Comments on: WDA 17: “The School Is Silent” http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/02/23/wda-17-the-school-is-silent/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Sun, 26 May 2013 00:52:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Will http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/02/23/wda-17-the-school-is-silent/comment-page-1/#comment-721753 Will Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:00:20 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=31179#comment-721753 A lot of comic writers from the 70s and early 80s were very verbose. Pretty sure it's a combination of them a generation of writers who took comic books seriously and being frustrated novelists. A lot of comic writers from the 70s and early 80s were very verbose. Pretty sure it’s a combination of them a generation of writers who took comic books seriously and being frustrated novelists.

]]> By: Augie De Blieck Jr. http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/02/23/wda-17-the-school-is-silent/comment-page-1/#comment-721724 Augie De Blieck Jr. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:43:31 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=31179#comment-721724 Amen. You know what the most frustrating part of going back to reread the Claremont/Byrne era of "Uncanny" is? The issues that Orz didn't letter. Those feel 'heavier' somehow. Orz injected life into the comic with his lettering in a way that few other letterers every have been able to. John Workman is first to come to mind there. I love Todd Klein's work, too, but not in the same way... Amen.

You know what the most frustrating part of going back to reread the Claremont/Byrne era of “Uncanny” is? The issues that Orz didn’t letter. Those feel ‘heavier’ somehow.

Orz injected life into the comic with his lettering in a way that few other letterers every have been able to. John Workman is first to come to mind there. I love Todd Klein’s work, too, but not in the same way…

]]> By: ostrakos http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/02/23/wda-17-the-school-is-silent/comment-page-1/#comment-721720 ostrakos Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:08:58 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=31179#comment-721720 Jeremy hit the nail on the head. Jeremy hit the nail on the head.

]]> By: Shawn Kane http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/02/23/wda-17-the-school-is-silent/comment-page-1/#comment-721714 Shawn Kane Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:43:45 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=31179#comment-721714 I know he has his haters these days, but for fans of a certain age, Chris Claremont's run is the ONLY run of the X-Men that matters. I know he has his haters these days, but for fans of a certain age, Chris Claremont’s run is the ONLY run of the X-Men that matters.

]]> By: Jeremy http://blog.newsarama.com/2012/02/23/wda-17-the-school-is-silent/comment-page-1/#comment-721711 Jeremy Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:21:41 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=31179#comment-721711 Tom Orz is really the unsung hero of Claremont's Uncanny X-men run. For over ONE HUNDRED CONSECUTIVE ISSUES, he somehow managed to keep all of Claremont's verbose prose in check and make it entertaining to read. His sound effects were so playful. One of my favorite examples was the issue where Rogue goes FLYING thanks to the Juggernaut's slap, and you get that fun "OWOWOWOWOWOW" that follows her on the way up. http://i53.tinypic.com/9apij7.jpg Artists came and went on the series, but Tom Orz' lettering(AND Dan Green's wonderful inking!) kept the series feeling consistent over the course of its many year tenure. Tom Orz is really the unsung hero of Claremont’s Uncanny X-men run. For over ONE HUNDRED CONSECUTIVE ISSUES, he somehow managed to keep all of Claremont’s verbose prose in check and make it entertaining to read. His sound effects were so playful. One of my favorite examples was the issue where Rogue goes FLYING thanks to the Juggernaut’s slap, and you get that fun “OWOWOWOWOWOW” that follows her on the way up.

http://i53.tinypic.com/9apij7.jpg

Artists came and went on the series, but Tom Orz’ lettering(AND Dan Green’s wonderful inking!) kept the series feeling consistent over the course of its many year tenure.

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