My brother and I bought 3 copies of this amazing full color paperback graphic novel from a magazine stand in 1976. Streranko signed them for us at a Comicon in '77. Great memories!
I've never seen this version of Chandler. I had the full sized book and absolutely loved it. I remember back when I still lived in NYC Joe Quesada just had to check it out at length and borrowed it for some time. ...Steranko influenced so many. ...and yes, this was one of the few books that was only pencil and colored. As an inker I don't go for that often but this was perfect!
At Chicago-Con many years ago they had a gallery room with all of the Chandler art displayed. It was indeed done completely in pencil. That aspect took me totally by surprise when I first saw the work. Each drawing was so perfect. Just an amazing piece of work!
At a UK comic convention in the 1980s, artist David Lloyd revealed that Chandler had a huge influence on the highlighted (no keylines) drawing style that he used for “V for Vendetta” in its original run in the British black and white comics magazine, Warrior. Great vid, guys!
We have a one day Comic Con (put on by the larger Con that runs in the Spring) usually in late September here in Ky. Steranko came last year and holy hell was he the coolest person in that building, with a handshake like a vice grip. Got to talk a good bit with him about his boxing days, time spent with Bill Finger, bringing pulp art to the scene, definitely a day I'll not forget.
There were no comic book stores then. We had to find racks at drug stores and occasional grocery stores. My buddy and I had the good fortune to find 2 copies of this on the magazine rack next to Analog, Hitchcock, and the 2nd gen pulps. Never saw it before or after. Back in the 70's getting comic news was a slow sail thru the dense fog of the Black Lagoon.
I mean for us old geeks..back in the day. After seeing so much Kirby and Heck in the vintage Marvel.....The when Sterankp became evident over Kirbys stuff in the first Shield era. Then he is given full reign in the book...Wow! Dynamic and "james-bondish" to the max. Hot babes...evil masterminds....great locations. My young college mind was totally blown. Plus he was such a rebel artist...cool,young,articulate..I mean he even sold Nick Fury wear a hat..thin ties...sharkskin suits. Only he could have pulled this off...Kirby tried..but it just didn't jell. Thank you Steranko....we lost you too soon in the Marvel universe..what you could have done with Black Panther or X-Men...hell, even Daredevil would have been eventful.
I bought this when it came out, still have it, of course. I think a Warren-sized magazine reprint of 'Chandler' later appeared too. That I don't own, but I do have Steranko's complete original SHIELD run from ST #151 to NFAOS #7, his 3 Captain America books, an issue of X-Men as well as some covers he did for other titles. I'm surprised how little it's worth nowadays. My buddy and I in 7th grade were pissed when we saw Romita doing Spider-Man in August 1966, but Steranko came along in December 1966 and we had something to live for again after we lost Ditko. The Creeper and Hawk & Dove just didn't cut it; The Question was cool till he morphed into Mr. A.
Great GN! You guys should definitely get your hands on the awesome Stersnko retrospective „Art Noir“! Talking graphic novels: „His Name is ... Savage!“ (1968) by Gil Kane might be a hot candidate for the first GN - besides the Corto Maltese classic „Una ballata del mare salato“ by Hugo Pratt from 1967. great channel btw!!!
Great episode guys! The pencil art would have been dealt with differently back then - no scanners as we know them now or photoshop so I assume the originals were shot onto bromide plates which gave a degree of control over the contrast/brightness that you struggle to replicate nowadays and if the plates are made correctly then the blacks are really very deep - perfect for Steranko art - and they give a lovely grainy bleed from the black to white when pencils are involved.
The cover notes a intro from Joe Gores... anyone that likes 70s crime fiction or the Parker books by Richard Stark might be interested in the DKA Files series from Gores.. Parker even crosses over in an early book..
I just yesterday did a long rant about the term graphic novel in the comments of comicKkrakK's great channel. In brief, though, the term was coined in 1964 by fan writer/publisher Richard Kyle in talking about the potential of comics. It was first used as a promotional term for George Metzger's Beyond Time and Again, which Kyle co-published. Everybody since then who has made claims to being the first have come up with their own definition to exclude other claimants, including Steranko, whose work is brilliant and whose form is certainly unique on Chandler. Great discussions on the comics form in old fanzines like Kyle's Graphic Story World.
