September 4th, 2012
1941 (by x-ray delta one)

1941 (by x-ray delta one)

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May 15th, 2012
(via The Pictorial Arts: She Stops and Points) Alex Raymond — Flash Gordon — May 14, 1939

(via The Pictorial Arts: She Stops and Points)

Alex Raymond — Flash Gordon — May 14, 1939

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May 1st, 2012
(via Cartooning: Byrnes’ Complete Guide To Cartooning Part One « AnimationResources.org – Serving the Online Animation Community) Alex Raymond is best known for creating the comic strip, Flash Gordon in 1933. He was responsible for several other important strips as well, as creator or ghost artist, including Rip Kirby, Jungle Jim, Tim Tyler’s Luckand Tillie the Toiler. His strip, Secret Agent X9 was created in collaboration with Dasheill Hammett. He died in a car accident in 1956.

(via Cartooning: Byrnes’ Complete Guide To Cartooning Part One « AnimationResources.org – Serving the Online Animation Community)

Alex Raymond is best known for creating the comic strip, Flash Gordon in 1933. He was responsible for several other important strips as well, as creator or ghost artist, including Rip Kirby, Jungle Jim, Tim Tyler’s Luckand Tillie the Toiler. His strip, Secret Agent X9 was created in collaboration with Dasheill Hammett. He died in a car accident in 1956.

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April 13th, 2012
(via ALEX RAYMOND | Flickr)

(via ALEX RAYMOND | Flickr)

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April 13th, 2012
(via ALEX RAYMOND | Flickr)

(via ALEX RAYMOND | Flickr)

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May 8th, 2011
(via The Pictorial Arts: Special Inspection, by Order of the Emperor) …then I found out that Alex Raymond used live models for Flash Gordon—but what really surprised me was that his models were nude, for poses that were fully clothed. I understand that the artist needs to understand the architecture of the body under the clothes, but that seems a bit extreme for a comic strip…

(via The Pictorial Arts: Special Inspection, by Order of the Emperor)

…then I found out that Alex Raymond used live models for Flash Gordon—but what really surprised me was that his models were nude, for poses that were fully clothed. I understand that the artist needs to understand the architecture of the body under the clothes, but that seems a bit extreme for a comic strip…

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