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I have NEVER seen any Frank Robbins Batman art. Does it exist?

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otherworldsj33

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I did not like his work when I was younger, but I have come to appreciate it in the last 5 years or so. I like the way he spot his blacks, and I would love to even just look at a few of his Batman pages. I think his style was very appropriate for the moody, dark Batman atmosphere. Anyway, thats what makes a horse race!

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adamstrange

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Some of his art from that time does exist. I'm with otherworld, Frank is of the Caniff school and understood the use of blacks and negative space. I don't think that 70s Batman is his best stuff, but I am quite fond of some material I've seen from 40s/50s.

 

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georgehagenauer-migration

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Most of it exists- some ended up in the DC theft and is long buried- a lot of Robbins strip art was sold to a handful of overseas collectors when he retired years ago. My guess is that it is still buried iNEuropean collections.

 

People either hate or love Robbins. I'm not a fan of his comic book art but do enjoy his Johnny Hazard art (and have a few pieces on consignment for sale in my comicartfans gallery). There is an interview with Robbins i nthe Menomenee Falls gazette years ago. Basically they asked him what pencil he used. his answer was "pencil?" During a long period on Johnny Hazard he drew it completely in ink- incredible control - and made me appreciate the strip all the more.

 

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otherworldsj33

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With all the stuff supposedly buried in collections, it sounds like I will have to be content to view Robbins Batman art (in the black and white format) in one of those thick 500 + page's B&W Showcase reprint book's that they recently started publishing. Assuming DC ever gets around to even reprinting those particular issues. Oh well.

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