A Most Disgusting Panel:
I have to admit, for all that I complain about the art in Warrior, there is one thing I've always been impressed with:
Linked to spare the weak of heart or stomach,
The first time I saw this page (GG:W 22 for the curious) I stopped *dead*. The image is just so utterly disgusting that I couldn't turn the page for *minutes*. And even then, it took at least three or four times reading the comic before I could tear my eyes away enough to read what he was saying! (By the way: Ew).
I didn't think I'd ever see a villain quite that disgusting in a DC comic. Vertigo *maybe*, but not DC proper. It's quite amazing to me. It takes *skill* to evoke something that grotesque. Seriously.
It's horrible in exactly the way it's supposed to be. Yeecchh.
Linked to spare the weak of heart or stomach,
The first time I saw this page (GG:W 22 for the curious) I stopped *dead*. The image is just so utterly disgusting that I couldn't turn the page for *minutes*. And even then, it took at least three or four times reading the comic before I could tear my eyes away enough to read what he was saying! (By the way: Ew).
I didn't think I'd ever see a villain quite that disgusting in a DC comic. Vertigo *maybe*, but not DC proper. It's quite amazing to me. It takes *skill* to evoke something that grotesque. Seriously.
It's horrible in exactly the way it's supposed to be. Yeecchh.
posted by kalinara @ 4:41 AM
12 Comments:
At May 17, 2006 5:26 AM,
Ragnell said…
What's fudged up is that I actually have that issue, and am still unable to read past that page.
I vote this artist for Lovecraft adaptions (It's Mitch Byrd, isn't it?).
At May 17, 2006 9:08 AM,
kalinara said…
It's *horrific*.
Yep, Byrd it is and I second.
At May 17, 2006 3:33 PM,
Anonymous said…
He's... he's not wearing any PANTS.
At May 17, 2006 4:44 PM,
kalinara said…
No he's not. And that's the least of the problems. :-)
At May 17, 2006 5:03 PM,
Ferrous Buller said…
Good of them to cover his groin with his chest-beard, tho - y'know, let `im keep some dignity.
At May 17, 2006 5:33 PM,
kalinara said…
It's Dementor. Man has no dignity. *shudder*
At May 17, 2006 6:39 PM,
Anonymous said…
Maybe it's just the build-up, but IMHO it's not that bad. `` Kinda goofy, in fact, with his stumpy legs...
At May 17, 2006 6:51 PM,
kalinara said…
Could also be knowing the kind of stuff he ends up doing that helps too.
Or that he looks like a weird amalgamation of sex organs to my twisted mind. Egads.
At May 17, 2006 7:30 PM,
James Meeley said…
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At May 18, 2006 1:20 AM,
JP said…
[OZZYVOICE]Oh please god, no.[/OZZYVOICE]
I was thinking Lovecraft adaptations too. I don't think anything in the Lovecraft graphic novel from Vertigo is quite this viscerally gross, but it's worth a look, btw. Just be aware that it is the mythical Lovecraft this comic deals with, and not really the actual gent from Providence. Not much, anyway.
At May 18, 2006 1:54 AM,
kalinara said…
james: I don't really think it matters in this case...
jp: :-) Figured that. It is pretty visually disgusting, isn't it?
At May 18, 2006 1:55 AM,
Zaratustra said…
Quaid. Quaid. Start the reactor. Free Mars...
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