Ayers, Dick - Kamandi #53 p.07 - Bloodstalker & Doile! Shrinking Violet

Ayers, Dick - Kamandi #53 p.07 - Bloodstalker & Doile! Shrinking VioletThis page is a classic example of the high adventure energy Dick Ayers and Alfredo Alcala brought to the Kamandi series. The opening landscape shot of the crater home establishes a massive sense of scale, making the descent of Bloodstalker and Doile in the 2nd panel feel like a true epic. It is particularly fun to see Bloodstalker's design here, as his clear Sherlock Holmes influence adds a great visual quirk to this post apocalyptic world that Jack

making both characters feel larger than life

Great all-out action page featuring Toxin

Alcala’s moody inks add depth and texture

he captures the heavy

including a respectful nod to Osamu Tezuka

A great bit of humorous storytelling by Brisson and Perkins

published in 2000

while Black Alice shows everyone what she's capable of while The Spectre tries to keep her from being torn apart

sultry woman

delivers a brutal

tight pencilling style

The heavy shadows on the building make it feel genuinely foreboding