Catching up with Flashmob Fridays- Daredevil #6
So there's a new website in town- Flashmob Fridays and the inaugural review was Daredevil #6 where I spent more time talking about Marcos Martin's artwork than anything else, even comparing him to Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, John Romita Sr. and John Buscema:
If I had spent anytime talking about the story, I think my thoughts would have echoed Matt Springer's piece on the site. I don't quite hold Waid in as much esteem as a lot of people do. I like a lot of his writing but I find most of it ultimately forgettable. I realize that's just me and on some level I'm just not connecting with it the way that other people do.Over the years, there have been plenty of images of Daredevil kicking a thug in the face but it’s Martin’s simplicity that makes this image and his art in the whole issue something special. The clean lines that Martin uses to draw Daredevil make it nice and easy to just follow the action from one side of the page, all the way across it and then out of the page. His Daredevil looks like he belongs in the air, not like he’s flying but more like he is an acrobat or martial artist and this is just one of his go-to moves. Martin carries that lightness and motion of the character throughout the book.
A quick word on Flashmob Fridays-- Just take a look at the talent involved there. Alan David Doane's Comic Book Galaxy was always a site that I read and one that I've really missed over the years. When he put out the call to find out if people were interested in Flashmob Fridays, I felt a bit intimidated. But then I saw the pool of people that he pulled together and wanted to be a part of it. I love this group because it's made up of a few people I don't know, a couple of people who have become friends thanks to Twitter and other various social media hangouts, two or three reviewers that I've worked with before and had a great time with and it has a people whose work I've read and who I've admired in an internetty, non-stalkery way. This should be fun site to check out every Friday.