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Originally Posted by Mepaphoros
Alex Ross? He's never been known as a Hulk artist. I sure hope there is a 70s Hulk look with long hair. Kirby Hulk is not what I'm looking for.
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Originally Posted by majestic1
Yeah Ross seems a strange choice indeed, this info isn't offically confirmed by LBS but this was posted by someone on the LBS FB group page who claims they have seen the statue and it wasn't disputed by the owner.
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Aside from the Immortal Hulk covers, both LBS Captain America and Thor have always had a very Alex Ross-like feel to them for me. Like they could have used the same models that Ross typically uses, and then idealized that reference in a similar way that Ross usually does. The museum poses (and dialed down, stoic expressions) play into it too.
It goes beyond just getting a sense of realism to the portrait. There is still stylization there, it's just in a much more subtle form.
It's interesting that they separate Ross from their own interpretation. I'd expected the Ross-ian one would have been
their interpretation, with a classic, neanderthal browed Kirby being an obvious alternative.
I would have loved to have seen Sal Buscema and the 70's era represented. That's the era I grew up reading and it's the one I'm most nostalgic for. Like a Romita-style Spidey, there's unfortunately little interest there from the demographics that are these companies bread and butter.
After Ross and Kirby, the most obvious spot to fill would be having a wide mouth open rage Hulk. And it sounds like that's exactly what they did.
