Bill Peckmann &Comic Art &Illustration 07 Jun 2012 05:23 am
More Toth War Stories
- Bill Peckmann has recently sent me some comic pages by Alex Toth, and I’ll let him introduce this post:
- I thought that with the advent of Dean Mullaney and Bruce Canwell‘s second volume of their Alex Toth series, ‘Genius Illustrated‘ coming out later this year, that your readers might enjoy a few stories from that time period in Alex’s life that the book will cover.
All three of the short stories that I’m sending you are from DC Comics’ war titles from the early 1970′s.
- Alex is firing on all cylinders in these three stories. Always learning his craft and searching to add to the esthetics of continuity art, lucky for us, it all seems to be culminating at this point in his life.
Just prior to each of the three comic stories, I’m posting a sheet of doodles that Alex Toth did, and Bill Peckmann saved. It’s a good way to separate the three war stories.
The first page of doodles. These three pages have
nothing to do with anything here. But they’re a
great example of a brilliant artist’s ramblings.
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Here is story 2 of 3. A short four page story but very powerfully done. Of special note, see how well the hands are executed to further the emotions of the characters, especially the very last panel.
This is the second page of doodles by Mr. Toth.
The guy could draw.
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Here in the third story of this post, Alex was able to combine his love for aviation and his fondness for 1940′s Hollywood movies that had a light touch. The writer of the story is Shelly Mayer, who as editor at DC Comics many years before, broke teenager Alex Toth into the comic book business.
The third and last of the doodle pages.
I hope they were, at least, interesting.
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Many thanks to Bill Peckmann. The rare comic stories aren’t enough, he spoils us with some private doodles by the master.
on 07 Jun 2012 at 12:34 pm 1.Suzanne Wilson said …
Some of Toth’s most powerful pages! They give me chills.
The “doodles” are phenomenal–an embarrassment of riches. Each drawing could stand on its own on an individual page, but en masse the effect is stunning!
on 07 Jun 2012 at 2:24 pm 2.Eric Noble said …
These are amazing!! These are masterful pieces of comics storytelling. Thanks to you and Bill Peckmann for sharing these!