[crashryan]

The grey tones in this story were created with Craftint Doubletone paper, a specially-treated drawing paper that revealed one light and one dark tone when special developers were brushed on. It was used a lot by newspaper artists because the finished art could be reproduced as a cheap line cut instead of a halftone. Halftones were not only more expensive, the small dots reproduced poorly on cheap paper. I'd bet this exquisite Raboy work looks even better in its original black and white. Color tends to muddy some of the art.

FYI, Craftint was used extensively by Wallace Wood (and sometimes Al Williamson) on EC s-f stories. Masters of the technique in newspaper strips were Roy Crane, Leslie Turner, Mel Graff, and Noel Sickles.

Link to the book: Green Lama 7

[Electricmastro]

The grey tones in this story were created with Craftint Doubletone paper, a specially-treated drawing paper that revealed one light and one dark tone when special developers were brushed on. It was used a lot by newspaper artists because the finished art could be reproduced as a cheap line cut instead of a halftone. Halftones were not only more expensive, the small dots reproduced poorly on cheap paper. I'd bet this exquisite Raboy work looks even better in its original black and white. Color tends to muddy some of the art.<br />
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FYI, Craftint was used extensively by Wallace Wood (and sometimes Al Williamson) on EC s-f stories. Masters of the technique in newspaper strips were Roy Crane, Leslie Turner, Mel Graff, and Noel Sickles.

Link to the book: Green Lama 7

Thanks for the info!