts are simply unmatched even today.

[@stellite31]

Neal Adams. Bernie Wrightson. Frank Frazetta.

[@dougg1075]

John Byrne and Neal Adams

[@brianng8350]

Yes, the late George Perez and massive amount of characters and details.

[@jensonwrutherford]

Just so you know, it wasn’t archangel, it was Mimic (he has the powers of loads of other characters to put it simply)

[@BenjiM514]

🎵Anything you can do I can do better🎵 Ice man: No you can’t

[@ryanocerus7853]

Yeah, Mimic can have 5 powers but only at half their power level. He was really interesting.

[@irrevenant3]

Yup, he's named on the page itself.

[@kanzlerd]

Yeah Mimic is cool

[@booksmartthealicorn3219]

11:33 *Yep ! :D That 's definitely the Marvel supervillain and Marvel X-Men rogue,, Mimic who has the superhuman power to Mimic mutant /superhuman superpowers ! :D I'm definitely remember seeing the Mimic character in Marvel X-Men comics! :D He 's a unique and different as well as a extraordinary rigue character!* 😀

[@raychangalarza179]

So, Moebius is like the JoJo anime color pallets

[@JohnFromAccounting]

@「 Mageddone 」 Jojo is black and white. Only the covers are coloured.

[@raden1287]

@「 Mageddone 」 wasn't that fan coloring ?

[@GrizonII]

「 Mageddone 」 There are fully colored versions but they aren’t done by Araki himself and they generally keep the colors consistent for each character rather than varying depending on the image.

[@xolotltolox7626]

@@GrizonII there are some chapters that are officially colored for SBR and in those the characters' color palette is consistent as well

[@GrizonII]

xolotltolox If you’re referring to the digital color versions, they are official but they aren’t done by Araki. There have been various instances throughout all of JJBA where he does color pages though (which unfortunately aren’t included in most volume releases of the series, although the recent hardcovers have them and IIRC most of them are included in the digital color releases for Parts 7 and 8 [although weirdly the earlier parts mostly didn’t include them and instead recolored the scene to match the main palette they chose]) and each time he does that he tends to choose different palettes for the characters (compare for instance the first few pages of SBR Chapter 28 and 95, both of which were colored by Araki, the characters have completely different palettes in each). I don’t mean that each panel necessarily has its own palette or something like that, rather that each page or sequence of pages generally has a separately decided palette, in case that was unclear. I should note actually that Araki has done a few works in full color, specifically “Rohan at the Louvre” and his collaborations with Gucci.

[@kujibur]

I would totally read a whole comic with Bucktooth Batman.

[@madhavpatel1577]

Definitely check out Hajime Isayama's first published art vs his later art.

[@winnywinnarts]

Yuh, he had a big evolution

[@crimmerz9948]

Hes truly a testament to the concept of improvement. Hes a legend

[@funkgaara32]

or hirohiko araki his art has evolved since 1980s

[@crimmerz9948]

@@funkgaara32 hes done araki already i think

[@reecerife7839]

Or Inoue Takahiro in Slam Dunk as well as Vagabond(even though the art later on isn't as refined.)

[@patte5306]

That character that looks like angel is called mimic, he's a dude who can mimic the original x-men's powers (hence the optic blasts), you don't really need to know him, he's kind of useless

[@PopCross]

Oooh snap that’s who that is! Hahaha I only know him because as a kid I made up a character with the exact name and powers then found out he existed and was real mad about it 😝😝😝

[@Essex626]

The best version of Mimic is the one from Exiles.

[@bodhimind108]

@@PopCross oh yeah,well in 1987 ( I was 13) I submitted an idea to Marvel for a group called Excalibur Corp. I got a form rejection letter that i wish i still had. Months later,the comic Excalibur is published. Marvel, I'm watching you lol. I think one of my characters was like Shadowcat with something like Hawkeye's costume at the time. Those boots man..

[@shinigami146]

I am glad that you covered Moebius. My older friend was a huge fan of his work in Heavy Metal magazine. At the time (mid 80s) I didn't really appreciate it. Since then, I have come to REALLY appreciate his work and have seen how he has influenced other artists with his style. I think you did a really good job of pointing out how some of his techniques are subtle, yet have a subconscious impact when looking at the panels. He did this in multiple ways. One of the first comic related posters that I bought to hang on my wall as a teen was Moebius's Iron Man. I never even read Iron Man and was a DC fan but I just really liked the illustrative style and use of the limited color pallet that also influenced me as an art student.

