Every Archie comic since 1970 has had terrible visual perspectives on show in every panel. Personally I decided not to try mainstream comics when I started, because my perspectives were weak. I was wrong. My perspectives were weak, but not as weak as this:
Looks almost reasonable. It appears that they are on a hill loking downward at Archie. But lets find the vanishing point:
It's located conveniently in Veronica's underwear. That hill should continue up to the horizon. Either that or that fence on the left should wrap itself downward toward the line. This one's not too bad, but let's try another:
See anything amiss? Well Lets add the horizon line:
Using the bedside table as as guide we find the horizon running right through Betty's sternum. I've measured Betty's segments and she is 5.5 inches high. If she were to stand up at the foot of the bed her head would touch the ceiling! Not only is she a giantess, but if we were to follow the lines out along the edge of the room until they would accomodate Veronicas prescence in the room, then Betty's middle-class room would be the size of a tractor-trailer.
If only I had known. I could have been working for Archie now!.
2 comments:
Still, I would cut Dan DeCarlo some slack on that first cover, especially with what Archie did to him to ruin his life.
I dunno. It's just frustrating to see these mistakes because they take me out of the "story".
http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics91.html
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