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Weare, Tony - Matt Marriott, The Marshall of Ochre Flat, Day 2 (1968)

Artist: Tony Weare (All)

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Weare, Tony - Matt Marriott, The Marshall of Ochre Flat, Day 2 (1968) Comic Art

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Title:	Weare, Tony - Matt Marriott, The Marshall of Ochre Flat, Day 2 (1968)
Artist:	Tony Weare (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Comic Strip
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	1,057
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	2
Added to Site:	1/30/2018
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The 2nd daily from the Marshall of Ochre Flat storyline from Matt Marriott, a tale of a town harassed by a gang of roving bandits. It�s up to Marshall Matt Marriott to get things under control.

Matt Marriott was a daily Western strip penned by Jim Edgar and drawn by Tony Weare that ran from 1955 to 1977 in England�s Evening News. Records for the series were poorly kept, but The Marshall of Ochre Flat is thought to be the 42nd storyline and ran from December 19th, 1968 � April 18th, 1969, encompassing 101 daily strips.

David Lloyd of V for Vendetta fame is often cited when folks discuss the series artist, Tony Weare. He had this to say about him � �His style on Marriott was that of a sketch artist - a portrayer of the instant. It was naturalistic, raw and unsophisticated - perfect for depicting the primitive quality of a realistic-looking Wild West. One of his major strengths as a strip artist lay in his consistently creative compositions. If we look through the three-frame strips that make up the Matt Marriott stories we see no evidence of the repeated formulas of picture design which some strip artists� use. Because of the sheer weight of material most of these craftsmen have to produce, easy options in picture composition are often sought by them and repeated to ease the burden of emitting a constant stream of new layouts; but when we look at Tony's work, it's as if we're just watching people going about their business through a lens that he has cleverly positioned for us, not viewing figures which are overtly posed for appropriate effect.�

I can�t say it better than that � so I won�t try!

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David K
Member Since 2008

Posted on 1/30/2018

Outstanding first panel here!!

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Member Since 2013

Posted on 2/27/2018

Great fight scene! Weare's western imagery is just fantastic

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