Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Kyle Baker fans, take heart

Although it looks like Plastic Man has been cancelled, the Beat has the goods on a hot new exclusive.

Rob

Labels: , Posted by Rob S. at 12:34 PM

6 comments:

Rob said...

I like some of Baker's stuff, but I never felt like Plastic Man was that GOOD. Maybe I'm just a fan of the more traditionally drawn and written Plas. It's kind of the same way I felt about that Spanish guy doing Spectacular Spiderman about a year or two ago (really cartoony, squarish drawing style, smallish eyes on the characters, sorry I can't remember his name) - I never felt like the essence of the characters came out in a less "comic book" style. I guess I'm a traditionalist.

I did like the stuff he did for Mad - seemed to fit his style a lot better.

--*Rob

9/13/2005 2:16 PM
Rob S. said...

Humberto Ramos?

I liked his run on Impulse a lot, but haven't been too fond of his work since.

And I agree with you to a certain extent. While I liked Plastic Man, it never entirely succeeded, even on its own terms (let alone the marketplace). In a way, I thought Baker's handling of the supporting cast--particularly his "daughter"--was much more interesting than Plas himself.

9/13/2005 2:21 PM
Rob said...

Yes! I kept thinking Umberto....

I got about 4 or 5 of the Plas issues and it never really clicked for me. I just didn't like Baker's take on it.

I've never been super-heavy into keeping up with the artists who draw the books, but when I see something I really don't like - I know it. Also - when I see something I really like - I make a note as well. Alex Ross comes to mind as someone whose work I really LOVE because though it is a hyper realistic style, it also echoes the true heroic vision I always think about from the characters' origins.

Know what I mean?

--*Rob

9/13/2005 3:59 PM
Sharon GR said...

I love Baker, but I never saw Plastic Man. The Kyle Baker-Cartoonist books were good, but King David, Cowboy Wally and Why I Hate Saturn are classics. For those alone I would give him the benefit of the doubt on any new project.

9/14/2005 10:31 AM
Greg! said...

Showing my age and/or comic geek index: all this Kyle baker talk has me thinking fond thoughts of his run on The Shadow with Andy Helfer. How long ago was THAT?

9/14/2005 11:45 AM
Rob S. said...

The series started in '87, but the first six issues had Bill Sienkiewicz art. Baker started with issue 8 (after a fill in by Marshall Rogers, IIRC), so most of his run was probably in 1988.

Damn, that was a fine series. Nothing like a helicopter decapitation of an already-dead body. Good stuff.

9/14/2005 11:49 AM

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