Each week, Zakour has written a paragraph or two summary of the creative history of the strip, while Roberts has stepped up to draw a few example panels from each period, each replicating the style more typical of the time being discussed. While some of the references are oblique, others are plainly evident.
It's quite a departure from the strip, and I don't know how well it's being received but, personally, I find it a fascinating way to examine the history of the American newspaper strip. That they're able to evoke the visual styles of the different eras, as well as the language and type of humor, is quite enjoyable to someone like myself with a bit of an interest in the history of comics.
As of this past weekend, they're up to about the mid-1980s. Presumably, they've got another two or three weeks left in this series. See if you can spot all the references prior to now in the strips below...
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These are exceptional. You just made me a reader of Working Daze.
Note, giving credit where credit is due these are all Scott Roberts showing his knowledge of comics and his ability to clone other styles.
Note, giving credit where credit is due these are all Scott Roberts showing his knowledge of comics and his ability to clone other styles.
Yes, actually these were completely me: writing, art, planning, the works. John and I were each going to do a special bonus for our paper back collection. I'm still waiting to see his! I took mine and expanded it for this Sunday sequence.
During the same period, John was writing a Saturday series on the premise that two of the characters had taken over, and were doing gags about geek culture topics. I had to invent a whole new stye for those so it didn't look like it was really us.
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