It was exactly an assembly line. You could look into infinity down these rows of drawing tables. Gil Kane More Quotes by Gil Kane More Quotes From Gil Kane I just saw the emotion in everything, so I got to feel everything that was going on and that I was viewing, but I couldn't think in terms of structure, which is the whole point of deep focus. Gil Kane saws focus thinking In other words, DC was never harmed by the paper shortages. Gil Kane shortage paper If I had one quality that really ruined me and at the same time helped me, it was the fact that I never stopped looking, and by that time I was really working at it. Gil Kane ruined quality facts I was not too smart and constantly mouthed off and didn't know anything. Gil Kane smart knows I was hired to do as many Boy Commando, Newsboy Legion, and Sandman stories as I could. Gil Kane sandman stories boys I was hired as a penciler. Gil Kane DC used to print up all of their pages, they were the only company that did it. Gil Kane print pages used Coming into the business, you'd pass through these little agencies until you got to understand what was happening in the business, unless you were really able to have a style strong enough to go directly to the publishers. Gil Kane agency style strong But I was also a big mouth, I started to develop a troubled relationship with Harry Shorten. Gil Kane troubled-relationship bigs mouths But generally speaking, people weren't fired, art jobs were very hard to get, so something really calamitous had to happen to a person who was working there in order for you to find a space. Gil Kane jobs order art Everything was sensory and I never saw the structure in anything. Gil Kane sensory saws structure All of the penciling was consistently done by one person and the inking was whoever could finish on time. Gil Kane uprising done persons Comics were going down for the second time and here, all of a sudden, came this thing and for the next fifteen years, romance comics were about the top sellers in the field; they outsold everything. Gil Kane fifteen romance years By the end of the 50s, everything began to collapse and, little by little, I lost all of my work. I lost Rex, the Wonder Dog and all the westerns. Gil Kane dog wonder littles I think the lack of precision and deep focus is why it took me years to build up my work. Gil Kane focus years thinking Precision is not one of the qualities that comes out in my work. Gil Kane precision quality Then the war became a real problem and along with other shortages, they started to have paper problems. Gil Kane problems problem real war First of all there was a guy named Charles Nicholas, who used to do all of the inking that Jack and Simon didn't do. Simon used to do splashes and covers, but Charles Nicholas, after a while, did the inside of all of the stuff. Gil Kane inside first who guy Most of us came out of Popeye, so turning Popeye into something believable was tricky enough. Gil Kane us out something enough
