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deejay New Member |
posted April 07, 2003 02:25 PM
 
Most Batfans would concede that Aparo is one of the definitive Bat artists. I loved his early stuff on Brave & Bold. Any chance of one or two volumes collecting his first twenty issues. The stories were pretty naf but the art is prime Aparo. Also will we ever be seeing his Aquaman stuff somewhere. Those Steve Skeates scripts were pretty freaky. And I know a lot of fans would love to see his Spectre and Phantom Stranger stuff reprinted. IP: Logged |
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Lightning + Chemicals Member |
posted April 07, 2003 02:46 PM
I also would be very enthusiastic about an Aparo archive -- what a great way to get some royalty payments to a loyal and dependable DC pro! His work WAS spectacular, and to a large degree taken for granted (the main theory would be that he worked the same style that Neal Adams pioneered). Where to jump into an Aparo run with an Archive would be the key question. I, too, associate him most closely with Brave & Bold. Unfortunately, the Batman B&B Archive would probably start from the beginning and get to Aparo after several volumes. The story is the same with Silver Age Aquaman and that starting point has already been established. The temptation would be to start the Phantom Stranger from the 50's, again delaying any Aparo art. The best bet might be a Silver Age Spectre that would capture his Adventure Comics run. I remember those stories as being pretty scary and violent compared to everything else DC was publishing at the time.... IP: Logged |
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casselmm47 Member |
posted April 07, 2003 02:50 PM
Although the 'Wrath of the SPectre' mini collected the Adventure/Spectre run, has it been put in TPB form yet? That's would make an awesome collection! Cass IP: Logged |
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Aparofan New Member |
posted April 07, 2003 02:52 PM
As my user name states, I am a huge Jim Aparo fan. I would love to see any of his great work in archive format. The easiest ones to do would probably be the Spectre or Phantom Stranger runs because they weren't as extensive as his Brave And Bold run. IP: Logged |
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deejay New Member |
posted April 07, 2003 03:05 PM
Well let's do it then. My vote is for a Phantom Stranger/Spectre volume ASAP. IP: Logged |
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Unknown Question Member |
posted April 07, 2003 03:21 PM
Some Aparo please  IP: Logged |
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jk4w Member |
posted April 07, 2003 03:21 PM
The Aparo Aquaman stuff in Adventure was great stuff,Major things happened in those books.Id jump on that in a minute as well as any other collected Aparo books. Long Live Aparo ! ------------------ IP: Logged |
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deejay New Member |
posted April 07, 2003 03:35 PM
I'm sick of waiting, let's storm DC and demand a Jim Aparo hardcover tonight! We have the power! IP: Logged |
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Steve Jenner New Member |
posted April 07, 2003 05:03 PM
quote: Yes, yes, a thousand times yes! These were two of my favorite runs when I was a kid, especially the Spectre. IP: Logged |
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doesitmatter Member |
posted April 07, 2003 05:54 PM
How much Aparo stuff is there? He was pretty high profile up until the 90's. KnightFall was the last I remember his Batman but he was a HUGE post-Crisis bat artist as well as 70's. It's like saying let's do a John Byrne Marvel HC. There's so much that's so good where do you start? Iron Fist? X-Men? Avengers? FF? It's too mammoth for me to think about. IP: Logged |
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NecessaryImpurity Member |
posted April 07, 2003 07:06 PM
If you want to get Aparo in a Volume 1, your only real candidate is "Batman and the Outsiders Archives, Vol. 1". On all other series, we have to wait for the earlier, non-Aparo, stuff to get printed first. That could take a decade or more. Your better bet might be to looby DC to produce a companion series to "Batman: Illustrated By Neal Adams". Anyone up for "Batman: Illustrated by Jim Aparo"? OSunds pretty tasty to me! IP: Logged |
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Osgood Peabody Member |
posted April 07, 2003 07:22 PM
You've got his Charlton work also, but I'm not sure any of that would be on the Archive "A" List - Nightshade, The Phantom, etc. The most promising candidates would appear to be either Phantom Stranger vol. 2 or Silver Age Spectre vol. 2, which we'd probably see before Aquaman vol. 8 or Brave & the Bold vol. 5. IP: Logged |
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Old Dude Member |
posted April 07, 2003 07:25 PM
quote: Man, Aparo did nearly all the Outsiders original series, years and years of B&B, his Batman and Aquaman runs, those Spectre stories, some Deadman, Pantom Stranger... what else? IP: Logged |
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Unknown Question Member |
posted April 07, 2003 08:02 PM
Green Arrow....
