News Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:29:05 CST Vu

CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #7 (Oct 1985)

Crisis Made a Hot Girl Ugly
Posted by Joe Rice, Tuesday, December 12th, 2006 2:20 PM

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Lastly, I'd like to talk about the art. Now, I realize that George Perez has his fans. I may not care for his art, but I do see that. But from what I can tell, his popularity is based on the fact that he draws a lot of details. Take Neal Adams (please!), add a lot more little lines all over the place, remove the distinction between background and foreground, and instill the worst design sense possible and BOOM you've got yourself a Perez. All those lines! Liefeld puts them in too, but it's acceptable to make fun of him on the internet. But George Perez is like unto a god! Have you ever looked at his art in black and white? It looks like a combination of a really hard maze in a coloring book and spaghetti. Very little is distinguishable. I will admit that the best part of Crisis (other than the two emotional punches of Supergirl's and Flash's deaths) is the art. I would add, however, that's akin to saying was the best part of being beaten up by a professional football team was they didn't use their elbows very much.