Understand, I’m not saying “Fallen Angel” is continuing. I’m not saying that. And if it were, which I’m not saying it is, I’m not saying that there would be a different artist, because it’s a moot question since I’m not saying it’s continuing in the first place.
But if it were continuing, which I’m not saying it is, and I were in the market for a new artist, which I’m not saying I am, who would you want to see drawing it?
PAD
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Chris Cross!
Does Jerry Ordway still do stuff? Maybe Dan Jurgens. I’m an old school guy…
John Cassaday.
His photo-realistic yet ephemeral style leands perfect counterpoint to the noir psychodrama of the book. You would have to be really careful with the colorist, though.
How about the guy who drew Spawn after Tod stopped drawing. It was Greg something. 😉
Angel Medina’s stuff is amazing.
Well, Jim Lee or Michael Turner would both be fantastic. But if you’re looking for someone a little more likely, and who is looking to land a regular gig, and has drawn strong women in “Birds of Prey”, why not Tom Derenick?
Prozac Man,
It was Greg Capullo.
Tony Harris did an amazing job on Starman bringing an entire fictional city to life. Also, I’m forgeting the name, Kelley Jones I think who used to draw Batman for Doug Moench would also do a killer job.
> Tom Derenick
Definitely. I also would like to see someone like Jae Lee… he has such a moody overtone to his work it would seem to work.
Hypothetically speaking, of course.
Travis
Gene Colan would be perfect for the moodiness of Bete Noire. George Perez would also work, as he can adapt his style to fit any mood. Rags Morales can do New Orleans/Bete Noire, but he’s committed to Wonder Woman at the moment. No Ryan Sook, please.
Pie in the sky? (since you’re not saying it’ll continue, and this is all just a dream) Mike Mignola. I think his blend of dark and stylized would be cool as hëll, especially where there’s Benny in the shadows gobbling people up.
More realistic? Jim Califiore. His work on Paradise X had a good sense of dreamlike qualities (I’m thinking especially of the scenes with Steve Rogers and the Punisher trapped in their fantasy worlds, where Castle’s family are still alive, and Steve’s mom and dad haven’t croaked yet) while still being able to pull off the gritty realism of a noir-book.
Personally, I’m not too big a fan of the art right now. I read the book for the writing mostly. The art is unobtrusive to me, so I’m not saying it’s bad at all, but it doesn’t really punch me in the gut either. Which at times I wished it would. This is a gut punching book, and I think it would have sold better with a gut punching artist. Maybe Gaydos, the guy who was doin Alias with Bendis? He would DEFINITELY fit.
That might be pie in the sky too, as I think he and Bendis are probably skin grafted to each other in terms of artistic endeavors.
I’m going to enter Fantasyland now:
George Perez or Alex Ross.
Or maybe, just for a laugh, John Byrne.
how about the guy who drew Outlaw Nation, Goran Sudzuka?
I second Gene Colan; that’s a brilliant idea. And in B&W!
Gaydos would be pretty cool, same for Califiore.
Gaydos would be pretty cool, same for Califiore.
While we’re dreaming…
Frank Miller
OOO OOO, Or Giffen….
Kinda like everyone else, if you’re talking pie-in-the-sky, I want a huge name that will draw sales. A Miller, Ross, Mignola, Lee, etc.
If you’re talking more realistically, someone that can handle that noirish vibe. Jesus Saiz of MANHUNTER would be an excellent choice, but his profile’s about to go through the roof on a major mini for DC. Gaydos would be good, as would Lark, or Maleev. I think all three of those last are under exclusives to Marvel, though. Tim Truman or David Lapham would also be good choices but it’s probably unrealistic to assume they’re available.
Another “name” that I think would be an EXCELLENT choice that might be available it Tom Mandrake. I don’t know what he’s working on at the moment but I think he’d be an excellent fit.
I think assuming you don’t just arbitrarily have your pick of Big Name Artists, the most important thing is to match the tone, so a talented newcomer would be fine by me.
