The left column are the syndication strips, since they never were published I have just sequentially numbered them. The notation I am using is <strip number>/<panel> Where there was no equivalent strip panel to a comic book panel I have marked the strip "xxxx". The second column are the comic book panels. The notation here is <page>/<panel>. I marked the comic book entry with a "unused" Where there were there was no equivalent comic book panel for a strip panel. Captions without a border where considered their own panel. xxxx - 1 splash page with caption 1/1 - unused 1/2 - unused 1/3 - unused 1/4 - unused 2/1 - unused 2/2 - unused 2/3 - unused 2/4 - unused 3/1 - unused 3/2 - unused 3/3 - unused 3/4 - unused 4/1 - unused 4/2 - unused 4/3 - unused 4/4 - unused 5/1 - unused 5/2 - unused 5/3 - unused 5/4 - unused 6/1 - 2/1 horizontally truncated on left, some background inking added 6/2 - 2/2 horizontally truncated on right, re-balloon 6/3 - 2/3 horizontally truncated on right 6/4 - unused 7/1 - unused 7/2 - unused 7/3 - 2/4 re-scripted Inky: ALL THESE YEARS I'VE BEEN HELPING YOU DRAW OLD MAN SPRY, I THOUGHT HE WAS A NASTY TEMPERED OLD GUY cobb: HE...WAS INKY! changed to cobb: THAT'S WHY I WNAT YOU TO HURRY, INKY! ...I...I'VE GOT A DEADLINE...TO MAKE 7/4 - unused 7/5 - 2/5 8/1 - 2/6 xxxx - 2/7 caption panel added JACK HILL WAS AN UNKNOWN QUANITY IN INKY'S SCHEME OF THINGS. AND NOW, EVERYTHING THAT MATTERED TO THE YOUNG CARTOONIST HAD TO BE WEIGHED BY A STRANGER WHOSE COOL, IMPASSIVE EYES INKY COULDN'T READ. HE WOULD BE FAIR.. INKY KNEW THAT MUCH ABOUT HIM. THE QUESTION NOW, WAS ONE OF CONFIDENCE. HOW HIGHLY DID HILL REGARD INKY? 8/2 - 2/8 8/3 - 2/9 8/4 - 3/1 horizontally truncated 9/1 - 3/2 9/2 - 3/3 caption added, bottom made irregular 9/3 - 3/4 9/4 - 3/5 horizontally extended on right 10/1 - 3/6 10/2 - 3/7 horizontally truncated on both sides 10/3 - 3/8 horizontally truncated on right xxxx - 4/1 caption panel added IT WAS A FRIGHTENING TIME---AND IT REGISTERED INSIDE A MAN--WHERE THE RIVERS RUNNING FROM THE HEART CARRIED FEAR TO EVERY INCH OF INKY'S BODY AND FILTERED IT THROUGH WHERE HE COULD SEE IT GLISTEN ON HIS HANDS--AND FEEL ITS CLAMMY WARMTH ON HIS BACK. WHEN INKY DELIVERED HIS FIRST FINISHED STRIP, HE PAUSED AT THE OFFICE DOOR... 10/4 - 4/2 11/1 - 4/3 11/2 - 4/4 11/3 - 4/5 11/4 - 4/6 horizontally truncated, Hill shifted to left 12/1 - 4/7 horizontally truncated, Inky cut off 12/2 - 4/8 12/3 - 4/9 12/4 - 5/1 13/1 - 5/2 caption rewrote old: INKY SPOTTS, APPRENTICE ARTISTS, IS BEWILDERED WHEN SYNDICATE MANAGER JACK HILL TURNS DOWN HIS FIRST COMIC STRIP new: HILL'S SPIEL ECHOED LIKE A EULOGY GIVEN IN THE DIM, GRAY LIGHT OF A TEMPLE WHERE INKYS DREAM WAS BEST GENTLY LAID TO REST, BECAUSE, IT WAS KINDER THAN JUST TOSSING ITS REMAINS INTO THE FIRST OPEN PIT! THERE WAS NO WAY TO FIGHT BACK! INKY WAS HELPLESS AGAINST THIS KINDNESS, WHICH CONCEALED IT'S STERN FINALITY... horizontally extended on left, clipped