Alex Raymond

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Thorough but... - Rated
Why has this incredible artist slipped under the radar for so long? I've been waiting for years for a collection of his work like this to be published but I'm still a little bit disappointed with this.

It's very thorough, there's a huge amount of text and there is a lot of his stuff here. If you want to know the details of Raymond's life then it's pretty much all here (I'm sure his shoe size, inside leg measurement and favourite brand of coffee must be all in there somewhere). Unfortunately, as with every publication that ever features his work, the reproductions are, for the most part, microscopically small.

There is a section with a step-by-step guide on how Flash Gordon was drawn, which is fascinating. Personally I think some of his best works were his paintings of the armed forces, which saw him moving towards more of a realist style. These are featured with some decent size reproductions.

Everyone's heard of Flash Gordon but yet Raymond himself barely ever gets mentioned - try finding any other collections of his work (apart from the even smaller "Profili" book) or any posters and you'll get nowhere.

Hope someone else buys this book anyway, I don't want to be a lone voice in the wilderness....