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Excuse me but can you please direct me to the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles?
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Giffen (even though his work around that time was starting to annoy me) Lee's is ok, but Giffen's cover was better.
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I am glad Lee is getting plenty of votes. I feared a landslide because of the original/homage choice. And it is a great homage, as well as a great demonstration of Lee style.
But the Giffen original just has a presence Lee didn't nail. Lee's Lar could be thinking about anything at all (or nothing); Giffen's Lar captures the emotion. Not just in his face - the way his collar is open, the way his fists are, the color and inks - it's all part of a single, cohesive expression. Lee's could be contemplating combat - or a Sunday drive. Giffen's means business.
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hmm, i think Lee's is prettier. and has a nice composition and colors but ...
Giffen's really conveys a beat down posture and a correct proportion of a knuckle cracking, and the frown ..... which relates more to the inside. Lee's Mon looks cheery.
Giffen!
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I can't see the Lee cover.
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There's not a word yet, for old friends who've just met.
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Lee, without a doubt. His Mon-El is powerful, vibrant, and manages to look determined and resigned to the life-changing (or ending) choice he has just made, instead of old and grumpy.
The Giffen cover is one of the less ugly examples of his art from that period, but that's hardly a compliment, to say that it doesn't suck as much as it could have.
And, while it's hardly Giffen's fault, wow, that coloring is awful. He's the color of spam.
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Giffen, every time I see that cover I'm reminded of the ONLY time The Trapper was soundly defeated.
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or you can do the confusion 'til your head falls off
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quote:Originally posted by Set: And, while it's hardly Giffen's fault, wow, that coloring is awful. He's the color of spam.
There's a Python joke in there somewhere. I'm sure of it...
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Giffen's Mon has just woken from a 5 year death sleep. He's off to find Shady and then destroy the Time Trapper and all of his reality, including himself. That was some sacrifice. He looks just Sheriff Matt Dillion about to lay his life down for the good of the town and honor and justice. sigh
Lee's Lar is adorable.
But Giffen's IS Mon-El. (Well, and Matt Dil-lion, of course.) Um, I vote for Giffen, just to be clear, there.
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