http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/07/when-in-doubt/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:27:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/07/when-in-doubt/#comment-1518161 Fri, 09 May 2008 15:00:52 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/07/when-in-doubt/#comment-1518161 I wish that you had included more about the origins of this panel. We keep thinking of Golden-Age comic-book art as crude work produced by semi-professionals who largely wouldn't be able to hack it in the world of newspaper comic strips. Dorothy Lathrop's piece here could easily be part of a modern graphic novel produced to the highest standards. It looks more like one of the better examples of high-end book illustration than an early comics panel. What was the name of the story and who was the author? Where and when was it published? I wish that you had included more about the origins of this panel. We keep thinking of Golden-Age comic-book art as crude work produced by semi-professionals who largely wouldn’t be able to hack it in the world of newspaper comic strips. Dorothy Lathrop’s piece here could easily be part of a modern graphic novel produced to the highest standards. It looks more like one of the better examples of high-end book illustration than an early comics panel. What was the name of the story and who was the author? Where and when was it published?

]]> http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/07/when-in-doubt/#comment-1499669 Wed, 07 May 2008 16:47:46 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/05/07/when-in-doubt/#comment-1499669 [...] When in doubt… from THE BEAT [...] […] When in doubt… from THE BEAT […]

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