This is one of those amazing cartoon birds-eye views I was talking about in the last post. What a great display of cartooning, with a penman's salute to Krazy Kat's George Herriman.
Johnny Gruelle — Yahoo Center — Life Magazine — 1927
Glen, you're so right. It looks like Gruelle chose his cast shadows to help anchor each clump to its best advantage, and yet doing that doesn't detract from the whole effect.
Hun's opinion:
ReplyDeleteReminds me more of the Katzenjammer Kids...
(no flying brickbats on this - great - cartoon)
Hun, you do know that I wasn't referring to Herriman's style, but to the sign in the upper right hand corner?
ReplyDeleteHun says (with hanging ears):
ReplyDeleteYou caught me on that one...
But then you got to admit -PLEASE- that it is well hidden among all the other signs
I love this!
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting that he's pretty careful with the cast shadows, but that the implied light source changes dramatically throughout the picture!
Glen
Hun, you look so cute with hanging ears. And yes, the sign WAS well hidden, hence my hint in the title of the post.
ReplyDeleteGlen, you're so right. It looks like Gruelle chose his cast shadows to help anchor each clump to its best advantage, and yet doing that doesn't detract from the whole effect.
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