[@bridges4232]

You should do another redesign video on movie villains and heroes like 2019 joker

[@PopCross]

I’ll keep that in mind! I do wanna do more superhero stuff soon!

[@bridges4232]

PopCross Studios thanks from Scotland

[@Syiepherze]

I kinda like the way Catwoman's face looked in the original art tbh

[@PopCross]

Fair enough! Was pretty good! There are some spots that I didn’t think needed fixing but I guess he had a different vision for it

[@Syiepherze]

@@PopCross Yeah that makes sense. It would definitely look a bit weird if only that was left unchanged

[@jameslhota3712]

@@PopCross check out Tang Chi sFai Feng Shen Ji art

[@mathilda6763]

Moebius' stuff is just satifying to look at. It's detailed, simply, chaotic and so perfectly organised. It has this Francobelgian comic feel that is just so nice.

[@brianng8350]

Oh, I love David Yardin’s art. But everyone can have an off day or panel. Glad you were able to provide so much behind the scene information and side by side comparison between initial release and later version.

[@pumpkin2986]

Tuning in for another episode of "Comic recommendations" Already got the notebook out

[@crouchingotter]

So pleased to see Locke & Key featured. It’s easily one of my favourite series and the collected edition box set is beautiful.

[@PopCross]

I'm so impressed with it so far! Just ordered the second volume so super excited to keep going with it!

[@Flynnimations]

If im not mistaken, Moebius did the concept work for the original 1982 Tron. Love that movie and Moebius!

[@Dragonknight761]

Actually, Miyazaki was aware of how much he would have been influenced by Moebius if he had seen any of his stuff hence why he purposely avoided his work for stuff like Nausicaa.

[@88feji]

You're so wrong ... Miyazaki has admitted on video that a lot of the designs in Nausicaa was precisely inspired by Moebius's Arzak... he said that during the press conference in front of Moebius when they met for a co-exhibition.. its on youtube .. He's been a fan of Moebius ever since he first saw Moebius's artworks ...

[@saketjawaji1557]

I can see that you're becoming increasingly confident with this series. I appreciate!

[@cheesemaster6796]

I'd love if you reacted to Kohei Horikoshi's art, the way he draws expressions and the INSANE dynamic poses are insane. And if you end up reacting to animation, please do Attack on Titan, My Hero Academia, Dragon Ball Super (Ultra Instinct)

[@basilprasad2837]

Maybe even Dragon Ball Super: Broly.

[@vecchioteschio]

Also about O'Malley's page if you notice: the characters are almost placed on a Fibonacci sequence spiral

[@PopCross]

Oh cool! I totally didn’t notice that!

[@AscendantStoic]

Good catch 👍

[@plop_09]

Can we address the fact that Stephen King is trolling his son since he was born with that name. XD

[@TheTimeBomb75]

General question for the group: In your experience, can good artwork help a book with bad writing? Could good writing help a book with bad artwork?

[@ScarletSp1der783]

Sometimes. While Jim Lee's artwork is breathtaking, All Star Batman and Robin is... REALLY bad.

[@asterisms_]

J. H. Williams III and his work on Batwoman and Batwoman Elegy has always been really inspiring to me!

[@nat-20Art]

Sui Ishida the creator of Tokyo Ghoul and Tokyo Ghoul: RE

[@MadnessXMedia]

Yep I’m hoping he will look at him and some more manga artists

[@nat-20Art]

@@MadnessXMedia ive commented about sui ishida almost every episode 😅 hopfully he'll cover some more manga artists soon

[@MadnessXMedia]

nathan poole I’ve commented Sui Ishida on some but I’ve commented Atsushi Ohkubo (which I wonder if he will like the art or not since soul eater is so abstract) and Tite Kubo (Bleach)

[@nat-20Art]

@@MadnessXMedia yeah theyre art styles are awesome! would also like him to review my hero acadamia, its a very nice style

[@MadnessXMedia]

nathan poole I agree MHA would be great

[@rodoherty1]

I love hearing you talk about good art as well as bad art.

[@teego3936]

Batman: Dude, I feel like destroying my shoulder. Catwoman: You Idiot.

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

Kind of like, in "Death In The Family", when he tried to punch Superman and Superman told him "if I hadn't have rolled with that punch you would've crippled yourself".

[@ThatCrazyHorrorFan549]

You should check out some of Kohei Horikoshi's stuff

[@PopCross]

Definitely good call! Almost did for Manga episode but ran out of time

[@isaacmalthus3542]

heck yea

[@MyNameIs7]

@@PopCross Fun side note! Horikoshi is a fan of superheroes and he also did some fanart if his own. He has a great spiderman fanart!