Great video! I've never seen this original edition of Chandler! One Preiss book I did get, back in the day, was a little paperback of The Illustrated Harlan Ellison, which included Steranko's illustrations for "Repent, Harlequin! said the Tik-Tok Man", and some other stories illustrated by cartoonists and illustrators. Definitely another proto-graphic novel. Would like to see a video on that one! All the best to you guys!
You guys have the best taste and a nose like a blue tick hound for finding rare stuff like this. Do you remember the little comic books that came with the Atari game system. Atari Force, sadly I always wanted to know what happened in that story.
Steranko's Artist Edition is fantastic (almost as good as Piskor's 😁)... I had the originals comics, but it's totes different seeing the pens/inks in that huge edition...
This is a great channel would be even better without the “f” bombs just sounds out of place in such a great and solid analysis and review, but that’s just my feedback. But Great work! I Just subscribed.
"All I eat is fruit, I sleep one hour a day, and I run up hills for 20 miles with my timberwolf" words to live by
My brother and I bought 3 copies of this amazing full color paperback graphic novel from a magazine stand in 1976.
Streranko signed them for us at a Comicon in '77.
Great memories!
I've never seen this version of Chandler. I had the full sized book and absolutely loved it. I remember back when I still lived in NYC Joe Quesada just had to check it out at length and borrowed it for some time. ...Steranko influenced so many.
...and yes, this was one of the few books that was only pencil and colored. As an inker I don't go for that often but this was perfect!
At Chicago-Con many years ago they had a gallery room with all of the Chandler art displayed. It was indeed done completely in pencil. That aspect took me totally by surprise when I first saw the work. Each drawing was so perfect. Just an amazing piece of work!
Wow, I never could figure out why this book looked so unique compared to other comics back in that day. Thanks for sharing that!
At a UK comic convention in the 1980s, artist David Lloyd revealed that Chandler had a huge influence on the highlighted (no keylines) drawing style that he used for “V for Vendetta” in its original run in the British black and white comics magazine, Warrior. Great vid, guys!
Best channel since ever.
Gil Kane's "His name is...Savage" was an early graphic novel. I'd love to see you guys devote an episode to that great work.
czcams.com/video/JzJZE1Y9jCQ/video.html Looks like they did
We have a one day Comic Con (put on by the larger Con that runs in the Spring) usually in late September here in Ky. Steranko came last year and holy hell was he the coolest person in that building, with a handshake like a vice grip.
Got to talk a good bit with him about his boxing days, time spent with Bill Finger, bringing pulp art to the scene, definitely a day I'll not forget.
There were no comic book stores then. We had to find racks at drug stores and occasional grocery stores. My buddy and I had the good fortune to find 2 copies of this on the magazine rack next to Analog, Hitchcock, and the 2nd gen pulps. Never saw it before or after. Back in the 70's getting comic news was a slow sail thru the dense fog of the Black Lagoon.
I mean for us old geeks..back in the day. After seeing so much Kirby and Heck in the vintage Marvel.....The when Sterankp became evident over Kirbys stuff in the first Shield era. Then he is given full reign in the book...Wow! Dynamic and "james-bondish" to the max. Hot babes...evil masterminds....great locations. My young college mind was totally blown. Plus he was such a rebel artist...cool,young,articulate..I mean he even sold Nick Fury wear a hat..thin ties...sharkskin suits. Only he could have pulled this off...Kirby tried..but it just didn't jell. Thank you Steranko....we lost you too soon in the Marvel universe..what you could have done with Black Panther or X-Men...hell, even Daredevil would have been eventful.
I bought this when it came out, still have it, of course. I think a Warren-sized magazine reprint of 'Chandler' later appeared too.
That I don't own, but I do have Steranko's complete original SHIELD run from ST #151 to NFAOS #7, his 3 Captain America books,
an issue of X-Men as well as some covers he did for other titles. I'm surprised how little it's worth nowadays. My buddy and I in
7th grade were pissed when we saw Romita doing Spider-Man in August 1966, but Steranko came along in December 1966 and
we had something to live for again after we lost Ditko. The Creeper and Hawk & Dove just didn't cut it; The Question was cool till
he morphed into Mr. A.
