The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, created by Marvel Animation, a division of Marvel Entertainment, is going to be one of the break-in synergies between Marvel & Disney.
The crappy looking animated series, which appears to be a take on the WB big-jawed, 2D animation, is just a step backwards in what’s considered, “good art.” Come on, yeah, we love the Avengers and I’m sure the story line is right on the money (.. pray.. hope) but enough of this Hannah Barbera art already! Seriously, this simpleton art is like… from the 60s and is only done to save money. Yeah, we’re in bed with Marvel and DC. And Yeah we love Spidey, Iron Man, Bats and Superman. And who could say “No” to Wonder Woman or Scarlet Witch, or Black Widow… Rawrrrrr, for that matter? Regardless… someone just has to say, “NO! GIVE US BETTER ART!”
Not that we can really do anything about it, but still. Take a look-see at a simple comparison between “bad art” and “good art.” Looking at the WB style, you have the Fred Flintstone type of thing going on, where the artists used to paint a picture of Fred’s body and then rotate between 3-4 different images for the mouth and legs to give the impression that Fred was actually saying something or moving from one place to the other, like from the bowling alley to Barney’s place.. while Barney’s at work.
Seriously, this is maybe one step forward in the “can do” direction because you can see a little reflection on Bats’ and Supes’ undies… see that little blue and red stripe? That’s skill baby! Quality work.
You want more? … Too bad, neither do I, but we’re gettin’ it. Let’s take a look-see at what Marvel/Disney’s feeding us. Dissecting the Avengers image, you can see the masterful work that goes on in the new animated series. … notice reflection in Iron Man’s helmet conotating superior quality art as they are implying a rounded, metallic surface. Whatevah. I’m not EVEN 
going to go on about Thor. … note two-tone hair color, another reflection on his shiny, conditioned hair. Thunder gods use Head & Shoulders.
You get my point. To see “good art.” We don’t have to go no further than opening an over priced Ultimate Alliance 2, video game! You HAVE to check out the vid.
To get an idea of the quality of work they got going on, just take a look
at how much love they put into Spidey, Hulk and Iron man. It doesn’t get ANY better than this. The entire video is like this. Yeah, sure it costs lots of money. Yeah, it took the geek designers, who were obvious Marvel fans, tons of man hours to complete… but so what! In this economy, we should expect the best at export labor prices. Come on! You tell me that’s not the best rendition of Spidey! It’s perfect!
… sigh…. so, Disney XD will be showing Fred Flintstone and Snagletooth on…. I mean… the Avengers, this fall (2010) .. personally, I can’t wait! 
They also got, The Spectacular Spider-Man Animated Series, can anyone say Kim Possible art work?But I’m not going to rag, cause I actually like Kim Possible. .. it’s the fact that she’s tough and always rescues her friend with the stupid pink rat. Tough girls are sexy. … I shouldn’t be saying that since Kim’s still in high school … but I’m not going to analyze it too much.
Disney XD also has the X-Men cartoon too. Aside from not watching it, no high school kick-ass babes, I can’t say much more than what the hell 70s outfit is Jean Gray/Phoenix/Marvel Girl wearing? And Cyc looks like he’s been eating steroid chewables a little too often. They also have, what looks like the 1995 Spider-Man series along with Spider-man And His Amazing Friends from way back when. Hey, at least they had an excuse for crappy art, it was way back when, when they made it. … but what the hell is Spidey doing hanging with Ice man and Firestar any way? … jeeze, Marvel’s answer to the Wonder Twins.
Let’s just hope that the Mouse will be footing the bill for some quality art work that’ll follow in the footsteps of the Ultimate Alliance video game. </rant>
