[net.comics] Steve Ditko

bernie@watarts.UUCP (07/13/83)

While we're discussing specific artists... how do people feel about Steve
Ditko?  I'm generally indifferent towards most artists, but something about
Ditko's style annoys me.  I'm not sure what, exactly, but *something*.
Nevertheless, many people seem to hold him in some reverence, possibly because
he was one of Marvel's earliest artists.  How do net readers feel about Ditko?
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oz@rlgvax.UUCP (07/19/83)

We had a discussion of Steve Ditko earlier, but that has NEVER stopped me from
talking about him again.  When Ditko first drew Spider-Man, it was great.  Why?
Well, all heros were either larger then life, or glossy.  Ditko had an under-
stated way about him that was refresing.  He also has a style that works well
with "mysterious" characters.  I thought his work with THE CREEPER was quite
good.  I don't like Ditko as a regular artist, and his writting style is
strange to say the least.  Have you caught his "Missing Man" series?  The
word bizarre comes best in describing it.

What do you all think of Freff?

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