tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6345577.post2660035064936184783..comments2024-03-10T04:25:59.432-04:00Comments on The Hurting: Tegan O'Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815842488966694944noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6345577.post-60729895852858265402013-04-09T11:14:13.447-04:002013-04-09T11:14:13.447-04:00I'd forgotten that Capullo was the penciller f...I'd forgotten that Capullo was the penciller for "Quasar." One of my favorite panels ever was one from the storyline you mention here. Earlier in the story, the hilariously named villain "The Presence" and his Soviet-Superhero-Turned-Cosmic-Consort Red Guardian burst into the side of the Baxter Building, where Quasar's secret identity had his business, to find and kill Eon, Quasar's space-potato patron. In the panel, the villains stand in the hole they've made in the high-rise wall, with the SFX of an alarm ("URNT URNT URNT") in a corner of the panel. The angle Capullo chose, the composition of the panel, for some reason it hit me as absolutely perfect. Everything contributed to the exact tone the story required -- a combination of genuine threat, comic book bombast, and a little hint of self-awareness at the ridiculousness of the scene that did not detract from the drama. It wasn't flashy, a calling of the reader's attention to the art. Propulsive, immersive, just goddamned perfect.Brad Reednoreply@blogger.com