PS:
SUPER-minor quibble:
I generally like Palmer’s inks, and especially on Colan, but I wish he hadn’t
occasionally stuck those little bits of zip-a-tone on. They seem quite random;
they rarely add anything to the page; and the material certainly doesn’t get
better as it ages. This page is a good example.
Again, SUPER minor quibble. But I wonder what Tom was thinking.
There is one specific and otherwise *great* Buscema/Colan page I’ve passed on
multiple times specifically because there’s a splash of zip-a-tone on it that
really irks me.
Sometimes Palmer used zip-a-tone more holistically as a tone element (e.g.,
over Buscema on Avengers and over Andru on Doc Savage)—and in many cases it
works there. But zip-a-tone ages very badly and I assume there’s really no way
to conserve/restore it.
Mark Nevins
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On Jan 17, 2021, at 07:39, zzutak <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Gene in January, Day Sixteen
Daredevil #90, page 7 by Gene Colan and Tom Palmer
https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1695183
In 2014 I purchased a Colan/Palmer Daredevil #94 page that featured Lil'
Natasha, in a flashback sequence to her youthful first mission prior to
meeting Iron-man in Tales of Suspense #52. In 2015 I discovered that DD #94
is a book that a good friend in the hobby is attempting to reunite in
original art form, so we arranged a trade. Cut to December of 2020, and
another opportunity to add some young Natasha art (from earlier in the same
storyline) arose, this time from DD #90, a book that my buddy is not
attempting to put back together.
What I'm saying is that our life here on earth is but a brief flickering
candle, so put it not under a bushel, but upon a candlestick (by helping
fellow collectors reunite stories), that it may shine to all that are in the
house. This is the greatest good, and the glory of this noble act confers
great reward of recompense in this life, as well as in the Elysian Fields to
come, where favored collectors shall be conveyed by the gods after death.
One day in the pavilion at Karakorum Genghis Kahn asked an officer of the
Mongol guard what, in all the world, could bring the greatest happiness.
"The open steppe, a clear day, and a swift horse under you," responded the
officer after a little thought, "and a falcon on your wrist to start up
hares."
"Nay," responded the Kahn, "to crush your enemies, to see them fall at your
feet -- to take their horses and goods and hear the lamentation of their
women. That is best."
"Nay," responded the officer, "The greatest good in life is to assist fellow
collectors by selling or trading them pages they seek in their grail-quests
to reunite comic stories in original art form. That is best."
"You have answered well," responded the Khan, "The greatest joy and pleasure
for a man is to help fellow collectors complete stories in original art form.
That is best. The second greatest happiness is to scatter your enemy, to
drive him before you, to see his cities reduced to ashes, to see those who
love him shrouded in tears, and to gather into your bosom his wives and
daughters. That is second best."
Pax,
Sean
