Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes Bye-bye Francis or the artistic direction of LOSH.

So! With Mr. Portela moving on to Animal Man and LOSH #21 being his farewell cover, has there been any talk of who will fill the Legion's art needs "permanently"? Or do you feel like DC will just play round robin with the book until its almost inevitable cancellation/downsizing/whateverthehelltheydotoit in September? Who would YOU like to see draw the Legion? Reality need not play a part in your decision obviously, but someone alive might be preferable. XD

Personally? I'd give my arm (no, not really) to see Chris Sprouse draw the Legion again. I'd also love to see Olivier Coipel again. He's REALLY polished his style since his days on LOSH.

So? Thoughts?

Bye bye already? But he's only been Pope for a day



Sprouse did a Young Morrison's Adult Legion backup in Action Comics recently. Coipel's Marvel-exclusive, expensive and drawing the new all-female-cast X-Men book that's launching soonish.

*DIES* Amazing, I know.

Yeah, I'd seen Sprouse's work a few weeks ago which kind of inspired me to wish he'd draw them all the time. XD

Shame about Coipel, but a girl can dream. *heeeee*

As far as "people who've done it recently who might conceivably do it again", I'd be pretty happy with Batista.

I actually really liked Batista's work! I was going to suggest him.

He drew the best Superboy!

Darwyn Cooke.

Writer. Artist. Picks own colorist & letterer. No editor.

WHUTCHOO SMOKIN'?

I'd want all of his interiors treated like his covers of the Legion were. watercolor goodness.







He can draw our developing LSHTNG story line!

checkmutherfrakinmate!

Jeepers! And here I was trying to be realistic!

It's well known that I believe that Cooke in total control of the Legion would be one of the best things in the history of stuff.*

*Ditto Cooke in complete control of almost anything.

MMMMM. I could DIG a whole comic that looked like watercolors. I've actually thought about buying duplicates of that particular run before, take off the covers, put them together, and hang them like a poster or something. You know, DIY crap that I try that never works? Yeah, that.

Hey, if you are gonna throw down ... Fiona Staples.

She can create some aliens like no other. and her coloring is crazy good.

the coloring on Maguire's Worlds Finest is really good too. Rosemary Cheetham ...

I like her where she is, thank yew very much!

I think we SHOULD raise the expectations! Why dosn't the Legion deserve the best creators in history! Not just good, or good enough, or the best sales people at marvel or dc but ... people who are cutting the fraking edge !!!!!!!!

I still think the Atomic Robo team could be pretty kickass awesome on the Legion.

Nate Bellegarde

Ken Garing

Jamie McKelvie

Steve Epting

Javier Pulido

Marcos Martin

Nick Dragotta

...and yeah, count me in any day for Staples or Sprouse.

All of these artists are spectacular? Their style doesn't fit the Legion? Enough of that horseshit. Time for the next era of the Legion to fit the creators strengths. Forget the lineup, continuity, etc. Give me the best story the creators have ever done so far.

Definitely.

Every one of them, and at the very least writer Brian Clevenger.

And oooooh, Becky Cloonan!!!!

I was just trying to remember her name! She was featured on something on the Comixology site the other day, and I remember thinking "Man, she'd probably be cool on the Legion!"

Hm.

Jonathan Hickman scripting. Ross Campbell on art.

Hickman, reportedly, is writing the best LSH book on the stands under the pseudonym of 'Avengers'. Campbell has shown some terrific sci-fi chops on "Glory" and brings a style unlike anything the Legion has seen before.

On a realistic/feasible/back-it-up level, I think that's the best idea we've seen so far.

It'll never happen.

We're pretty much in a new Golden Age (or, perhaps more appropriately, a new Atomic Age) of sci fi comics. Surely if DC were sensible it could snatch up some of that talent to use for the Legion.

Now that sounds just about right!

Any one of their styles could become the NEW Legion! If DC really wants to take the book in a new direction, than I say go with a total left-fielder.

What's the worst that could happen? The book get cancelled?

There are so many amazing books out there now! It is really incredible. Image and Dark Horse and others are elevating the medium.

while DC and Marvel make expensive bird cage liners.

Yeah, this is the best age of sci-fi comics since like 1964. Image, Dark Horse and others are delivering triumph after triumph in all facets of sci-fi.

So many of these guys could bring the greatness to the Legion.