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{{short description|American comic book artist}}
{{short description|American comic book artist}}
{{Infobox comics creator
{{Infobox comics creator

| name = Greg Land
| image = Greg Land by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| image = Greg Land by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| caption = Land in May 2019
| caption = Land in May 2019
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Later, Land began to work at [[CrossGen]] Comics on ''[[Sojourn (comics)|Sojourn]]''. The series ran from July 2001 through May 2004, for a total of 34 issues.<ref name="tampabay" />
Later, Land began to work at [[CrossGen]] Comics on ''[[Sojourn (comics)|Sojourn]]''. The series ran from July 2001 through May 2004, for a total of 34 issues.<ref name="tampabay" />


After CrossGen went out of business, Land went on to work at [[Marvel Comics]], where he did covers to various series. This led to a collaboration with writer [[Greg Pak]] as the main artist of ''[[X-Men: Phoenix – Endsong]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/greg-pak-talks-x-men-phoenix-endsong/ |title=Greg Pak talks "X-Men: Phoenix – Endsong" |date=August 20, 2004 |website=[[Comic Book Resources]] |access-date=November 19, 2013}}</ref> Next, Land became the penciler for ''[[Ultimate Fantastic Four]]''.<ref name="lambiek">{{cite web |url= https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/land_greg.htm|title= Greg Land|date= January 18, 2008|publisher= [[Lambiek|Lambiek Comiclopedia]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080224020901/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/land_greg.htm|archive-date= February 24, 2008|url-status= live}}</ref> He did the artwork for a crossover between Marvel's [[Supreme Power|Supremeverse]] and the [[Ultimate Universe]], entitled ''[[Ultimate Power]]'',<ref name="lambiek" /> which was written by [[Brian Michael Bendis]], [[J. Michael Straczynski]] and [[Jeph Loeb]]. He then did the covers for ''[[Marvel Zombies 3]]'' which were all homages to posters of notable zombie movies.
After CrossGen went out of business, Land went on to work at [[Marvel Comics]], where he did covers to various series. This led to a collaboration with writer [[Greg Pak]] as the main artist of ''[[X-Men: Phoenix – Endsong]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/greg-pak-talks-x-men-phoenix-endsong/ |title=Greg Pak talks "X-Men: Phoenix – Endsong" |date=August 20, 2004 |website=[[Comic Book Resources]] |access-date=November 19, 2013}}</ref> Next, Land became the penciler for ''[[Ultimate Fantastic Four]]''.<ref name="lambiek">{{cite web |url= https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/land_greg.htm|title= Greg Land|date= January 18, 2008|publisher= [[Lambiek|Lambiek Comiclopedia]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080224020901/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/land_greg.htm|archive-date= February 24, 2008|url-status= live}}</ref> He did the artwork for a crossover between Marvel's [[Supreme Power|Supremeverse]] and the [[Ultimate Marvel|Ultimate Universe]], entitled ''[[Ultimate Power]]'',<ref name="lambiek" /> which was written by [[Brian Michael Bendis]], [[J. Michael Straczynski]] and [[Jeph Loeb]]. He then did the covers for ''[[Marvel Zombies 3]]'' which were all homages to posters of notable zombie movies.


