Word: drawingboard
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...works up half a dozen crude, matchbook-sized "spots"-samples that vary widely in composition and approach. These spots play an important role in giving his idea different settings: "You've got to be suspicious if anything satisfies you right off." After a quick lunch, Mauldin grids his drawingboard work area into nine squares and begins drafting the cartoon, first in pencil and then in ink. A stickler for just the right detail, he frequently consults his favorite reference, the Sears, Roebuck catalogue, or poses before a Polaroid Land camera (with a self-tripping shutter) to get the authentic...
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