Today was a sad day, we lost a great film critic and a great artist on the day.
I worked at Blockbuster from 1996-2008, and have loved movies as long as I can remember. I loved Ebert's reviews because his unabashed love of film shone through in his reviews. He knew every facet of the business and had true passion for it. He knew the difference between being a critic and being a snob. Even his negative reviews were fun to read - never sour or overly mean imo, just the honest truth on why he "hated hated hated hated hated this movie".
I must admit I was not a big fan of Infantino's art when I first encountered it, which was his stint on Flash in the mid 1980, prior to Crisis on Infinite Earths (I'm sure I saw his work before that here and there on various Marvel books in the late 70s and early 80s, but not on books I followed regularly). Today, I am a big fan of his work on Silver Age Flash and New Look Batman.
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Early DC comics weren't very pretty to look at. Coming out of 40s that changed, and one of DC's hallmarks became clear, attractive art. Mr Infantino was one of the company's classy artists. I think his storytelling was better than Alex Toth's. He was one of the artists who gave Julie Schwartz's titles their quality. Early in his career he had worked for Simon and Kirby. His art was in their style then, but already attractive. He was surely a factor in The Flash's success; he was particularly good at depicting the Flash's super-speeding. When head of DC he tried many new things and did many of the cover designs. It's quite likely that much-loved covers by such artists as Nick Cardy used his designs. He doesn't get all the credit due him. Rest in peace.
A Comic Book Artist interview with Infantino conducted by Jon B. Cooke can be found here.
The Flash. Adam Strange. Batman & Robin. The Elongated Man. Detective Chimp. Space Museum.
And that's just the 1960s.
Carmine Infantino was one of the greats in this industry. A true draftsman and a sharp editor. His legacy will be with us forever! And his impact is like being struck by lightning!
Thank you for the images that we will never forget!
Carmine Infantino's Flash work opened up the eyes of this 12-year-old when previously I'd only experienced the Weisinger and Schiff books. Near the top of my all-time favorites.
Roger Ebert was an effective movie critic in that he didn't try to compare every movie to the greatest movies ever made. If he liked a movie I could be 90% sure I would like it. Can't say that about any other critic.
Carmine Infantino has a legacy that will only be forgotten when a Universe-spanning anti-matter cloud destroys everything!
Rest in Peace, Mr. Infantino.
A DC icon has gone. I am very saddened to read this news.
Carmine was one of my favourites from the Silver Age. Still is. Adam Strange, Flash, Gorilla Grod, Elongated Man, Detective Chimp, Batman - no-one drew them quite like him. I loved the way he drew his city landscapes too, you always wanted to go there(as a kid, I know I did) but they were just on the horizon and just out of reach. RIP.
I'll read some of The Amazing World of Carmine Infantino again tonight. God bless.
Sad to hear about Carmine Infantino's passing. He was the first comic book artist whose work I loved. The Flash, New Look Batman, especially those extraordinary covers, Adam Strange and the rest - truly wonderful work during the Sixties. As Dandy mentioned, his cityscapes were awesome. I remember walking around my neighborhood wondering why our city didn't look like the ones Infantino drew. One of the reasons I drifted away from reading DC Comics in the late Sixties was due in part to Carmine stepping away from his regular artist duties and moving up to an editorial position. His design flair and storytelling made the man a Hall of Famer all the way.
I was with Dunbar on Infantino's work, as I encountered it around the same time he did, and I hated it. It was years later that I truly began to appreciate it. Truly a great has passed.
I was a began fan of Siskel & Ebert, until the mid-90s. As a syndicated show it was shown here at 11:30PM on Sunday nights. At that time I was going out every night and partying or at home partying. I really liked that back and forth he an Siskel had though, and they gave you a lot of info on the movies in the relative short time span they had.
It struck me even as a kid that as soon as Flash left the Central City limits it was all open grassy country!
Loved his style, loved his talking hands, and everything else.
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Carmine Infantino was the first artist whose style I recognized... and in Flash 296 (filled with grotesques), I *hated* it. But it soon grew on me, and eventually I found his style preferable to a lot of the artists that went before his second run. He was the first artist not of the Neal Adams/heightened realism school that I liked, opening me up to Jeff Smith, J. Bone, Darwyn Cooke, and more.
But strangely enough, I'd been enjoying his more restrained art in Flash reprints and back issues before I'd learned to recognize it!
Regardless, his pivotal role in creating Barry Allen made me the comics fan I am today, and very likely the person I am today. On a personal and professional level, Infantino never seemed to share the same loves I have -- in interviews he always seemed like a bit of a crank, and it's the height of disappointment to find out that the person who created one of the things you love most in this world thought of it as "just a job." He didn't seem to love the Flash like I wanted him to love the Flash -- but that was probably asking too much, all along. And I certainly love him, for all the joy he brought into my life. If it was "just a job," the fact remains: It was one hell of a job.
...Oooooohh Carmine :-( .
I had already heard about Roger , this is up already .
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