creators we'd like to see, was: Jeff Smith

[Wolfsong]

I've been thinking one of the things I liked  that Disney did when they 
were publishing the comics themselves was to hire other name talent from 
the comic field that wasn't generally associated with "funny animal" 
books.  Writers like Len Wein, Marv Wolfman and Peter David.  (Didn't 
Wein also serve as EIC?)  Can anyone else think of some of today's major 
talent they'd like to see work on a Disney comic?  I've already 
mentioned Charles Vess.  I believe Peter David's contributions were 
restricted to Roger Rabbit and The Little Mermaid ( he even named one of 
his daughters Ariel.), but I bet he could tell a could Duck story.  Neil 
Gaiman is diverse enough that I bet he could tell a Mickey Mouse in the 
vein of  the Floyd Gottfredson days.  Who else?  I think Brian Michael 
Bendis writes people well, I wonder what he could do with ducks.

While I'm following these lines.  I'm really proud of a duck painting I 
came into possession of recently.  If you don't know the work of Andy 
Lee (www.findandy.com) he combines Chinese Cha'an Buddhist art with 
fantasy and comic book themes.  In addition to dragons and spiders he 
also draws characters like Batman and Spider-Man.  He'll paint just 
about anything you request, and I wanted something different than what 
most people were requesting, so I asked if he could do Donald Duck.  To 
my utter delight he said yes, and now a very unique interpretation of 
Donald adorns my bedroom wall.  I like style changes like this.  To this 
day I wish I could have bought that lithograph of Disney Villains in 
cubist style that once appeared in the Disney catalog. But alas it was 
beyond my wallet's grasp.

Klartekst wrote:

> Dane Martin wrote:
>
> <Am I the only one that thinks Jeff (Smith) would make a great Duck 
> artist?>
>
> I think that's a brilliant idea. But please: Not until he has finished 
> the Bone saga. We have waited long enough for that.
>
> Another artist whom I would love to see drawing duck stories is Mike 
> Wieringo. Although he does mostly super hero stuff, he has a nice, 
> clean line and a suitably 'cartoony' drawing style. For list members 
> not familiar with his work, I recommend Tellos (available as a 
> two-volume TPB) and Adventures of Superman #592 through 595 plus 598 
> and 600.
>
> Nils from Norway
>
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