Comments on: From Kara To Omega

By: JohnFeer

JohnFeer — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:00:42 +0000

Ah Jim, like Curt Swan he had real emotional content. In retrospect he was the perfect Supergirl artist…gave her a real “Girl next door super-powers and all” patina. You don’t see that anymore, it’s an extinct style.

I bought some artwork off Mr. Mooney a few years ago, he was a nigh perfect gentleman thru-out the transaction…I will miss him.

By: The Fortress Keeper

The Fortress Keeper — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:14:47 +0000

You know, as much as I love Gerber and Jim Mooney those issues are a little TOO weird and creepy.

They’re kind of like The Exorcist and the original Night Of The Living Dead - such effective pieces of horror that I never really want to look at them again.

By: RAB

RAB — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 06:32:05 +0000

Continuing what we were saying over at my blog…yeah, what made his stuff work in such a variety of contexts was his fundamental love of drawing people. He drew Linda Danvers like a person, and her supporting cast as people, so we could really get into the stuff he drew as stories about people. On the occasions when he drew the Legion of Super-Heroes…well, the secret to success as an artist on that series has always been being able to give a cast of two dozen regular characters distinctive, individual, expressive faces. When he achieved greatness with Gerber, it was because those stories were all about people: Gramps, John Hedley, Amber, Ruth, and Dian…those were the stars of Omega, not a guy in blue tights. Hell’s Kitchen was full of regular people, and Mooney excelled at that.

One thing, though: you want to talk weird and creepy Gerber/Mooney stuff? Check out Son of Satan. That the guy who drew those stories also drew Tommy Tomorrow is mind-bending…