🎨 Artcow Ken Penders - Former Archie Sonic Comic Writer/Artist

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KingofNothing said:
It's been bugging me too. The pose he gave Link is awful and makes him look awkward. Art ain't my forte so I can't get into the details, but comparing Ken's version to this art of Link which has a similar pose really brings out the flaws

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For me personally the main problem is the proportions related to the head and body looks off putting it looks like he trying to draw twilight princess link but with a small body doesn't help the pose looks stiff overall and the face looks like it was drawn flat compare that to the art above with the pose which its pose looks more solid thanks to how the legs have a more defined placement. How long has Ken been drawing again I'm asking this because you think someone who had been drawing for a living has a better grasp with posing.

Edit - never mind someone already had explained it better than I did point still stands
 
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It seems to me that Ken Penders was never a good artist. How did he get the Archie job in the first place?
 
Trombonista said:
It seems to me that Ken Penders was never a good artist. How did he get the Archie job in the first place?
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Most other artists in the early Archie run were terrible, Ken just happened to be the worst one. My best guess is that Archie was cutting corners and hired obscure/cheaper artists. Sonic comics have never outsold iconic cape comics.
 
Tlazolli said:
Most other artists in the early Archie run were terrible, Ken just happened to be the worst one. My best guess is that Archie was cutting corners and hired obscure/cheaper artists. Sonic comics have never outsold iconic cape comics.
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It was basically just made as a marketing ploy to sell the genesis games in the first place. The series was really nothing special when it started off. When people talk about how great the comics were, they're usually talking about this weird period where it started to take itself serious. This kind of reminds me of that period on the internet where people talked about how the original Teen Titans was better than TTG for its "deep and meaningful" story! The fanbase these days seems to consist mostly of people that grew up with the comics, or people that heard of how great it is by the former.
 
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Trombonista said:
It seems to me that Ken Penders was never a good artist. How did he get the Archie job in the first place?
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A combination of Ken being really good at networking, Sega not giving a shit besides getting some extra cash from comics, and Archie having low standards.

That said, I think Ken has gotten real lazy using the Sonic style. I've said it before, but remember that he used to be able to do this

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KingofNothing said:
That said, I think Ken has gotten real lazy using the Sonic style. I've said it before, but remember that he used to be able to do this
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His art has degenerated into Sonichu tier awfulness. Even if he hadn't permanently queered any relationship he had with the comics industry he just simply wouldn't qualify for it any more out of sheer lack of talent because everything he draws looks like hot garbage.
 
Honestly it's sad...he has potential to do art when it comes to realism, but he absolutely sucks at cartoon style. Making it realistic just looks tacky, and goes under uncanny valley territory. It's worse when he does it in a more 3D model style.

I hated his art in the Knuckles mini-series. It hasn't improved at all since then and that was back in the 90s.
 
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Ken Penders on Twitter

“Just received my US Copyright Registration for the @startrek story BLOOD & HONOR I did for Malibu's DEEP SPACE NINE series. I was tired of publishers not paying reprint royalties so I'm serving notice that's all I'm looking for if they want to reprint my work in the future.”
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So somehow this came up on my recommendations even if I havent searched anything Penders lately.

 
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