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I'm a comic book illustrator and graphic designer.
Currently colouring Trevor Von Eeden's graphic novel "The Original Johnson".

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2009 (5)
 

Some comic strip originals 4

This is "Adam Ames" from 1960. Check out the excellent body language. Drawn by one of the greatest comic book artists, LOU FINE.

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Some comic strip originals 3

Leonard Starr's "Mary Perkins - On Stage", beautiful drawing from 1957, the strip's first year.

Here's an excellent overview of the strip:

You should hit the "download" link to really appreciate the Heritage scan.

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Some comic strip originals 2

Here's George Wunder's "Terry & the Pirates" from his first year on the strip. You can see why he got the job.

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Some comic strip originals

Most of these originals come from the Heritage Auctions site. Great scans and a great resource for the comic community. And the nice thing is they respect the art enough not to put their logos on top of it. (Unlike a lot of other sale sites.)

 First off, a classic Milton Caniff "Terry & the Pirates" from his last year on the strip.

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A favourite page from a classic team:

First the layout by Gil Kane.
After Kane pencilled the page, it was inked by (the master) Wally Wood:

(download)

Filed under  //  DC Comics   Gil Kane   Wally Wood   comic book  
Posted by George Freeman