Receive Treasures Retold: The Lost Art Of Alex Toth Executed By Dean Mullaney Available As Volume
book is large so you get a nice full format experience of the material, The majority of the pages are reproductions of a variety of his published short comics, Id been hoping to see more of his pencil work or drafts to get a sense of his process, You dont really get process work in this and only a few instances of art that isnt a simple reprint of
a fully finished comic, Alex Toth's significance to comics and animation art cannot be overstated, During his career, he was the comic industry's foremost proponent of modern design and composition, Starting in, his work influenced almost every one of his contemporaries, and has continued to work its magic on the generations that followed, In animation, hiss model sheets for Hanna Barbera are still passed around as swipe sources from animator to young animator in thest Century,
Included are complete stories from thes and beyond, recently discovered color animation storyboards and presentation drawings, sketches and doodles, industrial comics, and individual pages from obscure comics and magazines.
It's a treasure trove that makes a fitting companion to the Eisner Award winning Alex Toth: Genius trilogy, .