I don't recall Dr. Light appearing on any of Michael Turner's Identity Crisis covers, so maybe these were done for the horrible action figure line that followed. I know my collection still feels incomplete for lack of rapists captured in three dimensions. Anyway, besides the above picture, there's a near identical yet clearly different character study you might like to look at.
It says "toy sketch" in the description at the first link, so I guess that's what it was for. I don't remember any Identity Crisis toys...guess I blocked that memory...
ReplyDeleteObservant as ever. I scanned the actual art pages for clues, and I'm used to Comic Art Fans page layout, but missed that text at the less familiar Comic Art Community. I don't often find the kind of original art I like at the latter, but it's good for virgin color art and other published rarities.
ReplyDeleteI grew up with the Doctor Light from Steve Englehart's JLA run and from the Wolfman/Perez Titans. As far as I'm concerned, the Identity Crisis Doctor Light is an impostor. Maybe he's the Doctor Light from Earth-3. I can hardly wait to see the IC (or ICky) Doctor Light retconned out of existence. Here's hoping he doesn't come back after Blackest Night!
ReplyDeleteI knew him from Titans, where he never impressed. I'll be reading his early Atom appearance in the near future, which might improve my opinion. Based on his obliteration in Robinson's last JLofA arc, I'm pretty sure Arthur Light is very much departed for good.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry, but I kind of hate Michael Turner. I can see why some people like him, and there's as few pieces I enjoyed, but man, his anatomy is so "stylized" it makes me sick, and there's a certian vapid quality to a lot of it. Ugh.
ReplyDeleteI decided not to speak ill of the dead this time, but I'll go on record as thinking Michael Turner is actually worse on DC characters than Rob Liefeld. At least no one ever decided to convert Rob's grotesque anatomy into a hideous line of DC Direct figures. His covers to Identity Crisis were so pathetic it removed any benefit of the doubt that the interior themes were anything more than exploitative. Looking at Superman's ridiculous crocodile tears on the first cover really brought home the point that this was essentially I Spit On Your Satellite: Day of the Raped Supporting Character.
ReplyDeleteWas that an "I Spit On Your Grave" reference? Tru dat.
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