Both works made considerable use of Heath images from an issue of the DC Comics series All American Men of War, with “Blam” in particular retaining much of Heath’s original look and detail. The art critic Tom Lubbock was one who thought Mr. Heath and others deserved more credit. “A lot of the innovations in Lichtenstein’s pictures are innovations that they came up with first. They worked out the dynamic interaction of image, caption, speech bubble and sound effect. They devised those dramatic compositions from which Lichtenstein’s work gets much of its impact.

Source: New York Times August 30, 2018 21:33 UTC