Alex Raymond
Rip Kirby: Liquid Murder (1946)
Distributed by the King Features Syndicate
(Original art)
“It’s the Mangler, Sully! Come on! We’ve got to stop him!” That’s what Rip Kirby was shouting through his pipe in this panel, when it was first published on october 1946, as part of the Liquid Murder story. But it’s the original art, without the dialogue, what really shows Alex Raymond’s mastery. Action, perspective, contrast, layers, composition, dynamism… You name it.