It's always nice to see the Archie stuff, and it's also interesting to see the evolution of an artist's art style. I think I can pick out the Harry Lucey story and the Joe Edwards is easy, of course, but I'm surprised by the rounded shapes of the characters in what I take to be the Al Hartley stories. Betty, especially, is quite cartoony. The subject matter I take as more indicative of Hartley: the Bible, certainly, but wasn't Hartley also one to push Betty forward as a love interest? I like the pin-up, by the way.
I don't know a lot about Al Hartley but I did find some of his Christian Archie books at a comic shop recently. He worked for Atlas earlier. I believe he drew Patsy Walker and Millie The Model. I can't really pick out his art so I went by the Grand Comics Database.
It's always nice to see the Archie stuff, and it's also interesting to see the evolution of an artist's art style. I think I can pick out the Harry Lucey story and the Joe Edwards is easy, of course, but I'm surprised by the rounded shapes of the characters in what I take to be the Al Hartley stories. Betty, especially, is quite cartoony. The subject matter I take as more indicative of Hartley: the Bible, certainly, but wasn't Hartley also one to push Betty forward as a love interest? I like the pin-up, by the way.
ReplyDeleteI don't know a lot about Al Hartley but I did find some of his Christian Archie books at a comic shop recently. He worked for Atlas earlier. I believe he drew Patsy Walker and Millie The Model. I can't really pick out his art so I went by the Grand Comics Database.
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Hartley