{"product_id":"apr083922-scorchy-smith-and-the-art-of-noel-sickles-hc-c-0-1-2","title":"SCORCHY SMITH AND THE ART OF NOEL SICKLES HC","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNoel Sickles\u003c\/b\u003e drew comics for three brief years, yet his groundbreaking work on the 1930s aviation adventure series \u003ci\u003eScorchy Smith\u003c\/i\u003e is a milestone in the history of newspaper comic strips. Over the past 70 years, however, readers have seen only occasional excerpts of this seminal work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow IDW's Library of American Comics presents \u003ci\u003eScorchy Smith and The Art of Noel Sickles\u003c\/i\u003e, a comprehensive, oversized 352-page volume that collects, for the first time, every Sickles \u003ci\u003eScorchy\u003c\/i\u003e strip, from December 1933 through November 1936. It also features extensive DVD-style extras examining Sickles's life and the decades-long influence of his work, while also showcasing the breadth of his career as one of America's foremost magazine illustrators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePete Hamill observed, \"Sickles was the first comics artist to use the brush boldly, in an impressionistic way\" as he pioneered the use of chiaroscuro and Craftint shading in comics. Together with his studio partner, Milton Caniff of \u003ci\u003eTerry and the Pirates\u003c\/i\u003e fame, Sickles created a method of dramatic comics storytelling and illustration that influenced generations of artists who followed. Longtime \u003ci\u003eSpider-Man\u003c\/i\u003e artist John Romita noted that during the 1950s, \"the whole industry was copying from photostats of the \u003ci\u003eScorchy Smith\u003c\/i\u003e dailies by Noel Sickles.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaving blazed a trail through the comics world, Sickles left the medium in favor of a 40-year career as one of America's most successful magazine illustrators. A regular at \u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, his work also appeared in \u003ci\u003eLook\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReader's Digest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eSaturday Evening Post\u003c\/i\u003e. Sickles won the National Cartoonist Society's Advertising and Illustration Award in both 1960 and 1962. He eventually settled in Tucson, Arizona and turned to painting, winning further acclaim for his Western canvases. \u003cbr\u003eEdited by Dean Mullaney. Designed by Mullaney and Dale Crain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*May have a remainder mark and minor rips or imperfections to the dustjacket. OUT of print book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IDW PUBLISHING","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37595952906403,"sku":"APR083922","price":75.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0355\/5285\/4156\/products\/STK360871.jpg?v=1611725216","url":"https:\/\/thelabyrinthstore.com\/products\/apr083922-scorchy-smith-and-the-art-of-noel-sickles-hc-c-0-1-2","provider":"LabyrinthBooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}