Before Raymond-and Foster-comic art tended to be crude and/or stylized to the point of caricature. The fact that he was a pretty cool guy outside of his work in the comics field just makes it more imperative to give him the proper respects.Īlex Raymond, along with Hal “Prince Valiant” Foster, completely revolutionized comics in the USA and beyond during the Interwar Period. A man admired by Jack Kirby, Frank Frazetta, Gray Morrow, Joe Kubert, Gil Kane, Neal Adams and John Buscema-on top of being one of the most successful comics creators of all time-warrants a post here at the DMR Blog.
Raymond…Īs I found out, Alex Raymond absolutely merits a (belated) birthday post. Then, today, I did a little research on Mr. At the time, I decided to pass on a post honoring Alex. While I knew that fact, Real World Stuff has been coming at me fast n’ hard ever since I returned from my stay in the Pretannic Archipelago. Two days back, Alex Raymond would’ve celebrated his one hundred and tenth birthday.
An illustrator works with camera and models a comic artist begins with a white sheet of paper and dreams up his own business - he is playwright, director, editor and artist at once." - Alex Raymond It reflects the life and times more accurately and actually is more artistic than magazine illustration - since it is entirely creative.