Much more interesting, however, is the conceptual relation between Niño's "Tap-Dancing" and namesake Alex Toth's "Taps," from 1981. In “Taps,” Toth manages to perform a rare feat the transmission of music – or more specifically – translating its rhythmic structure and sound texture into panels, something partially accomplished by Michel Fiffe's coloring shown in Looking for the Perfect Beatfrom Zegas #2 or Rapper KRS-One supporting Kyle Baker on Break the Chain!, which hit readers with a tape. His close proximity to Niño shows in the depiction of topographic subjects. Kley was a regular contributor to the German magazine Jugend, which lent its name to the stylistic direction known as Jugendstil, i.e. In his story “ Tap-Dancing on a Tender Cerebellum,” done for Heavy Metal in 1978, the Philippine cartoonist, born on the first of May in 1940 in the province of Tarlac on the island Luzon, names artists like Moebius, Arthur Rackham & Heinrich Kley. Oliver Ristau | Image from "Tap Dancing On A Tender Cerebllum"Ĭarving out the influences that formed the idiosyncratic drawing style of Alex Niño appears to be a highly complex exercise.
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