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Philippe Negrin
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Posted: 20 August 2008 at 1:08pm \| IP Logged \| 1

I confess to having never heard of him until now. I'm ashamed. I really like what I see here. Is there a chance that this guy was an influence for Alan Davis, cause that's what I can see in most images...

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Andy Smith
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Posted: 20 August 2008 at 1:50pm \| IP Logged \| 2

I think I remember seeing Alan name him as an influence. I think it shows in Alan's work.

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Knut Robert Knutsen
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Posted: 20 August 2008 at 2:01pm \| IP Logged \| 3

That Superman figure seems to show a mix of 50s (EC era) Frazetta and Wood, possibly Williamson as influences. Interesting choice. It's not as apparent in his later work.

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Michael Retour
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Posted: 20 August 2008 at 3:01pm \| IP Logged \| 4

I loved Newton's work. His paintings were wonderful.

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Kevin Brown
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Posted: 20 August 2008 at 3:17pm \| IP Logged \| 5

Ceasar Alvarez wrote:

The cover to The Comic Reader #146. One of my favorite Newton pieces.

Here's the color version:

Oh,. and the issue prior to this one featured this interesting cover:

If you want to see larger versions, go here: http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/comic-reader/3

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Kevin Brown
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Posted: 20 August 2008 at 3:22pm \| IP Logged \| 6

One more TCR Don Newton cover:

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Michael Retour
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Posted: 20 August 2008 at 4:27pm \| IP Logged \| 7

Now, you're really bringing back the memories.

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Jeff Albertson
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Posted: 20 August 2008 at 4:38pm \| IP Logged \| 8

Ceasar,

Thanks for posting those scans! When Newton first came over to DC, his art was just too different from what had come before for me to fully appreciate it (Poor guy had to follow Aparo on Aquaman, and Rogers on Batman!), but I quickly learned to love it.

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