His metallic prose
gleams. Perfect lines burn from his
cobalt typewriter.
Category: amreading
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Ok. These aren’t exactly comic panels.
But the more I go through old books during this time spent at home, the more I discover “four panels” in other parts of literature.
Tolkien’s perspective and line variation are impressive. He incorporates straight lines, diagonal and curved lines, stipples, blacked out inks.
The man was non-stop.
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I remember this All Star Squadron issue being a Justice League comic. Turns out it’s the Justice Society.
Justice who? What kind of bench warming Justice League is this?
Hold up. Learn your comics history J.
The Justice Society was the first superhero team to ever appear in D.C. Comics.
They’re the godfather and godmothers of the superhero team-up game. Respect due.
From: All Star Squadron #28
By: Roy Thomas, Richard Howell, and Gerald Forton
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Riverdale Drama
Two stories in 4 panels.
Betty approaching, and then turning away from Archie is a story on its own.
From: Archie #1
By: Mark Waid and Fiona Staples
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Small details can set the tone of a page.
Here, Kean Soo melds the speech balloons into the gutters. A subtle but distinct use of the convention, one I’ve never seen before.
From: Flight, Volume Two
By: Kean Soo
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Hilarity ensues
“Roughs” from Jeff Smith’s Bone. Probably the most polished roughs in history.
As a kid, catching a glimpse of a cartoonist’s rough pages provided endless inspiration and encouragement.
My mind melted when I discovered perfect panels didn’t immediately flow from the brushes of master cartoonists.
From: The Art of Bone
By: Jeff Smith
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Jack Kirby takes over one issue for John Buscema, and he immediately has Silver Surfer fighting a giant dog.
Timeless Marvel Universe maelstroms that.
From: Essential Silver Surfer, Vol. 1 (Marvel Essentials) (v. 1)
By: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby
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First seen in circulation February 52′
Could this strip be inspired from Schulz’s childhood? His father did own a barbershop in Minnesota.
Or taken from his own weekly visits to the barber?
The line Yes, sir, “It pays to look well” is subtle but real. I’ve never had my hair cut during the 1950’s, but that sounds like true old timey barber-speak to me.
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iUSt6YCXMV0
You couldn’t look at Jason’s drawings and not be compelled to draw.
Two heartfelt tributes to an inspirational artist:
Draw whatever you want, by Austin Kleon
No One Looked at New York Like Jason Polan, by Jerry Saltz
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Overrated or underrated – independently published black and white comics?
UNDERRATED.
From: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Color Classics: Micro Series – Leonardo
By: Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird
Floodlights and Goalposts 