Memes of Yore:
Women be loving hats. (All-Flash 001, 1941)
Decoration:
On the island nation of Felicia, the chairs are monogrammed with a big F (Master Comics 001, 1940)
UPDATE: And the shields.
Drawn without reference:
The majestic pterodactyl. (Master Comics 007, 1940)
As discussed elsewhere, the vast wealth of reference material that artists have access to nowadays simply wasn’t available back in the day. Sometimes a comic book required a drawing of something that the artist simply had no point of reference for.
And while in light of that fact some of the wild octopus or dinosaur anatomy on display in old comics is entirely forgivable and understandable, the wild depictions of the humble spider are totally baffling – I could round up a spider in about 2 minutes, if needed. Hell, I can see a spider from where I’m sitting writing this.
Hence, an ongoing roundup of spiders, drawn without reference.
As discussed elsewhere, the vast wealth of reference material that artists have access to nowadays simply wasn’t available back in the day. Sometimes a comic book required a drawing of something that the artist simply had no point of reference for.
And while in light of that fact some of the wild octopus or dinosaur anatomy on display in old comics is entirely forgivable and understandable, the wild depictions of the humble spider are totally baffling – I could round up a spider in about 2 minutes, if needed. Hell, I can see a spider from where I’m sitting writing this.
Hence, an ongoing roundup of spiders, drawn without reference.
