tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489622848939498705.post4187849644094719085..comments2024-03-18T17:34:56.486-04:00Comments on Four-Color Shadows: The Man Who Couldn't Be Reached-Bernie Krigstein-1956Bookstevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489622848939498705.post-4169638992751703042021-05-24T09:51:08.205-04:002021-05-24T09:51:08.205-04:00The face on the 3rd panel of the triptych at botto...The face on the 3rd panel of the triptych at bottom Pg. 2 is a ringer for Caniff. I know you could place Krigstein in a general Caniff school with the likes of Meskin, (early-ish) Sekowsky, Toth, Robbins (obviously), and more but it's still a jarring Steve Canyon likeness given how loose the faces are in most other panels. Overall something about the generic costume of the protagonist rendered with that Krigstein / Caniff style kinda gives the story the look of a parody to me.Arbenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366836660775218956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489622848939498705.post-57962049595588223542014-08-19T13:13:09.927-04:002014-08-19T13:13:09.927-04:00Krigstein's almost cinematic-frame-like paneli...Krigstein's almost cinematic-frame-like paneling, in full force here. Page 3 is a brilliant example of it's use, and you can see all the extra work involved, and you wonder why he got so miffed at the lower page rate at Atlas!<br /><br />As Daniel said, the story is a bit muddled, it leads you in one direction only to spring the "democratically elected" stuff at the end, which nullifying everything that came before, even though it was technically all a trick to find a replacement. That's a whole lot to swallow! Brian Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15737535617796413548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489622848939498705.post-75416851227652417972014-08-19T01:57:58.888-04:002014-08-19T01:57:58.888-04:00…for those who want to have their individualism an...…for those who want to have their individualism and technocratically eat it too.Daniel [oeconomist.com]https://www.blogger.com/profile/06763094285750736837noreply@blogger.com