Extracts: LARRIGAN Fleetway Picture Library Classics © 2019 Book Palace Books (272 PAGES in Full edition)

Originally published in Lone Rider Picture Library issues 1, 4 and 9 and Cowboy Picture Library issue 463, Arturo del Castillo’s Larrigan strips are dark and atmospheric, seemingly set in an eternal twilight which appear to prefigure the Spaghetti Western genre by several years. Del Castillo’s style is completely unique and somehow timeless. These strip reveal him to be a master of the pen, creating darkly realistic, almost impossibly delicate illustrations that seemingly harken back to the great penmen of earlier generations such as Franklin Booth or Ernesto Peixotto. He was able to craft images of enormous depth and beauty through cross- hatched pen lines, creating various patterns and textures, juxtaposed with bold chiaroscuro lighting, which was utterly unique in comics. FLEETWAY PICTURE LIBRARY ™ CLA SS IC S LARRIGAN ™ PRESENTS