tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post7341547337307658365..comments2024-03-28T12:12:53.989-04:00Comments on Today's Inspiration: The (Cover) Art of British War Comics: Day 5leifpenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07232334860061949895noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-32307197884409976652013-05-26T11:28:47.998-04:002013-05-26T11:28:47.998-04:00Mr. Chaykin's contempt is obvious for these co...Mr. Chaykin's contempt is obvious for these covers and the "men's guts" art genre in general. You can almost hear him sniffing the air. Too bad. He misses a lot as do all who generalize. The artwork for these British War Comics was, and is (see the still running <i>Commando</i> magazine) simply beautiful illustration.Mykal Bantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12148489896145024134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-77932937384691464832008-10-29T16:24:00.000-04:002008-10-29T16:24:00.000-04:00rodge;I asked david about the availability of artw...rodge;<BR/><BR/>I asked david about the availability of artwork and he replied:<BR/><BR/>"My chum Peter Hansen is indeed selling all the art - well , most of it anyway . It's a bit of a complicated arrangement because people just ring up and ask or send e-mails saying which pictures they'd like . My books are a sort of art catalogue really . If you'd like to forward the e-mail I'll pass on the details directly .<BR/> - David"<BR/><BR/>... so if you want to contact David about a specific piece, email me (my email address is under my profile description at top right of the blog) and i'll put you in touch.leifpenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232334860061949895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-53568502420635344502008-10-23T14:02:00.000-04:002008-10-23T14:02:00.000-04:00Rodge; I read recently on a British comics news b...Rodge; I read recently on a British comics news blog that IPC Media has sold off all the originals. I'll ask David if he has heard otherwise and post his reply here.leifpenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07232334860061949895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-51985641140296708222008-10-23T12:57:00.000-04:002008-10-23T12:57:00.000-04:00Leif.Do you know if any of the original artwork is...Leif.<BR/>Do you know if any of the original artwork is for sale?<BR/>Would David know? Haven't been able to dig up an email address fo him.<BR/>Love the Dell' Orco art<BR/>Keep up the good work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-58544295013256872812008-10-19T17:07:00.000-04:002008-10-19T17:07:00.000-04:00Leif: thanks for the great posts on this topic! Gr...Leif: thanks for the great posts on this topic! Growing up, I owned scads of these books, especially 'Air Ace', and admired them ,studied them! I'd love to see any great scans of interiors by Ian Kennedy you might have...(sadly, I somehow got rid of my collection, somewhere in my late teens, a momentary psychotic break I guess)<BR/>---<BR/>Speaking of ungracious, it must be said--what's with the perpetual, public Toth-bashing? Can't Mr. Chaykin leave well enough alone? First I pick up Draw! magazine, and I read Toth-bashing, and now this, from the same source.<BR/><BR/>It's all been said before, umpteen times, by Chaykin and many others--Toth's flaws have been dissected ad infinitum--can't we now let the dead rest in peace?<BR/><BR/>He's not here to defend himself, I guess---that's the point, right?Paul Rivochehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04247025490948800060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-18058335498553139242008-10-11T13:45:00.000-04:002008-10-11T13:45:00.000-04:00Yes, that was another great week: amazing, dramati...Yes, that was another great week: amazing, dramatic work!<BR/>Great design, complementary colors engaged almost brutally...fits the purpose I guess.<BR/><BR/>The Italians: Has anybody seen works by the illustrator named Fortunino Matania?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-33373860089614136612008-10-10T21:42:00.000-04:002008-10-10T21:42:00.000-04:00An outstanding TI this week. Stunning action/airp...An outstanding TI this week. Stunning action/airplane/ adventure/ illustration....real 'guy art'! No one should be surprised at the Brit, Italian, Spanish artists and illustrators. Theirs is a very long history of great artists...over centuries. The Italians can't design an awkward car, boat, airplane, building, whatever! I wish I'd seen more of this during my working years.... so....thanks, Leif and David Roach, for the great week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-23049452239345620352008-10-10T12:13:00.000-04:002008-10-10T12:13:00.000-04:00I'm not sure I agree with Howard on the covers bei...I'm not sure I agree with Howard on the covers being "fairly conventional".<BR/><BR/>There's something else going on here, an aesthetic in design and composition that wasn't as prevalent in the straight-forward battle action covers in the states.<BR/><BR/>The use of negative space, or the image within image approach I think is a pretty good example. Heck even some of the vignette's are more reminiscent of paperbacks, except the colors are bolder and cleaner in many cases.<BR/><BR/>Not to say that there wasn't a slew of covers in there that I think Howard is talking about, but to lump them all together would be wrong.<BR/><BR/>But more to Howard's point, a follow-up of interiors would be splendid if not a crucial addition to this thorough look of similar materials for different cultures.<BR/><BR/>=s=Shane Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706984816021430077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-71803309102682739322008-10-10T10:14:00.000-04:002008-10-10T10:14:00.000-04:00David, Leif, thanks for a great week cover art! I ...David, Leif, thanks for a great week cover art! I thoroughly enjoyed it.Jason Chalkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09338807457612635479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18907156.post-87726003443933907412008-10-10T08:41:00.000-04:002008-10-10T08:41:00.000-04:00These covers are pretty good, albeit fairly conven...These covers are pretty good, albeit fairly conventional, in that men's guts sort of style--but something needs to be recorded about the interior art by FERDINAND TACCONI, a wonderful Italian comics artist who died a few years ago.<BR/><BR/>Tacconi had a masterful grasp of graphics. His application of blacks was extraordinary--and like Frank Robbins on JOHNNY HAZARD, his understanding of machines--airplanes and vehicles of all eras--was top notch.<BR/><BR/>He did the lion's share of his work in the 60s and 70s for the British war digests, while at the same time producing some of the silliest softcore erotic horror stuff for the Italian market.<BR/><BR/>I discovered his stuff on my first trip to Italy in '79, and I've loved it ever since.<BR/><BR/>I sent a copy of one of his Italian comics albums from the series UOMO D'AVENTURA(Men Of Adventure), a melodrama about the Flying Tigers, to the always ingracious Alex Toth, who, true to form, never thanked me, but wrote an endless crit of the material.<BR/><BR/>Tacconi deserves to be better remembered.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com