http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/05/07/when-in-doubt/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:33:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/05/07/when-in-doubt/#comment-38730 Andrew Laubacher Fri, 09 May 2008 15:00:52 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/05/07/when-in-doubt/#comment-38730 I wish that you had included more about the origins of this panel. We keep thinking of Golden-Age comic-book art as crude work produced by semi-professionals who largely wouldn't be able to hack it in the world of newspaper comic strips. Dorothy Lathrop's piece here could easily be part of a modern graphic novel produced to the highest standards. It looks more like one of the better examples of high-end book illustration than an early comics panel. What was the name of the story and who was the author? Where and when was it published? I wish that you had included more about the origins of this panel. We keep thinking of Golden-Age comic-book art as crude work produced by semi-professionals who largely wouldn’t be able to hack it in the world of newspaper comic strips. Dorothy Lathrop’s piece here could easily be part of a modern graphic novel produced to the highest standards. It looks more like one of the better examples of high-end book illustration than an early comics panel. What was the name of the story and who was the author? Where and when was it published?

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