I'm posting one of the items in
my impressive collection of original art: a Rip Kirby daily strip (11-29-1949)
by Alex Raymond. When I purchased it at ComicCon about 10 years ago, I was
struck by the looseness and freshness of the brush work- almost like Milton
Caniff in his early Steve Canyon heyday. Turns out, I was correct in a way.
Dave Sim, in an issue of his post-Cerebus series "Glamourpuss",
posits that Raymond was consciously emulating Caniff on the storyline this
daily comes from, especially in his handling of the leather jacket.
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