{"id":2861,"date":"2021-12-11T07:34:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T07:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/garyhollingsbee.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/11\/fantastic-four-no-1-panel-by-panel\/"},"modified":"2021-12-11T07:34:21","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T07:34:21","slug":"fantastic-four-no-1-panel-by-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/garyhollingsbee.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/11\/fantastic-four-no-1-panel-by-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantastic Four No.1 Panel by Panel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"756\" src=\"https:\/\/garyhollingsbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/img_2210.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/garyhollingsbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/img_2210.jpg 756w, https:\/\/garyhollingsbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/img_2210-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/garyhollingsbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/img_2210-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/garyhollingsbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/img_2210-330x330.jpg 330w, https:\/\/garyhollingsbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/img_2210-690x690.jpg 690w, https:\/\/garyhollingsbee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/img_2210-580x580.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Comparing <em>Panel by Panel<\/em> with <em>Maximum FF<\/em> suggests the change in the way that the November 1961 first issue of Fantastic Four seems to be viewed (at least by Marvel). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2005, Walter Mosley\u2019s presentation of the issue is as an art object: something that \u201ccrystallized an art form that has had an impact on our culture\u201d. Mosley delights in Kirby\u2019s \u201cdynamic motion within a single frame\u201d and the way in which the narrative draws a reader into its fictional world which, he says, expressed the world view of a younger generation and \u201cput words to our suspicions\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chip Kidd\u2019s recent presentation is of the issue as historical artifact. Instead of the clean, Pop Art-inspired presentation of the panels in <em>Maximum FF<\/em>, <em>Panel by Panel<\/em> presents blown-up images from a photographed copy of the first issue. Kidd presents \u201cvintage comics the way they looked back in the day\u201d and revels in the \u201cglorious Ben-Day dots, the warm texture of the ink-soaked cheap newsprint, the ham-fisted off-register printing.\u201d (I\u2019m sure that the dirty, yellowing colour of the pages and the slightly faded colours wasn\u2019t how the comics looked \u201cback in the day\u201d , though.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps this difference speaks to the change in how comics like this are consumed nowadays. Clearly, the growing gap between publication and now means that they are estranged from this generation of youngsters. I first read <em>FF<\/em> #1 when it was less than 20 years old. The Cold War early Sixties it presents still lingered. Today, Marvel\u2019s presentation of this world is primarily through its movies which are less dazzling and lurid, more shiny and slick. Today we watch &#8211; quite passively &#8211; the Marvel movies. In the past we participated in the adventures, joining the heroes in their adventures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comparing Panel by Panel with Maximum FF suggests the change in the way that the November 1961 first issue of Fantastic Four seems to be viewed (at least by Marvel). 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