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<blockquote data-quote="teitan" data-source="post: 252563" data-attributes="member: 3457">I got to get in on this for a few points here...WOrst Monster Book? MOnsters of Faerun. This book should be about 8 dollars cheaper. I run the Realms right now and refuse to buy this book for that cost and people on Ebay expect you to pay retail plus shipping. NO WAY. The monsters are interesting but the cost is too much. I understand the focus on color books for the Realms especially with the new artworks reliance on exquisite color but still it is way too much for this book.Now onto the Marvel way stuff. I wasn't much for the art in the monster book to represent the monsters of DND and the new book is much better than the Monstrous Manual (why the title change in 2E eh?) but I don't think bashing the Marvel way like art is justifiable. Butler is not currently th best artist in the worldl but Marvel way is a great book to learn from when it comes to the basics. Butler's art is extremely sound but was outdated in a time when Todd Mcfarlane, Liefeld and Lee dominated our vision of what good artwork should be. I agree that these men are superior to Butler, but none of them holds a candle to John Buscema or the originator of the Marvel way of art, Jack Kirby.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="teitan, post: 252563, member: 3457"] I got to get in on this for a few points here... WOrst Monster Book? MOnsters of Faerun. This book should be about 8 dollars cheaper. I run the Realms right now and refuse to buy this book for that cost and people on Ebay expect you to pay retail plus shipping. NO WAY. The monsters are interesting but the cost is too much. I understand the focus on color books for the Realms especially with the new artworks reliance on exquisite color but still it is way too much for this book. Now onto the Marvel way stuff. I wasn't much for the art in the monster book to represent the monsters of DND and the new book is much better than the Monstrous Manual (why the title change in 2E eh?) but I don't think bashing the Marvel way like art is justifiable. Butler is not currently th best artist in the worldl but Marvel way is a great book to learn from when it comes to the basics. Butler's art is extremely sound but was outdated in a time when Todd Mcfarlane, Liefeld and Lee dominated our vision of what good artwork should be. I agree that these men are superior to Butler, but none of them holds a candle to John Buscema or the originator of the Marvel way of art, Jack Kirby. [/QUOTE]

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