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J. Scott Campbell: Time Capsule 1994-2004 (2015)
By: Mac Date: March 11, 2016, 5:14 pm
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[glow=red,2,300]J. Scott Campbell: Time Capsule 1994-2004 (2015)
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Re: J. Scott Campbell: Time Capsule 1994-2004 (2015)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: March 11, 2016, 6:02 pm
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So, at the suggestion from another JSC fan at Penny Can, I
managed to get me a Brand New copy of J. Scott Campbell: Time
Capsule 1994-2004 and it was absolutely worth it. Even if most
of the artwork within was stuff I had already seen, I still
planned on picking this up because I wanted to read about what
makes JSC tick. The bonus turned out to be that maybe 70% of the
artwork was in fact new to me. So, I got the best of both
worlds. As the books title suggest, we get a chronological
rundown of his first 10 years in the biz and pretty much
everything is covered, especially his Gen 13 and Danger Girl
years. But what I was really looking forward to reading was
about his Wildsiderz "run". Not so much because of what he
produced, but I wanted an answer to explain his reason for
abandoning the title after just one issue. It was kind odd to be
able to read his thought process for when he was building it up
as he does and going as far as hyping the eventual Trade
Paperback for the series. Ouch. Talk about biting off more than
one can chew. Looks pretty ridiculous in hindsight. Hopefully
Volume II will answer the question on everyone's mind.
As for the rest of the book, I was kind of surprise that JSC
more or less disses Jim Lee a few times about work ethic a
couple of times throughout. No, he doesn't come right out and
say it, but it's hinted at through veiled subtext. He's not the
only one that seems to get a poor showing here. Marc Silverstri
and Rob Liefeld come out looking pretty bad as well. It is what
it is and not everyone is going to get along for whatever reason
but I wasn't expecting that at all. I was also very surprise at
how much religion played in both his life as well as how much he
talks about it in the book, which I found to be fascinating. If
you are a fan of [b]JSC [/b]or cool art, this is definitely
worth picking up for sure. I originally planned on getting the
Back to the Future Cover from his website, but I balked at the
idea they were charging $20 extra for shipping. F*ck that sh*t!
Ended up getting the regular cover edition (signed and numbered)
off of eBay for dirt cheap, Brand New. I will most likely pick
up the BTTF Edition at Comic Con for sure. Any new forum lurkers
that stumbles across Penny Can or this review in particular, be
sure to check out Neumatic's review [b]here
HTML http://pennycan.createaforum.com/comic-books-and-art/what-are-you-reading/msg36495/#msg36495[/b].
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Re: J. Scott Campbell: Time Capsule 1994-2004 (2015)
By: Neumatic Date: March 11, 2016, 7:21 pm
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The religion thing was surprising to me too, but I think that's
part of the unique identity of his artwork, especially his
ladies. There's a sort of innocence and sweetness that's
hard-wired into him, so even when he does sexy ladies and so
forth, and even when he's done nudity, it's not crass or gross.
He has a natural instinct to avoid it, and I think that's what
the copycats lack.
JSC told me the last time I saw him (ages ago) to seek out
Wildsiderz b/c I love his likenesses so much, I found them
online (they look amazing on the iPad) but there are three
"issues." Zero is the pitch book, 1 is the high school stuff
and 2 is the stuff in the lab, where the other kids get their
powerz. I would LOVE for their to be more, but at the same time
I can tell what an insane amount of work it must have been to
make a book like this in 2005 (maybe now with iPad Pros and
draw-on-the-screen computers it would be easier, but those
holograms take TIME).
I could go on about Wildsiderz, I'm in awe of how well he can
draw Portman (something I'm still struggling with), but I find
it really funny that now Portman's character of Kat looks more
like Ariana Grande.
