The SKETCH and PROCESS work of John Buscema

[@jemmirza2721]

John Buscema's Conan, Thor, the Avengers, Fantastic Four, were incredible

[@misterballista]

I grew up reading Conan back in the old, old days when "Big" John Buscema was drawing it. He was an incredible talent. Amusingly, I saw him be interviewed at a comics convention in the late 90's and someone in the audience gushed about his work on Savage Sword of Conan when he was inked by Alfredo Alcala, and John replied deadpan, "yeah, I don't much care for it." I have a copy of an old booked called Art of John Buscema somewhere and he's pretty dismissive of superheroes and comics generally which is kind of funny considering what a master of the form he was.

[@thomaspitilli]

It's awesome that you got to see him interviewed in person. I have also heard that he wasn't crazy about superheroes and drawing them. He was much more of a traditional illustrator at heart, I think. That's what made his work stand out. Many of the old timers from the comic industry weren't comic fans themselves, but rather artists who were just doing a job that happened to be consistent. I love that approach, actually.

[@countesshuge]

⁠@@thomaspitilliI was thinking about something similar the other day, too! This is, of course, a generalization, but it feels like a lot of pop culture medias have become somewhat “incestuous” in their style. I can’t remember where I heard that described that way, but it made a lot of sense. Generations of fans who grew up venerating a media becoming the artists can sometimes lack that taste of the OG illustrators who just happened to be doing comics because that was the demand. But I’m glad to see there’s still plenty of illustrators who celebrate more traditional illustration and keep that alive in their work nowadays.

[@onaghs]

What a cool magazine. Really interesting to see everything from the stage direction to the panelling to the glorious scribbliness of it all. Buscema's compositions are just so dang pleasing. Also, that Spiderman ink is so good it makes me want to simultaneously continue art and give up. Put it in a museum.

[@thomaspitilli]

A very cool resource, indeed! And yeah, haha, seeing work that strong can sometimes give you mixed feelings, I get it haha.

[@jemmirza2721]

John Buscema's style was so unique

[@thomaspitilli]

A true visionary and inspiration to many 💪

[@jemmirza2721]

@thomaspitilli Yes. The fluidity, rhythm, power, dynamism, the suspance, etc, he put in his figures drawings are incredible

[@TheDaniel71234]

That was great, would love to see more of magazines!

[@thomaspitilli]

Glad you liked it! I'm looking forward to sharing more from those magazines 👍

[@vikasupadhyay1398]

Looking forward to Albert Uderzos process for asterix ..much needed .please

[@thomaspitilli]

Thank you for the suggestion! However, I'm not all that family with that work at all. Perhaps that's something I should look into...

[@vikasupadhyay1398]

@thomaspitilli that's so considerate of you ..Uderzo was a french Belgian artist who worked on the famous series of Asterix . The artwork is quite expressive in cartoon style but the amount of detail and precision is amazing .that's why it makes me wonder about his process.

[@mojorisen8980]

Thank you for this video. I’m a big fan of yours and I love your channel. I like to see other artists like John Byrne Or underground artist, Greg Irons

[@thomaspitilli]

Thank you for watching! Perhaps I'll do a John Byrne video at some point, that could be cool. I've never heard of Greg Iron, I'll have to look him up...thanks for the suggestions!

[@Schwachmuesli2318]

Great Video, thanks for sharing infos about that magazine, I‘ve Never heard of it previously. One thing about him inking the stuff he seemed to enjoy first: I read a take on this approach by Klaus Janson who didnt recommend working this way. He Said that, at the end of the comicbook the inker will be left only with stuff he hates or doesnt enjoy. Certainly true as for me lol

[@thomaspitilli]

That's a good point haha. I guess it's different for every artist and also different for various kinds of pages, but generally, I think it's helpful to try and keep it as engaging as possible for yourself when working on a long project.

[@DAVEREVIEWS-MOVIES]

Okay I looked back at my comics and no it was John Byrne who did the Phoenix Saga💀 dang it but still John Buscema is still a good artist and he did work on some marvel

[@thomaspitilli]

I just responded to your other comment. Didn't see this one yet haha. Yes, it was John Byrne!

[@DAVEREVIEWS-MOVIES]

John Buscema I think worked on X-men correct me if I’m wrong but if he did I think it was the Phoenix saga I’m most familiar with and I loved that X-men art and yes I would love to see more stuff like this

[@thomaspitilli]

You might be thinking of John Byrne. Buscema worked on some Wolverine stuff, but not so much X-men, as far as I know. I love his take on Wolverine though!