Artist Coop went to the Masters of American Comics show yesterday at the UCLA Hammer Museum, and wrote a terrific trip report. It's a treat reading one of the world's finest illustrator's thoughts on the best pre-1950s cartoonists.
Fortunately, George Herriman's Krazy Kat original art was better represented in the show. The members of our party spent a lot of time poring over Herriman's originals, marvelling at the loose, gestural inking. Herriman achieved a lot of his inking effects by scraping ink away from the surface, either with a pen point or razor blade. This was particularly scary to the more anal members of our group. (myself included!)
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