Maybe borrowed from movies where groups of people in a fight charge toward each other from either side of the screen? Seems I've seen that as far back as some silent movies.
The comics equivalent of the lone hero walking calmly away from an enormous explosion or the Tarantino slow motion walk of the cool characters set to surfer music?
The comics equivalent of the lone hero walking calmly away from an enormous explosion or the Tarantino slow motion walk of the cool characters set to surfer music?
I wonder if there’s a point at which the design can truly be said to have started? ***** No idea when it started and I own probably a dozen comics with the same kind of shot which pre-date the one below from circa summer 1975 but for me this is the one that's indelibly in my head because I was 10 at the time. I had to have it and when I finally got it many years later, the thrill remained!
Edited by Rick Senger on 24 August 2021 at 12:33pm
Sorry, I should have been more clear: the image of two opposing super teams rushing each other is the comics equivalent of the go-to movie shots of the anti-hero walking away calmly from a giant explosion or the Tarantino slow motion walk of a group of rogues set to hipster music ... a go-to that always works.
Definitely appreciate panel 2 of today’s page. The overlapping of figures without looking like they are falling all over each other is very eye catching.
