I focus on the story and the characters first, so I'm often not even aware of who's drawing a story.
Call me old fashioned, but I think that's the way it should be. Creators (writers as well as artists) should "disappear" into the story being told.
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Seriously, though, if you take out the Forte, Swan, Mortimer stories, doesn't that just leave the handful of tales drawn by Jim Mooney? At least if were only counting Adv. 300-380?
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With Eryk's help, I think I've made an ugly realization about myself... I don't like Jim Mooney's artwork.
I *hate* not liking an artist's work... I've always thought myself very liberal in re: to artwork... but if it's ADV 300-380 and it ain't drawn by Forte, Swan or Mortimer... Feh!
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Great Krypton! I suggest massively indulging yourself in the awesomeness of the Supergirl Archives to cure yourself of your strange aversion to Jim Mooney!
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Jim Mooney was great on the Supergirl ACTION stuff... his ADV work on the Dynamo Boy issues, on the other hand... The art looked too sketchy (sorry, Dean! ) I wonder if he worked with a different inker?
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Somewhere in the Library of Unpublished Books-- the comics wing-- there's a hundred or so issues of Neal Adams illustrated Adventure tales to go along with the handful of covers he drew towards the end of the Legion's run.
I was *so* disappointed about the interior not matching the cover when I bought a back issue with an Adams cover, featuring the Tornado Twins, I think.
Not that the art inside was bad, by any means. But, it weren't Adams...
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Mooney drew THE cutest Lyle. The last page of that Legion origin story where he breaks the 4th wall? Divoone! or was that drawn by Costanza?
From: elizabeth,nj | Registered: Jul 2003
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I don't think Jim Mooney drew the best futuristic settings, but he's a real pro and some of his Supergirl work is just magnificent. I believe his Legion work was mostly emergency fill-in stuff, as was the inking of his pencils (rushed and not the best). I still enjoyed the Dynamo Boy/LSV issues.
Imagine having to do the Legion art - as a rush job! Artists back then thought the Legion was a lot of work anyway.
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From: Frederick, MD | Registered: Aug 2003
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Mooney drew such a little pansy/snarky Dynamo Boy that I still get all a-titter with delight when I read about the LoSV double-crossing him! I love when villains I like betray villains I don't like!
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Jeepers! Reread your Action Comics with Legion backups. I'm not a Bob Brown fan but I loved the story about the super powered androids that were powered by Superboy and Mon-el!
Ok, so that's not quite Adventure era but those transition stories between Adventure and first Cockrum issues are really groovy.
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The art looked too sketchy (sorry, Dean! ![[Hug]](graemlins/hug.gif)
) I wonder if he worked with a different inker?
