Art of Chester Gould: 200 Dick Tracy Characters
July 20th, 2009
Chester Gould drew one character completely different from the next. Dick Tracy’s rogues gallery is a menagerie of squiggles, curves, dots and lines that form outrageous personalities that were always over the top.
Check out this 1978 program for an art exhibit featuring 200 of Chester Gould’s outlandish characters via Mike Lynch Cartoons.
July 23rd, 2009 at 3:11 am
That’s a good art study. I can see how Gould influenced your art style when I compare it to your own comic. There’s so much personality in those older art styles that’s worth looking at.
October 22nd, 2009 at 1:01 pm
I am 74 years old, I stopped reading Dick Tracey in when I was a grade school kid. My reason for stopping was that he was getting too far out and rediculous. He had a ” Wrist Radio ” - I thought that was impossible, now I carry a cell phone smaller than some people wrist watches! Call me ‘Born too early. Wayne Mills Okla. City,Okla.
November 19th, 2009 at 8:00 am
Matt, I loved November 10th’s comic with your chalkboard of abandoned and current projects! Don’t give up on the coffee-powered lawnmower! Keep going on the inflatable homeless shelter and tonic that makes you better at algebra! I think Cross Hare, private investigator, is onto something! (and I think the comic designer is creative, artistic, and multi-talented!!!)
January 25th, 2010 at 7:50 am
But, in this case, the phrase is “Is it right to arm bears?”