He's one of the best artists out there. I was so excited when he was announced as the new artist for Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane! Why'd you leave us, Adrian?! I love your style. Very few other artists bother giving their characters different styles or body structures or facial expressions, his style was really popular with my friends, especially those who didn't read comics but started to thanks to Runaways.
Adrian Alphona
Person » Adrian Alphona is credited in 195 issues.
A Canadian comic book artist best known for his work on Runaways, which he co-created with Brian K. Vaughan.
I miss Adrian Alphona D:
I don't like his work.He's terrible at drawing the female figure.He did some really horrible covers in his time.
wuhwuhwuhwuhWHAT?
Adrian Alphona drew them like they were actual people. Karolina, Niko, Gert, and Molly all had different body types. It was great. What makes you say he was terrible?
"wuhwuhwuhwuhWHAT?His Runaways stuff was ok.His Spider-Man loves Mary Jane stuff was junk and his Runaways wasn't the worst of the series but it's pretty high on the list.
Adrian Alphona drew them like they were actual people. Karolina, Niko, Gert, and Molly all had different body types. It was great. What makes you say he was terrible?
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... all he did for SMLMJ was a SINGLE cover. You didn't think it was absolutely gorgeous?
How was his Runaways stuff bad, even?
edit: Not that you're not allowed to disagree with me, I just don't know what's possible to dislike about his art.
I like A.A., too. ^^ It's true he drew people like actual humans, which was great, and I thought he had something... different, unique in his style.
Ed Benes to the right, Adrian Alphona to left. Who looks more human, the ones with horrible tumors for muscles and perpetual wedgies or Mary Jane?
"... all he did for SMLMJ was a SINGLE cover. You didn't think it was absolutely gorgeous?You can't compare Benes to Alphona.Their styles are different.I'm not looking for realistic from Benes.His art is good though.Benes's art makes me want to read comics.Realistic isn't always good.Even an artist like Adi Granov or Alex Ross who does alot of realism draws characters sometimes with questionable features or that don't look very good.With Bnes it's something about the way his lines come together than make his art good,it's not photorealistic but he knows his anatomy and he styles it in a way that fits.
How was his Runaways stuff bad, even?
edit: Not that you're not allowed to disagree with me, I just don't know what's possible to dislike about his art.
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I don't really know much of the men's work but that MJ/Spidey toy looks very cool. It's a good job.Check his deviant art page.Dude isn't very good.He has some good stuff but it's very minimal.Let's say if he does 100 drawings...25 will be good.
We get that you don't like the guy's work. No need to fill a thread about him with reasons why he sucks.
"We get that you don't like the guy's work. No need to fill a thread about him with reasons why he sucks.Calvin said he doesn't know much about him.I'm telling him if he's basing his opinion off of the one good picture he has then he should look at his other work.I'm not looking for people to come in here and say they like him and then shoot them down or else I would have responded to your first post.
"Calvin said:I wish I had 25 good drawings, =PI don't really know much of the men's work but that MJ/Spidey toy looks very cool. It's a good job.Check his deviant art page.Dude isn't very good.He has some good stuff but it's very minimal.Let's say if he does 100 drawings...25 will be good."
"Calvin said:And if Benes does 1000, none will be :) .I don't really know much of the men's work but that MJ/Spidey toy looks very cool. It's a good job.Check his deviant art page.Dude isn't very good.He has some good stuff but it's very minimal.Let's say if he does 100 drawings...25 will be good."
His faces don't look similar. Compare Gert to Nico to Molly, they all have ACTUALLY DIFFERENT FACES :D! Whereas with Mari and Diana ... they look the exact same. It's uncanny.
