wolvie for the win.

and come on

who can beat Venom? seriously

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and oh the xchicks are hot. kitty pryde movie version ftw lol

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it wouldn't really matter to me who i work for..marvel or dc.

as long as the art you put out is eye catching then you'll get recognized by dc fans as well as marvel fans...and image fans..udon fans etc..

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I dunno. marvel is great and all and they do hold the number one greatest comic franchise ever (in my opinion) spider-man! but I think I'd try to get into DC they're more solid and attached to the real world and I really like that. have fun not carin about my opinion XP

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Well, Hugh, I reckon it all has to do with which company's characters most excited you as a kid. Marvel's art wasn't necessarily more 'cartoony' in style than DC's was. Back in the day Marvel boasted the realistic style of the late, great John Buscema, while DC obtained and published Shazam, and Plastic Man. Both companies published work by the King, Jack Kirby, Gil Kane, and the ultra-realistic Neal Adams.
Nowadays, due to the renewed popularity of Japanese manga and anime, a cartoony influence can more readily be seen in the art published by either company.

On the face of it, all superhero comic book characters have themes that are interchangeable, and it falls to the creative teams to properly mine their potential to suit the fandom. But growing up, Marvel always did seem to have the fun characters. And though DC's line-up was more staid, they were also more iconic. They still are to this day, and Alex Ross is one of the best contemporary examples of an artist who understands this.

A semi-serviceable comparison might be the Disney and Warner Bros studios. They both look great on a resumé, but Disney still carries with it a higher esteem. Conversely, although Disney's characters are the iconic ones, known and beloved the world over, most male artists feel it's cooler to work on Looney Tunes characters. They have more spicy flavor, and are more visually interesting. Similarly, being published by Marvel Comics still carries with it more cachet than any other publisher. It's optimum if you work on a flagship title and character at either company. But you'll still get more resale out of X-Men, or Spider-Man page art than, say, Green Lantern, The Flash, or even Superman.

Gone are the days when an artist was expected to spend an entire career at one company. There are plusses and minuses with this, as with everything. Fandom benefits the most from this, as it should be.

As for tone, I think you can do the best "dark" stories with The Batman. But, outside of the Vertigo line, he's basically the only DC character that's so consistently and effectively grim, and this wasn't ALWAYS so. On the other hand, Marvel has a passel of gritty, realistic and dark characters, including Luke Cage, Wolverine, The Punisher, Daredevil, etc., and they were always dark (no pun intended with regard to Luke Cage. LOL!).

And you'd be surprised at how rigid Marvel actually is in dealing with professional freelancers, and their ability to be freely creative. Bottom line, it's not so easy to use blanket statements or evaluations when describing the industry's inner workings, or their similarities and differences.

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dc is still stuck in the cape age... where alot of the newer heroes have capes..and for a serious comic company like them ... it dont seem right for alot of their comics... what they need is new art to go with some kick ass story i believe... my first choice was dark horse .... i used to draw alot of manga before my psuedo realism comic art

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Pardon me, but 'attached to the real world?'

Spider-Man's stories are set in New York City.
Batman lives in Gotham.

Which of these towns are you gonna find on a map?



I'm just sayin'.

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If you throw a bomb into a room full of the main DC characters all of them will survive. You can't say the same thing about Marvel.

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Yeah, to be totally honest I would much rather prefer artists such as the awesome Alex Ross, Kingdom come just would'nt have been that beautiful and none can do DC covers like Adam Hughes. Its artists like them that keep me comin back to DC comics but I still maintain that Marvel does have a tad more flavour, particularly in their roster of heroes. So just to sorta reiterate what you said, even though Superman is by far the more iconic superhero, Spiderman is still cooler lol

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