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In 1939 Phil Davis told <ref name="pd1939">Marguerite Martyn. "The Man Who Draws Mandrake." St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri) 30 August 1939, p 3D</ref> that he have found some satisfactory assistants: <br>"- a pen and ink draftsman to whom he sublets part of his pen work" and <br>"- another part time worker does the lettering." <br>"- I used to do it all myself," ... | In 1939 Phil Davis told <ref name="pd1939">Marguerite Martyn. "The Man Who Draws Mandrake." St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri) 30 August 1939, p 3D</ref> that he have found some satisfactory assistants: <br>"- a pen and ink draftsman to whom he sublets part of his pen work" and <br>"- another part time worker does the lettering." <br>"- I used to do it all myself," ... | ||
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==Early Lettering== | ==Early Lettering Dailies== | ||
The lettering in the [[The Cobra (Daily story 1934)|first]] daily story is of varying quality. The lettering in most of the twelve first strips looks like done without a proper use of guidelines and letters and phrases are uneven. This can also been seen in some panels further in the story. | The lettering in the [[The Cobra (Daily story 1934)|first]] daily story is of varying quality. The lettering in most of the twelve first strips looks like done without a proper use of guidelines and letters and phrases are uneven. This can also been seen in some panels further in the story. | ||
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*The upper portions of the letters "P" and "R" predominate over the lower portion. | *The upper portions of the letters "P" and "R" predominate over the lower portion. | ||
*The right leg of "K" and "R" is away from the left stroke. | *The right leg of "K" and "R" is away from the left stroke. | ||
*In the | *In the middle the "B" often connect the left stroke falling down left. | ||
[[Image:letters-md-001.png|left|thumb|''letters from the first daily story''.]] | [[Image:letters-md-001.png|left|thumb|''letters from the first daily story''.]] | ||
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[[Image:letters-md-002.png|left|thumb|''letters from the third daily story''.]] | [[Image:letters-md-002.png|left|thumb|''letters from the third daily story''.]] | ||
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===Early Lettering Sundays=== | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category: Spotlight on|Lettering]] | [[Category: Spotlight on|Lettering]] | ||
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In 1939 Phil Davis told [1] that he have found some satisfactory assistants:
"- a pen and ink draftsman to whom he sublets part of his pen work" and
"- another part time worker does the lettering."
"- I used to do it all myself," ...
Early Lettering Dailies
The lettering in the first daily story is of varying quality. The lettering in most of the twelve first strips looks like done without a proper use of guidelines and letters and phrases are uneven. This can also been seen in some panels further in the story.
Keep in mind that the "two first weeks" was Phil Davis' first attempt to create comics, and was made as a sample that Lee Falk would try to sell to KFS. Gradually, as Phil Davis get more experience with the lettering, the letters changes a bit and becomes a little wider. Several early letters are characteristic:
- Some letters tends to rise up to right like "B", "D", "G", "O" and "P". (the "P" and "D" are similar in Phil Davis' signatur)
- The upper portions of the letters "P" and "R" predominate over the lower portion.
- The right leg of "K" and "R" is away from the left stroke.
- In the middle the "B" often connect the left stroke falling down left.
In the third daily story the letters have changed to:
- The upper portions of the letters "P" and "R" predominate over the lower portion.
- The right leg of "K" and "R" is away from the left stroke.
- The right leg of "R" also move more right and become longer.
Early Lettering Sundays
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References
- ↑ Marguerite Martyn. "The Man Who Draws Mandrake." St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri) 30 August 1939, p 3D