tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post7715517388821410093..comments2024-03-19T07:16:47.924-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Willingham Gamma World AdventurersJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-3031988130866567272011-05-22T15:52:51.176-04:002011-05-22T15:52:51.176-04:00Dee and Willingham were two of my favorites. Thie...Dee and Willingham were two of my favorites. Thier B%W line drawings were such an inspiration.By The Swordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16799389743529116360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-71961115670530746692011-05-22T10:02:40.265-04:002011-05-22T10:02:40.265-04:00I have mixed feelings about this.
I like the &quo...I have mixed feelings about this.<br /><br />I like the "savages who are entirely comfortable with super-science" feel. I like the fact that they make a good pair in several ways- PSH & mutant, fashion model & stone cold killer, white with grey gloves/grey with white gloves.<br /><br />But it drives me nuts that the PSH has his hand over the muzzle of his weapon! I know it's nitpicking, but I cannot even begin to say how much this bothers me.Russhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06818303172957630563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-30228751015295330132011-05-22T01:14:38.701-04:002011-05-22T01:14:38.701-04:00I'm surprised you mention Bill Willingham, bec...I'm surprised you mention Bill Willingham, because I just saw him today! He was the secret (i.e.; not previously announced) guest creator at the Minnesota Comic Book Association SpringCon.<br /><br />I thought it was cool to see him <i>because</i> he had done some old-school gaming art in addition to comics. But I can understand how comic book style art might not go with your picture of gaming.Will Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06379173017869751088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-12232741410520932602011-05-22T00:28:53.957-04:002011-05-22T00:28:53.957-04:00Interesting. My second favorite cover of a gaming ...Interesting. My second favorite cover of a gaming product (the first is the original Traveller box) was Willingham's cover for the otherwise uninteresting <i>Lands of Adventure</i> from FGU. It moves, I think, far from the "comic book-y-ness" of some of his other work, having a more melancholy, atmospheric tone. <a href="http://www.waynesbooks.com/images/graphics/landsofadventuresm.jpg" rel="nofollow">Image here.</a>faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-5363987059423620842011-05-22T00:10:49.585-04:002011-05-22T00:10:49.585-04:00You say these days, but was there a time when you ...<i>You say these days, but was there a time when you did?</i><br /><br>I don't think my stance on Dee and Willingham has changed all that much since I was a kid. I like some of their pieces a great deal (Dee's paladin from <i>The Rogues Gallery</i> remains a favorite of mine, for example), but, by and large, I never much liked a comic book style for <i>D&D</i> art. I'll admit that my opinion on this score has hardened as I got older, but I still prefer Tramp, DCS, and Sutherland to Dee and Willingham by a wide margin. I associate their artwork with the late Golden Age (which I sometimes call the Electrum Age), when <i>D&D</i> was first becoming a mass market phenomenon but before it became wholly decadent.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-67241056970450380122011-05-22T00:00:47.940-04:002011-05-22T00:00:47.940-04:00You say these days, but was there a time when you ...You say these days, but was there a time when you did? I mean both artists are equally just as old school as Tramp or Otus ever were back in the day. Maybe now the influx of comic-style art has become redundant but 30+ years ago it was a novel approach. Plus, they illustrated some great pieces:<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/3r9px6g<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/3ju5drl<br /><br />I couldn't imagine the golden age without them.crowkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03066821931343968827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-3886521086759618352011-05-21T23:00:37.066-04:002011-05-21T23:00:37.066-04:00I'm surprised that your not that big of a fan ...<i>I'm surprised that your not that big of a fan of Williams as well. To me, both he and Jeff Dee help bridge the gap to bring more comic book fans to embrace D&D.</i><br /><br>The funny thing is that it's precisely the "comic book-y-ness" of Willingham and Dee that usually breaks the frame for me. The buff physiques and painted on armor of these two artists' <i>D&D</i> illustrations simply don't jibe with my preferences these days.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-56803356524463630212011-05-21T22:17:10.909-04:002011-05-21T22:17:10.909-04:00I'm surprised that your not that big of a fan...I'm surprised that your not that big of a fan of Williams as well. To me, both he and Jeff Dee help bridge the gap to bring more comic book fans to embrace D&D. In fact,it was his depictions of the Drow that help convince this old X-Men fan to get into the Hobby when I was a wee lad.crowkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03066821931343968827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-18072844227453417832011-05-21T21:57:49.318-04:002011-05-21T21:57:49.318-04:00I love those guys! If you saw my illustration for ...I love those guys! If you saw my illustration for the "Time Displaced" article in Fight On! #10 you will notice an uncanny resemblance to these two...B. Portly Esq.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15481964118769949033noreply@blogger.com