[@theprotagonist6057]

I always LOVE when I see these videos in my inbox! I'd be SO happy if during a segment in one of these kinds of videos you were to react to the artwork of Paru Itagaki

[@jsb2501]

Dave Gibbons’ work on Watchmen. Arguably some of the best and most iconic comic art of all time; combining realistic anatomy with comic book simplicity (plus some of the best colouring ever)

[@carso1500]

react to Yusuke murata's art, not only one punch man but also eyeshield 21 and all the art he does for Twitter, i would risk and say that he is one of the best artists in Japan and thats a tall order also if you have time Yuki Tábata the author of hungry joker and black clover, he has some gorgeous double spreads art on his mangas

[@bigchungus2041]

Im new to this channel and you inspire me to draw , animate, and everything ♥ Keep it up ☆☆

[@PopCross]

That’s so awesome! Thank YOU! 😁😁😁

[@kadenharley8232]

0:59 - David Yardin 4:32 - Mobius (AKA Jean Giraud) 8:00 - Mike Deodato Jr 12:09 - Bill Sienkewicz 14:05 - Bryan Lee O'Malley 16:45 - Gabriel Rodriguez

[@eyywannn8601]

I love the editing when you highlight things in drawings. Ooh ooh do Livio Ramondelli! I think his drawings are subpar but his colouring is SO VERY ATMOSPHERIC!

[@Dragnfly_mynamewastaken]

Your analysis skills are getting better and I really noticed it in this video.

[@greengoblinboy585]

Snotgirl is definitely now on my radar! I remember reading Seconds in middle school, the frame you showed of the basement really brought me back! It was my favorite panel, I'd look at it for a while before I even thought to move on. Always thought I had missed something.

[@matthgar1145]

You should check out art in the sandman overture. It's totally mind blowing

[@oneinathousand2156]

A video on webcomics would be awesome! Stuff like Tracy Butler’s Lackadaisy is among the best. Gunnerkrig Court is a great example of ok art evolving into great artwork. I hear Ava’s Demon is cool... my mind is going blank right now on other stuff but the thing about webcomics is that the level of quality is all over the place.

[@tototokay2961]

You should react to Jhonen Vasquez! If you don't already know, he's the creator of Invader Zim, as well as several comics like Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, I Feel Sick (spin-off of Jthm), Squee (another spin-off), and others. He has a really unique style that I honestly take after a lot, with things like extremely thin bodies and large eyes that pop out of the head. It's a pretty weird style, but it's honestly really good (despite the fact that he literally has a book called the Bad Art Collection lmao).

[@flobbergassy]

Would love to see you do some James Stokoe art. I think he's one of the most underrated guys out there. Shades of Moebius and classic cartoons, insane detail. His panel layouts have always been super awesome. I still go back and read Orc Stain occasionally.

[@rodoherty1]

I'm really enjoying this series! You have a genuine passion for your craft and it makes your videos fascinating to watch!

[@lewycraft]

You should really looked up some of Kouta Hirano's works, he have some strange but interesting style with his Hellsing and Drifters

[@rcyke8126]

Like your work on juggernaut in the background. One of my fav characters would like to see you draw more of him in various actions, poses, and battles

[@Avocado11]

18:47 ComicTropes covered Locke & Key for Halloween this year and brought up that Rodriguez is an architect hence Key House looking so good.

[@newsstandcomics]

"We like da moon Cos it is close to us and buy quiznos subs" - Batman, Injustice

[@mohebbi71]

in case you wanted to know how deep the Jean Giraud / Moebius influence is - he was there when Jodorowsky was prepping to do his doomed Dune movies, he created the spacesuits for Alien, the tron suits and environments for Tron (some of which were done by Syd Mead, but Giraud is all over them). His DNA is interspersed with so much of our sci-fi pop culture, it's amazing.

[@Potato-1423]

great video! i love hearing your input on the art and how it’s good and what they do

[@BruceHamill]

Thank you for covering Moebius! Looking forward to more videos.

[@BenRangel]

Good inspiration. As a Hendrix fan looking for some wall art but being sick to death of the standard obvious Hendrix photo posters I feel like this Moebius cliff painting make some great wall art.

[@jesusavalos2399]

I would love to see you look at Boichi's work, he is an incredible artist

[@desin24]

His work on Sun Ken Rock is worth being checked out. That one image of a soda can being smashed with a baseball bat.