I’ve got to agree with the previous posters who put Gene Colan on their wish list. And Tom Palmer as inker of course. I know, it ain’t gonna happen, but we’re talking hypothetical, aren’t we?
Stephen Sadowski, Paul Smith, Tony Harris, Steve Dillon, John Cassaday, Bryan Hitch, Alan Davis, Jim Aparo, Alex Maleev, Jae Lee, Colleen Doran, Norm Breyfogle, Gary Frank, JH Williams, Phil Jimenez, Chris Sprouse, Jaime Hernandez, Eddie Campbell, or Berni Wrightson.
Here’s an idea sure to boost sales immeasurably… a drunken hamster with a pencil strapped to it’s back. The sheer novelty of having a comic drawn by a drunken hamster would make Fallen Angel a top ten book for life.
George Perez is my pie-in-the-sky choice. Tony Harris would be a more likely one.
Of course, one question (hypothetically) is where it might end up. There are folks (Cassaday, Lapham) who might be easier to snag at a Big Three (or Four) publisher than for a smaller indy.
Of course, it’s all hypothetical.
Todd McFarlane!
*Ouch!!!* *Ouch!!!* *Ouch!!!* *Ouch!!!* *Ouch!!!*
*Ouch!!!* *Ouch!!!* *Ouch!!!*
Not in the face!
Dammit I was only kidding!
Anyways, on the fantasy column I would put Mike McKone.
In the realistic column I would put Tone Rodriguez from Violent Messiah fame. He is good, the tone in both books is similar and he can do action as well as talking heads. The only thing is, I don’t know if he would be able to keep up with PAD’s pace. But that’s something you’d have to ask him.
Geoff Isherwood (who did “Suicide Squad” with Ostrander and Yale for a bit). Jerry Bingham (“Batman: Son of the Demon”), if he’s still around. Terry Beatty. Or whoever drew Robert Loren Fleming’s cop drama “Underworld” for DC back around 1990. Or Mr. Gaydos, late of Marvel’s “Alias.”
I think Tom Mandraken would be a great choice. Or Gary Frank. Or Steve Dillon. Mind you I’d probably still buy it if Rob Liefeld was drawing it. (Please don’t get Rob to draw it!)
I am not making a suggestion. I am not saying I would read FA if my non-suggestion was implemented. But since you asked, Bill Waterson. He has had a long enough rest since retiring from Calvin & Hobbes. Not saying I would start buying FA, but if any artist could get me to pick up an issue . . .
Iowa Jim
JH Williams III and Mick Gray OR Tony Harris.
It doesn’t matter to me who the artist is as long as Peter David is the writer.
Best. Post. Ever.
Uh … anybody but Igor Kordey.
I’d like to see the crew that does the art for Gotham Central take a stab at Fallen Angel.
Dreaming options: Mike Mignola, Keith Giffen, John Romita Jr.
Other probably more attenable options: Angel Medina, Gary Frank, and as suggested above Tom Mandrake. His stuff on Spectre was awesome and I would love to see the same applied here.
Colan. Colan Colan Colan. Man, that’d be cool.
I’ll also second Perez, Palmer, or Mignola.
To whoever suggested Chris Cross — yeesh. He wasn’t really my style for CM, and I don’t really think he’d work at all for FA.
And a great post to start off the thread, too!
TWL
Geoff Senior!
He use to draw them Transformers so good!
funzo! Funzo!! FUNZO!!!
“Uh … anybody but Igor Kordey.”
Hunh. What’s wrong with him? I’m not that familiar with his stuff, but he did an alternate cover for the “Angel” comic with the puppet Angel that looked really cool.
And, yeah, I couldn’t really see Chris on this book either. Great artist…but not quite right for this.
PAD
Igor isn’t really a bad choice…it’s just that he got saddled with a bad rap after stepping in to finish a Grant Morrison XMen with a VERY tight deadline. When he takes his time, there’s that European flavor to his work (see the Black Widow series he did with Rucka) that might work for FALLEN ANGEL.
