Saturday, February 6, 2010

Cartoon Ecology

It can be "entertaining and enlightening" to look at similar words/objects/scenes as drawn by different artists. The following pairs of images are from "Benny Beaver," which appeared in Casper, The Friendly Ghost #1 [1949], and "Ecology Beaver," which appeared in Comic Art #9, by Tim Hensley [2007].

Opening Panel:


Gnawing:


Holding a book:


On his dam: