tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789524189763910172.post7356865647632882248..comments2024-03-27T11:44:02.235-07:00Comments on Ink hard: Summer-readingJasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01541863702465505291noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789524189763910172.post-85658447070997795072010-07-30T02:34:31.989-07:002010-07-30T02:34:31.989-07:00Captain Easy vol.1 is the only book I've read ...Captain Easy vol.1 is the only book I've read by Roy Crane so far. I look forward to the Buz Sawyer-book from Fantagraphics.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01541863702465505291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789524189763910172.post-11554263644987423532010-07-29T22:49:09.515-07:002010-07-29T22:49:09.515-07:00I'm glad to read that you're enjoying Roy ...I'm glad to read that you're enjoying Roy Crane's comics, Jason. I've spent the last couple years tracking down Captain Easy and Wash Tubbs reprints from the 80s, so it's a relief to know fantagraphics will be publishing everything.<br /><br />I don't know how much you've read of Crane's work, but I personally prefer the early Captain Easy strips to the later Buz Sawyer. As impressive as his later drawings were, the style became too precise and ornate. He still retained his beautiful cartoon simplicity, but it also bordered on mechanical. Similarly to later Tintin, I suppose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789524189763910172.post-43065519039135314162010-07-23T15:20:59.604-07:002010-07-23T15:20:59.604-07:00I haven't read that one. I'll check it out...I haven't read that one. I'll check it out.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01541863702465505291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5789524189763910172.post-4902818869382815652010-07-23T12:22:33.683-07:002010-07-23T12:22:33.683-07:00I don't know if you've read it but Tosches...I don't know if you've read it but Tosches' biography of Jerry Lee Lewis, Hellfire, is one of the better biographies I've ever read. Definitely worth checking out if you haven't.Fosturhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18132646436326592734noreply@blogger.com