Poison Ivy "Women of the DCU" Bust Review

[JM28Cardiff]

Originally Posted by Jesse321

Hence the reason he shouldn't be working in comics!

Well, he only does the covers!

[carrillj]

Originally Posted by JM28Cardiff

Of course thats what the line is trying to do, Adam Hughes is a pin up artist

D'oh! I didn't know that.

I still don't like the bust.

[Jesse321]

Originally Posted by JM28Cardiff

Well, he only does the covers!

Doing comicbook covers is still "working in comics" which he shouldn't be ... IMO.

[JM28Cardiff]

Originally Posted by Jesse321

Doing comicbook covers is still "working in comics" which he shouldn't be ... IMO.

Now this is opening a whole other can of worms! Hes a very good artist, perhaps a narrow focus (busty women) and goes in for a lot of photoshop jiggery pokery, but I have an old mag (David Anthony Krafts Comics Interview) all about AH, and there are some great sketches in there. Also liked some of the Who's Who in the DC universe images he did-such as Fire and Ice (I forget which comic series they are from)

[JM28Cardiff]

Also want to say that the "pin up" has quite a long history with some great artists just doing single images of sexy women, I personally love it!

[Jesse321]

Originally Posted by JM28Cardiff

Also want to say that the "pin up" has quite a long history with some great artists just doing single images of sexy women, I personally love it!

I didn't say that there was anything wrong with it, just that it's not suited for comics because of it's single-mindedness.

Originally Posted by JM28Cardiff

Hes a very good artist, perhaps a narrow focus (busty women) and goes in for a lot of photoshop jiggery pokery, but I have an old mag (David Anthony Krafts Comics Interview) all about AH, and there are some great sketches in there. Also liked some of the Who's Who in the DC universe images he did-such as Fire and Ice (I forget which comic series they are from)

Thank you .. you just made my opint in your own words.

Frie and Ice were members of the JLA.

[JM28Cardiff]

I dont know, for covers it has its place, for comics like Tomb Raider, a pin up type shot of Lara works fine. Woudnt suit every comic of course.

[Jesse321]

Originally Posted by JM28Cardiff

I dont know, for covers it has its place, for comics like Tomb Raider, a pin up type shot of Lara works fine. Woudn't suit every comic of course.

Lara Kroft was created to be a Betty Paige pin up image type of character, so it does suit her style just fine.

My biggest greivance with Hughes is here is a man that obviously knows how to draw women (that cover for Power Girl of her flying on her back was INCREDIBLE) but he can't make Wonder Woman (who's unbelievably sexy) look sexy because he's too busy knocking down her chest armor to ridiculous lows in the hopes of making her more titilating, and it actually ends up having the reverse effect. I mean for God's sake, if they had put Lynda Carter in a costume like that her stuff would be falling out all over the place.

[bat_collector]

Regardless of what any one person thinks about Adam Hughes, he has his own fair amount of fans out there. Remember the cover to JSA classified made cover of the year! I think Jesse's hatred of the line is at least in SOME part derived of his dislike for Hughes.

Look, I reviewed the bust, pointed out its flaws, and in the end gave it a score. Its all based on my own subjectivity, and people around here know I'm pretty opinionated.

Thanks, though, for your feedback and for reading the review.

[JM28Cardiff]

Jesse, we have to agree on something before I sign off for the night. I like the following things, do you like any of these:

Bladerunner
Smallville
Alias
steak
chips (fries) covered in grated cheese and gravy (after several pints of lager!)
Steve Martin (pre 1990)

If you like any of those, then we do agree on something!