snookums's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=snookums2009-09-15T23:30:55ZThe Cheapening of the Comics (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/snookums/writeups/The+Cheapening+of+the+Comicssnookumshttp://m.everything2.com/user/snookums2009-09-15T23:30:55Z2009-09-15T23:30:55Z<p>The irony here is that Waterson complains about the factory method of creating art, while no doubt being unaware that most of the <a href="/title/old+master">old masters</a> of the <a href="/title/renaissance">renaissance</a> period did exactly that.</p>
<p>It was quite common for artists to employ assistants who would paint all but the parts that the artist personally was interested in doing. Most of the masterpieces that we think of as the product of a single artists were in fact farmed out to several artists.</p>