11/13/2022 0 Comments Alex raymond flash gordon original art![]() ![]() He also refined the technique of "feathering" (a series of fine brush- or pen-strokes used in cartooning to create contours) to a degree as yet unexcelled in comic strips. ![]() His work during that decade established him as the first demonstrably modern comics illustrator, as he progressed from convoluted masses and strong, sweeping lines to a more precise and controlled style. Though he soon dropped Secret Agent X-9, Raymond continued drawing the other two strips until he joined the United States Marines in 1944. In 1934, he began drawing three strips of his own: Secret Agent X-9, scripted by Dashiell Hammett Jungle Jim, the adventures of a hunter in Asia, which inspired sixteen Columbia Pictures films (1948-1956) starring Jonny Weissmuller as the jungle hero, one with sf elements being Killer Ape ( 1953) and most notably, Flash Gordon. Raymond received his artistic training at the Grand Central School of Art in New York City and began his career by working as an assistant on the strip Tillie the Toiler soon he was also contributing to Chic Young's Blondie and Lyman Young's Tim Tyler's Luck. ![]() As Jane Frank aptly notes, he is "one of the most famous science fiction artists of all time, although he never contributed an illustration to any science fiction magazine or book", earning that status for his decade of drawing the comic strip Flash Gordon. ![]()
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