This site provides puts Roy Lichtenstein’s famous paintings up against the actual comic panels that inspired them for comparison. My only gripe is there’s no information (that I could find) detailing where the original comic stories came from and who did them. Still, it’s a pretty neat way to waste some time on a Tuesday.
December 11th, 2007 at 9:30 am
If you go to the flickr site listed at the top of the page there’s a lot of information about the original sources.
December 11th, 2007 at 11:28 am
Lichenstein, that dirty rotten swiper!
December 11th, 2007 at 6:07 pm
Cool.
December 11th, 2007 at 10:25 pm
You know the artists that he swiped from had to hate him. They got paid a modest page rate for their work only to have this guy copy it (poorly in some cases) and sell it for a bag full of money. It’s surprising they all didn’t just get together and lynch the guy.
December 12th, 2007 at 6:01 am
Actually, Mort Walker has a story about that. He made a strip about how he and his friends saw a Lichtenstein show, and boy, were they pissed from all the recognized swipes with nary a change beside the dialog/text. They decided to invite him to one of their meetings and let him have it. He was thrilled to be invited, and once he explained that he loved these comics when he was younger and wanted to immortalize them. Walker and his chums sure felt sore after that, and they realize he really isn’t a hack after all.
December 12th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
“He was thrilled to be invited, and once he explained that he loved these comics when he was younger and wanted to immortalize them. Walker and his chums sure felt sore after that, and they realize he really isn’t a hack after all.”
He was a complete thief – just a very clever and persuasive thief. Evil exists in this world, and Roy Lichtenstein is it’s face to me, as far as I’m concerned. He stole from the works of others and profited wildly and immeasurably from that theft. Just because he was a persuasive huckster doesn’t mean he was any less a criminal in my mind. The thought of that guy hanging in a museum just burns me up. He’s definitely #1 example of the BS that “High Art/Low Art” modern art world perpetrates on us all. Steal someone else’s work, have wine and dinner with them, lie directly to their faces and go back to your mansion in the Hamptons – that’s what the “High” art world’s about.
December 12th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
I’m not saying I agree with their assesment, I’m just recounting a story I read.
I agree with you though. The guy was a theif. If he did try to immortalize them, why the subtle changes?
December 13th, 2007 at 1:40 am
That website is amazing! I think the material there would make an incredible art history book. I mean, where did that guy find ALL the source material? It’s crazy! He did a great job on that. I really love the pop art of Roy Lichtenstein, it’s kinda sad he’s gone now.
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