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Richard White Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 28 August 2009 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1058
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IDW have put out some beautiful books on the life and work of Alex Toth. Amazing stuff.
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Chris Geary Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 19 January 2009 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1158
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Posted: 24 October 2014 at 1:30am | IP Logged | 2
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There is a great documentary on the Space Ghost and Dino Boy DVD that came out a few years ago. Well worth a watch.
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Stephen Churay Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 25 March 2009 Location: United States Posts: 8369
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Posted: 24 October 2014 at 6:36am | IP Logged | 3
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Eric Jansen:A friend gave me the SHOWCASE PRESENTS HOUSE OF MYSTERY and while the stories are nothing to write home about, the art just gets better and better--especially once Alex Toth starts. (Al Williamson, Gray Morrow, Bernie Wrightson, and Neal Adams also look great!) I'm not a big fan of B&W comics, but his work here looks incredible! It's hard to imagine how color could have done anything but mess things up. ======== Eric, the Zorro material was originally published in color. This volume is in B&W, and I couldn't agree with you more. In fact, this is a case where an artist went in and reworked the artwork and it actually improved it, IMO.
As I mentioned, Toth was allowed to add a gray tone to the panels to give it some depth. The results are nice. I think I once had a Disney comic that was digest sized that collected a couple of stories. It was in color. I don't think I really want to see this in color again considering the B&W is so beautiful.
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Greg Woronchak Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 04 September 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 1631
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Posted: 24 October 2014 at 6:38am | IP Logged | 4
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Discovering his Zorro and Dell Four Color works was such a treat.
His story-telling is superb!!!
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