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| I really liked the story as a kid.
However, Jacck Sparling's art is rough sketches, none of it finished art. Probably Dell paid less for art and stories after reducing price from 15¢ to 12¢. |
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| As I study Jack Sparling's artwork more carefully, I find that there's absolutely nothing wrong with it in the pencilling stage. His storytelling, pacing, layout, figure construction and placement, lighting, background and prop design are all perfectly good. If you de-focus your eyes a little, it almost looks like something in the general vicinity of Alex Toth, or Dan Spiegle, Doug Wildey, or even a bit of Lee Elias or a dozen others. It's that obviously rushed inking that ruins all the good work that preceded it. Just that general lack of care that fairly screams "Got to hurry up now and finish this off!"... all inked with what looks like the same pen, except for spotting the major blacks. That hasty going-over of the pencil lines just destroys what could have been a good page by making it all look boring -- nothing stands out distinctly, it just looks blah. I bet a really good exercise for aspiring comics inkers would be to trace some of these pages on a lightbox, and without making any alterations, just try inking everything *carefully*. I would bet the results would be surprising. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | July-September 1962 | Price: 0.12 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
| Notes | source of art credit: Pay records as mentioned on his Ian Schoenherr's (his son's) blog. Got assignment on February 7, 1962, and paid April 17. |
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| Featuring | Space Man |
| Credits | Pencils: John Schoenherr (painting) | Inks: John Schoenherr (painting) | Colors: John Schoenherr (painting) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction |
| Notes | source of art credit: Pay records as mentioned on his Ian Schoenherr's (his son's) blog. Got assignment on February 7, 1962, and paid April 17. |
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| Comic Story | Our Solar System Neighbors (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Math & Science |
| Notes | Black and white on inside front cover. |
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| Featuring | Space Man |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction |
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| Text Story | One Little World (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction |
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| Comic Story | Spaceways Sojourn (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction |
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| Comic Story | What Is a Day..? (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Math & Science |
| Notes | On inside back cover in black and white. |
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| Comic Story | The Asteroid Zone (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Math & Science |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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