"Generally speaking when the viewpoint of a drawing is at about eye level for the reader, vertical lines will run parrallel to each other. If the viewer is lying on the ground, vertical lines will converge in the air."

.... vertical, horizontal & diagonal lines do not run parallel to each other, they will always bow to towards their "two" (high/low, left/right) individual vanishing points and the number of vanishing points can be infinite based upon the angle and placement of the object in space ...

"In the case of this drawing, we are conveniently supplied with a light post in the center of the panel with which we can dudge which line are correct and which are out of allignment"

 ... the artist is bowing his lines in this case, if you look at the edge of the brick wall, it is curved as are most of his outer lines. He is trying and is pretty close to mimicking a fish eye lens.

"And now that I look at it -what the heck is going on with the floor tiles in the bottom left panel?"

... they are just laid not on a grid and the road doesn't necessarily have to be level.


The Negative Zone image

Stan Lee, 1968:

" ... And we talk it out. Lately, I've had Roy Thomas come in, and he sits and makes notes while we discuss it. Then he types them up which gives us a written synopsis. Originally-I have a little tape recorder-I had tried taping it, but then I found no one on staff has time to listen to the tape again later. But this way he makes notes, types it quickly, I get a carbon, the artist gets a carbon...so we don't have to worry that we'll forget what we've said. Then the artist goes home...or wherever he goes...and he draws the thing out, brings it back, and I put the copy in after he's drawn the story based on the plot I've given him. Now this varies with the different artists. Some artists, of course, need a more detailed plot than others. Some artists, such as Jack Kirby, need no plot at all. I mean I'll just say to Jack, 'Let's make the next villain be Dr. Doom'... or I may not even say that. He may tell me. And then he goes home and does it. He's good at plots. I'm sure he's a thousand times better than I. He just about makes up the plots for these stories. All I do is a little editing... I may tell him he's gone too far in one direction or another. Of course, occasionally I'll give him a plot, but we're practically both the writers on the things. "