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An outstanding example of Walter Hoban’s singular style. He developed his own visual vocabulary for pratfalls and accidents in Jerry On The Job that was highly influential in the development of screwball comics. By the time he created Needlenose Noonan, his humor was just as unique and strange as that of screwball cartoonists like Basil Wolverton and Jack Cole, although in a much more understated way — this was, after all, a syndicated comic strip appearing in respected (by some, at least) newspapers. Discontinued Stories is perhaps the most outstanding example of black humor to appear in comic strips of this era.
Hoban worked in the Hearst art room with George Herriman in his early days. Research indicates the two were good friends. You can see Herriman’s influence in Hoban’s work — especially in this later page. Look at the lettering, penwork, and the use of a pattern that feels like Native American art in the second panel of Discontinued Stories.
Artist: Walter Hoban
Source: Newspaper Sunday supplement
Resolution: 600 dpi
Dimensions: 7008 × 9912 pixels (11.68 × 16.52 inches)
Format: .tiff
File Size: 179 MB
Image shown is low res. You will receive a high resolution scan!
An outstanding example of Walter Hoban’s singular style. He developed his own visual vocabulary for pratfalls and accidents in Jerry On The Job that was highly influential in the development of screwball comics. By the time he created Needlenose Noonan, his humor was just as unique and strange as that of screwball cartoonists like Basil Wolverton and Jack Cole, although in a much more understated way — this was, after all, a syndicated comic strip appearing in respected (by some, at least) newspapers. Discontinued Stories is perhaps the most outstanding example of black humor to appear in comic strips of this era.
Hoban worked in the Hearst art room with George Herriman in his early days. Research indicates the two were good friends. You can see Herriman’s influence in Hoban’s work — especially in this later page. Look at the lettering, penwork, and the use of a pattern that feels like Native American art in the second panel of Discontinued Stories.
Artist: Walter Hoban
Source: Newspaper Sunday supplement
Resolution: 600 dpi
Dimensions: 7008 × 9912 pixels (11.68 × 16.52 inches)
Format: .tiff
File Size: 179 MB