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This page was published in the comic book Glamourpuss 14, page 2. It is part of the graphic novel The Strange Death of Alex Raymond.
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September 6, 1956: Alex Raymond entering his Mercedes 300SL on the last day of his life. He will meet up with Stan Drake and go on to be killed in a car crash. Drake barely survives. It is raining, and the slippery roads and bad weather may have contributed to the car crash.
I would say The Strange Death of Alex Raymond is a masterpiece. A large part of
the story was serialized in Dave Sim´ s idiosyncratic comic book Glamourpuss. It started out as a history and analysis of photo-realism in newspaper comic strips (Hal Foster, Alex Raymond, Stan Drake and others), and then it focused more and more on the artistic and psychological relationship between Raymond and Drake. Part impressive research, part metaphysical-psychological speculation. And all of it drawn in the photo-realistic style.
The story was to be published separately. It was partially redrawn and taken in a more metaphysical-speculative direction. Then, unfortunately, and for various reasons Sim abandoned it. His fellow artist Carson Grubaugh finished it, and it was published as a handsome HC book in 2021.
I would say The Strange Death of Alex Raymond is a masterpiece. A large part of
the story was serialized in Dave Sim´ s idiosyncratic comic book Glamourpuss. It started out as a history and analysis of photo-realism in newspaper comic strips (Hal Foster, Alex Raymond, Stan Drake and others), and then it focused more and more on the artistic and psychological relationship between Raymond and Drake. Part impressive research, part metaphysical-psychological speculation. And all of it drawn in the photo-realistic style.
The story was to be published separately. It was partially redrawn and taken in a more metaphysical-speculative direction. Then, unfortunately, and for various reasons Sim abandoned it. His fellow artist Carson Grubaugh finished it, and it was published as a handsome HC book in 2021.
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About Dave Sim
David Victor Sim (born 17 May 1956) is a Canadian cartoonist and publisher, best known for his comic book Cerebus, his artistic experimentation, his advocacy of self-publishing and creator's rights, and his controversial political, philosophical and religious beliefs.
Sim dropped out of high school to pursue a career in comics, and rose to prominence after he began Cerebus in December 1977. Initially, Cerebus was a parody of Conan the Barbarian and other sword and sorcery comics, but after two years Sim came to conceive of the series as a self-complete work, which would run for 300 issues and be subdivided into "novels". By the time the 6000-page work was completed in March 2004, Sim had delved into politics, theology, metaphysics, and a controversial examination of feminism and gender issues, while becoming progressively more sophisticated and experimental in his storytelling and artwork.
