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“The Strange Death of Alex Raymond (page 242 panel)” by Carson Grubaugh and Dave Sim

Artists: Carson Grubaugh (All) , Dave Sim (Writer)

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Title:	“The Strange Death of Alex Raymond (page 242 panel)” by Carson Grubaugh and Dave Sim
Artist:	Carson Grubaugh (All)
Artist:	Dave Sim (Writer)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	2,021
Likes on CAF:	2 3
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Added to Site:	5/7/2021
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“The Strange Death of Alex Raymond (page 242 panel)” (2021)
by Carson Grubaugh (1981- ) and Dave Sim (1956-)
22 x 17 in., brush and ink on board
Coppola Collection

In "The Strange Death of Alex Raymond," Dave Sim, legendary creator of Cerebus the Aardvark, and Carson Grubaugh, talented and creative artist across multiple media, explore and examine the line-making techniques of some of comics' greatest photorealist creators.

The art is impressive. And thanks to work of master production designer and line-smith, Sean Michael Robinson, the integrity of the printing and reproduction is truly unmatched.

The Strange Death of Alex Raymond is self-contained in a 320-page, 8.25x12 inch oversized hardcover book.

From April 28 – May 22, 2021, the book is available for its normal retail price at a pre-sale Kickstarter, along with (as long as they last) a S/N limited edition.

Kickstarter.com, search for The Strange Death of Alex Raymond

There was also one (morbid) reward tier in the Kickstarter, a 1/1 edition with the original art for the bookplate affixed to the book along with a few pages of original art (“morbid” because the tier price of $906.56 is the date of the titular death).

Yes, yes… that was me who got it. I also picked up some other art that I liked from the book.

This panel (well, it becomes a panel, but the art is 11 x 17) from page 242 was, according to Carson, “the one time in all of SDAOR that Dave ceded that my suggestion for a better composition was actually better.” (p 242 is posted separately).

Hugh D. Gravitt was the man driving the car that killed "Gone with the Wind"'s Margaret Mitchell. There were whispered conspiracies (as there always are) about Mitchell and her life, about how this happened. A few years after Gravitt died, his daughter wrote a tell-all book (and so on). Mitchell plays a role in the SDOAR narrative, and so, then, does Gravitt.

This drawing is a shot of Gravitt and his wife entering a courthouse. Carson writes "Dave was using a different one, but this one allowed me to have Mr Gravitt pushing on the panels going in perspective. Mrs. Gravitt resonates well with the woman in the Kirby panel on that page, and Mr Gravitt's reflection looks a heck of a lot like the young Ward Greene. ... It was the one time that Dave was 'Good job, kid.'"

Are you still with me? There is also one other interesting thing about this image that was true in the photo reference. For some reason, it was published as the mirror image. No one noticed it. I saw it for the first time when I was posting this here, actually.

First I noticed his ring. Wrong hand. Then I noticed both of their shown hands. No rings. Then, his wristwatch... usually on the non-dominant arm. And while one supposes maybe they did not have wedding rings (errrr... 1949.... unlikely) and he had weird watch preference, I saw the forest for the trees in front of me - their jackets are both buttoned the wrong way. The original source had been mirror-inverted.

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