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deejay New Member |
posted March 31, 2003 12:52 PM
 
Any chance of a Lou Fine Archive, compiling some of his stuff. I don't know enough about him to conjecture about how many volumes this would comprise. IP: Logged |
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vze2 Member |
posted March 31, 2003 10:58 PM
Bob G., the guy in charge of collected editions, has said that current technolgy makes Lou Fine and Mac Raboy unlikely at this time. The way he said it led me to believe that Fine and Raboy are actually very high on DC's list once this is resolved. Years ago, I read the same comment (made by Gemstone) about Harvey Kurtzman. I'm not positive, but I believe the technology issue deals with reproduction, not reconstruction. Think about photocopies. No matter what you do, the copy is always worse than the original. Even on the best copiers you will notice the difference if you repeatedly copy something and then use the copy to make another copy. So how do they get away with reprinting Fine in The Spirit? I'm behind, so I haven't seen his work yet. However, without seeing the original artwork, it's hard to tell if anything is being lost. We may see a great comic, but DC might see an inferior copy of a great comic. In any case, DC cannot wait for technology to improve if it wants to keep The Spirit on track. I think that once the technology issues are resolved, we will see the following: The Ray (done in one and connected to a very popular modern version) Black Condor (done in two thin volumes, I think, and connected to a modern version that isn't very popular) Doll Man (this will take a lot of volumes, I'm predicting this will be third so that DC can use the first two to build interest) For some reason, I never think that Fine did any work on Uncle Sam, but James keeps reminding me that he did. However, if the only goal is to reprint Fine, I think that Uncle Sam is the last of the four. If patriotism continues to be popular, he might jump to the #1 slot. IP: Logged |
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Amentep Member |
posted March 31, 2003 11:04 PM
quote: On the Questions for Bob thread, someone said they were using original art or plates for the Spirit Archives as opposed to having to reconstruct the art. IP: Logged |
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Lightning + Chemicals Member |
posted March 31, 2003 11:13 PM
Has anyone ever included/excluded the "fine line work" of Lou Fine's contemporary, Reed Crandall from today's archives? I also see Fine and Raboy mentioned, but not Crandall.... IP: Logged |
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vze2 Member |
posted March 31, 2003 11:19 PM
As I recall, Crandall is included in this group, but not as an equal. I've definitely heard similar comments about Crandall. IP: Logged |
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Owen Cardiff Darcy Member |
posted April 01, 2003 12:41 AM
The Lou Fine Cover Gallery IP: Logged |
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deejay New Member |
posted April 01, 2003 02:19 AM
Wow, the cover gallery is great Mr Darcy. You're a credit to your gender. IP: Logged |
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NecessaryImpurity Member |
posted April 01, 2003 02:30 AM
quote: Fine isn't doing his normal art. He's ghosting Eisner as best as he can on Spirit, and uses a thicker brush. There isn't much fine-line work on Spirit. IP: Logged |
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deejay New Member |
posted April 01, 2003 07:38 AM
quote: Ya reckon? I think Fine's work is easily identifiable and exquisite too boot. I prefer it much more than Jack Cole's stuff. IP: Logged |
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daytripper Member |
posted April 01, 2003 05:46 PM
Pure Imagination will be putting out a Lou Fine volume later this year, using public domain material. I assume since this is Greg Theakston, he'll use the Theakstonizing technique: bleaching the color out of a comic book, then reproducing the art in black and white, which is what most of Pure Imagination's volumes are. I'm looking forward to the volume, but hope the repro is good. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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