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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." He was also mocked for his limited use of
238:#500. From then until December 2011 he would illustrate several sporadic sets of issues, totaling 22 in all, his last being issue #544. During this same period he also illustrated issue #210 and 235–237 of 279:. 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. 614: 326: 322: 1222: 1217: 794: 1202: 999: 1039: 680: 821: 766: 905: 749: 723: 263:, lifting images from sources that include hardcore pornography, and copying them into his pages outright with minimal 933: 283:
included him in their 2009 list of "21 artists who changed mainstream comics (for better or worse)" for this reason.
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alterations to make the work appear to be an original drawing, a reputation he developed from his work on
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art from other comics artists, and is considered "notorious" for tracing his art from other sources.
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was pointed out by artist Tristan Jones as containing direct copies of various pieces of Jones' own
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artwork. Similarities were also found between elements of Land's cover and an Alien portrait by
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after advertising himself at a Mid-Ohio Con comic convention. After that, he was hired by
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Adams, Sam; Murray, Noel; Phipps, Keith; Pierce, Leonard (July 20, 2009).
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Greg Land first got a job with an independent publisher as the artist for
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In 2012, Land illustrated issues #5–8 and 11–12 of the relaunched
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Land has been accused of going beyond the accepted bounds of
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After CrossGen went out of business, Land went on to work at
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which were all homages to posters of notable zombie movies.
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He also had runs as interior penciler on both 875: 993: 925: 838: 822:"Greg Land's "talented" artwork of the Thing" 724:"Marvel Ends "Uncanny X-Men" With Issue 544" 876:Baker-Whitelaw, Gavia (September 2, 2020). 871: 869: 642:"Greg Pak talks "X-Men: Phoenix – Endsong"" 366:#1–6, 8–10 (full pencils); #13 (along with 107:, best known for his work on books such as 1000: 986: 608: 606: 27: 847:"The Many Faces Of Greg Land's Ben Grimm" 667: 665: 254: 931: 897: 866: 844: 721: 413:vol. 2 #41–43, 45–46, 48–50, 52, 54–56, 1040:Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness 683:from the original on February 24, 2008. 612: 603: 304:Land has also been accused of directly 1175: 903: 792: 786: 722:Serafino, Jason (September 23, 2011). 693: 662: 981: 758: 374:Birds of Prey: Black Canary – Batgirl 191:. 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Index

A sideview of Land smiling while seated
Penciller
Sojourn
Ultimate Fantastic Four
Uncanny X-Men
X-Men: Phoenix – Endsong
comic book artist
Uncanny X-Men
Birds of Prey
Fantastic Four
DC Comics
Birds of Prey
Brian Stelfreeze
Nightwing
CrossGen
Sojourn
Marvel Comics
Greg Pak
X-Men: Phoenix – Endsong
Ultimate Fantastic Four
Supremeverse
Ultimate Universe
Ultimate Power
Brian Michael Bendis
J. Michael Straczynski
Jeph Loeb
Marvel Zombies 3
Uncanny X-Men
X-Men: Legacy
photographic reference

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