 In 1967 , Woody Gelman , under his Nostalgia Press imprint revived some of his earlier work . Regarded by Time magazine in 1974 — alongside Prince Valiant author @-@ illustrator Hal Foster — as " some sort of genius " , and described in Jerry <unk> and Hames Ware 's Who 's Who in American Comic Books as " [ p ] <unk> the most influential artist on early comic books " , Raymond 's legacy as an artistic inspiration is immense . Harvey argues that it is because of Raymond and Foster that the illustrative style became the dominant one used for adventure strips . " His work and Foster 's created the visual standard by which all such comic strips would henceforth be measured . " Biographer Tom Roberts also believes Raymond 's work on Rip Kirby " inspired all the soap opera style strips of the fifties and sixties " . Roberts argues that strips such as Apartment 3 @-@ G " can trace their origins to the success of Raymond 's strip " . Although his work was rarely seen outside of the newspaper " funny pages " , as Raymond preferred to focus his energies on strip work , he also produced a number of " illustrations for Blue Book , Look , Collier 's and Cosmopolitan " . as well as Esquire . 
