Thursday, September 10, 2009

Sexy Renderings

Alex Raymond's spaceship renderings were almost as sexy as his renderings of women. Almost.

Below is another of the HUGE Flash Gordon (& Jungle Jim) pages that I rescued from my Grandma's canning workshop in her basement, MANY years ago:

There are many purists who like black and white panel art only. I'm not one of them. It's beautiful of course, but color breathes life into the art. Below is from the Nostalgia Press edition of Flash Gordon.


at

3 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2009 at 12:40 PM

    Give me color anytime-it sure adds realism to the comics.-thanks for posting this. charlie

    ReplyDelete
  2. Thomas Haller BuchananSeptember 10, 2009 at 1:10 PM

    Yes, indeed. I appreciate your comments Charlie.

    ReplyDelete
  3. joe ackermanSeptember 15, 2009 at 2:43 AM

    Flash Gordon, especially, should always be viewed in colour.

    ReplyDelete