Great selection, including many personal faves. Conan the Barbarian 21 (as pictured) was the first American comic to totally assault my consciousness - in part leading to where I am today. Thanks for sharing all that, Steve
So many wonderful panels. I had that exact same Fantastic Four colouring book, but never did colour it in – would have seemed blasphemous! I loved the script for 'Life Cycle' and sat on it for ages, waiting for the right place to publish (and artist). To me it had the feel of a classic Metal Hurlant strip, and Henry Flint did a beautiful job.
Excellent choice of panels, Steve. I picked up a stack of Lion weeklies when Garry's collection went on sale at Orbital and the Spider strips are the highlight of those issues. Seeing the original art shows the care and craft that went into Reg Bunn's art. It's interesting to see how he used white-out on the line art.
Frank Robbins was always under-appreciated.
No surprise to see that Romita panel...
Brilliant Robo-Cook panel!
Always nice to see Shaky of course.
That Bellamy panel - I can't help noticing how casually sexist the speech balloons are. Garth, I have just noticed these strange creatures and being a woman, I must SCREAM!
Great selection, including many personal faves. Conan the Barbarian 21 (as pictured) was the first American comic to totally assault my consciousness - in part leading to where I am today. Thanks for sharing all that, Steve
So many wonderful panels. I had that exact same Fantastic Four colouring book, but never did colour it in – would have seemed blasphemous! I loved the script for 'Life Cycle' and sat on it for ages, waiting for the right place to publish (and artist). To me it had the feel of a classic Metal Hurlant strip, and Henry Flint did a beautiful job.
The inker of that Frank Robbins panel ("D. Fraser") is Leonard Starr, creator of "On Stage".
FF 94 is a favorite of mine, too. The Hugo Tate panel makes me want to track that book down. Some delightful Herriman vibes there.
Excellent choice of panels, Steve. I picked up a stack of Lion weeklies when Garry's collection went on sale at Orbital and the Spider strips are the highlight of those issues. Seeing the original art shows the care and craft that went into Reg Bunn's art. It's interesting to see how he used white-out on the line art.
Frank Robbins was always under-appreciated.
No surprise to see that Romita panel...
Brilliant Robo-Cook panel!
Always nice to see Shaky of course.
That Bellamy panel - I can't help noticing how casually sexist the speech balloons are. Garth, I have just noticed these strange creatures and being a woman, I must SCREAM!
Stunning panels, and the Hugo Tate is :chef's kiss:
Lovely stuff!
Wholly justified and jubilantly, jeremiad-free and joyously received, especially the "Robo-Cook" panel – posterity preserved.