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I've been reading through IDW's new attempt at ROM and finding it seriously lacking.
John Byrne's been working for IDW on and off since 2008. You'd think it's a no-brainer to put him on this book, as he already drew some of the issues and covers for the original Marvel run.
I mean, they already brought back Sal Buscema for some covers so... why not?
Maybe they've asked him and he declined. He never showed buch affection for ROM when the topic came up on his Byrne Robotics forum. He said he drew the covers as a favour for the editor, and I imagine the main reason he inked ROM #74 was because it was pencilled by one of his idols, Steve Ditko.
[QUOTE=Englehart Humperdinck;4994175]Maybe they've asked him and he declined. He never showed buch affection for ROM when the topic came up on his Byrne Robotics forum. He said he drew the covers as a favour for the editor, and I imagine the main reason he inked ROM #74 was because it was pencilled by one of his idols, Steve Ditko.[/QUOTE]
Could be.
I wouldn't mind Byrne taking a shot at the Hasbroverse though... Rom, Transformers, G.I. Joe, Micronauts... The books couldn't be any worse than they are now.
[QUOTE=Ying Ko;4997980]Could be.
I wouldn't mind Byrne taking a shot at the Hasbroverse though... Rom, Transformers, G.I. Joe, Micronauts... The books couldn't be any worse than they are now.[/QUOTE]
I've seen Byrne draw [i]The Transformers[/i] he would be my last choice.
[QUOTE=Cyberstrike;5000588]I've seen Byrne draw [i]The Transformers[/i] he would be my last choice.[/QUOTE]
When did Byrne draw the Transformers?
[QUOTE=Englehart Humperdinck;5003284]When did Byrne draw the Transformers?[/QUOTE]
I found these two pieces just now...:
[img]https://i.ibb.co/NtD2xDK/8-F3-C526-D-8921-4487-AE55-80-B67952171-D.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i.ibb.co/VBtR7cn/AABBE356-488-C-44-EE-9-C38-47-E82-B32-A4-F9.jpg[/img]
The first one’s a little heavy on the inking for m taste, but not bad.
The second one I really like; the characters are bright and smooth and jump out at me.
He prefers star trek maybe.
[QUOTE=son_ofgolem;5004705]He prefers star trek maybe.[/QUOTE]
His Star Trek – Leonard McCoy, Frontier Doctor book was pretty darn good!
[img]https://i.ibb.co/Nnn57dx/3-BDFA62-A-2-D16-45-FA-B58-C-E2-DA02-E49122.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Cyberstrike;5000588]I've seen Byrne draw [i]The Transformers[/i] he would be my last choice.[/QUOTE]
Why?
I grew up with Byrne. The guy is super talented.
[QUOTE=Riv86672;5003306]I found these two pieces just now...:
[img]https://i.ibb.co/NtD2xDK/8-F3-C526-D-8921-4487-AE55-80-B67952171-D.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i.ibb.co/VBtR7cn/AABBE356-488-C-44-EE-9-C38-47-E82-B32-A4-F9.jpg[/img]
The first one’s a little heavy on the inking for m taste, but not bad.
The second one I really like; the characters are bright and smooth and jump out at me.[/QUOTE]
I think, with a few exceptions, Byrne has tended to be one of his own worst inkers. The second image is in the stlye of the covers he pencilled in 1985 for the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe v2. Byrne drew linking images for the first 11 issues before falling out with Jim Shooter and departing for DC.