tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post1640695252487722813..comments2024-02-28T20:08:29.312-08:00Comments on The Pictorial Arts: PaneltopiaThomas Haller Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278003392092477845noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-29027322707127288832012-06-20T01:27:31.935-07:002012-06-20T01:27:31.935-07:00As an illustrator myself, I know how much effort w...As an illustrator myself, I know how much effort went into these two panels... I remember doing a 30 frame storyboard in the 1970s, and the writer saying... as I was leaving his office... "I need them by mid day tomorrow... Oh, and I need lots of detail." I said... "I'm an artist, not a machine." <br /><br />I left the brief on his table and told him to hire another mug. <br /><br />I'm about to retire soon, I'll still do my own art. But if one drawing takes a month, it takes a month... Deadlines stimulate one artist and sap another artist's will to live.<br /><br />Art LoverAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-39624882545900182322011-12-17T11:57:01.301-08:002011-12-17T11:57:01.301-08:00What size was the original work that was shot down...What size was the original work that was shot down to the newspaper size? Anyone know?Duane Spurlockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06102074370101800708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-22151901537509259042011-12-13T17:09:05.356-08:002011-12-13T17:09:05.356-08:00Joe, drool some for the rest of us, so far away.
...Joe, drool some for the rest of us, so far away.<br /><br />We want to hear about your visit!<br /><br />Yes, and think of Foster laboring week after week for 30 something years!Thomas Haller Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278003392092477845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-50803266577634785412011-12-13T16:09:01.775-08:002011-12-13T16:09:01.775-08:00I'm making an appointment to see the Foster Co...I'm making an appointment to see the Foster Collection here at Syracuse University now that I'm local. Supposedly they have a ton of originals for one to drool over. <br /><br />These two panels are incredible! He really took advantage of the fact that he had an entire week to labor over each Sunday page since there were no dailies to compromise the work.Joe Juskohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00372481990907532158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-5834522885669450312011-12-13T15:12:38.680-08:002011-12-13T15:12:38.680-08:00Beautiful -- how did he find the time for so much ...Beautiful -- how did he find the time for so much detail in each panel? keep them coming--charlieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-79289068074112126132011-12-12T19:13:11.310-08:002011-12-12T19:13:11.310-08:00I clipped and saved Valiant strips in the sixties,...I clipped and saved Valiant strips in the sixties, too... up through and including the Wally Wood strip. My old high school buddy Gary Gianni draws it now.<br />I was, and still am, in awe of the color in these beautifully detailed panels of Fosters. What other strip ever had color this subtle, nuanced, and gorgeous?Glen Storyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00921709869492451751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-41811535500387959692011-12-12T07:44:41.696-08:002011-12-12T07:44:41.696-08:00Hi Thom,
Panels like these can stand alone, much ...Hi Thom,<br /><br />Panels like these can stand alone, much like the illustration from a page in a book. If you have a general sense of the scene and the characters, you can enjoy the panel for its own achievement, independent of the text or the entire work.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588164536314320479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-51774982135170157702011-12-12T07:32:37.690-08:002011-12-12T07:32:37.690-08:00Oh, I can tell I'm going to LOVE this new segm...Oh, I can tell I'm going to LOVE this new segment. <br /><br />Thank you for this beautiful Hal Foster panel. Seeing this kind of stuff is what made me want to become an artist in the first place, and seeing a beautiful scan like this is a wonderful reminder not only of my inspirational roots, but also of the masters that came before and the long way I still have to go in order to match a fraction of their greatness.Erik Johnson Illustratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11184274387021011687noreply@blogger.com