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Silver Age Adam Member |
posted April 07, 2003 09:01 PM
Gents, is Jim Aparo still alive? Just curious. ------------------ I INVITE YOU TO SUPPORT OPERATION EMERALD STORM!! Send your extra comic books to the families of our troops fighting in the Persian Gulf!! Emerald Storm c/o IP: Logged |
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Aparofan New Member |
posted April 07, 2003 10:38 PM
He is still alive and kicking. I met him at a con last year and he was very nice and gracious. I even got him to do a little Batman head sketch in my sketchbook. It was great hearing him talk about the old days at DC. IP: Logged |
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daytripper Member |
posted April 08, 2003 06:17 PM
I'm not sure how much of Jim's Batman work I want to see, but that's just because there is other work of his I'd like to see first. Such as his work on Nightshade, the Phantom, and especially his work on Wander. And, what was the name of that barbarian/swordsman strip he drew? Some of his work, not much of it, has been reprinted by Roger Broughton and ACG (now Charlton, although the name change to Charlton seems to have made no difference in the ability of Broughton to get his books out on any kind of schedule.) ------------------ IP: Logged |
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James Friel Member |
posted April 08, 2003 06:30 PM
You're probably thinking of Thane of Bagarth, which was the backup feature in Hercules Unbound (not a bad strip in itself, drawn by Sam Glanzman). IP: Logged |
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Wellington Member |
posted April 08, 2003 06:59 PM
I'd definitely buy an Aparo-themed tpb or archive series. Too bad that DC didn't follow up on their "The Art of..." series. A collection of Walt Simonson's non-Manhunter DC work came out in the late 1980s/early 1990s, but no volumes featuring other artists followed. Aparo, with the variety of not-incredibly-popular characters he worked on in addition to Batman, would be a great fit. For me, Jim Aparo is the definitive Batman artist. He (or someone with a very similar style) was on the books the first time I read my older brothers' comics, and he was on the books in 1989 when the Batman movie started me collecting DC Comics in addition to the Marvels that I'd been reading. IP: Logged |
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James Friel Member |
posted April 08, 2003 07:05 PM
The Art of Walter Simonson book didn't sell well, and no wonder at the price they put on it. Unfortunately, the conclusion drawn is that artist-themed books won't sell. Hell, no other trade paperbacks were selling ten years ago for twenty bucks either! One of the few things I think DC is foolish about is their tendency to occasionally put an overpriced product out there and then draw a broad conclusion about that category of book's saleability from its failure. They did it with this book, and with the Hawkman trade paperback, and with the first (and only) Sandman Mystery Theater trade. IP: Logged |
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CMCINTYRE3600 Member |
posted April 09, 2003 11:41 AM
quote: You see, it was the Batman movie that got me into comics at the time,a nd I remember Aparo and Breyfogle both drawing him, and for some reason, while I still love anything and everything he draws, Aparo's work never really struck me. I don't like his faces or his anatomy or his movements. It just gets under my skin. But I'll buy just about anything Breyfogle draws, and I'm really not usually an art centric comic reader. IP: Logged |
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DaBubba Member |
posted April 09, 2003 12:35 PM
quote: Aparo's later work is looser and more "cartoony" than his earlier stuff. If you haven't seen them, you should check out his Spectre and Aquaman runs, plus B+B circa 100-120. Sweet looking stuff, IMO! I much prefer it to his later work (although I like that a great deal, too.) IP: Logged |
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dcexplosion78 Member |
posted April 10, 2003 08:17 PM
quote: His earlier stuff is much sharper, probably because he inked himself. IP: Logged |
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deejay New Member |
posted April 11, 2003 07:34 AM
When I started this link suggesting an Aparo archive I was referring implicitly to his early work for DC. I think he lost his magic in the late 70s at the latest. What I would like to see compiled is: Spectre from Adventure Comics; Aquaman with Steve Skeates; and his first 20 Brave & Bolds. That's the cream of the crop IMHO. IP: Logged |
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datalore Member |
posted April 11, 2003 08:29 AM
I Loved his Aquaman (both in his own book and the Adventure run), his Spectre, Phantom Stranger, B&Bs, etc. So, I'm all for this! ------------------ IP: Logged |
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