Clouds 2
Today’s clouds (click on the image for a bigger version) come from Frontline Combat #12 (1953) and are drawn by the great Alex Toth (which means the text is by Harvey Kurtzman). This whole story takes place in the air and clouds are often used as a environment and grounding for the planes. In this two panel sequence we see clouds as both sky and ground. I love the way the foreground clouds in the second panel act as negative space but also obscure most of the panel borders. The clouds themselves are drawn very simply and contrast nicely with the black wing and mountain which are both very abstract and mostly unrecognizable out of context (like here?). This was actually the first Toth comic I ever read.
Tags: abstraction, Clouds, panels, toth
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