tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4817894286745324495.post9091224064887025960..comments2023-09-21T02:20:59.495-05:00Comments on Justice League Detroit: Chuck PattonDiabolu Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4817894286745324495.post-91154122893155208712009-03-06T22:42:00.000-06:002009-03-06T22:42:00.000-06:00Chuck - Please don't doubt your JLA artwork. I've...Chuck - Please don't doubt your JLA artwork. I've been a reader of comics for 26 years now. It was your Justice League Detroit stories that finally got me to pick up the JLA on a regular basis.<BR/><BR/>Your rendition of Zatanna and Elongated Man are still the definitive versions in my mind.<BR/><BR/>It's nice to hear you are doing well. Thanks for the great comics!<BR/><BR/>The Irredeemable Shag<BR/>http://onceuponageek.com<BR/>http://firestormfan.comThe Irredeemable Shaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01620741461584124844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4817894286745324495.post-40044497180239710292009-03-05T23:35:00.000-06:002009-03-05T23:35:00.000-06:00I think one of the highest compliments I can pay i...I think one of the highest compliments I can pay is that you look like none of your artist's artists. You produced clean, attractive, iconic images of heroes in the same way Garcia-Lopez did, but in your own fashion. Everyone looked "right," perfectly on-model, and seemingly effortlessly. I bet you were envied for that more than you know. But of course, you were then forced to draw the least marketable League collective ever, in a grim 'n' gritty setting to boot. I love most of those characters (with Vibe, Steel and Elongated Man being the exceptions,) but your talents demanded the big guns, darn it!<BR/><BR/>By the way, I also posted your bio on one of my catch-all side blogs, where a friend and former customer of mine mentioned how he'd been trying to track you down for commission work. I expect you've moved on, but if by chance you still do that sort of thing, he'd love to hire you for one of <A HREF="http://comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=9896" REL="nofollow">his storied mash-ups...</A>Diabolu Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4817894286745324495.post-48058007904235646662009-03-05T23:13:00.000-06:002009-03-05T23:13:00.000-06:00Frank, to be compared to Garcia-Lopez, who has alw...Frank, to be compared to Garcia-Lopez, who has always been an idol of mine, is quite an honor and a compliment, man!<BR/><BR/>Garcia-Lopez was always up there along with Big John Buscema, Gil Kane, Neal Adams and Dick Giordano as my artistic mentors--now ya gone and made my head swell!<BR/>And for the record---Ive always HATED Vibe and wished I had spoke up then and refused to design that idiot! LOL<BR/>But I was young and.....well that's a story for another time.....<BR/>Looking forward to talking to Rob, and again, thanks for the appreciation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4817894286745324495.post-58569721092907839912009-03-05T00:04:00.000-06:002009-03-05T00:04:00.000-06:00Chuck, as I said before, your "inept beginner's ar...Chuck, as I said before, your "inept beginner's art" was to my mind gorgeous, and one of the great pleasures of the series. Without your dynamic, time-tested redesign of Vixen, I doubt the character would be remembered today. You're one of Rob Kelly's favorite Aquaman/JLofA artists, and I'm sure he'll eventually hit you up for an interview at his popular <A HREF="http://www.aquamanshrine.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Aquaman Shrine</A>. I've talked with a great many others who agree with both of us on that point. I obviously dig the JLD (even Vibe... sorta,) and the team has built a kitsch cache amongst fandom for about a decade now. In a perfect world, we would have seen your art on Slurpee cups and beach towels alongside Garcia-Lopez. I'm just glad to hear living well is your revenge on comic's negligence, and appreciate your comment! :)Diabolu Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4817894286745324495.post-66282491510009382542009-03-04T21:56:00.000-06:002009-03-04T21:56:00.000-06:00Hi Frank,I was surfing the web today and stumbled...Hi Frank,<BR/>I was surfing the web today and stumbled onto your site---all I can say is...WOW!<BR/>LOL---thank you so much for the very kind words and appreciation for a period of my life that to this day was the best of times and the worse as well.<BR/>Its nice to know that my work then wasn't as reviled as I thought it was, and that somehow, despite everything from lousy script to inept beginner's art, the Detroit JLA has its admirers.<BR/>Thanks for the memories.<BR/>Sincerely,<BR/>Chuck PattonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4817894286745324495.post-11157495243843913862009-03-03T23:36:00.000-06:002009-03-03T23:36:00.000-06:00Hah!Hah!Diabolu Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4817894286745324495.post-19169769225604661352009-03-03T23:30:00.000-06:002009-03-03T23:30:00.000-06:00"Like Marv Wolfman's proxy Terry Long, who married..."Like Marv Wolfman's proxy Terry Long, who married a super-heroine, I suspect we now have the answer to why Gun had both Vixen and Zatanna vying for his attentions..."<BR/><BR/>That explains a lot! I always wondered why Zatanna and Vixen were throwing themselves at this middle-aged bald guy. Now I get it!<BR/><BR/>The Irredeemable Shag<BR/>http://firestormfan.com<BR/>http://onceuponageek.comThe Irredeemable Shaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01620741461584124844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4817894286745324495.post-82820056945933573322009-02-26T15:33:00.000-06:002009-02-26T15:33:00.000-06:00You're welcome, Pete! I love Chuck Patton as well,...You're welcome, Pete! I love Chuck Patton as well, and I think his work could have been as iconic and marketable as Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez's if things had worked out differently. I'm glad he's done well outside the field, though.Diabolu Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04685199809207954223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4817894286745324495.post-11876365893558297552009-02-26T11:38:00.000-06:002009-02-26T11:38:00.000-06:00Chuck Patton was the artist on JLA when I started ...Chuck Patton was the artist on JLA when I started collecting comics in the mid 80's. He's one of my favorite artists of all time and left a big void when he left the Detroit League. Thanks for your tribute to him!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com