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BobS:
I remember an article in (if mem. serves) Gary Groth's 1960s fanzine (Fantagraphics?) showing Atkins Submariner panels side-by-side with swiped Russ Manning art.

Despite Adkins' early swiping, he was a decent inker.
Is he still an active comic book pro?

And I don't remember any claims that his Tower work was copied.

Jack Kirby, I believe, swiped from everywhere!
His Demon face was swiped from Hal Foster's Prince Valiant, right?

And I still believe Spider-Man was inspired by S&K's (Archie's) the Fly.
Spider eats fly. Fly originally was an orphan.

And of course Archie's the Fly was INSPIRED by the Fly movie. Doesn't matter that the movie was horror. The comic had advantage of name recognition from the movie.

As Marvel monster comics were inspired by Shock Theatre and Famous Monsters.
As Hulk face was inspired by Boris Karloff's Frankenstein's monster.
As romance comics were inspired by romance mags.

Comic book artists generally keep swipe files, right?

Nothing is created in a cultural vacuum.

Bob
Public Enemy #1

Geo (RIP):
Check here for some info on him Bob: http://lambiek.net/artists/a/adkins_dan.htm

Geo

BobS:

--- Quote from: Geo on August 25, 2010, 09:56:54 AM ---Check here for some info on him Bob: http://lambiek.net/artists/a/adkins_dan.htm

Geo

--- End quote ---

Thanks, that page mentions Sata.

Here's another link to an Adkins interview:
http://twomorrows.com/comicbookartist/articles/14adkins.html

BobS:
More Dan Adkins:
http://twomorrows.com/alterego/articles/08adkins.html

Sata and Bill Pearson:
http://www.firststrategy.com/claudehall161.htm
http://black2com.blogspot.com/2007_10_01_archive.html

Sata cover:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7zKtDPMZ7xw/RySg4sJUS4I/AAAAAAAAAUs/ar7osZk7vQI/s1600/sata%2Billustrated.bmp

Bob

BobS:
The 1960s Gary Groth fanzine showing panels of Dan Adkins (Submariner) swipes beside the corresponding Russ Manning source panels was Fantastic Fanzine.

http://comicattack.net/2009/10/is-3-fantastic-fanzine-10/
"Gary Groth started publishing Fantastic Fanzine in 1967 when he was 13 years old."

I'm not crusading against Adkins. As far as I'm concerned the swipes were no big deal.

Bob
Public Enemy #1

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