John Byrne and Gail Simone on Action Comics

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See Newsarama for interviewage where Byrne says, in regards to working on three monthly titles:

“For me that's not a heavy workload,” Byrne said. “That's about normal. Without any effort I have usually done three pages of full pencils per day."

Uh, yeah, we noticed.

― Huk-L, Wednesday, 22 December 2004 20:23 (twenty years ago)

He might do better w/ another inker, though, and the inker they have on board (Nelson DeCastro) might be the right guy to soften Byrne's brusque edges. Also, I think he's only penciling on these 3 books.

Suffice it to say that I am torn between the good of this story (Ms. Simone) & the not-so-good (take a guess).

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 20:38 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, if Byrne has a good inker, he's okay. And it's not like I'm gonna read a Superman comic anyway, so what do I care?

― Huk-L, Wednesday, 22 December 2004 20:56 (twenty years ago)

Whoops - he's penciling & writing 1, penciling & plotting a 2nd, and only penciling a 3rd.

Huk-L, your name DEMANDS you show some love to Le Boy Scout!

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 21:31 (twenty years ago)

It's really amazing how much Byrne has destroyed any of the good will that comics fans used to have for him.

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Thursday, 23 December 2004 15:24 (twenty years ago)

I imagine he'd get a free pass on most of his curmudgeonly misanthropic shenanigans if his art (& writing) didn't take a nosedive after Next Men (or whenever you want to set your break point). If I never see him use a trapezoidal panel-shape again, it'll be too soon for 50 lifetimes.

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 23 December 2004 15:29 (twenty years ago)

Well, yeah. Um, actually, I prefer Jor-El to Kal-El. No, I dig Superman, but mostly in theory rather than practice. At this point I'm more likely to buy a Superman solo book than a Batman solo book, so there.
(But he's no Green Arrow)

― Huk-L, Thursday, 23 December 2004 16:58 (twenty years ago)

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