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These panels are so good. The crooked first panel to emphasize the WHOK as the Amazon's head spills out into the rest of the comic. The little insert shots of the big dude's chin and eyes. The flatter panels at the bottom as we go back to the real world. Other artists had done all this stuff before, but Watterson's sense of comic storytelling is really top notch. Calvin and Hobbes took a big jump in quality when he got the freedom to experiment with panel layouts.

Plus the faux-Frank Miller writing style of the captions that was popular at the time is dead on.

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[–] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago

I love when talented comic artists (or artists who draw in simple styles generally) let their true power level show once in a while.

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

Waterson really is great. Smart guy, lots to say, says it very effectively.

[–] tripartitegraph@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

You should get his new book The Mysteries. His art is so good; it’s really interesting to see him work in a different medium. Lots of texture

[–] sloth@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

Makes me wonder when Savage Dragon #1 dropped.

Initially debuting in a three-issue miniseries (with the first issue cover-dated July 1992), the Savage Dragon comic book met with enough success to justify a monthly series, launched in June 1993.

-Wikipedia

[–] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

these two are my favourites of his