I can't say I am a huge fan of Sy Barry's work. For much of the fifties he was employed by DC as a house inker and as such he was used to push a slick house style that beat down every form of individuality of their pencilers. Some didn't come out of it well, like Gene Colan, but even those who seemed to fit into it, like Carmine Infantino and Gil Kane, did much better work when they inked their own pencils. But when Sy left DC and took over the Phantom strip, he showed he was a very accomplished artist on his own and he not only kept the feature going but made it an international success. Maybe he was not the brilliant and singular character artist his brother Dan (the Flash Gordon artist) was, but what he created was nice to look at, as you can see here. I have been trying to find the starting point of his run, but other than the fact that it must have been somewhere in 1961/62 I didn't get.
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Thursday, December 24, 2015
Shy Barry
Thursday Story Strip Day.
I can't say I am a huge fan of Sy Barry's work. For much of the fifties he was employed by DC as a house inker and as such he was used to push a slick house style that beat down every form of individuality of their pencilers. Some didn't come out of it well, like Gene Colan, but even those who seemed to fit into it, like Carmine Infantino and Gil Kane, did much better work when they inked their own pencils. But when Sy left DC and took over the Phantom strip, he showed he was a very accomplished artist on his own and he not only kept the feature going but made it an international success. Maybe he was not the brilliant and singular character artist his brother Dan (the Flash Gordon artist) was, but what he created was nice to look at, as you can see here. I have been trying to find the starting point of his run, but other than the fact that it must have been somewhere in 1961/62 I didn't get.
I can't say I am a huge fan of Sy Barry's work. For much of the fifties he was employed by DC as a house inker and as such he was used to push a slick house style that beat down every form of individuality of their pencilers. Some didn't come out of it well, like Gene Colan, but even those who seemed to fit into it, like Carmine Infantino and Gil Kane, did much better work when they inked their own pencils. But when Sy left DC and took over the Phantom strip, he showed he was a very accomplished artist on his own and he not only kept the feature going but made it an international success. Maybe he was not the brilliant and singular character artist his brother Dan (the Flash Gordon artist) was, but what he created was nice to look at, as you can see here. I have been trying to find the starting point of his run, but other than the fact that it must have been somewhere in 1961/62 I didn't get.
Friday, December 20, 2013
Star Material
Friday Comic Book Day.
After yesterday's Thorn McBride I took another look at Frank Giacoia's early work. Here are two stories have his name on it from Ziff Davis' Amazing Adventures series. The first is supposed to be drawn by Murphy Anderson and possibly Sy Barry, but it looks as much as Giacoias personal style as I know. The second is a bit more stiff,but that may be because of the subject matter. It is supposed to be inked by John Giunta.
After yesterday's Thorn McBride I took another look at Frank Giacoia's early work. Here are two stories have his name on it from Ziff Davis' Amazing Adventures series. The first is supposed to be drawn by Murphy Anderson and possibly Sy Barry, but it looks as much as Giacoias personal style as I know. The second is a bit more stiff,but that may be because of the subject matter. It is supposed to be inked by John Giunta.
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