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Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Gary Frank Action Comics #858

Gary Frank Art from Action Comics #858 Dec 2007

GARY FRANK ACTION COMICS
Gary Frank has been drawing the last several issues of Action Comics. His meticulous illustrative style is fascinating, beautiful stuff to look at. Action Comics has had a nice melange of talents recently drawing the book, and Frank's is the new face visualizing the perennial DC Comics star. There's sometimes a bit of a "freeze-dried" look to Frank's realistic style, but that's a problem that plagues many a page of comics' 'realism', where perfection of form and anatomy seems to knock out whatever liveliness should be in the art.

But Frank is thorough and steady in page after page, and I hope he hangs in there for a good long run. Notice how controlled and effective his crosshatching is.

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