tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post4111425650008554274..comments2024-03-27T05:22:27.604-05:00Comments on Eddie Campbell: Eddie Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-14676453105314459182009-07-23T05:40:47.323-05:002009-07-23T05:40:47.323-05:00I finally managed to get my hands on a copy of Cit...I finally managed to get my hands on a copy of City of Shadows and it is indeed a most extraordinary volume.<br />Fascinating, each picture a story.<br />Thanks for the tip, Eddie.spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-13830429266332453032009-07-14T17:09:32.217-05:002009-07-14T17:09:32.217-05:00Schmurgen, glad you are enjoying pour page. My ow...Schmurgen, glad you are enjoying pour page. My own favourite from the book.Eddie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-72159923452422117302009-07-14T17:07:51.202-05:002009-07-14T17:07:51.202-05:00Bill, City of Shadows is a book for you!
Lots of s...Bill, City of Shadows is a book for you!<br />Lots of shots of mangled classic cars, streets as they used to be and a section of full figure mug shots titled 'persons of interest'. Ordinary people had a different look about them then that no movie ever captures. They were shorter to begin with (i.e. different head-to-body ratio), aged at a different rate, completely differently shaped faces, what from smoking and bad diet probably. Large format book, most photos full page size. Luc Sante's book does look like the same thing for NY.Eddie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-73574477670316335072009-07-14T15:59:05.745-05:002009-07-14T15:59:05.745-05:00I have big bottom artwork! It is great page but I ...I have big bottom artwork! It is great page but I have nowhere to hang it at moment.Schmurgen Jonerhaffshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07548349958472705730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-60088076091397156732009-07-14T15:48:23.787-05:002009-07-14T15:48:23.787-05:00I'll have to check out City of Shadows. I have...I'll have to check out City of Shadows. I have a copy of Luc Sante's "Evidence" that's based on crime scene photos taken about 1910 in New York City. The glass plates were found in the East River, and Sante was able to recover some information about some of the cases, nothing about others, and he filled in with speculation where he could. In any event, it's a fascinating picture of NYC life at the bottom.<br /><br />(You can see a couple of them if you use Google Images for "Luc Sante Evidence.")Bill Peschelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257587479467531187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-10569187732966526312009-07-14T06:36:12.339-05:002009-07-14T06:36:12.339-05:00Matthew, I'd only have wrecked it, like Will E...Matthew, I'd only have wrecked it, like Will Eisner did to my copy of his To the Heart of the Storm. In the the middle of signing it he suddenly had second thoughts about how to spell Collegial. He was taken by a notion that there should be a u after the g. Then he thought better of it, all the while moving his felt tip pen alternately decisively then indecisively. <br /><br />Ben, glad you're happy with the page. that's one of the pages where I had to make a bunch of photos coalesce. I haven't a chance of remembering now why that panel uses yellow. I was probably putting a metaphorical paperweight on that position, because I knew it was just about to get complicated. when we return to it six pages later, those two characters are still waiting there, and the background is still oddly yellowish.Eddie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-80059473955977342992009-07-14T05:45:03.448-05:002009-07-14T05:45:03.448-05:00I have the page of the Black Diamond crew running ...I have the page of the Black Diamond crew running through the train station in my living room. I love the locomotive in the final panel. I think it says '84' on the back of the page, but is a different page number in the book. A present from my lovely girlfriend we had it framed so the brown tape and dabs of paint are shown at the sides.<br /><br />I think the lead character bears a passing resemblance to yourself, particularly in the small yellow dialogue panel. I've been pondering why the background of the that panel is yellow. Was it to emphasise that dialogue exchange in a page of action?<br /><br />Ben SmithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-65548625789708556582009-07-14T00:52:00.976-05:002009-07-14T00:52:00.976-05:00City of Shadows is a brilliant book, so is black d...City of Shadows is a brilliant book, so is black diamond detective agency. Never noticed (I guess 'cause of the skewering) the reference though.<br /><br />Still regret not getting you to sign my copy of black diamond when I was buying it, and you walked into the store, if only to stop my friends ask whenever I tell 'em the story "Did you get him to sign it?"Matthew Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06954050440829792514noreply@blogger.com