Warren Sattler was a mainstay at Charlton Comics in the Bronze Age, a master of the western genre, he was tapped to bring those skills to Yang, the really only sort of legitimate tie-in to the vintage TV show Kung Fu. Sattler's style was warm and comfortable with lush soft lines which blended with the colors to create a delightfully attractive whole. Sattler's compositions were always clear and reading a comic drawn by him and likely written by the inimitable Joe Gill was a comfortable treat, easy to get down and delicious all the way. He did some really fine work for National Lampoon later too, bringing a soft style to some sharp satire. Sattler moved away from comic books and into newspaper strips before and after his turn at Charlton, but it will always be those handsome Billy the Kid and Yang comics which linger in my memory.
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Agreed and seconded, Rip. Sattler seems forgotten these days, but he had a real reader friendly, warm style I really like, particularly on Yang.
ReplyDeleteThe soft edges were unusual at the, the product of a distinctive brush technique I suppose. His stuff looked like no one else, always a virtue.
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