tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15624230.post1772715070367648989..comments2023-12-24T18:29:26.864-05:00Comments on BOOKSTEVE'S LIBRARY: The Last Days of Ambler by Doug WildeyBookstevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15624230.post-8425762532519458542013-07-23T08:38:31.295-04:002013-07-23T08:38:31.295-04:00Somehow I never really heard of Doug Wildey until ...Somehow I never really heard of Doug Wildey until the JONNY QUEST revival in the 80's (the comic-books, not the 3rd-rate cartoons that they inspired H-B- to make). I loved his RIO (in ECLIPSE magazine) but never connected that this was the guy who'd created my #1 favorite TV cartoon series.<br /><br />The combination in his later work of flat figure drawings and painted backgrounds-- which looked exactly like animated cartoons-- inspired my own work combining 2D figures & 3D backgrounds.<br /><br />It was very annoying that, at the time Alex Toth passed away, someone in ALTER EGO used it as an excuse to needlessly bad-mouth Wildey's animation work (as compared to Toth's). Some people are real A**H***s. I bet a big part of Toth's lifelong frustration was in not having been able to create a TV show as good as Wildey's (which Toth worked on extensively).<br /><br />Do you know how obscene it is that in syndicated reruns, Hanna-Barbera actually had Doug Wildey's SIGNATURE removed from the end credits of JONNY QUEST???Henry R. Kujawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01607373491331529952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15624230.post-79263788146918164322013-05-28T03:14:51.541-04:002013-05-28T03:14:51.541-04:00Thanks a million for posting this! The photo refer...Thanks a million for posting this! The photo referencing doesn't bother me at all. I really love the work of Doug Wildey and can't understand why he wasn't better known. He was one of the most talented comic artists I have ever seen,plain and simple.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17050780812342957714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15624230.post-24030029318763817082009-08-16T18:55:13.700-04:002009-08-16T18:55:13.700-04:00I can see what they mean about Wildey leaning too ...I can see what they mean about Wildey leaning too heavily on the photo reference here -- not a problem I ever had with his work before -- but it's more than outweighed by all the good stuff in these strips. Thanks for saving them all this time!<br /><br />It may be the most obvious comment, but it must be said: the black turtleneck and blond hair make Ambler look awfully familiar to Wildey fans...Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714171897239398438noreply@blogger.com