Realism?

You know what really bugs me? Well to be honest a lot of things, but you're guaranteed to annoy me by saying comic art is too 'cartoony' or it should be more 'realistic'. You have a guy flying around in tights with a giant speech-bubble floating beside his head, kind of throws realism out the window don't you think?

What is it about 'suspension of disbelief' that allows you to believe a guy with a green ring and no imagination is the hero/patrol man for this sector of space BUT no he can't look anything less than an oil painting.

Speaking of which, Alex Ross; yeah the guy can paint (as long as his light source is from the left) but strip that away and he's not a great storyteller. Average at best. In my opinion the only remarkable aspect of his career is that he sold himself as a 'great painter' of comics rather than an 'average' penciller with average story telling ability.

Think that covers the rant for now. Nothing is too 'cartoony,' no style is preferable above others and painted art doesn't automatically make a comic 'amazing.'

Now I should really go and think about a follow up to that first blog and expanding on some of the points in it :\