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Flash Gordon e Walter Clarence Thornton?
After working as a model and posing for artists such as Arthur William Brown he gained connections in the modeling business and he started his own modeling agency, located in the Chrysler Building, in 1929. As the Walter Thornton Modeling Agency grew, it was considered one of “Big Three”, the largest model agencies in the United States, along with its competitors, John Robert Powers and Harry Conover. His agency worked with famous models such as: Lizabeth Scott, Susan Hayward, Grace Kelly, Lauren Bacall, Hazel Brooks, Lucille Wilds, and Eleanor Cahill. Walter Thornton supplied models to Alex Raymond for his comic book, Flash Gordon. A special autobiographical issue depicts Alex Raymond sketching panels using Walter Thornton model Patricia Quinn as a reference. Starting in the mid-50’s and continuing after Walter moved to Mexico, Walter Thornton modelling schools and agencies were opened in Canada.
source: Wikipedia
Daily Strips French golden age
Gli anni 50 e 60 sono stati un periodo d’oro per le strips giornaliere pubblicate sui quotidiani francesi. A differenza dell’Italia dove le strips quotidiane sono state rare eccezioni e – quando c’erano – con spirito coloniale erano traduzioni dagli USA o UK. Una enorme quantità di fumetti sono stati pubblicati, non tutti dei capolavori ma nel mucchio si sono distinte ottime idee. Oltre che dare lavoro a cartoonists più o meno giovani , più o meno famosi.
autori francesi PIEM
Monsieur Pépin strip creata da Piem nel 1954. Pubblicata settimanalmente, per due anni, su le Figaro. Piem pseudonimo di Pierre Barrigue de Montvallon nato a Saint-Etienne nel 1923.