In 2008, Land illustrated ''[[Uncanny X-Men]]'' #500.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/07/17/uncanny-x-men-500-preview |title=Uncanny X-Men #500 Preview |last=George |first=Richard |date=July 16, 2008 |website=[[IGN]] |access-date=November 19, 2013}}</ref> From then until December 2011 he would illustrate several sporadic sets of issues, totaling 22 in all, his last being issue #544.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2011/09/marvel-ends-uncanny-x-men-with-issue-544 |title=Marvel Ends "Uncanny X-Men" With Issue 544 |last=Serafino |first=Jason |date=September 23, 2011 |website=[[Complex Networks]] |access-date=November 19, 2013}}</ref> During this same period he also illustrated issue #210 and 235–237 of ''[[X-Men: Legacy]]''.<ref>{{gcdb|type=credit|search=Greg+Land}}</ref>
In 2008, Land illustrated ''[[Uncanny X-Men]]'' #500.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/07/17/uncanny-x-men-500-preview |title=Uncanny X-Men #500 Preview |last=George |first=Richard |date=July 16, 2008 |website=[[IGN]] |access-date=November 19, 2013}}</ref> From then until December 2011 he would illustrate several sporadic sets of issues, totaling 22 in all, his last being issue #544.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2011/09/marvel-ends-uncanny-x-men-with-issue-544 |title=Marvel Ends "Uncanny X-Men" With Issue 544 |last=Serafino |first=Jason |date=September 23, 2011 |website=[[Complex Networks]] |access-date=November 19, 2013}}</ref> During this same period he also illustrated issue #210 and 235–237 of ''[[X-Men: Legacy]]''.<ref>{{gcdb|type=credit|search=Greg+Land}}</ref>
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==Plagiarism accusations==
==Plagiarism accusations==
Land has been accused of going beyond the accepted bounds of [[photographic reference]], lifting images from sources that include hardcore pornography, and copying them into his pages outright with minimal [[Adobe Photoshop|Photoshop]] alterations to make the work appear to be an original drawing, a reputation he developed from his work on ''[[Ultimate Fantastic Four]]'' and ''[[Ultimate Power]]''. Land has agreed that he does employ photo reference to a large extent, and that he uses pornography as a source, but denies that the extent to which he does so is questionable. [[The A.V. Club]] included him in their 2009 list of "21 artists who changed mainstream comics (for better or worse)" for this reason.<ref name=AVClub>{{cite web |author1=Adams, Sam |author2=Murray, Noel |author3=Phipps, Keith |author4=Pierce, Leonard |title=Reinventing the pencil: 21 artists who changed mainstream comics (for better or worse) |website=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=July 20, 2009 |url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/reinventing-the-pencil-21-artists-who-changed-main,30528/ |access-date=July 20, 2009}}</ref>
Land has been accused of going beyond the accepted bounds of [[photographic reference]], lifting images from sources that include hardcore pornography, and copying them into his pages outright with minimal [[Adobe Photoshop|Photoshop]] alterations to make the work appear to be an original drawing, a reputation he developed from his work on ''[[Ultimate Fantastic Four]]'' and ''[[Ultimate Power]]''. Land has agreed that he does employ photo reference to a large extent, and that he uses pornography as a source, but denies that the extent to which he does so is questionable. [[The A.V. Club]] included him in their 2009 list of "21 artists who changed mainstream comics (for better or worse)" for this reason.<ref name=AVClub>{{cite web |author1=Adams, Sam |author2=Murray, Noel |author3=Phipps, Keith |author4=Pierce, Leonard |title=Reinventing the pencil: 21 artists who changed mainstream comics (for better or worse) |website=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=July 20, 2009 |url=https://www.avclub.com/reinventing-the-pencil-21-artists-who-changed-mainstre-1798218160 |access-date=July 20, 2009}}</ref>


