Early Hernandez Bros. treats
Cartoonist Mike Fiffe has done us all a service by scanning in some very early and obscure stories and illos by Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez.
Los Bros. may wince at these early Marvel/DC influenced illustrations now, but The Beat vividly remembers them adorning mailing envelopes of The Comics Journal, and how charming and/or disturbing they were even then.
09/2/08 at 5:16 pm
“Los Bros. may wince at these early Marvel/DC influenced illustrations now…”
I’m not sure if they wince at their early illustrations because they were influenced by Marvel/DC. In interviews, they never hid their influence and admiration for Kirby/Ditko, among many other sources.
09/3/08 at 12:23 am
If it says Hernandez, it rules.
09/3/08 at 7:27 am
[…] [Comics] Mike Fiffe presents a generous collection of rare and obscure comics and art by Los Bros Hernandez. Oh, this is good stuff… (Above: sequence from “The He That Walks,” ©1983 Jaime Hernandez. Link via Heidi MacDonald.) […]
09/3/08 at 1:38 pm
You can tell none of the men in the first picture are the “real” Batman because they’re agreeing with her.