"Vance Astro said:You're talking about one out of very few good drawings that Alphona has done.I know Benes can do different faces but even if he couldn't..he draws the female figure so well...I'm not looking at the face to begin with.Back to faces though..there is a comic called Chronogear that Alphona did the cover for and all the faces were alike.There is a cover he did fr Runaways with just Nico on it..I believe she was flying.She looked like a boy.He also did a cover for Runaways where they were standing in a diamond formation with Alex in the front..it looked absolutely terrible.His anatomy is garbage.When I said he couldn't draw feet..he can't draw legs either.There is no distinction in some of his drawings between knees,calves and ankles.He draws tube legs sometimes."Calvin said:And if Benes does 1000, none will be :) .I don't really know much of the men's work but that MJ/Spidey toy looks very cool. It's a good job.Check his deviant art page.Dude isn't very good.He has some good stuff but it's very minimal.Let's say if he does 100 drawings...25 will be good."
His faces don't look similar. Compare Gert to Nico to Molly, they all have ACTUALLY DIFFERENT FACES :D! Whereas with Mari and Diana ... they look the exact same. It's uncanny.
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Comparing Benes to Alphona is like comparing apples and oranges.
Alphona's stint in Runaways was perfect for what he did. These were teenagers not superheroes. Teenagers are not going to be jacked out of their minds, and chances are, they will have long gangly features that only age will fill out.
I don't think Alphona did any of the covers for Runaways, sans the compendiums. The cover in question was Jo Chen.
http://www.thecomicfanatic.com/solicit%20images/runaways210.jpg
It comes down to stylization. People can argue things that are wrong with any comic book artist but it won't change what others think of it. I think his work was great for Runaways, that he caught the feel of the characters far better than any other artist could have done.
"Comparing Benes to Alphona is like comparing apples and oranges.Alphona's stint in Runaways was perfect for what he did. These were teenagers not superheroes. Teenagers are not going to be jacked out of their minds, and chances are, they will have long gangly features that only age will fill out.I don't think Alphona did any of the covers for Runaways, sans the compendiums. The cover in question was Jo Chen.http://www.thecomicfanatic.com/solicit%20images/runaways210.jpgIt comes down to stylization. People can argue things that are wrong with any comic book artist but it won't change what others think of it. I think his work was great for Runaways, that he caught the feel of the characters far better than any other artist could have done. "It's more like comparing a Porsche to taking the bus.Benes is good,Alphona is crap.
" Benes is a crap artist. There's no way around it. "He's better than the guy you made a thread about.
" How? "Benes draws characters with realistic anatomy,faces included and Alphona's work is stylized garbage.Most of his characters are stocky and have the same stature.He has like one good Runaways cover.
Yes. Yes, this link:
http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/geekspeak/archives/benes%20art%201.jpg
shows Benes realistic anatomy.
" Yes. Yes, this link:http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/geekspeak/archives/benes%20art%201.jpgshows Benes realistic anatomy. "Sure does.It's not perfect, but Alphona's work isn't even close to realistic and most of his characters are drawn with the same height and build.There is a clear distinction in body type between everyone in the picture.
AW YEAH, ED BENES AM GREAT ARTIST!
" @Vance Astro: Okay, now I know you're trolling, so I want to join in!AW YEAH, ED BENES AM GREAT ARTIST! "How am I trolling? I'm just stating my opinion.How am I the troll when you brought this old as thread back to address me?
Because Gert is clearly a different height and build then Karolina who's slimmer, bustier and slightly taller then slim Nico who's taller then little Molly.
Ed Benes, though? Giant tits and asses for everyone! QQQ-Cups! Same arm muscle and leg muscle (that is, none) for the ladies! Horrible tumors for muscles for all the gentlemen!
" Because Gert is clearly a different height and build then Karolina who's slimmer, bustier and slightly taller then slim Nico who's taller then little Molly.Ed Benes, though? Giant tits and asses for everyone! QQQ-Cups! Same arm muscle and leg muscle (that is, none) for the ladies! Horrible tumors for muscles for all the gentlemen! "Just a minimal as their heights and proportions are in the scan I just posted that's how minimal the difference is in Benes's work when it comes to female anatomy.The cover that I posted sucks.Look how big everyone's feet are.The person in the group shot with the biggest feet is female.Look how bad Nico and Gert look.I know Gert is supposed to be fat and ugly but Alphona is overdoing it.
" @Vance Astro said:I was going to say that." @pixelized said:I thought of you while you were away "" and it looks like gerturde's right ankle is broken "PIXIE!!!! "
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