Humbug #1 pg. 28, 1957

Artists: Jack Davis (Penciller) , Harvey Kurtzman (Layouts)

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Title:	Humbug #1 pg. 28, 1957
Artist:	Jack Davis (Penciller)
Artist:	Harvey Kurtzman (Layouts)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	191
Likes on CAF:	2 3
Comments:	3
Added to Site:	8/20/2024
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I got the Stabur Press book "The Art of Jack Davis" book at a tender age, and despite the limited b/w reproduction, I was blown away but Davis's versatility and technical range, from watercolor to brush to pen and ink. This image represented to me Davis's absolute technical peak in the book, to the extent that I remember copying parts of it line for line. I was astonished that I was able to get the original... I believe the first time it was ever sold!

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	Jyrki Vainio
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Comics Superworld
Member Since 2007

Posted on 8/21/2024

So talented!

Jeff Singh
Member Since 2004

Posted on 8/21/2024

That is a pretty special piece from a very historically significant comic. Well done and so much better than you recall this image from your formative years. it might have taken 67 years to find you but it sounds like the art is where it should be now.

Jyrki Vainio
Member Since 2005

Posted on 8/21/2024

Jeff Singh wrote:

That is a pretty special piece from a very historically significant comic.� Well done and so much better than you recall this image from your formative years.� it might have taken 67 years to find you but it sounds like the art is where it should be now.��

I was hoping I could get some answers from seeing the original (as in "how the heck does he do it") – but no! It's one of those cases where seeing the original almost just adds on to the mystery. All the other Davis originals I've seen have been quite large, the pen and brush work has been big and bold. This, however, is very small, close in size to the published page. So not only is the linework perfect – just look at the smooth transition of values on the tall bald guy's coat, and then contrast that with the young man's coat on the right where the hatching ALSO beautifully describes the texture of the cloth – it's also executed at an intricate scale that almost seems like it shouldn't be humanly possible.

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