[@villagerc7130]

Yessss

[@zoke101]

18:07 He uses double light glares in the eyes in order make us hesitant on where to focus our eyes. Just like they did in "The silence of the lambs" in the mask scene with Hannibal Lecter. They lit him from two sides in order to create two light reflections in his eyes with creates a really eerie effect. :)

[@MrTHF]

A great example of the use of panels is the Spanish comic 13, Rue del Percebe by Francisco Ibáñez. It is always shown multiple short stories & puns from the same perspective of the same building. The viewer is the one who choose the order of the panels.

[@GuruGeorge1111]

Love the Good and Bad Comic Book Art, keep up the good work!

[@solusquatro3448]

Fun fact: Mike Deodato's name is not Mike, Just Deodato Jr. He adopted this name because it's easier to americans to pronounce (having in mind he's Brazilian)

[@arcanask]

11:43 That's Mimic or Cal if you want to call him by his regular name. If I'm not mistaken he can use up to five different mutants powers at once. His usual power set is that of the OG X-Men given that he's spent the most time with them and knows their powers the best.

[@dragonman969]

There’s a webcomic called “Room of Swords” it has some cool art

[@LincolnDWard]

With the Injustice Batman image, even just knowing (from the updated image) that it's meant to be closed eyes with tears coming out rather than open eyes looking down made the whole thing read a lot better.

[@aartadventure]

Love this series, and this episode is done so so well! Thank you also for highlighting the artists as best as possible, and also discussing reasons for any possible "bad" art. Also, you mention "archangel" on one cool page layout, but you were confused by his eyebeam. This is because it isn't archangel, bit rather the character "Mimic". Mimic has the ability to copy any power or skill from anyone or any mutant close to him.

[@IFGchannel931]

13:29 I might be wrong, but I think that is just one guy who shot multiple times until the gun was empty

[@Ontir]

It's Bill SinKEVitch. Moon Knight was pre-New Mutants. He began far more a standard/solid artist, then about halfway thru the run he just exploded. The latter part of the run is just astounding.

[@theartjedi]

You should draw something from the mandolorian

[@PopCross]

I’m trying to plan some content around that! Loving the show!

[@theartjedi]

Awesome!!! Im currently working in my own Mando piece

[@jordiwolff875]

Nice video Popcross Studios! I can’t wait for your next video.

[@jonathanangeles1881]

The best series of this channel, make more videos like this please!

[@palaiologos4441]

I love you to do an episode dedicated to other Heavy Metal/Metal Hurlant artists (i.e.Enki Bilal, Tanino Liberatore, Richard Corben, Marco Turini, etc.)

[@ravenous2650]

I highly recommend checking out Jock's work. He's done everything from horror series like Wytches to Batman comics like The Batman Who Laughs and The Black Mirror! His art has a really gothic nature to it!

[@MultiReaper76]

Gabriel Bá and Fabio Moon are both great, the subtle differences in their art for Daytripper is amazing

[@2-Way_Intersection]

sean murphy's art from the bat man white knight/curse of the white knight series is some of the best ive seen in a hot minute

[@Dumbledork_Prime]

If you like that first image you showed from "Seconds" you should take a look at Spanish artist Francisco Ibañez series "13, Rue del Percebe". Basically, the whole comic series is the concept of that image. Every page shows a building with the front wall missing and you can see what happens inside the different apartments, with one gag happening in each single apartment. The idea is brilliant and it's a lot of fun.

[@jakejones4801]

Just realized I didn’t have the bell on! Anyway, look at some Ethan van Sciver artwork, especially his green lantern and flash work. His splash pages are second to none!

[@NC-ij9rb]

I love how you explain stuff. Great job. 👍

[@ninja_cazzle2641]

I think the hollow pupils on those eyes makes them look so odd. We're used to seeing pupils as "black holes". Interesting!

[@logruszed]

@PopCross Studios, great to see some love for Moebius here. JG is the possibly the biggest unnamed influence in art style for so many things and The Incal, I mean you cannot find anything to contrast it with in the mainstream without getting into Jodorowsky.

[@greatpotterland]

5:47 I thought complementary colors were the ones next to each other in the color wheel and contrasting colors were the ones opposite to each other

[@excessivegrot2643]

Frank Quitely's All-Star Superman work was like one big Moebius tribute

[@Sinnerm4n]

Kevin O'Neil's work on The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is definitely worth checking out

[@tylerb4175]

Kingdom is a beautiful under rated masterpiece that I would recommend, and I am offended that u haven't talked about one piece since its the world's 3rd best selling comic ever and it's still going.

