More comic ranting
At least this rant has a positive spin to it. This clears up the backlog of comic ranting that I had been working on. I'm sure that there's more to come, but I haven't finished reading this week's books yet... and I'll probably have more to say about Wanda (Maximoff, not Gershwitz). I am real thankful for the comments that you guys have been
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A lot of writers and artists work for a length of time on a series - tell the stories they want to tell, then move on. New artists come along that have always loved a certain character and they want to work on that title. The characters are owned by Marvel and DC, so the writers and artists don't have any proprietary interest in following them from year to year. They get paid per piece. At some of the smaller houses, the characters are owned by the writers and artists, so they stay with the series throughout it's run, or hand it off to someone to do the art chores whose art they like.
Sometimes, an artist pitches in and draws one issue or one story line, in between regular pencillers being assigned to a book. Sometimes a writer steps in to tell a single story, even one that focuses specifically on one team member to the exclusion of the rest of the team. In the end, it's the combination of the writer and the artist that succeed in telling the story. Monthly books come out monthly. Someone has to do it, and there are lots of someones out there that really would like a chance to.
Everyone has favorite artists. A lot of people have favorite writers. We like what they do with our characters, but it's the characters that bring you to the title. My suggestion would be to pick titles that you like, characters you are invested in, and stick with a title, even if the art is what you call hack for a few months. Get lost in the story, and express your opinion on the artists to the publisher.
Before you get too critical of ANY artist who is putting together 22 pages of story for a montly comic though, I would sit down and try to do it yourself and see how hard it is to pace it out, draw panel after panel and actually tell the story in pictures. Do it with photos even, so you aren't saying "but I can't draw". It's still hard. These guys are all big talents. Otherwise, do you think that they would be selling thousands of copies of comics every month?
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