tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369688223742758322.post3377391504243861961..comments2024-01-11T23:34:21.746+11:00Comments on notes from the junkyard: The Alex Toth Reprint Stocktake Part 9: Chilling Tales and Haunted Tales #19Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369688223742758322.post-75040156498263378982008-12-01T13:10:00.000+11:002008-12-01T13:10:00.000+11:00Yes, that may be true, but even that sounds a bit ...Yes, that may be true, but even that sounds a bit like a back-handed compliment...<BR/><BR/>I'm not really interested in bagging Colletta. For the record, I believe he could be quite a fine artist, for example on some 1950's romance comics I've seen, and I appreciate his inking over Kirby on Thor even though many don't rate it... but, as I understand it, Colletta also hacked it out when required to do so, and this has, understandably, affected his reputation.<BR/><BR/>But specifically regarding the inking on Toth in the example discussed above, it does not help Colletta's cause that it appears flanked by two full-on Toth jobs, which just makes his contribution look second-rate in the context.spiros xenoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01162947951011029392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369688223742758322.post-23828859101576296542008-12-01T11:59:00.000+11:002008-12-01T11:59:00.000+11:00Toth wasn't an easy penciler to ink but from the s...Toth wasn't an easy penciler to ink but from the stories Vince Colletta inked, I'd say that he did just about the best job of it.Fat Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18393353811320508300noreply@blogger.com