Commenting on Land's work on ''[[Uncanny X-Men]]'' #510, Brian Cronin of [[CBR.com]] remarked that the issue "possibly has the most harmful art to a story that I’ve seen in a comic," saying that Land's limited supply of poses and use of the same models for multiple characters "results in terrible art and particularly terrible storytelling."<ref name=CBR.com>{{cite web |url=http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2009/05/21/possibly-the-most-harmful-art-ive-seen-in-a-comic/ |title=Possibly the Most Harmful Art I've Seen in a Comic |last=Cronin |first=Brian |date=May 21, 2009 |website=[[CBR.com]] |access-date=June 23, 2009}}</ref> He was also mocked for his limited use of facial expressions on the [[Thing (comics)|Thing]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Greg Land's "talented" artwork of the Thing. |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Marvel/comments/1g4pk4/greg_lands_talented_artwork_of_the_thing/ |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=Reddit}}</ref><ref name=BleedingCool1>{{cite web |last=Johnston |first=Rich |title=The Many Faces Of Greg Land's Ben Grimm |website=[[Bleeding Cool]] |date=June 3, 2012 |url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/06/03/the-many-faces-of-greg-lands-ben-grimm/ |access-date=June 3, 2012}}</ref>
Commenting on Land's work on ''[[Uncanny X-Men]]'' #510, Brian Cronin of [[CBR.com]] remarked that the issue "possibly has the most harmful art to a story that I’ve seen in a comic," saying that Land's limited supply of poses and use of the same models for multiple characters "results in terrible art and particularly terrible storytelling."<ref name=CBR.com>{{cite web |url=http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2009/05/21/possibly-the-most-harmful-art-ive-seen-in-a-comic/ |title=Possibly the Most Harmful Art I've Seen in a Comic |last=Cronin |first=Brian |date=May 21, 2009 |website=[[CBR.com]] |access-date=June 23, 2009}}</ref> He was also mocked for his limited use of facial expressions on the [[Thing (comics)|Thing]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Greg Land's "talented" artwork of the Thing. |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Marvel/comments/1g4pk4/greg_lands_talented_artwork_of_the_thing/ |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=Reddit}}</ref><ref name=BleedingCool1>{{cite web |last=Johnston |first=Rich |title=The Many Faces Of Greg Land's Ben Grimm |website=[[Bleeding Cool]] |date=June 3, 2012 |url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/06/03/the-many-faces-of-greg-lands-ben-grimm/ |access-date=June 3, 2012}}</ref>


Land has also been accused of directly [[swipe (comics)|swiping]] art from other comics artists, and is considered "notorious" for tracing his art from other sources<ref name="dailydot">{{cite web |last=Baker-Whitelaw |first=Gavia |title=Marvel artist Greg Land accused of plagiarism in new 'Aliens' comic |website=[[The Daily Dot]] |date=September 2, 2020 |url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/greg-land-plagiarism-aliens-marvel/ |access-date=September 7, 2020}}</ref> to the point where some fans make a hobby of finding the original sources Land traced for his art.<ref name="bounding">{{cite web |last=Baculi |first=Spencer |title=Marvel Comics and Greg Land Accused of Tracing Dark Horse Aliens Artist Tristan Jones Work for Aliens Omnibus Cover |website=Bounding Into Comics |date=September 4, 2020 |url=https://boundingintocomics.com/2020/09/04/marvel-comics-and-greg-land-accused-of-tracing-dark-horse-aliens-artist-tristan-jones-work-for-aliens-omnibus-cover/ |access-date=September 7, 2020}}</ref>
Land has also been accused of directly [[swipe (comics)|swiping]] art from other comics artists, and is considered "notorious" for tracing his art from other sources.<ref name="dailydot">{{cite web |last=Baker-Whitelaw |first=Gavia |title=Marvel artist Greg Land accused of plagiarism in new 'Aliens' comic |website=[[The Daily Dot]] |date=September 2, 2020 |url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/greg-land-plagiarism-aliens-marvel/ |access-date=September 7, 2020}}</ref>


