/co/ - Paul Smith is a far better X-Men artist than Cockr - Comics & Cartoons

Anonymous

10/27/25(Mon)02:27:00 No.151013155

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Anonymous 10/27/25(Mon)02:27:00 No.151013155 Archived

Paul Smith is a far better X-Men artist than Cockrum or Byrne.

Anonymous
10/27/25(Mon)02:57:21 No.151013316

Anonymous 10/27/25(Mon)02:57:21 No.151013316

>>151013155
He was
You'll notice on X he only posts old art of his
But God he was great

Anonymous
10/27/25(Mon)03:31:39 No.151013514

Anonymous 10/27/25(Mon)03:31:39 No.151013514

>>151013155
and?

Anonymous
10/27/25(Mon)03:35:28 No.151013540

Anonymous 10/27/25(Mon)03:35:28 No.151013540

>>151013155
"nigger" - kitty pryde

Anonymous
10/27/25(Mon)04:34:10 No.151013780

Anonymous 10/27/25(Mon)04:34:10 No.151013780

I'm the only one that prefer Adams run than early Claremont?
After some point the run become better but is also so fetish ridden that is hilarious to read.
Also is the only one that try to act like Xavier is a cool dad and is funny

Anonymous
10/27/25(Mon)04:55:33 No.151013878

Anonymous 10/27/25(Mon)04:55:33 No.151013878

90s Jim Lee was the best X-Men artist

Anonymous
10/27/25(Mon)09:06:10 No.151014868

Anonymous 10/27/25(Mon)09:06:10 No.151014868

>>151013316
but what he is doing now days?

Anonymous
10/27/25(Mon)09:15:32 No.151014937

Anonymous 10/27/25(Mon)09:15:32 No.151014937

>>151013155
Itchy's a jerk

Anonymous
10/27/25(Mon)10:49:04 No.151015691

Anonymous 10/27/25(Mon)10:49:04 No.151015691

>>151013780
Writing wise it's about the same, but Adams gives his run the edge.
>>151013878
Smith was still better.

Anonymous
10/27/25(Mon)11:07:21 No.151015899

Anonymous 10/27/25(Mon)11:07:21 No.151015899

>>151013155
Kek I have that jacket

Anonymous
10/27/25(Mon)11:07:42 No.151015902

Anonymous 10/27/25(Mon)11:07:42 No.151015902

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>>151013780
I really hated this status quo. besides just being a dumb contrivance it lead to a ton more zany silver aged plots that had already gotten tiresome. also incidentally wasted most of jean's remaining runtime though obviously didn't plan that.

Anonymous
10/27/25(Mon)11:08:03 No.151015906

Anonymous 10/27/25(Mon)11:08:03 No.151015906

>>151013155
Amazing what an impact he had when he didn’t even last a year on the book.

John Romita Jr., Smith’s replacement, lasted much longer but no one really thinks of him as a defining X-Men artist, because the look of his run was very much influenced by (probably thanks to the inker) the clean, cartoony Smith look

Anonymous
10/27/25(Mon)12:53:42 No.151017002

Anonymous 10/27/25(Mon)12:53:42 No.151017002

>>151015899
Post titties?

Anonymous
10/27/25(Mon)12:59:26 No.151017068

Anonymous 10/27/25(Mon)12:59:26 No.151017068

>>151013780
I really wish Adams got to do more before the book went to reprint hell

Anonymous
10/27/25(Mon)13:06:03 No.151017147

Anonymous 10/27/25(Mon)13:06:03 No.151017147

>>151013155
I ran a panel with Claremont and mentioned how I came into X-Men in the Paul Smith run and he got unusually quiet (the man loves to talk). "I had a 5 year plan with Paul Smith." he said sullenly and he's really not one to praise his artists.

Personally I loved his art and wish he had done more.

Anonymous
10/27/25(Mon)13:14:57 No.151017273

Anonymous 10/27/25(Mon)13:14:57 No.151017273

>>151015906
It's because Smith was noticeably better.

Anonymous
10/27/25(Mon)13:20:22 No.151017362

Anonymous 10/27/25(Mon)13:20:22 No.151017362

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>>151017147
When I read # 170 I thought the silent bits were a real tribute from Claremont to Smith. This is the guy who (from his own love of words, the Shooter mandates to explain everything, and sometimes lack of clarity in the art) is famous for writing novels over the art, and Smith gives him some sequences that are so clear they don't need words at all.