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Art Spotting in general
srca1941:
--- Quote from: JVJ on December 08, 2011, 02:40:02 PM ---More people should be learning the skill/art since there has never been a time when MORE comic samples have been so easily available. Yet it's hard to name more than a couple of people who have contributed to sorting out Golden Age artist credits - and most of them were doing it long before GAC or DCM came along. What new Art Spotters have developed?
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At 28 years old, I feel safe in saying that I AM the next generation of spotter. I think the internet, particularly sites like GAC and DCM are starting to grow new interest in the Golden Age. There is also a Golden Age of reprints emerging that is bringing this material to new light. Just 10-15 years ago who would have thought that there would be reprints of work by Fletcher Hanks, Dick Briefer, Boody Rogers, etc. Yeah, it’s still a niche market, and probably always will be, but I think the niche is growing. As people discover these treasures, I think more are going to want to learn about the men who created them. I know I sure did, and do.
Yes it takes a certain type of person to become a spotter, but it also takes a certain type of person to have the patience and drive to scan 68 pages of 60-70 year old newsprint, and we’ve assembled a community of such folks who have scanned thousands of books! I see no reason why a few new spotters couldn’t emerge. They just need a place to start.
-Eric
JVJ (RIP):
--- Quote from: srca1941 on December 08, 2011, 09:58:34 PM ---
At 28 years old, I feel safe in saying that I AM the next generation of spotter. I think the internet, particularly sites like GAC and DCM are starting to grow new interest in the Golden Age. There is also a Golden Age of reprints emerging that is bringing this material to new light. Just 10-15 years ago who would have thought that there would be reprints of work by Fletcher Hanks, Dick Briefer, Boody Rogers, etc. Yeah, it’s still a niche market, and probably always will be, but I think the niche is growing. As people discover these treasures, I think more are going to want to learn about the men who created them. I know I sure did, and do.
Yes it takes a certain type of person to become a spotter, but it also takes a certain type of person to have the patience and drive to scan 68 pages of 60-70 year old newsprint, and we’ve assembled a community of such folks who have scanned thousands of books! I see no reason why a few new spotters couldn’t emerge. They just need a place to start.
-Eric
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As my maternal grandmother used to say, Eric,
"From your mouth to God's ear."
(|:{>
tilliban:
Bravo again to our "young one", scra1941!
:-*
It's the same with me, though I am 20 years older.
I got the hots for art spotting just two years ago.
Then I got into pre-code horror, joined DCM, met Jim V. here, scanned a batch of his books, learned from him to spot some artists -
and currently I am indexing all of ACEs horror books, deleting hundreds and hundreds of question marks.
Makes me feel proud.
We can be pioneers. Thanks to the internet, the knowledge is actually growing.
So everybody grab a scanner and get those pictures up!
And it is more than amazing what GCD and DCM are accomplishing.
A new and truly international movement of art lovers is forming.
darkmark (RIP):
I'm learning a *little* (and that word can't be emphasized enough) about identifying some GA writers from associating with Martin O'Hearn. Unfortunately, I've got a long ways to go, but I have learned some writers' traits enough to be able to credit them with a "?" in the GCD, and that's a start.
josemas:
Spotting writers always seems so much more daunting to me although I have learned a "little" also from people like Frank Young.
Best
Joe
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