Land's art for Marvel's ''[[Aliens Omnibus]]'' was pointed out by artist Tristan Jones as containing direct copies of various pieces of Jones' own ''Aliens'' artwork.<ref name="dailydot"/><ref name="observer">{{cite web |last=Holmes |first=Helen |title=Marvel Illustrator Greg Land Once Again Accused of Plagiarism |website=[[The New York Observer]] |date=September 2, 2020 |url=https://observer.com/2020/09/tristan-jones-greg-land-plagiarism-marvel-aliens-comic/ |access-date=September 7, 2020}}</ref> Similarities were also found between elements of Land's cover and an Alien portrait by [[Andy Brase]], a catalog photo of a sculpted Alien egg toy by [[National Entertainment Collectibles Association|NECA]], and a screenshot from the [[Sega]] video game ''[[Aliens: Colonial Marines]].''<ref name="bounding"/><ref name="bleedingcool2">{{cite web |last=Johnston |first=Rich |title=Separated At Birth: Tristan Jones and Greg Land on Aliens |website=Bleeding Cool |date=September 3, 2020 |url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/separated-at-birth-tristan-jones-greg-land-aliens/ |access-date=September 3, 2020}}</ref>
Land's art for Marvel's ''[[Aliens Omnibus]]'' was pointed out by artist Tristan Jones as containing direct copies of various pieces of Jones' own ''Aliens'' artwork.<ref name="dailydot"/><ref name="observer">{{cite web |last=Holmes |first=Helen |title=Marvel Illustrator Greg Land Once Again Accused of Plagiarism |website=[[The New York Observer]] |date=September 2, 2020 |url=https://observer.com/2020/09/tristan-jones-greg-land-plagiarism-marvel-aliens-comic/ |access-date=September 7, 2020}}</ref> Similarities were also found between elements of Land's cover and an Alien portrait by [[Andy Brase]], a catalog photo of a sculpted Alien egg toy by [[National Entertainment Collectibles Association|NECA]], and a screenshot from the [[Sega]] video game ''[[Aliens: Colonial Marines]].''<ref name="bleedingcool2">{{cite web |last=Johnston |first=Rich |title=Separated At Birth: Tristan Jones and Greg Land on Aliens |website=Bleeding Cool |date=September 3, 2020 |url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/separated-at-birth-tristan-jones-greg-land-aliens/ |access-date=September 3, 2020}}</ref>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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*''[[Ultimate Power]]'' (2006–2008)
*''[[Ultimate Power]]'' (2006–2008)
*''[[Uncanny X-Men]]'' #500–503, 508–511, 515–517, 520–521, 530–531, 540–542 (2008–2011)
*''[[Uncanny X-Men]]'' #500–503, 508–511, 515–517, 520–521, 530–531, 540–542 (2008–2011)
*''Uncanny X-Men'' vol. 3 #6–8, 11–12 (2012)
*''Uncanny X-Men'' vol. 2 #6–8, 11–12 (2012)
*''Uncanny X-Men'' vol. 4 #1–5, 11–15 (2016–17)
*''Uncanny X-Men'' vol. 4 #1–5, 11–15 (2016–17)
*''[[Weapon X]]'' vol. 3 #1–4 (2017)
*''[[Weapon X]]'' vol. 3 #1–4 (2017)
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===Other publishers===
===Other publishers===
*''StormQuest'' #1 (1994) (Caliber Press)
*''StormQuest'' #1 (1994) (Caliber Press)
*''[[Sojourn (Comic book series)|Sojourn]]'' #1–6, 8–11, 13–16, 18–20, 22–25, 27–29, 31–33 (2001–2004) (CrossGen)
*''[[Sojourn (comics)|Sojourn]]'' #1–6, 8–11, 13–16, 18–20, 22–25, 27–29, 31–33 (2001–2004) (CrossGen)


==References==
==References==

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Greg Land
A sideview of Land smiling while seated
Land in May 2019
Born1956
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Penciller
Notable works
Sojourn
Ultimate Fantastic Four
Uncanny X-Men
X-Men: Phoenix – Endsong

Greg Land (born 1956) is an American comic book artist, best known for his work on books such as Uncanny X-Men, Birds of Prey, and Fantastic Four.

Career

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Greg Land first got a job with an independent publisher as the artist for StormQuest after advertising himself at a Mid-Ohio Con comic convention.[citation needed] After that, he was hired by DC Comics in 1999 to finish the covers for Birds of Prey, based on the sketches of Brian Stelfreeze. He also had runs as interior penciler on both Birds of Prey and Nightwing.[1]

Later, Land began to work at CrossGen Comics on Sojourn. The series ran from July 2001 through May 2004, for a total of 34 issues.[1]

After CrossGen went out of business, Land went on to work at Marvel Comics, where he did covers to various series. This led to a collaboration with writer Greg Pak as the main artist of X-Men: Phoenix – Endsong.[2] Next, Land became the penciler for Ultimate Fantastic Four.[3] He did the artwork for a crossover between Marvel's Supremeverse and the Ultimate Universe, entitled Ultimate Power,[3] which was written by Brian Michael Bendis, J. Michael Straczynski and Jeph Loeb. He then did the covers for Marvel Zombies 3 which were all homages to posters of notable zombie movies.

