He looked to established illustrators of the era, Russell Patterson (Life and Hearst Sunday newspaper magazine covers), Ethel Hays (Flapper Fanny Says) and Faith Burrows (Flapper Filosofy) for stylistic inspiration for his own 72-page graphic novel And, for his story, Cooney channeled novelist F Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby) and Dashiell Hammett (The Maltese Falcon,[...]
