Comments on: Further Responses to Joe Simon’s Open Letter to Marvel http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/1432 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:49:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Harry http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/1432/comment-page-1#comment-8758 Harry Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:01:30 +0000 http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/?p=1432#comment-8758 As I wrote recently I am no longer buying Masterwork volumes. The only chance I had to examine the Cap #2 Masterworks was over Joe's place and even then it was a brief look. My impression is that it was very much like the first volume. Considering the results of comparing past Masterworks with the original comics, I am dubious on how accurate the line art is. Frankly Joe does not look at the art of these volumes (or any other) that closely. He mainly judges the books by the quality of the printing, the paper, the colors and the overall look. Not on how accurately the original art was restored. I have always resisted the temptation to show him a comparison of some of the recreations done on his own art. Harry As I wrote recently I am no longer buying Masterwork volumes. The only chance I had to examine the Cap #2 Masterworks was over Joe’s place and even then it was a brief look. My impression is that it was very much like the first volume. Considering the results of comparing past Masterworks with the original comics, I am dubious on how accurate the line art is.

Frankly Joe does not look at the art of these volumes (or any other) that closely. He mainly judges the books by the quality of the printing, the paper, the colors and the overall look. Not on how accurately the original art was restored. I have always resisted the temptation to show him a comparison of some of the recreations done on his own art.

Harry

]]> By: pat ford http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/1432/comment-page-1#comment-8757 pat ford Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:45:15 +0000 http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/?p=1432#comment-8757 Harry, Based on what i've read on your excellent blog, I think we see pretty much eye to eye on Golden Age reprints, and how they should be done. Joe says that the new Golden Age Captain America vol. is something to be proud of. I haven't seen it, but find this very difficult to belive. What is your own opinion of the reproduction quality of thisa book. Please keep in mind I'm looking very closely at line weight. Pat Ford Harry, Based on what i’ve read on your excellent blog, I think we see pretty much eye to eye on Golden Age reprints, and how they should be done. Joe says that the new Golden Age Captain America vol. is something to be proud of. I haven’t seen it, but find this very difficult to belive. What is your own opinion of the reproduction quality of thisa book. Please keep in mind I’m looking very closely at line weight. Pat Ford

]]> By: Gerard Jones http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/1432/comment-page-1#comment-8755 Gerard Jones Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:07:44 +0000 http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/?p=1432#comment-8755 Hello Joe: Thanks very much for the quick response. I should have been clearer--my efforts to contact you, through your son Jim, were during the research for my book, Men of Tomorrow, back in 2002 and 2003. I think that may have been during your litigation with Marvel and not a time you could talk about any of this. The Masterworks intro was basically a reworking of parts of that book. Since the book came out four years ago and no one ever disputed that part of it, I'm afraid I moved that into the "I guess I got that part right" category in my brain. You're right, though, I would have done better to try again to check into all this. I apologize for that. I will be writing more on the subject, including (I hope) another revision of Men of Tomorrow. I'd love to talk to you further about this and try to get the record straight. My best to you and my thanks for everything you'd contributed to comics. Gerry Jones Hello Joe:

Thanks very much for the quick response. I should have been clearer–my efforts to contact you, through your son Jim, were during the research for my book, Men of Tomorrow, back in 2002 and 2003. I think that may have been during your litigation with Marvel and not a time you could talk about any of this. The Masterworks intro was basically a reworking of parts of that book. Since the book came out four years ago and no one ever disputed that part of it, I’m afraid I moved that into the “I guess I got that part right” category in my brain.

You’re right, though, I would have done better to try again to check into all this. I apologize for that. I will be writing more on the subject, including (I hope) another revision of Men of Tomorrow. I’d love to talk to you further about this and try to get the record straight.

My best to you and my thanks for everything you’d contributed to comics.

Gerry Jones

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