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MATT MARRIOTT - ORIGINAL ART DAILY #24 - WHEN THE BEAR RUNS Comic Art

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Title:	MATT MARRIOTT - ORIGINAL ART DAILY #24 - WHEN THE BEAR RUNS
Posted By:	janosakos. h
Artist:	TONY WEARE (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Comic Strip
For Sale Status:	Sold
Views:	699
Comments:	0
Added to Site:	7/6/2018

Description

This daily is from the story "When the Bear Runs", a tale of arrogant careless violence against the Sioux Indian tribe by a cavalry officer, and the the revenge they take! This daily features the main characters, Matt and Powder, throughout, with a strong portrait of Powder in the center panel. Matt Marriott was a daily Western strip penned by Jim Edgar and drawn by Tony Weare that ran from 1955 to 1977 in Englands 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.

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