Saturday, April 3, 2021

Seth's Clyde Fans: Abe? I love you...

Much of Seth's preliminary art shows him working through the narrative flow of each comic page. In the example shown here, though, the artist takes great care with the design of a single important panel from Clyde Fans, part 4, of Abe Matchcard's wife Vera. Seth deftly uses one-point perspective with all lines emanating from the center of Vera's face, so that she appears radiant. Then he doubles down with the diagonal top rail of the staircase also leading to the vanishing point. 


Seth
eBay listing accessed May 8, 2018


Seth
eBay item description



The panel was conceived to serve as the central image on the following preliminary page, apparently, replacing an image of the younger Vera:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/418975571579146952/





That rough of the younger Vera was not discarded; it was put to use elsewhere:
https://drawnandquarterly.com/clyde-fans




Note:  For some reason back in 2018 I did not follow this eBay auction to its conclusion. I would appreciate hearing from anyone who knows the selling price.



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