Weird War Tales #6, August 1972
One picture is worth a thousand words. At least, that’s what they say. (“They” say a lot.)
In the case of this beautiful Alex Toth war page, I will eliminate 999 of them.
All we need to really say is: Astonishing.
Every single time I examine the page, I marvel at how Toth created those lighting effects using only India ink and negative space.
Every. Single. Time.
The art tricks the brain into seeing the illumination as three dimensional as if it were celluloid in a darkened theater. Hell, most cinematography fails to capture lighting as brilliantly as this.
Oh, and the storytelling and camera angles are terrific, too. And of course, the sound effects in the trademark Toth style, add to the drama.
Astonishing.
