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A prominent American pop artist, his work was heavily influenced by both popular advertising and the comic book style. In 1961 Lichtenstein began his first Pop paintings using cartoon images (mostly from DC comics using the less popular romance series that was directed at an adolescence female audience.)
He used a style known "Bendy Dots" more commonly referred to as half tone. (A technique used primarily in the early making of comics books because it was easier on the pulp paper manufactures used.)
His most famous image is Whaam! (1963) It was one of the earliest known examples of Pop art, adapted from a panel in a 1962 issue of DC Comics' : All-American Men of War. The painting depicts a fighter aircraft firing a rocket into an enemy plane, with a red-and-yellow explosion.
Lichtenstein's
The Original (Copyright DC images)
