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General Category => Artist Spotting => Topic started by: brush on March 17, 2012, 02:33:06 PM

Title: CC BECK and PETE COSTANZA
Post by: brush on March 17, 2012, 02:33:06 PM

Hi,


In the past, I've previewed many of the earlier issues of Captain Marvel Adventures. The Captain Marvel stories were primarily drawn by the two aforementioned artists. IMO, their styles are virtually identical!! -- can someone provide some insights (or clues) in regards to identifying their handiwork??

Thanks,
Warren

Title: Re: CC BECK and PETE COSTANZA
Post by: srca1941 on July 08, 2012, 08:04:29 PM

One way I was told to tell Beck from Costanza are the ears. Beck, as you can see in this first sample, puts sort of a little "w" inside his ears, and the top line is usually short, looking like a little "c" on its side:

(http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/1935/captainmarvelbeck.jpg)Costanza on the other hand makes the top line inside the ears long, following the contour of the outer line.

(http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/4947/captainmarvelcostanza.jpg)I'm sure that there are probably other/better ways, but that's how I was taught (I think by either Jerry Bails or P.C. Hamerlinck).

-Eric

Title: Re: CC BECK and PETE COSTANZA
Post by: narfstar on July 08, 2012, 08:53:44 PM

very interesting and nice to know