I like this panel feature, but I don't think I have to energy to go and find every daily for the five pkus years Gene Fawcette drew it.
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Showing posts with label Gene Fawcette. Show all posts
Thursday, February 08, 2018
Like Turning On A Faucet
Monday Cartoon Day.
I like this panel feature, but I don't think I have to energy to go and find every daily for the five pkus years Gene Fawcette drew it.
I like this panel feature, but I don't think I have to energy to go and find every daily for the five pkus years Gene Fawcette drew it.
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Gene Genie
Wednesday Illustration Day.
As a comic book artist Gene Fawcette was pretty bland. He drew in what I like to call the 'generic Aerican realism' style. A bit of poto-realism (without the photos), a bit of Milton Caniff, a bit of Joe Kubert, all put together to be a unobjectionable as possible. But when he drew Our New Age from 1962 to 1975, he was unsurpassed. I don't know what it is i like so much about these Sundays. Maybe it's the unabashed positive view of the world and the possibillities of science, the embodyment of John F, Kennedy's hope for a brighter future. Or maybe it's the way that lines and shadows are used to represent complex machines - the same way Milt Caniff and Noel Sickles shadows and light style can inspire awe, or when the best of the photo-realistic artists (Stan Drake, Leonard Starr, Neal Adams or Dave Sim) find a way to graphically represent reality. The quality of these Sundays is remarkable - especially if you realize he did a two to three image daily version as well!
As a comic book artist Gene Fawcette was pretty bland. He drew in what I like to call the 'generic Aerican realism' style. A bit of poto-realism (without the photos), a bit of Milton Caniff, a bit of Joe Kubert, all put together to be a unobjectionable as possible. But when he drew Our New Age from 1962 to 1975, he was unsurpassed. I don't know what it is i like so much about these Sundays. Maybe it's the unabashed positive view of the world and the possibillities of science, the embodyment of John F, Kennedy's hope for a brighter future. Or maybe it's the way that lines and shadows are used to represent complex machines - the same way Milt Caniff and Noel Sickles shadows and light style can inspire awe, or when the best of the photo-realistic artists (Stan Drake, Leonard Starr, Neal Adams or Dave Sim) find a way to graphically represent reality. The quality of these Sundays is remarkable - especially if you realize he did a two to three image daily version as well!
Tuesday, February 02, 2016
Science Fun
Monday Cartoon Day.
For comic strip collectors Our New Age is most remembered for the years it was drawn by Gene Fawcette, who at that time was also doing stories for Dell's 'horror' and science fiction books (like The Twilight Zone and Boris Karloff). The earlier version was by Earl Cros, about whom I have written earlier. Here we can see how the features switched artist in mid 1962. It also looks as if that's the time it changed from a three tier to a two tier strip.
For comic strip collectors Our New Age is most remembered for the years it was drawn by Gene Fawcette, who at that time was also doing stories for Dell's 'horror' and science fiction books (like The Twilight Zone and Boris Karloff). The earlier version was by Earl Cros, about whom I have written earlier. Here we can see how the features switched artist in mid 1962. It also looks as if that's the time it changed from a three tier to a two tier strip.
Saturday, August 23, 2014
A New LIfe
Saturday Leftover Day.
I have shown some of Gene Fawcette's gracefully drawn Our new Age Sunday pages. Fawcette, a journeyman comic book artist, landed a nice little job that fit his all-American style. Bt here is a great set of full color samples I sccanned myself. He did dailes as well as Sundays and seemed to be able to draw anything and give it an almost poetic lightness. The first artist on this feature was less lightfooted.
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I have shown some of Gene Fawcette's gracefully drawn Our new Age Sunday pages. Fawcette, a journeyman comic book artist, landed a nice little job that fit his all-American style. Bt here is a great set of full color samples I sccanned myself. He did dailes as well as Sundays and seemed to be able to draw anything and give it an almost poetic lightness. The first artist on this feature was less lightfooted.
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