[@christianninsananda9626]

Sienkiewicz drew like Neal Adams when he started out in comics... then he developed his own unique style. I've always been a fan of his.

[@Gektonic]

YES! Someone actually talking about "Seconds" I loved that book. Read it in one sitting 😂

[@Kev_pencils]

I just got a Locke & Key comic and felt exactly like you about character design in there. But I also feel proud of Rodriguez being Chilean myself too. He's way better at buildings, perspective, etc, I guess because was an architect before he jumped into illustration and comics.

[@gergofusus5809]

Waited for this! Enjoyed and learned a lot! :D

[@anatolearakelian8454]

Hey, you listened to my suggestion about Moebius. Thanks brother!

[@museofsalzburg2373]

I'm so much more used to reading manga that I didn't see any problem with the page layout example until I realized I was reading right to left XD

[@morodaye1417]

A great artist to look at for a manga episode would be Norihiro Yagi author of Angel Densetsu and Claymore. Some really amazing art in both series. The monsters in Claymore, especially the awakened ones and Abyssal Ones, were amazing. And while Angel Densetsu's art was rougher it really stands out with how the MC was drawn.

[@tartopomme8946]

"If you're not familiar with Moebius" Wait what ? Is that even possible ?

[@MCH-23.Quintus]

Yea if you're american..

[@Tyler_Takahashi]

Yessss!! Been waiting for this!! Thanks Dad!

[@kxeletonz2141]

That Batman drawing looks like what araki would draw, it really reminded me of Esidisi's crying face

[@alexzamforce996]

Batman be brushing his teeth with a cordless screwdriver

[@salvation7362]

It's just "one" guy shooting at moonknight as he movies around him. The badguy uses all 6 bullets, hears the empty chamber "click" and awaits his fate. 1 bullet per panel, 1 empty chamber and his realization that he's screwed with panel 9 being his. Really cleaver all around.

[@andremorgan9401]

Anyone else focus on his eyes as he discussed how creepy eyes are? Like, I could see the exact same glare he talks about in his eyes at 18:32.

[@arikkor9170]

I've seen everyone of "illustrator reacts" and I've really enjoyed every episode and I gotta say that there are 2 artists that I really wanna hear your opinion on. 1 is an artist I find one of the most euneack today which is Jhonen Vasquez. And one of my personal favorites who doesn't do comic art per say but is extremely beautiful "nogi san" (I have no idea what her full name is) keep up the good work man!

[@clunkwestweed4541]

My goodness man you MUST do the evolution of Hirhiko Araki's art, it's all I want in life

[@Tybo215]

The combo of Russell Dauterman and Matt Wilson would some awesome art for you to check out

[@noahg2527]

I remember loving the scott pilgrim series when I was in middle school, I honestly wanna read that series again

[@noahg2527]

Also who's watching in 2021

[@advers7]

I see David Yardin almost every year. He is a cool artist and dude. I will never forget the time that he gave me a chocolate bar at my first convention.

[@mikekazz5353]

Hope he does a video on Fighting game characters color palette and the many alternate colors.

[@CWargh63]

When Bill Sienkiewicz started out, he was a diehard Neal Adams imitator, so he was a natural choice to do the art on a Batman imitation. Recent Neal Adams art seems to have come full circle, like a Bill Sienkiewicz imitation without Bill's current stylization.

[@unknownalien8695]

I think a comic that surprised me with its layout was Arkham Asylum A Serious House On Serious Earth. The page of joker basically opening the door to the asylum shouldn't work but because of the circumstances and story presented in the comic it does even though when you look at it for the first time you may think its just weird or bad. You should check it out in one of your videos both for the art and the layout of the panels.

[@SushiGhost97]

I would love to see you react to Atsushi Ohkubo's artwork. He's the creator of the Soul Eater and fire force mangas. He has a unique style that I could only describe as: quirky but twisted.

[@TheDecatonkeil]

You should talk about Masamune Shirow's Art in Appleseed Book 4: particularly the knife fight between Deunan and a group of terrorists in a collapsing building and the gunfight leading to it. It's masterfully planned and executed both spatially and in the illusion of movement.

[@wong6686]

As the mandalorion tv show is out you should do your own mandalorion-sonaaa??? Any draw your own set of mandalorian armour and maybe in a future episode build it for the mandalorian mercs!!! Just a suggestion thought it could be cool!!

[@PopCross]

That is a great idea! I am loving the show!!!

[@aaronmauer7225]

Really enjoy this series. Keep em coming

[@ArningEchanoPH]

I enjoyed this content please make more of these. Also you kinda look like young Morrissey ^^