PREVIEW: She-Hulk, #6

[Rasmane]

When did Jennifer turn blue-green?

Last issue!

I'm really not a fan of giving artists complete control over everything from pencils, inks and colors...

The credits only showing Ron Womberly on art may be an editorial oversight. (Rico Renzi colored Issue #5.)

[Rasmane]

Jimmy Palmiotto should be writing the book and Juan Santacruz the art.

I wouldn’t buy that.

[Rasmane]

Since when did Marvel hire talentless DeviantArt REJECTS to draw their books?

That hurts my feelings and I don’t have anything to do with it.

Put Pellitier, Guice or even Jose Garcia on this dog...

José Luis García-López? Dream on.

[comicfan298]

I have to remind myself that Patsy and Greer have a past together so this is just the latest in their hijinks. Wemberly's not my first choice for a Shulkie artist, but I'm still in.

Angie, Angie, Angie… is she or isn't she? And when will we learn Hei-Hei's secret?

I hope not, I like Angie and I want to know more about her Jedi monkey Hei-Hei.

[Supernature]

Ron Wimberley's art is too edgy for mainstream comics clearly.

Anyways, I love what I'm seeing and reading. Excited as hell for the issue. This is a great series.

I hope not, I like Angie and I want to know more about her Jedi monkey Hei-Hei.

I bet Hei-Hei jumped on the shooter and bit him so Angie wouldn't be hurt.

[InformationGeek]

I agree. I also don’t completely understand the compulsion to talk only about what one doesn’t like about this title. Seems like those who hate the fill-in artist’s work aren’t enjoying the book 100% anyway. I hope you’re not still buying it—it doesn’t follow that you’ll get what you want (more mainstream/fan service art and dialogue where every character is a witty raconteur?) that way.

I like the book's writing quite a bit, it's very good. That's the main reason I'm with the book. I commented solely on the artwork alone because I don't read previews (some exceptions of course), just looked at the imagery to get a taste for what I'll be reading later. As such, I only comment on the artwork and I don't view as a good fit for the book. It's got some interesting use of perspective and angles, but the characters look atrocious (body type and proportions radically changing at points, the facial expressions, and more), the coloring is guady, and the action is mixed.

I'm not even looking for mainstream or house style artwork here like you rudely think I and so many others are, I just want a better artist that would fit so much better. If we must keep the Indie feel and color scheme then for these two fill-in issues, someone like Robbi Rodriguez (he does FBP) would be a much better choice if he wasn't busy that.

[Kusanagi]

I agree. I also don’t completely understand the compulsion to talk only about what one doesn’t like about this title. Seems like those who hate the fill-in artist’s work aren’t enjoying the book 100% anyway. I hope you’re not still buying it—it doesn’t follow that you’ll get what you want (more mainstream/fan service art and dialogue where every character is a witty raconteur?) that way.

I wasn't aware Puildo was considered mainstream/fanservice by comics standards. Rather arrogant to assume that just because people don't like this artist that we're demanding some 'house style' on the book.

[Comics_Sniper]

I like the book's writing quite a bit, it's very good.

I'd like to open a dialogue with you on that. I agree that the book's "writing technique" is excellent, in the sense that it is economical, worded well, reads fluently, etc.

But writing is not the same as story telling, constructing drama and engaging readers with characters. For example, Bendis's scripts are generally not as technically good as Soule's here in She-Hulk, but Bendis's scripts tell compelling stories. I've not read anything else from Soule yet, so I won't generalize about his work. But here the work is not compelling, IMHO.

I find myself after each issue of Soule's She-Hulk noticing it was really well written, but yet I don't feel like I know Jennifer and I certainly don't care about her. I don't understand what her stakes are. Is she happy as a solo practitioner? Worried? Does she have something to prove to the big firms that now shun her, or could she care less? What were her true motives for helping Vernard extra-judicially? The lure of the bad-boy? A sense of obligation to the client? Just general super-hero ethics? A personal A-type personality that refuses to lose? A great writer has you asking these questions, but also gives you answers in relatively short order. So at the end of the day I feel Jennifer is just bland and uninteresting.

I feel like there is a lot of raw material in the issues, with potentially interesting concepts and plot threads to draw on from Jennifer's legal world. But it's not sewn together into a compelling drama with compelling characters. Even a lighthearted book needs to do these things to be interesting.

[Rasmane]

...the characters look atrocious (body type and proportions radically changing at points, the facial expressions, and more), the coloring is guady...I'm not even looking for mainstream or house style artwork here like you rudely think I and so many others are, I just want a better artist that would fit so much better...

Ultimately “better fit” is simply an opinion. By mainstream/fan service, I meant: “She-Hulk drawn in a manner or style that has been seen before in a Marvel comic”—which I think we all agree Wimberly’s style isn’t. I think you inferred that I meant “fan service” derogatorily, but that isn’t my intention.

To all: What is a better term to use?

[Rasmane]

I wasn't aware Puildo was considered mainstream/fanservice by comics standards. Rather arrogant to assume that just because people don't like this artist that we're demanding some 'house style' on the book.

I wasn’t referring to Pulido’s work in saying “mainstream/fan service” in my sentence you quoted. I don’t believe I’ve said anything specifically pro-Pulido, but perhaps I need to review.

I acknowledge that Ron Wimberly’s line work (and the issues’ palette) is jarring if one has never seen it before (this is not his first comic book)—an acquired taste. And that neither his She-Hulk or Tigra is pretty or sexy as they have been traditionally drawn in official publications.