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Ron Lim
Apr 26, 2009 17:29:20 GMT -5
Post by cyberstrike on Apr 26, 2009 17:29:20 GMT -5
Back in the 1990s it seemed Ron Lim was everywhere at Marvel. He was a comic book drawing machine ranging from Silver Surfer, The Thanos Quest, The Infinity Gauntlet, The Infinity War, The Infinity Crusade, X-Men 2099, Spider-Man Unlimited, Nightwatch, Dragon Lines, and Dragon Lines II just to name a few.
Ron Lim seems to have been a very fast artist and that may have been his major problem, when he took his time on title like The Thanos Quest he's a spectular artist or if it's a project that he cared about like Dragon Lines and it's sequal. Because of his speed he never seemed to get his bearing on a title and after a while he would be asked to fill in or help out on another title and get stuck drawing that.
In some ways Lim is like the good solid artists of the old Marvel Bullpin (like Don Perlin), but often over shadowed by the "hot" artists of the month. that could be counted on getting a book out on time much or if he did guest artist stint, that while you perfered the regular artist his art was good enough that you didn't mind that much.
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Ron Lim
Apr 26, 2009 20:48:10 GMT -5
Post by G on Apr 26, 2009 20:48:10 GMT -5
Good thread pick! Thanks! ;D
For a long time I actually liked Ron Lim. He had a style all his own which was loose enough to draw figures in any position yet tight enough to have a good amount of detail. He seemed a bit like a modern version of Sal Buscema. Classic style with a taste of the modern talent. I thought he shined on Silver Surfer and Infinity Gauntlet. It seemed cosmic characters was his bag. But then he seemed like he was overexposed and his work didn't seem as hot as it once was. It wasn't like he got any worse. It just got to where it didn't seem like it was as enjoyable to look at as it was when you 1st started noticing him. It seemed like after 4 years or so, he was kind of played out. Now I kind of wonder what he's doing now? I cannot remember the last work I seen him do. I think he's someone you wouldn't mind seeing from time to time just as long as you don't see him all the time. I think if he really put his mind to it, he could probably do some rather outstanding work. I always liked his work when I didn't get burned out on it.
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Ron Lim
Apr 27, 2009 10:17:34 GMT -5
Post by cyberstrike on Apr 27, 2009 10:17:34 GMT -5
Good thread pick! Thanks! ;D For a long time I actually liked Ron Lim. He had a style all his own which was loose enough to draw figures in any position yet tight enough to have a good amount of detail. He seemed a bit like a modern version of Sal Buscema. Classic style with a taste of the modern talent. I thought he shined on Silver Surfer and Infinity Gauntlet. It seemed cosmic characters was his bag. But then he seemed like he was overexposed and his work didn't seem as hot as it once was. It wasn't like he got any worse. It just got to where it didn't seem like it was as enjoyable to look at as it was when you 1st started noticing him. It seemed like after 4 years or so, he was kind of played out. Now I kind of wonder what he's doing now? I cannot remember the last work I seen him do. I think he's someone you wouldn't mind seeing from time to time just as long as you don't see him all the time. I think if he really put his mind to it, he could probably do some rather outstanding work. I always liked his work when I didn't get burned out on it. He seems to have slowed a quite a bit but there are at least 3 titles he did do in last few years: I think he did Metallix at Future Comics. He did Mystery in Space at DC re-teaming with Jim Starlin. He took the art chores over the Atina Blake series (based off a series of novels about a female vampire bounty hunter or something like that) at Marvel. Which I think his most recent book. |
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