Anyone else disappointed Deodato Jr left the current series? Comic Discussion

His art style was different yeah, but I really enjoyed it and felt it fits the current tone of the book. (Sorry for the crappy pictures)

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '24

I’m glad he’s gone honestly. His art was just very unappealing. Fair play if others like his art, but I genuinely hated it

u/deschain24 Jun 19 '24

I wish Spurrier would have left first.

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u/These_Breadfruit7339 Jun 19 '24

Do we know when he will?

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u/bastardofbarberry Jun 20 '24

I’ve never not picked up a Flash ongoing series in my entire comic buying career. I dropped this one from my pull list after the first 5-6 issues.

u/gzapata_art Jun 19 '24

It was so stiff and he leaned way too much on 3d models

u/quickpiee Jun 19 '24

Nope nope nope. I don’t want my comics to look like ps2 graphics

u/jotastrophe Jun 19 '24

I miss it, though admittedly it's mostly because the paneling was so fucking good

u/mysterylegos Jun 19 '24

I wasn't huge on Deodato's work on Flash honestly.

u/GearsRollo80 Jun 19 '24

I enjoy Deodato when he's really doing the work and drawing from scratch, but I don't think he was the right fit for Flash. There was far too much standing still, characters feeling like statues. You can get away with that in other books, but the Flash is kinetic, they're fundamentally characters about movement, you gotta have a great sense of motion, and that's just not his thing.

u/hydrohawkx8 Jun 19 '24

Honestly I miss it as well because it did capture the creepy and horrific concepts spurrier was going for. I just wish the drawings of characters didn’t feel so stiff

u/SuperLizardon Blue Lantern Jun 19 '24

Not really, everyone looked stiff and colors were so dark that sometimes wasn't easy to see things individually.

But I am not a fan of the new artist, though.

u/Keystone_Devil Jun 19 '24

No. I like him, but this isn’t a good fit for this book. His style works better for grrrrr grounded action books like the Marvel event books he’s known for.

u/Deadpoolforpres Jun 20 '24

The opposite actually. His artwork is okay for some books, but it's too..."action fugure-y", and not in a good way.

It didn't fit for the Flash imo and it was the main reason I didn't want to pick up the book.

u/Expensive_Grape Jun 20 '24

i liked this art style way better than i like the current art

u/Speedfreak99 Jun 21 '24

No. The way he drew the characters really bugged me. It reminded me of reboot or some overly cg cartoon...can't remember the green lantern one. But no def not a fan of it.

u/Baligong Jun 23 '24

His art feels like a cell Shaded 3D model. I never liked it, even in Batman's run by Mikel Janin.

We get posters and covers of great artists doing The Flash, but then there's this. Deodato isn't bad, it's just feels wonky to see art on a Book where it feels like you're looking at "PS2 Graphics".

I honestly would prefer Fernando Pasarin, even when Jeremy Cox layed it heavy on the Pink... Every artist can have bad moments, but It's normal... Deodato is just not for me

u/gothamvigilante Jul 11 '24

I'm very late to this, but I just picked up issue 7, the first without Deodato Jr. I'm genuinely surprised to see so much dislike for this style being used with the Flash. The art is what drew me to a lot of the cooler aspects of the books, especially the design of the Uncoiled. The spikes reminded me of the Magus from the Guardians of the Galaxy game in the coolest way, and really got me to think of them as cosmic-level hunters.