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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN num: 9781582408392
ISBN number: 1582408394
Label: Image Comics
Manufacturer: Image Comics
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 160
Printing Date: November 21, 2007
Publishing house: Image Comics
Sale Popularity Level: 409086
Studio: Image Comics
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Ask anyone who knows the medium, and that person will say Greg Capullo is the 'comic artist's artist!' This collection features many never before seen pieces and a behind the scenes tutorial. This stunning collection of drawings and paintings finally removes the text and logos from all the covers, and lets you take a good long look at the art itself. A must for any Spawn or comic art fan.
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My only complain is the quality of the glue holding it together. You have to turn pages very carefully if don't want to damage the book. I think Greg's art deserves something better. I do realize that this is economy paperback soft cover edition but still I think it could be done way better. As for the content the print quality is very good, and the artworks show the evolution of Greg Capullo as an artist. There's also his commentary for several images plus a fully illustrated step by step tutorial covering how to create your own piece of art. To sum up, book is worth the price even it's not a perfect edition.
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My sentiments about this book pretty much reflect everyone else's. The art in the book is amazing as you'd expect as anyone familar with the spawn art will most likely attest to. The wide majority of this book contains Greg's current, less traditional digital painted artwork, which in its own right is great. Greg's style has definantly evolved into a distinctive and bold one. But I would've definantly liked a more comphrehensive collection of Greg's earlier, more comic book oriented artwork.
But for what its worth the book is about great art and you get it in spades. The section in the back of the book has a variety of sketches and the subject matter is what you'd expect from the Spawn artist, and the breakdown of his digital painting process is a nice addition. Overall this is a visually compelling collection of a great art, albeit far from a full library. A nice addition to anybodys collection that enjoys Spawn comics, great "dark" art, or Greg Capullo.
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First off, I will say that this review is rather biased, as I've been a longtime fan of Greg's. Having said that, I am very happy that there is such a book that displays his work. It's mostly art that was unpublished or rare, but it's still a treat to see more of his work post-Spawn. It focuses mostly on his Painter/Photoshop digital work, but it's still fun to see him evolving. There is also a section dedicated to character sketches, most of which are grotesque and violent, and a section that shows you how he creates one of these pieces (with his explanations, which I found brief, yet helpful). You know what to expect from Greg at this point, so get the book. It's not the most comprehensive volume of his artwork, but a great addition to anyone's collection. I'm pretty sure a lot of pro's out there own this book. You'll find yourself going back to it more than once. I know I did. Nuff said.
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As a big fan of comic book art I always love to see comic artists get their just do recognition as fine artists with collections of their art. Greg Capullo has impressed me for a long, long time with his amazing covers for Spawn at Image Comics. Image has now released The Art of Greg Capullo, showcasing his amazing talent. The book displays many of those great Spawn covers but also includes a fair amount of previously unpublished artwork. The unreleased material was never seen because Capullo had deemed it "not good enough for print." There's a lot of artists who would kill to be able to draw as well as Capullo's "unfit" material! His painted covers for Spawn show just how much he has matured as a fine artist from his more traditional art work. He's shown exquisite skill in mastering lighting and shading techniques which is evident in the painted cover section.
A great example is his painting of Twitch of Sam & Twitch fame in a painting called "Glint of Steel." Here we see Twitch in heavy shadows, with only a fraction of his profile, and his handgun showing. It's remarkable sublte and yet bold at the same time. In fact, I think I may be even more impressed with his Sam & Twitch paintings than his Spawn pieces. With Spawn, he can let his imagination run wild in Spawn's nightmare world but Sam & Twitch are rooted in reality and thus Capullo makes these two cops bigger than life with his unique renderings. Another great piece is the cover to Casefiles # 15, as Twitch's gun looks like it extends for about five feet with Capullo's uniquely andgled perspective. There's a selction of earlier Spwan covers done in traditional comic art style and the book concludes with Capullo taking readers through his step-by-step process for his paintings, starting with a rough sketch which is scanning into Painter. Capullo then proceeds to work in layers with the digital program until is is complete. It's a great hands-on instruction for younger readers. Terrific book!
REVIEWED BY TIM JANSON
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I am a huge Greg Capullo fan and I have missed seeing his work regularly so I was very excited to get this book. The book has nice production values and does feature some wonderful work from a fantastic artist but I feel it didn't quite capture the scope of Capullo's talent.
For my taste, the book gives too much space to Greg's recent digital paintings and not enough attention to his pencil work and traditional comic book art. There is not one single sequential page from any of Greg's large body of comics work reproduced in this book. Also, covers are re-produced simply with text removed and occasional small thumbnails of the original pencils. Those original pencils should be full page and shown alongside the finished published cover! I think the lack of comics work featured here is a great error considering much of Greg's career has been built on his incredible interior page work on Spawn and other titles. To see Greg's original pencils, or even inked versions, would have been a great thing and certainly fitting in a book titled The Art of Greg Capullo.
I am not saying Capullo's recent painted work is not good, it is, but I don't think it has the same energy and appeal of his traditional covers and pages.
There is a very cool sketch section at the end that features some great pencil and ink drawings, though some of it is a bit disturbing and probably wouldn't be great for kids to be looking at.
Overall, Capullo is an amazing artist, no doubt, so having a nice collection of his work is well worth it. I'm just stating my personal opinion as a long-time fan of Greg's work that this book didn't cover enough of what makes him so great. I hope they do more volumes collecting his work in the future or someone puts together a sketchbook featuring his original pencils for covers and pages, that's what I want to see more of. Also, I can't wait for Spawn/Batman, Greg's return to sequential art!
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