on right 13/3 - 5/3 13/4 - 5/4 13/4 - 5/5 horizontally truncated, hill cut off 14/1 - 5/6 Inky's balloon rewrite old: WELL, YOU'RE THE EDITOR, MISTER HILL! YOU REJECTED MY COMIC STRIP BECAUSE THE CHARACTERS DON'T LIVE...I GUESS I JUST HAVEN'T GOT WHAT IT TAKES! new: WELL, YOU'RE THE EDITOR, MISTER HILL! I GUESS I JUST HAVEN'T GOT WHAT IT TAKES. horizontally truncated, Hill shifted left 14/2 - 5/7 14/3 - 5/8 horizontally truncated on left 14/4 - 6/1 horizontally & vertically truncated 15/1 - 6/2 15/2 - 6/3 15/3 - 6/4 15/4 - unused xxxx - 6/5 caption panel added NO MATTER WHAT INKY FELT AT THAT MOMENT HE COULDN'T DENY THE TRUTH IN HILL'S WORDS.. THE STRIP DIDN'T HAVE IT. HE'D KNOWN BEFORE HE'D GIVEN IT TO HILL.. HILL HAD KNOWN IT AT ONCE! THE WORLD WAS SUDDENLY A BIG QUESTION MARK. AND INKY SHRANK FROM REPEATING IT--- RETREATING TO THE STARTING POINT-- HURTING WITH EACH BACKWARD STEP... 16/1 - 6/6 caption removed HIS COMIC STRIP REJECTED BY THE SYNDICATE, INKY SPOTTS WANDERS INTO THE SHADY SQUALOR OF THE SLUMS! vertically extended on bottom 16/2 - 6/7 16/3 - 6/8 horizontally extended on right 16/4 - 7/1 horizontally truncated 17/1 - 7/2 17/2 - 7/3 horizontally truncated, Courtney shifted to left Dreame's cigarette holder removed 17/3 - 7/4 horizontally extended on right, Dreame's cigarette holder removed 18/1 - 7/5 horizontally truncated on left 18/2 - 7/6 horizontally truncated on right, Dreame's cigarette holder removed 18/3 - 8/1 horizontally truncated on both sides 19/1 - 8/2 19/2 - 8/3 Dreame's cigarette holder removed 19/3 - 8/4 19/4 - 8/5 horizontally truncated on both sides 20/1 - 8/6 horizontally extended, abstract arcs added to background 20/2 - 8/7 horizontally extended on right, Dreame shifted right, topped inked black 20/3 - unused 20/4 - unused 21/1 - 9/1 Dreame shifted down, cigarette holder removed 21/2 - 9/2 horizontally extended on left 21/3 - unused 21/4 - unused 22/1 - unused 22/2 - 9/3 Inky enlarged 22/3 - 9/4 redrawn, Inky made larger then Dreame 22/4 - 9/5 redrawn, Inky made larger then Dreame xxxx - 9/6 caption panel added 23/1 - 9/7 23/2 - 9/8 horizontal extended on right 23/3 - unused 23/4 - unused 24/1 - 10/1 horizontally extended on top right, curtain added, inked by Simon 24/2 - 10/2 vertically truncated bottom removed 24/3 - 10/3 background added 25/1 - unused xxxx - 10/4 caption panel added THERE WAS NO ESCAPING THE BURNING AMBITION OF YOUNG INKY WELLS... AT THE NEWSPAPER OFFICE, NEXT DAY, DONNA REALIZED THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO MOVE FAST IF SHE WAS TO CAPITALIZE ON THE TALENTS OF HER NEW DISCOVERY. 