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Flash 226 page 3 by Steve Lightle

Artist: Steve Lightle (All)

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Title:	Flash 226 page 3 by Steve Lightle
Artist:	Steve Lightle (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	450
Likes on CAF:	8 9
Comments:	8
Added to Site:	4/16/2022
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This is the third page from the complete book I own.

A quiet page of Flash/Wally preparing to go on holiday.But what a page.

The first horizontal panel perfectly sets the background of the scene and yet Lightle used some negative space and sparse inking to delineate it all. To great effect as it really conveys a nearly vaporous sense of being �somewhere else�. It almost feels like a panel from a Franco-Belgian book.

Then the busy second panel is perfect in conveying that slightly anxious sense of a crowd of people not knowing each other but embarking on the same journey, (you know those? Think a bunch of excited school kids waiting with their parents for the school bus to arrive to take them to a nature class). Lightle reverted to a more realistic approach to depict the characters here than he did on the previous page. The inking is top notch as well, especially on the clothes I find with that smeared finish at the end of a more solid line.

A strong change of camera angle (to keep things interesting) in panel 3 help us get a good view of the vehicle hardly seen in panel 1 despite some text heavy word balloons.

Then a nice view of Wally in panel 4 with a more animated look (with a Buzz Lightyear jaw & chin). I love how he is holding the broken snow goggles that are then used as a fifth panel to bridge it to the last one. Again, top notch inking here.

I love the native and the yack reflecting in the goggles.

Said characters who are used to bid a farewell to Wally as he leaves on his journey in the last panel.

Tons of great artistic and storytelling details resulting in a truly nice (if quiet) page from a master.

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Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008

1 - Posted on 4/16/2022

Very experimental here, wasn't he? Where do you keep finding such wonderful art?

Michael McIsaac
Member Since 2020

1 - Posted on 4/16/2022

Every piece of art that came from Lightle's hands was a gift to us fans. To actually own a page of his work is a great joy.

Andr� .
Member Since 2015

1 - Posted on 4/16/2022

Every panel looks like it could have been drawn by a different artist. Nice range of choices on this page.

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

2 - Posted on 4/16/2022

Don't forget, read Steve Lightle books
Your FM’s hip, he knows what cooks
Just tell unhooded Flash outside
Going to post one page at a time
Yakety yak (front and back)

Eranga Devasurendra
Member Since 2020

2 - Posted on 4/16/2022

On a page that should be crowded considering the number of characters, Lightle manages to give everyone a distinct look and carefully balances everything with effective use of contrast. I'm more familiar with his cover work but MAN did he have storytelling chops too. Great page!

Jason Hussa
Member Since 2017

1 - Posted on 4/17/2022

Really beautiful scene-setting page, F M. I can't stop staring at that second panel, which should feel crowded (like Eranga says), but doesn't at all, thanks to a great layout which incorporates the word balloons to "top off" the composition. The inking is superb throughout, but that second panel is awesome, and feels so perfectly balanced. I like how he sneaks the "two extra" panels in with the use of the goggles (and how the hole in one lens corresponds to Wally's POV). A workshop in how to set the stage in a sequential narrative. And you have the whole issue? Right on!! Congrats, F M!

J H
Member Since 2019

1 - Posted on 4/19/2022

That line weight just gives the page such a great look. It's so clean and even, it's almost like it was one continuous line. And I love the choices of sparse or dark inks, depending on the impact or light of the scene. Simple but very nicely done page. I didn't appreciate Lightle enough. Very nice page. Congrats!

Bill J
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 4/19/2022

Fantastic page from one of the most underrated artists out there. Steve Lightle was a fabulous artist and I'm pleased to own a number of his pieces.

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