IDW's GODZILLA General Discussion

[o.supreme]

Could be in Europe somewhere... and not to be too nitpicky, but I think Anguirus should be much bigger than the buildings behind him. Without the background however, it is still a very nice cover.

[KaijuX]

Via the IDW forums:
Jeff Zornow's cover for GODZILLA # 2!!

Man, one of Zornow's best covers I've seen!

What's with the 19th century-looking buildings, though?

Maybe to be cost-effective? lol

[Terrier]

What's with the 19th century-looking buildings, though?

Great, now I want a steampunk-esque Godzilla miniseries. IDW did "Transformers: Hearts of Steel", after all.

[KaijuX]

Great, now I want a steampunk-esque Godzilla miniseries. IDW did "Transformers: Hearts of Steel", after all.

That actually would be rather neat. I'd like to see a steampunkified MechaG if that's the case.

[TitanoGoji16]

...Why is Anguirus so frickin' small? That's not perspective, that's he's smaller than not-very-large buildings.

The art is fantastic, though.

[Bobby_Curnow]

It's Edinburgh Castle in Scotland, which is rather large.

[GreenAiden555]

For a 50 meter scale, it could work. Edinburgh Castle is 130 meters tall, sooooo..

Everyone below this post was trolled. HARD.


Its not like I somehow missed the 0 at alll.....

[TitanoGoji16]

Edinburgh Castle is 13 meters tall

Which is shorter than Minya.

[PopInPicsPresents]

..Baby Anguirus?

[HayesAJones]

Love the art, but the sizing does seem way off. Unless that building in goddamn huge or something.

[KaijuX]

...The buildings stole mushrooms and grew huge. All that needs to be said.

[xenotactics]

This is probably my favorite Zornow cover so far, but I have two issues with it. Obviously, the size of Anguirus compared to the background is ridiculous, and it hit me first thing. Secondly, Zornow's monsters seem to have elastic skulls. When an animal opens its mouth, it's jaws do not actually bend or bow or become convex. They, of course, remain straight. There are bones in there, not pipe cleaners!

[KaijuX]

Secondly, Zornow's monsters seem to have elastic skulls. When an animal opens its mouth, it's jaws do not actually bend or bow or become convex. They, of course, remain straight. There are bones in there, not pipe cleaners!

Well, it gives the snout a bit more flexibility, though yes it's true that wouldn't be anatomically correct or whatever. Let's just assume Mechagodzilla got the change to snap everyone's lower jaws.

[HayesAJones]

I'm fairly certain he's just imitating the curve in the lower jaw of Angy's later Showa suit:



Which is pretty cool in my book, by the way.

[TokyoVigilante]

Great to see Zornow back and getting work! Great piece right there.

[Rody]

I'm fairly certain he's just imitating the curve in the lower jaw of Angy's later Showa suit:

Which is pretty cool in my book, by the way.

Except Zornow has Drawn Angy so that his upper jaw is curving UP as well.

Nevertheless, it's very good piece of artwork.

[Captain Aktion]

Secondly, Zornow's monsters seem to have elastic skulls. When an animal opens its mouth, it's jaws do not actually bend or bow or become convex. They, of course, remain straight.

Not to be that guy, but I'm thinking of snakes and sharks, at least, off the top of my head who might disagree with you there...

[kaijukurt]

IDW July 2012 solicitations are out!

Godzilla #3
Duane Swierczynski (w) • Simon Gane (a) • Zach Howard, Matt Frank (c)
Boxer and his Monster Kill Crew are notching some impressive victories against the kaiju, but a battle with Battra almost puts the team down for the count. The Crew decides it's time to upgrade their fire-power, but questionable methods lead to division in the ranks. With his sights set on Godzilla, Boxer will have to get his team in line—fast!
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[Kaijusamurai]

Also, my cover for Issue 3 Enjoy!

[xenotactics]

Secondly, Zornow's monsters seem to have elastic skulls. When an animal opens its mouth, it's jaws do not actually bend or bow or become convex. They, of course, remain straight.

Not to be that guy, but I'm thinking of snakes and sharks, at least, off the top of my head who might disagree with you there...

Snakes can unhinge their jaws in order to accommodate food which would be to large to swallow otherwise, and sharks are cartilaginous so that their "bones" are literally flexible. I don't think that Anguirus has either dislocatable jaws or cartilage for his skeleton. In any case, for me, the bowing of the jaws adds to an impression of cartoonishness. The scale and that nitpick(?) are my only complaints, though.