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Summary: Better then Mutants, Monsters, and Marvels DVD.....
Review: I actually like this film. It showed Stan and John doing what they did best, the writing and drawing of comics. It's also something of a lost art form because then, the writers and artists at Marvel worked hard to get the books out on time. The rat pack kids who work there now do not bother. They do not know the meaning of "hard work."
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Summary: Better then Mutants, Monsters, and Marvels DVD.....
Review: I actually like this film. It showed Stan and John doing what they did best, the writing and drawing of comics. It's also something of a lost art form because then, the writers and artists at Marvel worked hard to get the books out on time. The rat pack kids who work there now do not bother. They do not know the meaning of "hard work."
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Summary: Two of the men who made the Marvel Age of Comics....
Review: I am a bit sentimental when it comes to the great artists and writers of the Silver Age. It's great that a few films do exist where you see them working on the craft that they enjoyed all their lives. Stan and John were great friends and they enjoyed working together, and as long as this film continues to exist, we can see them working and talking with each other and see how any and every idea for a story that they had, they put on paper.Buy it for that.
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Summary: A very detailed video....for 60 minutes...
Review: I have the version from 1988, and with the little time that Stan Lee and John Buscema, they did a yeoman's job detailing the basics in artistry while going into the details of actual Marvel comic book drawing. A must for any budding comic book artist!
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Summary: Simply a look at the science of their art.
Review: Sure, John Buscema and Stan Lee would be the obvious choices for a comic book team, but this DVD does not do them justice. When you pop it in, you feel ready to create a masterpiece, with pencil, paper, and of course, an eraser. A big one. This movie is simply OK. It is great to see them in action, but it simply states the measures, how many heads tall characters should be, etc. In the end, it feels like this was designed to teach people with degrees in both computer sciences, and art. There is no way a blossoming artist could even compare to these guys. On a final note, this book/movie is for the pros, but is fun to watch also.
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Summary: super dupa dvd
Review: this is great so much info and i became a better drawer in just 2 days ! WOW
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Summary: Smilin' Stan and Big John Comin' at ya!
Review: This was a fun tape for me, because I grew up reading these guy's comic books, and I bought the book version of How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way years ago. I mainly got the video so I could hear artist Buscema's voice (which is great; he sounds like a character from the Sopranos scolding you for not drawing right). But all they do is read the book word for word from a teleprompter while John pretends to draw over some photocopied enlargements from it's pages! He's literally making these theatrical "drawing" motions without touching the pencil to the paper, while writer Stan Lee pontificates in his endearingly overblown and gratingly nasal Brooklynese. It's great. The original book was just Buscema's comic book drawing course, to which Stan wrote some psuedo-hip "Marvel" patter as a way of marketing it to a wider audience, and this is undoudtedly another scheme to cash in a little more, which must have taken the old partners part of a whole day to do. In fairness, they do some things in video that are pretty good, like superimpose the rough drawing over the finished one to illustrate how it develops. These two are real American characters, and if you liked the book, and you read comics in the '60s, you'll probably get a kick out of this.
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Summary: Smilin' Stan and Big John Comin' at ya!
Review: This was a fun tape for me, because I grew up reading these guy's comic books, and I bought the book version of How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way years ago. I mainly got the video so I could hear artist Buscema's voice (which is great; he sounds like a character from the Sopranos scolding you for not drawing right). But all they do is read the book word for word from a teleprompter while John pretends to draw over some photocopied enlargements from it's pages! He's literally making these theatrical "drawing" motions without touching the pencil to the paper, while writer Stan Lee pontificates in his endearingly overblown and gratingly nasal Brooklynese. It's great. The original book was just Buscema's comic book drawing course, to which Stan wrote some psuedo-hip "Marvel" patter as a way of marketing it to a wider audience, and this is undoudtedly another scheme to cash in a little more, which must have taken the old partners part of a whole day to do. In fairness, they do some things in video that are pretty good, like superimpose the rough drawing over the finished one to illustrate how it develops. These two are real American characters, and if you liked the book, and you read comics in the '60s, you'll probably get a kick out of this.
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Summary: Expectations High, end product DATED and falls short.
Review: Watch out for what you 'think' you are buying and what you actually get. There is very little instruction on how to draw a picture from beginning to end that doesn't appear dated. All the artwork is done on a very simple format, the instructions show brief transitions. The main thing they stress is practice, practice, practice and of course, plug Marvel or "that's the Marvel way to draw." I've found some anime tutorials online which were more helpful. I was hoping to see how they sketch out a full sketch from beginning to end, however they transition from stick figure, to cylinder, to roughed image, to clothed position, then inked. There are a few spots where they show how to draw a face from the beginning to end starting with a 4box method. That wasn't bad, but the face and material just seemed very dated. If you wanted to draw a comic that looked like it was printed in 1988 then this would be a great reference. A few good tips on how to use a brush over a pen for inking. That was interesting. Over-all I was disappointed with the DVD and felt 1hr play time didn't really commit to my $.
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Summary: Stan and John Create Surface Tension
Review: When this d.v.d. first caught my eye, expectations were high and the price was low. However, when I finished viewing, the price was too much. Stan Lee and John Buscema are two of the greatest comic book creators that have ever lived, but this d.v.d. just isn't good enough to meet their standards. It offers much in the way of comic book jargon, but displays each element of the business very poorly. The main focus of this 'visual' video is a verbal instruction. There is a very limited amount of important hands-on drawing, barely even enough to teach a learning artist anything. I think that "How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way" could have been done a lot better and should offer a great deal more. Unless you are an avid comic book fan, I do not recommend purchasing this d.v.d. And, even if you are, I would give it some serious thought.
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