tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post651392534203086162..comments2024-02-28T20:08:29.312-08:00Comments on The Pictorial Arts: New! Strange! Different!Thomas Haller Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278003392092477845noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-45959487099927247242012-06-09T22:26:23.081-07:002012-06-09T22:26:23.081-07:00It's the jodhpurs that do it. :) Or I just l...It's the jodhpurs that do it. :) Or I just like saying "jodhpurs"Unca Jeffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02292248615715408243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-35797608189406063892012-05-05T16:19:01.107-07:002012-05-05T16:19:01.107-07:00It's a great picture, and I'm struck by th...It's a great picture, and I'm struck by the physical likeness to Doc Savage from a cover of his own magazine.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-54225374775239564622012-05-04T13:38:23.196-07:002012-05-04T13:38:23.196-07:00Kid, back then everybody was knocking-off everybod...Kid, back then everybody was knocking-off everybody, and I guess that's true even now. Nothing-new-under-the-sun kind of thing.<br /><br />Look how great Saunders handled the forced perspective, to get two complete figures front and center and yet still give them context and the threat above and below as well. Those guys were genius in laying out covers, let alone the beautiful rendering.Thomas Haller Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278003392092477845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-28727947948396202932012-05-04T12:22:40.125-07:002012-05-04T12:22:40.125-07:00Oops, my mistake. I thought the date below the ill...Oops, my mistake. I thought the date below the illustration said 1930, not 1938 - hence my erroneous conclusion. Cap Hazzard is therefore a Doc Savage knock-off. (Really must get a pair of spectacles.)Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-14359894441947887042012-05-04T12:18:22.885-07:002012-05-04T12:18:22.885-07:00Looks very much like Doc Savage from the covers of...Looks very much like Doc Savage from the covers of his magazine in the '30s. Captain Hazzard came first 'though. Interesting.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.com