Thursday, January 28, 2016

CO-DEPENDENT 'INDEPENDENT' COMICS

Whenever I see a graphic novel with characters looking more or less like this, I know I'm not interested:



I don't just mean the quality. These are the signals of the "poor hipster me" narratives I can do without, no matter how they're drawn (which rarely differs). It's a stylistic cliche within the 'alternative', like cops having tube shaped hats.

Often I get the impression that the artist resorts to the visuals not out of desire, or because they can't do any better, but that they don't want to go thru the discomfort of trying to. At the rates sequential artists are paid, one can't afford to spend too much effort per page.



COPYRIGHT 2016 BY MILTON KNIGHT  

1 comment:

cartoonjoe said...

Yeah, I hate that crap, too...