What a good bunch of comics! My appreciation for Ostrander's work outside of Suicide Squad has slowly grown. SS is his underrated masterpiece. I have yet to read Grim Jack and Hawkworld, though.
Oh! And there's Jim Aparo, too! He was fantastic. Gimme Aparo over Adams any day. All that and a Garcia-Lopez cover (thanks for the cross link!) makes it near perfect.
In reading the subsequent thread, it's interesting to consider how one ignores or amplifies a creator's personal standpoint to the point of disengagement. I'd like to sometimes think that a work of art stands alone, free of connections to its creator. That's impossible, though, so every element it took to create said piece of art is important.
I had no idea Peter David was a self proclaimed racist. I like his work fine and appreciate his honesty. I haven't read his racism statement, but from what I can tell at least he's being open about it. Now it's up to us to support that or not, whether it matters to us or not. We'd probably abandon a few of the creators we hold dear if their personal views were held in such a revealing light.
[info]angrylemur raises another interesting question by flipping the roles, and I agree with you, thehefner , it really depends. An artist's personal views on things have made me appreciate them more, thus dispelling whatever I thought about their "sub par" work. In the end, however, if I don't like the overall work, then I just don't.
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Date: 2009-08-01 04:02 pm (UTC)Oh! And there's Jim Aparo, too! He was fantastic. Gimme Aparo over Adams any day. All that and a Garcia-Lopez cover (thanks for the cross link!) makes it near perfect.
In reading the subsequent thread, it's interesting to consider how one ignores or amplifies a creator's personal standpoint to the point of disengagement. I'd like to sometimes think that a work of art stands alone, free of connections to its creator. That's impossible, though, so every element it took to create said piece of art is important.
I had no idea Peter David was a self proclaimed racist. I like his work fine and appreciate his honesty. I haven't read his racism statement, but from what I can tell at least he's being open about it. Now it's up to us to support that or not, whether it matters to us or not. We'd probably abandon a few of the creators we hold dear if their personal views were held in such a revealing light.
[info]angrylemur raises another interesting question by flipping the roles, and I agree with you,