In 2008, Land illustrated Uncanny X-Men #500.[4] From then until December 2011 he would illustrate several sporadic sets of issues, totaling 22 in all, his last being issue #544.[5] During this same period he also illustrated issue #210 and 235–237 of X-Men: Legacy.[6]

In 2012, Land illustrated issues #5–8 and 11–12 of the relaunched Uncanny X-Men.

Plagiarism accusations

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Land has been accused of going beyond the accepted bounds of photographic reference, lifting images from sources that include hardcore pornography, and copying them into his pages outright with minimal Photoshop alterations to make the work appear to be an original drawing, a reputation he developed from his work on Ultimate Fantastic Four and Ultimate Power. Land has agreed that he does employ photo reference to a large extent, and that he uses pornography as a source, but denies that the extent to which he does so is questionable. The A.V. Club included him in their 2009 list of "21 artists who changed mainstream comics (for better or worse)" for this reason.[7]

Commenting on Land's work on Uncanny X-Men #510, Brian Cronin of CBR.com remarked that the issue "possibly has the most harmful art to a story that I’ve seen in a comic," saying that Land's limited supply of poses and use of the same models for multiple characters "results in terrible art and particularly terrible storytelling."[8] He was also mocked for his limited use of facial expressions on the Thing.[9][10]

Land has also been accused of directly swiping art from other comics artists, and is considered "notorious" for tracing his art from other sources.[11]

Land's art for Marvel's Aliens Omnibus was pointed out by artist Tristan Jones as containing direct copies of various pieces of Jones' own Aliens artwork.[11][12] Similarities were also found between elements of Land's cover and an Alien portrait by Andy Brase, a catalog photo of a sculpted Alien egg toy by NECA, and a screenshot from the Sega video game Aliens: Colonial Marines.[13]

Bibliography

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DC Comics

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Marvel Comics

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Other publishers

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  • StormQuest #1 (1994) (Caliber Press)
  • Sojourn #1–6, 8–11, 13–16, 18–20, 22–25, 27–29, 31–33 (2001–2004) (CrossGen)

References

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  1. ^ a b Stevens, Bill (May 21, 2012). "Marvel artist draws the Avengers and more in his man cave home in Trinity". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
  2. ^ "Greg Pak talks "X-Men: Phoenix – Endsong"". Comic Book Resources. August 20, 2004. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Greg Land". Lambiek Comiclopedia. January 18, 2008. Archived from the original on February 24, 2008.
  4. ^ George, Richard (July 16, 2008). "Uncanny X-Men #500 Preview". IGN. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
  5. ^ Serafino, Jason (September 23, 2011). "Marvel Ends "Uncanny X-Men" With Issue 544". Complex Networks. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
  6. ^ Greg Land at the Grand Comics Database
  7. ^ Adams, Sam; Murray, Noel; Phipps, Keith; Pierce, Leonard (July 20, 2009). "Reinventing the pencil: 21 artists who changed mainstream comics (for better or worse)". The A.V. Club. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
  8. ^ Cronin, Brian (May 21, 2009). "Possibly the Most Harmful Art I've Seen in a Comic". CBR.com. Retrieved June 23, 2009.
  9. ^ "Greg Land's "talented" artwork of the Thing". Reddit. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
  10. ^ Johnston, Rich (June 3, 2012). "The Many Faces Of Greg Land's Ben Grimm". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
  11. ^ a b Baker-Whitelaw, Gavia (September 2, 2020). "Marvel artist Greg Land accused of plagiarism in new 'Aliens' comic". The Daily Dot. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  12. ^ Holmes, Helen (September 2, 2020). "Marvel Illustrator Greg Land Once Again Accused of Plagiarism". The New York Observer. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  13. ^ Johnston, Rich (September 3, 2020). "Separated At Birth: Tristan Jones and Greg Land on Aliens". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
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