Comment on Superstar comic artists all gone? by RyanOttley
Great read man! Maybe the reason Jim Lee and those guys were superstars is because the comic fans and character fans crossed over in the 90s (with the amazing sales and all) creating a "double boost" of sorts with the original titles. And because there are less original/indy titles that take off, the double boost isn't there.
makes sense to me! Yeah when those older superstars do new stuff for both big 2 OR indie, the big 2 always sells better since it's backed with those familiar characters. So the appearance of superstardom is still there. Like adding an Art Adams cover sells books, but if he brought back Monkey Man and O'brian it wouldn't sell nearly what he does for the big 2. So it makes sense for the superstar artist of the past to just live off of doing covers instead of the back breaking low paying work of interior art. Which is sad, I'd love to see more interior art from these guys, covers do nothing for me.