Spotted Online – Lessons Learned from Jim Lee’s “Icons”

Icons*, the massive artbook of Jim Lee’s DC and Wildstorm work, has been on my “I should buy that” list for months now (first mentioned here), but I just haven’t gotten around to picking it up. Why? Because there’s always more that I want than there is time or money to fill the wants.

Well, now there’s another reason for me to grab the book since this post at Robot 6 makes the book sound even more entertaining than I had realized. Titled “What can we learn from Icons: The DC Comics and WildStorm Art of Jim Lee (aside from the fact that Jim Lee draws really well)?,” the post goes on to explain just how much Lee has influenced the DC comics and characters.

The pervasiveness of his visual influence extends to many of the artists chosen to work on the characters’ comic books, and the style in which they’re depicted—DC is too big a publisher to really have a house style, but there’s a loose majority style in which Lee’s influence is rather apparent.

The post is worth a read, even if some of the comments really go out of their way to blast Lee’s work. Man, I had no idea so many people dislike Jim Lee’s artwork.