How does everyone rate Steve Ditko's Valiant art?
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How does everyone rate Steve Ditko's Valiant art?
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Re: How does everyone rate Steve Ditko's Valiant art?
I thought he did solid work for Valiant...
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I enjoyed his Valiant work and wish he had done more.
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Re: How does everyone rate Steve Ditko's Valiant art?
I thought having Ditko working for Valiant at the time increased the books awareness rather than detract from it. He wasn't doing to much in comics at the time and I'm sure he wasn't that expensive to have working for them. Considering the art dynamic that was going on at the time in comics he was kind of an odd man out in art terms.
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Re: How does everyone rate Steve Ditko's Valiant art?
Huge Ditko fan myself so I loved his Valiant work - as I love all his work. And I'll take any opportunity to brag about having a Ditko signature. 
I would agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong.
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Re: How does everyone rate Steve Ditko's Valiant art?
Ditko's work is awesome. Solar 14 and 15 are on tonight's menu and I have them in front of me. Incredible work, very reminsicent of BWS in a way.
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Re: How does everyone rate Steve Ditko's Valiant art?
I don't have all of those issues. I have his work on Shadowman, Solar, Magnus, and Rai.Sting wrote:Just a reminder he did:
Magnus, Robot Fighter 18
Magnus, Robot Fighter 19
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I am a huge fan of Ditko, but didn't think that his Shadowman brought the right tone to the book.
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Re: How does everyone rate Steve Ditko's Valiant art?
how did they get Steve Ditko to do stuff for Valiant in the first place?
it's well known that he's really reclusive.
it's well known that he's really reclusive.
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Re: How does everyone rate Steve Ditko's Valiant art?
Having just read Solar 14 and 15, I'd have to say that I really liked the artwork but it seemed to me more could have been done with the story; the end encounter with Bender could have had more to it. But I'm finding that true of much of the stuff that came out immediately after Unity.
But having also just read X-O #9, Mike Leeke's pencils are outstanding. Leeke may be one of my favorite Valiant artists.
But having also just read X-O #9, Mike Leeke's pencils are outstanding. Leeke may be one of my favorite Valiant artists.
Re: How does everyone rate Steve Ditko's Valiant art?
Mixed feelings. Liked some but thought it was a bit too distintive in some panel pages.
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+1jmatt wrote: But having also just read X-O #9, Mike Leeke's pencils are outstanding. Leeke may be one of my favorite Valiant artists.
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Re: How does everyone rate Steve Ditko's Valiant art?
CGC it!Jay Tomio wrote:First thing I think about when considering Ditko VALIANT art are the examples that pop up for sell labeled as Ditko art that aren't. Often labeled as "Ditko art?".
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Re: How does everyone rate Steve Ditko's Valiant art?
IMO, his stuff on Valiant was very average.
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Everybody Is Right Until Someone Else Disagrees.
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400yrs wrote:IMO, his stuff on Valiant was very average.
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Heath wrote:Huge Ditko fan myself so I loved his Valiant work - as I love all his work. And I'll take any opportunity to brag about having a Ditko signature.
How cool would it be to have a Valiant autographed by him?
Sadly I think that would be next to impossible
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Re: How does everyone rate Steve Ditko's Valiant art?
He is reclusive, but he is available for work on his terms. Alan Moore without the ego.Brother Darque wrote:how did they get Steve Ditko to do stuff for Valiant in the first place?
it's well known that he's really reclusive.
I would agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong.
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Re: How does everyone rate Steve Ditko's Valiant art?
Jonathan Ross from the BBC did a documentary where he went looking for Steve Ditko.Heath wrote:He is reclusive, but he is available for work on his terms. Alan Moore without the ego.Brother Darque wrote:how did they get Steve Ditko to do stuff for Valiant in the first place?
it's well known that he's really reclusive.
it's very interesting, they really do there research.