Comic strips (4 points)

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 Comic Strips. 

Out of all the massive amounts of comic strips in the collection, I enjoyed the most - "Buck and Roger"  and "Prince Valiant." 

I thought that the panels were very colorful, with attractive color choices for a space tale. The style in both comics is fantastic. Looks like book illustrations. And for the first case, it was interesting what subject the author took - the space adventure. This sci-fi genre in the artist's imagination of the early 20th century looks very interesting. All the designs look futuristic but old at the same time. The costumes reminded me more of the fantasy book, somewhat the sci-fi space genre. But it is more interesting that way.

It was also fascinating to see the female astronaut character—something I wasn't expected to see in such early comics. 

The paneling I thought was pretty modern for the early comics. Some panels have no borders and flow one into each other, as some modern comics do. 

Overall I am truly amazed that such early stories can make me be interested and make me hang on one page for a while to look at all the details in more close up. 

This is even more true with the "Prince Valiant," where every panel is like an illustration of an expensive fairy-tale book. And the overall format of this comic reminds very of the book. There are no bubbles, just some text explaining the story. But I think to tell such a legend about Merlin and Morgana this style is more than appropriate. 


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