But I was also thinking of Wildsiderz recently because I just
got the first issue of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and thought
how much I would love to see J Scott do those characters. Weird
that he hasn't, given the insane amount of variant covers
produced for the 0 and 1 issues). But Jack Black's Wildsider
character is what made me think of that, there's a fat guy in
Power Rangers, Bulk, and in the book he's drawn like a slab
(there's a real solid slightly-anime quality to the whole thing,
which mostly works) but the way J Scott draws "Bam" is exactly
how Bulk should be drawn: rough curves, energy, bursting off the
page. Plus, you really can't escape the "Power Rangers" feel
that Wildsiderz has, five high school students with animal
powerz, the leader is a jock with the power of a T-Rex? Ain't
nothin' wrong with it, I'm just sayin' it's there.
I really like seeing how artists evolve, and it's reassuring to
know that even great artists were terrible (much like how the
scripts for great movies were terrible at one point, like Back
To The Future), but at the same time, I keep thinking about how
quickly "professional" artists evolved while my art style stayed
almost in stasis until the turn of the century, at which point I
started my five-year cycle of "re-learning."
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Re: J. Scott Campbell: Time Capsule 1994-2004 (2015)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: March 11, 2016, 8:03 pm
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FYI, the girl on Page 258 is Michelle Trachtenberg who played
[b]Dawn [/b]on Buffy The Vampire Slayer.
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Re: J. Scott Campbell: Time Capsule 1994-2004 (2015)
By: Neumatic Date: March 11, 2016, 8:21 pm
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Wow, I can't believe I didn't catch that, thanks dude!
Mich-Tract is also the basis for "Jess" in Wildsiderz, despite
looking nothing like her.
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Re: J. Scott Campbell: Time Capsule 1994-2004 (2015)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: March 11, 2016, 8:39 pm
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I've always known all the actors the characters from Wildsiderz
are based on from the very beginning. Well, I thought I did
until I read the book. I was blown away that the evil guy (can't
remember his name at the moment) is/was based on [b]Gene
Simmons[/b], who looks nothing like him in the comic. Still an
eye opener. The other thing that blew me away when reading the
book was the revelation that Jim Lee had done the page
breakdowns for Issues #1 and #2 of the [b]Gen 13[/b]
Mini-series. To drive home the WTF moment I have to backup a bit
and tell a story first. Whenever I get together with friends
that are into Comic Book art, occasionally talk turns to JSC and
we discuss and pick apart things he has worked on and one of the
things I always bring up is "discovering" him as he broke in and
I always point out that for me it was thrilling to see this kid
really come into his own and grow artistically with the release
of Issue #3 of Gen 13. Back to the WTF...it all finally made
sense why there was a HUGE jump from #2 to #3. It's because he
was finally allowed to sink or swim on his own. [b]Jim Lee[/b]
doing the breakdowns, as good as those issues were, were in fact
holding JSC back in a way. With the reigns taken off JSC, he had
a massive jump. I couldn't understand how he could be that good
that fast in 30 days. MIND. BLOWN.
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Re: J. Scott Campbell: Time Capsule 1994-2004 (2015)
By: Neumatic Date: March 11, 2016, 9:05 pm
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Well, I think in the case of Wildsiderz, it was less basing off
likenesses (for the main cast, the science teacher is
straight-up recognizable character actor) and more of merging
together. So Jess might be Michelle Trachtengerg, but she had
aspects of other people fused in as well. Which makes sense.
James Marsden, however, dead look-alike.
The issue with doing likenesses, at least from MY experience,
isn't just the obvious rights issues (which, not being
published, i haven't had to deal with) but the fact that you
start having TOO many faces you want to do. Everybody becomes a
character. So mixing, matching, and mashing-up just makes
sense.
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Re: J. Scott Campbell: Time Capsule 1994-2004 (2015)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: May 30, 2016, 10:54 pm
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[center]ECCC 2014: SECRET ORIGINS PRESENTS J. SCOTT CAMPBELL
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge8-QSXuyk0&list=WL&index=3
If ya can't read the book, next best thing is a 45 minute
conversation about his career.
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Re: J. Scott Campbell: Time Capsule 1994-2004 (2015)
By: boyinblack80 Date: May 31, 2016, 11:13 am
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Highly sexualized action artist
:)
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Re: J. Scott Campbell: Time Capsule 1994-2004 (2015)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: May 31, 2016, 11:23 am
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Yeah, I thought that was funny as well.
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