I mentioned this before in my review of Countdown #44 but now that I have my issue of Countdown #45 here, I actually have comparison scans!
You'd THINK that even with a giant series like this with many artists, there'd be some overriding editorial control! Or at least the artists would KNOW what the other artists have done! >.>
Here in Countdown 45 we have Holly Robinson in Gotham City, now homeless b/c she ran away from Catwoman, and is being approached by a person from the Amazonian-inspired Women's shelter:
It's obviously cold in Gotham City right now XD She's wearing a hat and a jacket and a scarf and her hands are tucked into her armpits. XD
Also she has chin-lengthed hair and doesn't look very tall. :)
One issue later, and apparently a few MINUTES DC time later, she's become Supergirl! She has hair past her shoulders. She's suddenly wearing a pink tank top (against her fashion sense regardless xD) and tight jeans! Plus bracelets! And I think she's grown half a foot XD
I guess the woman took her SHOPPING in between that issue and this one! XD Plus kids do grow up fast! :O
Tho considering that a FREAK HEAT WAVE apparently engulfed Gotham City in 5 minutes and raised temperatures by 20 degrees, I guess it WAS prudent that Holly shop to buy new clothes!
XDDD
SRSLY!
Countdown's continuity issues are bad enuf as it is, but they can't even keep things straight for ONE ISSUE!!! You'd think that they'd have SOMEBODY who would keep things straight. :\
It seems like the only edict that artists are given nemore in DC is "draw stuff".
>.>;;;
*smighs* XD
The person who drew this clearly doesn't know who Holly Robinson IS, and doesn't CARE who she is. Draw a teenage girl? OKAY! I know what teenage girls look like! Generic Teen Girl I see At The Mall #5 coming right up!
>:|
What month are we supposed to be in in DC time btw? :O Cuz it's coat weather in Gotham City? o_O;;;
Nothing to say. I'm just sitting here, giggling.
ReplyDeleteSheesh. This is an editor's gaff again. The artists probably don't know what each other are drawing, since they're all working well ahead and separately. The editors are supposed to make sure that the artists know what the characters look like. There are style guides, series bibles, and back issues to work from. What are these editors doing? Do they just have meetings about next year's Events but not actually edit the books?
ReplyDeleteHolly's hair isn't even the same color. She's not supposed to be a teen, either, IIRC; she's in her early twenties. And yeah her style is more thrift-shop-hippster than pink-tanktop-mallgirl.
Giantkillermantis- I think about this all the time. What do comic book editors do? Because they don't seem to actually EDIT anything!
ReplyDeleteDidn't Marvel and DC used to have art directors who worked with artists to design characters and then they'd work together so the characters looked recognizable every time, instead of randomly based on Kristen Bell today and Daniela Pestova tomorrow?
On a side note... that art's aggressively mediocre! It's boredom that comes up to you in the street and slaps you across the face, perversely increasing your ennui!
Joel: It certainly seemed like they had consistency in the past. I think that's part of what a "house style" was about.
ReplyDeleteMaybe part of this inconsistency comes from the photo referencing you allude to: the artists are copying different women, instead of referencing a guide provided by the publisher. Photo-ref is going to decrease consistency, unless all the artists are referencing the same photos, and have the same ability to reproduce them. ???