It was not, I told him, but I have taught that Gasoline Alley page repeatedly in my Art of Comics class, so I knew it very well, and it probably influenced me subconsciously. Then Scott suggested that I post this here, and so that's what I'm doing.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
The Anxiety of Influence, part I
Scott Bukatman wrote to ask me whether the similarity between the 1930 Gasoline Alley Sunday page below and my piece "The Amoeba Wars" (from 24 x 24: A Vague Epic) was intentional:
It was not, I told him, but I have taught that Gasoline Alley page repeatedly in my Art of Comics class, so I knew it very well, and it probably influenced me subconsciously. Then Scott suggested that I post this here, and so that's what I'm doing.
It was not, I told him, but I have taught that Gasoline Alley page repeatedly in my Art of Comics class, so I knew it very well, and it probably influenced me subconsciously. Then Scott suggested that I post this here, and so that's what I'm doing.
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