Jim Calafiore. He was a magnificent pairing with you on AQUAMAN and could be so again.
The only way I’d buy FA with art by Liefeld is if I knew he was paying PAD to let him draw it…and even then, I might need a cut of that.
Anything but an old school guy like Ordway or Jurgens. Somebody who can do dark and moody, not someone whose forte is bright and airy.
Greg Capullo drew Spawn for forever, but he’s been corrupted. I thought his art was fantastic on Quasar, but everything since … no thanks.
Tony Harris would be good, but he’s doing Ex Machina. That’s been a somewhat surprising mid-list hit for DC, so I don’t see him leaving that anytime soon.
Mike Mignola or Eduardo Risso would be my pie-in-the-sky choices, but they’re not likely to become available except maybe for a one-off story. Fallen Angel/Hellboy?
Jim Calafiore did not do Paradise x, that was Dougie Braithwaite. He’s busy doing Justice with Alex Ross.
Michael Gaydos would be another good choice for dark and moody.
Tom Mandrake is currently doing a Grimjack mini for IDW, don’t know about after that. I’d assume if sales were good, he and Ostrander would want to do more instead of letting it lay fallow again.
There’s lots of guys I could think of – Michael Lark, Alex Maleev, Eduardo Risso, J.H. Williams, Phil Hester, Brent Anderson, Stuart Immonen, Jock, Dustin Nguyen, Mike Oeming, Jim Cheung, Steve Epting, Sean Phillips, Lee Weeks – but they are all mostly busy doing other things.
Ed Benes, Ian Churchill, or Tim Seeley
Tom Mandrake definitely, his work on Spectre was superb. If not him then Gaydos or Kelly Jones.
As long as we’re dreaming, Gary Frank or Mike Kaluta. I second the motion for Gene Colon. Mike Mignola doesn’t like drawing pretty women.
Flint Henry!
Is he still around?
Kordey got a very bad rap because of some extremely rushed fill-ins he did for Morrison’s New X-Men – something like entire issues (pencils and inks) in a week or two. So far I think his best mainstream US work was on Cable and then on the relaunched Soldier X. If anyone wants to check that out, there are two collections featuring his Cable work, but a final one that would collect all of the Soldier X stuff does not seem likely. Seriously, this is the Cable book for people who hate Cable.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0785109099
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0785109633
That said, he’s currently doing a three issue mini called Smoke for IDW.
Well, I’d want to see someone with a realistic style who can draw beautiful women and ominous cityscapes.
Adam Hughes?
How about Leonard Kirk and Robin Riggs? That would be awesome.
My number one choice would be Tim Sale, but I would also be very excited about Kelley Jones, Tony Harris, Paul Smith, Colan and Palmer, and most of the pie-in-the-sky choices that have already been mentioned. I wouldn’t mind seeing a different artist on each storyline, or perhaps some of the artists that probably wouldn’t commit to doing the monthly book would do a cover. I’d certainly love to see an Adam Hughes FA cover.
Lynn
Lynn
Mandrake isn’t doing GRIMJACK for IDW, that’s GJ co-creator Tim Truman. Mandrake has done GJ in the past, though, of course…
According to a post on his message board, though, Mandrake looks to have a busy year ahead. Still, couldn’t hurt to ask…
I’d favor Amanda Conner or Ale Garza. Amanda Conner has experience with very detailed characters and scenes, and Ale Garza seems to work well in a dark, forbidding setting like Bete Noir.
Pop Mhan might be interesting too, if he can adapt his style. His work would definitely give the book a unique flavor.
1Nice tapdancing there, Peter. heh.
Well, George Perez would be my pie-in-the-sky choice. Adam Hughes is also a good choice and he is looking to get back into doing sequentials more these days. Or, just getting either of these guys on covers would be good.
Bobby
Bill Sinkiewicz or Marc Hempel. But PLEASE not Bart Sears or Paul Gulacy!!! PLEASE!!!