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Post by chaykinstevens on Jul 17, 2021 13:19:49 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2021 13:30:23 GMT -5
This may be the earliest double-page spread in American comic books (at least I have yet to encounter an earlier one). From the Ka-Zar story in Marvel Mystery Comics #11 (September 1940). Art by Funnies, Inc's Ben Thompson. (Click on the image to see it better.)
Cei-U! I summon the pioneer!
As I was trying to think through Golden Age examples, I had that very question on what might be the earliest! It's a nice example at that.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2021 13:33:24 GMT -5
This is a bit unusual and rather striking!
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Post by codystarbuck on Jul 17, 2021 16:18:25 GMT -5
This is a bit unusual and rather striking! Gene Day did a few of these, during his penciling run on Master of Kung Fu.
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Post by berkley on Jul 17, 2021 19:03:04 GMT -5
A pretty good one by Tom Palmer (from Doctor Strange #171 [Aug. 1968]): It works even better (with artistic enhancements) as a black light poster: I was going to post this one myself but couldn't find an image with the original colours. This is the first Dr. Strange comic I remember reading as a kid and it made a huge impression on me - I was obsessed with the character and the whole fictional world built around him for years afterwards. I'd like to say I'm still a fan but realistically, there's been nothing since the 70s that's captured the Strange magic for me. I still like the job Palmer and Adkins did in this issue - though most of the time it feels indistinguishable from Adkins's own work to me.
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Post by Confessor on Jul 18, 2021 10:04:18 GMT -5
This is a bit unusual and rather striking! Classic Gene Day layout.
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Post by berkley on Jul 18, 2021 16:51:45 GMT -5
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Post by berkley on Jul 18, 2021 16:52:43 GMT -5
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Post by berkley on Jul 18, 2021 16:55:22 GMT -5
I thnk I posted them backwards, but anyway those are two of my favourites, the opening pages of parts 1 and 2 of the adaptation of REH's Worms of the Earth in Savage Sword of Conan. beautiful art pieces in themselves, they also put the reader right in the midst of the world in which this story takes place.
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Post by kirby101 on Jul 18, 2021 16:55:43 GMT -5
Loved this spread since I first saw it in Savage Tales #1. The way Smith told the story by closeups of little bits of the larger picture. Amazing work.
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Post by kirby101 on Jul 18, 2021 17:02:58 GMT -5
From Europe: The legendary Mobeus And the insane Druillet
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Post by tarkintino on Jul 18, 2021 18:17:41 GMT -5
Interesting. Scenes within letter shapes are reminiscent of Topps' Empire Strikes Back "letter" stickers from 1980:
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Post by tarkintino on Jul 18, 2021 18:39:51 GMT -5
Planet of the Apes #24. Art by Alfredo Alcala.
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Post by kirby101 on Jul 18, 2021 19:07:37 GMT -5
Go back to artist like Eisner and Steranko for letters with images.
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Post by kirby101 on Jul 19, 2021 9:37:54 GMT -5
Another great Kirby spread from the New Gods.
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