Everything I needed to Learn About Comics I Learned from Arnold Drake
// 13 Mar 07 // 1:47
AM // file under: my mom threw mine away
#69 The remarkable, redoubtable, one of a kind Arnold Drake passed away this morning.
This is the first part in a series of collected images from Drake's seminal DOOM PATROL, illustrating that they really DON'T make 'em like they used to anymore.
Goodnight, Mr. Drake. And thank you.
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1. The Secret Hideout is Wildly Overrated
(My Greatest Adventure #80)

2. The Second Issue Cameo: Aim High.
(My Greatest Adventure #81)

3. Everybody Looks Better in Formal Wear
(My Greatest Adventure #82)

4. There is No "Off" Position on the Genius Switch
(My Greatest Adventure #82)

5. Sometimes, Some Things are Better than Anything You'll Ever Do
(Doom Patrol #83)

6. DON'T CROWD THE CHIEF
(Doom Patrol #84)

7. "It Sounds Like Static From 10,000 Radios" Is My New Funk Band
(Doom Patrol #85)

8. THE CHIEF HAS SOMETHING IN HIS EYE
(Doom Patrol #86)

9. The Earrings Won't Help
(Doom Patrol #86)

10. Don't Sweat Perfection
(Doom Patrol #86)

11. Monkey in a Man Suit
(Doom Patrol #87)

12. THE LITTLE GIRL IS A MIDGET
(Doom Patrol #87)

13. Get This Exact Panel Tattoed on Right Biceps
(Doom Patrol #88)

14. Monocles Always Work
(Doom Patrol #88)

15. Rita's Weakness? Jars.
(Doom Patrol #88)

16. Get This Exact Panel Tattooed on Left Biceps
(Doom Patrol #88)

17. Freud Was Sometimes Overrated.
(Doom Patrol #88)

18. And Sometimes Not.
(Doom Patrol #88)

19. You Can Never Put Too Much on the Cover
(Doom Patrol #89)

20. It's Not All Phallic Symbols, Y'know?
(Doom Patrol #89)

21. The Only Competition for the Sluggo "No" Panel
(Doom Patrol #89)

22. If Only Magritte Were Alive to See This
(Doom Patrol #90)

23. Robot Necks Hide Adam's Apples Every Time
(Doom Patrol #90)

24. Zen Is
(Doom Patrol #90)

25. Rice! Clock!
(Doom Patrol #90)
(More tomorrow.)
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