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| John Buscema |
When I was a kid my biggest artistic influences were comic
book artists. I loved the work of Gene Colan, Bernie Wrightson, Neal Adams,
Frank Brunner, but I was especially drawn to the work of John Buscema. Buscema
drew very convincing anatomy, his faces were very expressive and full of
emotion and character. I liked the way he drew regular people, they were even
more interesting to me than the superhero’s . Reading in an interview Buscema
gave I discovered his biggest influences were Hal Foster, Alex Raymond and an
illustrator named Albert Dorne, (not a complete list but these were the names
he gave in that interview).
On the right is a good example of Dorne's influence on Buscema's work
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| Albert Dorne |
In High School, (I attended Art & Design in NYC), I was
introduced to the work of illustrator’s and ran across the work of Albert Dorne.
I could see how he was such an influence on Buscema and other comic book
artist. Dorne’s illustrations looked like comic book characters. His
illustrations had very expressive faces and hands, (hands were an important
part of telling the story in his illustrations. The hands Buscema drew were expressive
as well). Albert Dornes work was hard to find and I came across a total of
about 5 to 6 illustrations by him. I wanted to see more but they were nowhere
to be found. I had to wait several years for the internet to be able to research
his illustrations. You can find quite a few of his illustrations on line now if
you Google his name. Even better is a book being published on his work by
AuadPublishing scheduled to be released in late 2012.
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| Albert Dorne |
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| Albert Dorne |
A wonderful book on the work of John Buscema (left) came out earlier this year 
Dorne was definitely a giant. In some of his ads he actually dabbled in comics. I have several tearsheets of six-panel continuities which he drew comics-style using brush and ink. He'd have made a great comic book artist.
ReplyDeleteDorne was one of those illustrators, like Fawcett and Briggs, who were financially successful, hugely influential, and admired by their peers yet never gained much name recognition among the general public. (Except for the comic-book reading public, which saw him in countless back cover ads.)
I'm glad that Dorne's finally getting his book. Seeing that Auad is doing it, it's bound to be a good one.