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Bite Club: Quitely Is Officially World's Greatest

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Matthew Fluxington

19:17 / 24.04.04

That last image is like a mix of Chris Sprouse, Cameron Stewart, Hernandez Bros, Mike Allred, and the Bruce Timm aesthetic. I adore it - I'd love to see Frank try some more projects in that style.

Matthew Fluxington

19:18 / 24.04.04

But mostly Chris Sprouse.

Sprouse is so underrated. Is he still stuck working on Alan Moore comics?

Spatula Clarke

20:13 / 24.04.04

He didn't do anything on the latest Tom Strong (well, other than the cover), if that means anything.

(Off-topic, as much as I've really enjoyed Tom Strong, it's turned to completely uninteresting shit since Moore quit scripting it. All the spark it once held has disappeared entirely.)

I need to dig out those issues of the Megazine that had Quitely's introductory(?) Missionary Man series in. The black outlines around characters were ridiculously pronounced compared to his later stuff - panels looked like they were populated by cardboard cutouts.

Yotsuba & Benjamin!

21:11 / 24.04.04

That last cover is quite Sprousian, yes, but I really can't see it being a Quitely cover. Aside from the obvious stylistic differences, it's not signed (and I don't recall ever seeing an unsigned Q Cover), and it also bears no resemblance to the ongoing theme of the other three covers, or any of Frank's trademark sense of composition. Looks like a fill in job to me.

[Rot] Sprouse is still stuck on Strong, but you can always find his legendary run on Legionnaires in your local quarter bin. I love those issues. I remember how psyched I was when the first issue came out and it had, like, everyone on the cover. Yay, Chris Sprouse[/Rot]

Matthew Fluxington

21:25 / 24.04.04

Legionnaires was sooooo great. Oh man. I wish I still had all of those issues.

Spatula Clarke

22:23 / 24.04.04

I really can't see it being a Quitely cover.

Now that I've had a look, I think that's probably a one-page panel by the series artist, David Hahn, *not* Quitely. For proof, check the square ears:

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The Falcon

02:37 / 25.04.04

The DC solicits may have lied to me. I did double-check.

The Marvel ones do it all the time. Sneaky fucks.

Sunny

04:37 / 28.04.04

yup, the ear thing is a dead giveaway, why does he do that? its pretty twisted I think.

Haus of Mystery

16:57 / 28.04.04

Does anyone else think Bite Club is a reeeeally shit name. It kind of suggests how piss-poor and token the comic is(was).

The Falcon

16:02 / 17.05.04

Will be?

More covers:

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Books of Magic: Life During Wartime #2

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Fables #28

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Bite Club #5

CameronStewart

16:25 / 17.05.04

That Fables cover is by James Jean, it's been miscredited to Quitely.

My cover to the Batman 12-Cent Adventure is also miscredited to Jason Pearson. What the hell is going on over there?

FinderWolf

17:27 / 17.05.04

Your 12-cent Bats cover is terrific, BTW, Cameron.

And that new LIFE DURING WARTIME cover is fantastic.

The Falcon

12:31 / 18.05.04

That Fables cover is by James Jean, it's been miscredited to Quitely.

*sigh*

I did notice there was no signature, and I know Jean does the covers normally, but I thought that looked like painted FQ. Nivir mind.

Haus of Mystery

18:54 / 18.05.04

I love that no-one's talking about the piece of shit Chaykin cover in a thread dedicated to it. Someone should let him know how little we care.

Yotsuba & Benjamin!

23:33 / 18.05.04

Re: Books Of Magic Cover

HOW. DOES. HE. DO. THAT.

My poor keppie is melting. Oh how I wish everyone in Times Square just stood around like Quitely drew them.

Yotsuba & Benjamin!

23:35 / 18.05.04

Ha! I just caught the wee owl on his shirt. Ha!

wicker woman

07:02 / 10.09.04

*BUMP*

Well, now that Bite Club is concluded, what can I say about it but...

um...

er...

the covers were nice? God, what the hell were they thinking with this series, and why the hell am I such a sucker that I stuck it out all the way through it? "Let's see here, we've got a background of a Miami crime family composed of vampires! And these vampires can be out during the day! Being a vampire is well-known and at least vaguely trendy! Where do we want to go with this?" "Aah, let's just have them killin' and screwin' each other." "Cool!"

Ganesh

11:08 / 10.09.04

Indeed. Miami Vice + The Sopranos + vampires = gorgeous Quitely covers and not a lot else.

FinderWolf

17:22 / 10.09.04

In other random Quitely art news, he does a single page in Bendis' upcoming DD #65 (full-page splash of DD fighting ninjas). Saw the preview and it looks nice, though not as mind-blowing as Quitely usually does. It's much more maintstream superhero.

Colonel Kadmon

21:23 / 10.09.04

I think I can wrap this up neatly...

Bite Club sucked -

But Quitely is God.

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