25/2 - 10/5 background figures added by Simon 25/3 - 11/1 25/4 - 11/2 Dreame redrawn, background removed, topped inked black 26/1 - 11/3 26/2 - 11/4 horizontally truncated on left, Dreame's hair redrawn 26/3 - 11/5 horizontally truncated on left, Dreame's hair redrawn 26/4 - 11/6 horizontally truncated on right, part of Dreame removed, Dreame's hair redrawn 27/1 - 11/7 horizontally truncated on left, Dreame's hair redrawn 27/2 - 11/8 Dreame redrawn 27/3 - 11/9 27/4 - 12/1 28/1 - 12/2 horizontally extended on right 28/2 - 12/3 28/3 - unused 28/4 - unused 29/1 - unused 29/2 - unused 29/3 - 12/4 Dreame redrawn 29/4 - 12/5 Dreame redrawn 30/1 - unused 30/2 - 12/6 30/3 - 12/7 Dreame redrawn 30/4 - 12/8 Dreame's hair redrawn, inking added to top xxxx - 13/1 caption panel added DONNA WAS RADIANT THE NEXT DAY--- THERE WAS A NOTE OF TRIUMPH IN HER VOICE AS SHE APPROACHED HER NEW "FIND" WITH THE PILFERED SCRIPT IN HAND--- THIS WAS A GOOD START--- INKY WOULD BE PLEASED--- AN ARTIST HAD TO BE IN THE RIGHT FRAME OF MIND! 31/1 - 13/2 inking added to ceiling 31/2 - 13/3 31/3 - 13/4 Dreame redrawn face in shadow 31/4 - 13/5 horizontally truncated both sides, vertically truncated on bottom, extended on top 32/1 - unused 32/2 - unused 32/3 - unused 32/4 - unused 33/1 - 13/6 inking added to Dreame's dress 33/2 - 13/7 33/3 - 13/8 33/4 - 13/9 horizontally truncated on both sides, Dreame and Half-tone shifted Dreame redrawn xxxx - 14/1 new Kirby pencils Simon inks xxxx - 14/2 new Kirby pencils Simon inks xxxx - 14/3 new Kirby pencils Simon inks xxxx - 14/4 new Kirby pencils Simon inks xxxx - 14/5 new Kirby pencils Simon inks xxxx - 14/6 new Kirby pencils Simon inks xxxx - 14/7 new Kirby pencils Simon inks xxxx - 15/1 caption panel added THE DAYS FLEW BY, NOW--- THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS WAS IN THE AIR--- AND MORE THEN THAT... THERE WAS Donna... LOVELY, CLEVER, INTELLECTUAL... IT WAS GOOD TO HAVE HER AROUND... INKY'S THOUGHTS WERE NEVER FAR FROM Donna THESE DAYS--- 34/1 - 15/2 34/2 - 15/3 34/3 - 15/4 horizontally truncated on right 34/4 - 15/5 horizontally truncated on both sides, Inky shifted left 35/1 - 15/6 horizontally truncated on right top inked black with skyline 35/2 - 15/7 35/3 - 15/8 horizontally truncated on left 35/4 - 15/9 horizontally truncated on right 36/1 - unused 36/2 - 16/1 36/3 - 16/2 36/4 - 16/3 horizontally truncated on right xxxx - 16/3 new Kirby pencils Simon inks xxxx - 16/4 new Kirby pencils Simon inks xxxx - 16/5 new Kirby pencils Simon inks xxxx - 16/6 new Kirby pencils Simon inks xxxx - 17/1 new Kirby pencils Simon inks xxxx - 17/2 new Kirby pencils Simon inks xxxx - 17/3 new Kirby pencils Simon inks xxxx - 17/4 new Kirby pencils Simon inks xxxx - 17/5 new Kirby pencils Simon inks xxxx - 17/6 new Kirby pencils Simon inks xxxx - 17/7 new Kirby pencils Simon inks xxxx - 18/1 new Kirby pencils Simon inks xxxx - 18/2 new Kirby pencils Simon inks xxxx - 18/3 new Kirby pencils Simon inks xxxx - 18/4 new caption panel xxxx - 18/5 new Kirby pencils Simon inks xxxx - 18/6 new Kirby pencils Simon inks xxxx - 18/7 new Kirby pencils Simon inks xxxx - 18/8 new Kirby pencils Simon inks xxxx - 18/9 new caption panel
Details of Editing Strips to Comic for “Artist Loves Model”
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