Enlightening stuff, thank you! While reading those selected pages I’m reminded why I can’t fully enjoy EC comics. The verbosity takes me out of the ‘comic’. They show AND tell, hampering my enjoyment. Very interesting to consider that Kurtzman defined a method and Krigstein fought against it… The idea that it’s all about what happens BETWEEN the panels feels counter-intuitive, perhaps that’s what makes comics interesting? By increasing the panels, he’s reducing what is going unseen, hand-holding the reader. Certainly feels musical, as you suggest.
It really depends who wrote the stories, but I know what you mean. Kurtzman war comics are incredible, likewise Craig's crime comics (say that five times fast!), but I can find Feldstein's scripts to be harder to get into.
The Krigstein Rhythm is possibly an acquired taste, because it can overwhelm the eyes, particularly if he's layered on duotone effects through Craftint or Ben Day. Also, I initially found Krigstein's work to be unattractive until I saw what he was doing. It's certainly opened up my mindset on page design and storytelling.
I’ve been catching up on several issues of 2000AD this week, and that ‘rhythm’ is used constantly in Dredd. It’s Henry Flint on a longer-form story, so full of great imagery. Variations on the idea of repeating panels is probably done to excess, but that’s just my opinion.
Great piece! Good companion to your Mega City Book club discussion. Lovely examples, have a few EC collections and often revisit. But just buy one of your comics?! Intending to get all eventually, great list of conspiracy films too!
Thank you, I really enjoy looking at Krigstein's work. The next newsletter about Al Williamson was a lot of fun to write too. There's a strong Krigstein influence on my WiP, The United: Five Triangles.
I rewatched Inherent Vice this week, it's such a good film. It reminds me The Long Goodbye and The Big Lebowski for different reasons. It's quite deranged.
Enlightening stuff, thank you! While reading those selected pages I’m reminded why I can’t fully enjoy EC comics. The verbosity takes me out of the ‘comic’. They show AND tell, hampering my enjoyment. Very interesting to consider that Kurtzman defined a method and Krigstein fought against it… The idea that it’s all about what happens BETWEEN the panels feels counter-intuitive, perhaps that’s what makes comics interesting? By increasing the panels, he’s reducing what is going unseen, hand-holding the reader. Certainly feels musical, as you suggest.
It really depends who wrote the stories, but I know what you mean. Kurtzman war comics are incredible, likewise Craig's crime comics (say that five times fast!), but I can find Feldstein's scripts to be harder to get into.
The Krigstein Rhythm is possibly an acquired taste, because it can overwhelm the eyes, particularly if he's layered on duotone effects through Craftint or Ben Day. Also, I initially found Krigstein's work to be unattractive until I saw what he was doing. It's certainly opened up my mindset on page design and storytelling.
I’ve been catching up on several issues of 2000AD this week, and that ‘rhythm’ is used constantly in Dredd. It’s Henry Flint on a longer-form story, so full of great imagery. Variations on the idea of repeating panels is probably done to excess, but that’s just my opinion.
Man, post some images in here if you can. I'd be very interested to see those, as I'm not a regular 2000AD reader.
Great piece! Good companion to your Mega City Book club discussion. Lovely examples, have a few EC collections and often revisit. But just buy one of your comics?! Intending to get all eventually, great list of conspiracy films too!
Thank you, I really enjoy looking at Krigstein's work. The next newsletter about Al Williamson was a lot of fun to write too. There's a strong Krigstein influence on my WiP, The United: Five Triangles.
I rewatched Inherent Vice this week, it's such a good film. It reminds me The Long Goodbye and The Big Lebowski for different reasons. It's quite deranged.
Gotta see One Battle After another - not caught it yet but sounds like it might fit in!
Aye, I’ve not seen it either. I suspect I’ll miss the cinematic run. I really like all of Paul Thomas Anderson’s films.