Hell, I want modern comics in this format.
I am so impressed that you found this anthology graphic novel that I never heard of. Keep it going guys.
Great GN! You guys should definitely get your hands on the awesome Stersnko retrospective „Art Noir“!
Talking graphic novels: „His Name is ... Savage!“ (1968) by Gil Kane might be a hot candidate for the first GN - besides the Corto Maltese classic „Una ballata del mare salato“ by Hugo Pratt from 1967. great channel btw!!!
Jim Steranko is the Robert Evans of comics
I'd love a closer in-depth look at Starfawn too. Precious little shows up online.
Great episode guys! The pencil art would have been dealt with differently back then - no scanners as we know them now or photoshop so I assume the originals were shot onto bromide plates which gave a degree of control over the contrast/brightness that you struggle to replicate nowadays and if the plates are made correctly then the blacks are really very deep - perfect for Steranko art - and they give a lovely grainy bleed from the black to white when pencils are involved.
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I have this book. A real keeper. Son of Sherlock was made, in a large TP style. Okay story and art.
I knew Steranko illustrated many covers, but I'm glad he did the first graphic novel. Chandler blew me away. I need to find a copy!
The cover notes a intro from Joe Gores... anyone that likes 70s crime fiction or the Parker books by Richard Stark might be interested in the DKA Files series from Gores.. Parker even crosses over in an early book..
I just yesterday did a long rant about the term graphic novel in the comments of comicKkrakK's great channel. In brief, though, the term was coined in 1964 by fan writer/publisher Richard Kyle in talking about the potential of comics. It was first used as a promotional term for George Metzger's Beyond Time and Again, which Kyle co-published. Everybody since then who has made claims to being the first have come up with their own definition to exclude other claimants, including Steranko, whose work is brilliant and whose form is certainly unique on Chandler. Great discussions on the comics form in old fanzines like Kyle's Graphic Story World.
You talked about out the distribution. I bought this at the student book store at PSU. I never saw one in a comic shop.
Love the channel Guys! I thoroughly enjoy your presentation and commentary of so many of my favorites and of new ones to me like this!
Background work on this by Ken Bruzenak. The Son of Sherlock Holmes appeared, but only in the larger format, with art by Ralph Reese.
Great video! I've never seen this original edition of Chandler! One Preiss book I did get, back in the day, was a little paperback of The Illustrated Harlan Ellison, which included Steranko's illustrations for "Repent, Harlequin! said the Tik-Tok Man", and some other stories illustrated by cartoonists and illustrators. Definitely another proto-graphic novel. Would like to see a video on that one! All the best to you guys!
Steranko is the Hulk Hogan of the comic book world.
Subscribed. Really cool channel
One of the polaroid films back then could probably get the black line from pencils, not saying that's how he did it thought
Didn't 'It Rhymes With Lust' create the first Graphic Novel
That’s what I thought. Matt Baker.
I bought all of these when they came out back then. Still have them..like new.
10.57 That Yellow Bastard
Ed you need to have interiors of the print version of Red Room be NEWSPRINT! it would complete the outlaw aesthetic the book is already mastered.
Love the channel, love your work, inspirational! This one is epic. Thanks heaps from Blighty.......
You guys have the best taste and a nose like a blue tick hound for finding rare stuff like this. Do you remember the little comic books that came with the Atari game system. Atari Force, sadly I always wanted to know what happened in that story.
Thank you, love this book.
I have the original painting of that front page by him ,
Richard Corben - copyright 1975 BloodStar, printed 1976
I have that book somewhere and also the one by Tom Sutton. Excellent books!
Wow that's pretty!
Steranko's Artist Edition is fantastic (almost as good as Piskor's 😁)... I had the originals comics, but it's totes different seeing the pens/inks in that huge edition...
Good content, homies. Gonna watch some, when I'm not reading some more
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You should track down a copy of Gil Kane's His Name is Savage and do a video like this one on it. Probably Kane at his most 'cinematic'...
Damn! Great Comics site.
the man.
Is phantom lady on the short list for vids 😅
This is a great channel would be even better without the “f” bombs just sounds out of place in such a great and solid analysis and review, but that’s just my feedback. But Great work! I Just subscribed.