Comments on: Madge the Magician’s Daughter http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/08/22/madge-the-magicians-daughter/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:51:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: John Tebbel http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/08/22/madge-the-magicians-daughter/#comment-2214554 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:08:13 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/08/22/madge-the-magicians-daughter/#comment-2214554 If he were younger, he wouldn't have been exposed to the style his "older" self grew up with. He'd probably be knocking off Sparky Schulz or Johnny Hart, like maybe Broomhilda meets Jack Sparrow. (That last trademark and copyright JRT 2008, all rights reserved under international conventions enforced by colorful, out of work Olympics security staff who form a team to root out bootleg dvds). If he were younger, he wouldn’t have been exposed to the style his “older” self grew up with. He’d probably be knocking off Sparky Schulz or Johnny Hart, like maybe Broomhilda meets Jack Sparrow. (That last trademark and copyright JRT 2008, all rights reserved under international conventions enforced by colorful, out of work Olympics security staff who form a team to root out bootleg dvds).

]]> by: Steve Taylor http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/08/22/madge-the-magicians-daughter/#comment-2200055 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:07:01 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/08/22/madge-the-magicians-daughter/#comment-2200055 Why,...he'd be Tony Millionaire. Why,…he’d be Tony Millionaire.

]]> by: Christopher Moonlight @ Moonlight Art Magazine http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/08/22/madge-the-magicians-daughter/#comment-2198569 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:12:44 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/08/22/madge-the-magicians-daughter/#comment-2198569 I think if he would have taken up paint, he would have fit in just fine with the low-brow art galleries of today. I think if he would have taken up paint, he would have fit in just fine with the low-brow art galleries of today.

]]> by: mahendra singh http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/08/22/madge-the-magicians-daughter/#comment-2198175 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:42:04 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/08/22/madge-the-magicians-daughter/#comment-2198175 Today, Mr. Wilson would be doing hack illo work at nights, tee shirts & checkbook illustrations & coloring books, working days in a newspaper or magazine or design agency doing grunt production work … 90% of contemporary illustration is stylized diagrams. No need to draw, much less please the eye. Grumble, grumble, mutter, mutter Today, Mr. Wilson would be doing hack illo work at nights, tee shirts & checkbook illustrations & coloring books, working days in a newspaper or magazine or design agency doing grunt production work …

90% of contemporary illustration is stylized diagrams. No need to draw, much less please the eye.

Grumble, grumble, mutter, mutter

]]> by: Jesse Post http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/08/22/madge-the-magicians-daughter/#comment-2198040 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:09:10 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/08/22/madge-the-magicians-daughter/#comment-2198040 Trippy! Thanks for posting, Heidi! I think the artwork is actually kind of mainstream for that time. The stories seem to be phoned in, but it's fun to see all the pictures of peacocks and wildebeasts and craziness. I wonder what Wilson did after this strip. Trippy! Thanks for posting, Heidi!

I think the artwork is actually kind of mainstream for that time. The stories seem to be phoned in, but it’s fun to see all the pictures of peacocks and wildebeasts and craziness. I wonder what Wilson did after this strip.

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