Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes Faucher vs Portela ... Who's the better inker?

Legion #2 really made it obvious that there's a definate difference is style from one inker to the other, but which one is better? Everyone will have their own opinion.

For me Faucher's style compliments Cinar's far better (and in just two issues they have grown on me in terms of capturing the essence of the Legion and their futuristic world).
There's a realness to the blend of their two styles that's caught on with me.

Portela's work on the second part of issue #2 was, for me, a bit too cartoony and the faces too exaggerated in spots.
He might make an ok fill-in artist from time to time though, but only if he's inking Cinar's pencils.

Issue #2 had two different pencillers each with their own inker right? That's what I thought anyway.

Yes. Portela pencilled & inked pp 20 thru 26. He didn't ink any of Cinar's pages.

That's correct, he did not. He inked his own pencils......

Whoever walks out of the dungeon of flames is best.

A stand in artist in #2 does not bode well for the artwork on this title

^ If an equally good stand-in artist is what it takes to keep this extra-size book on time every month then I'm cool with it.

If it was some sloppy, rushed to meet a deadline hack-work though, then I'd be more concerned.

Very few modern artists, outside of Mark Bagley, can draw 30 pages a month. (Heck, most can't draw 22!) For my money Portela's a good second if he sticks around. However, I think the larger question is with a cast of around 30 characters, are we better served with a 30 page story with two artists or with a 22-page main story by Cinar with an 8-page backup focusing either on a subplot or a solo adventure with Portela art?

Even for a solo adventure, 8 pages doesn't give you space to tell much of a story. As a general rule, I'd vote for weaving the subplots into the main story.

Considering the pace of storytelling for much of the Threeboot I think that many of those issues could have been condensed to a lot fewer pages. If anyone can write an 8 page story it's Paul Levitz.