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« on: March 06, 2020, 12:04:04 AM »
Innovation scored an early success with their adaptation of one of the Anne Rice novels which featured painted artwork, rather than the traditional pen and ink work. They seemed to adopt it as their house style, whether it fit the material or not. Yes, you can do things with the art to convey mood and atmosphere but you also need to give the readers something a little more traditional at some point.
DC Comics Vertigo line managed to tell interesting, provocative stories in titles like Swamp Thing, Sandman and Hellblazer, with much better artwork. I bought the Vertigo books because they were quality material. I bought the DS comic simply because it was a Dark Shadows book. I honestly don't know if I would have continued reading the book if Innovation had not imploded.