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Cool book, and an even cooler story I purchased my first All Star (All Star 23, Psycho Pirate) back in 1964 but traded it away for some artwork a year later. I purchased my second, All Star 32, in 1997, after buying 1100 golden age comics from Wally. He didn't have any All Star comics in the pile but this one was available. I had to have it which probably led to selling many of the other books in my collection. It sort of was "the straw that broke the camel's back". I still have that All Star and his friends.

I picked up some DC scifi and added them to a few others for this group shot. There are so many great DC scifi covers that I still need.

Most of these are incomplete but the covers are so nice I thought I would put them in a group shot. Most are new except for More Funs and Adventure 35.

Terrific tattoo. I have been trying to convince a friend to switch from drawing on flesh to drawing comics on paper. Perhaps this is a good intermediate step, comics on flesh.

Early issues are great but I noticed that the later issues have some Palais art on Dr. Mid-Nite which makes them kind of special too.

Both book are beautiful books! The MMC #64 is much more gruesome though! This is kind of a Fighting SeaBees theme.

I remember watching the Phillies beat the Astros in 1980 and I moved to Philadelphia in 1983. I was at the NLCS when the Phillies beat Atlanta but disappointed again when they were beaten by Toronto. Moved to New York and listened to Boston beat the Yankees in the ALCS. What a disappointment that was...and to Boston. Finally got to watch NY win the World Series a few years later. I still have these although a couple are recent additions

it's looking like this will be the first year since '03 that i don't make at least one series. it was sad seeing roy and lance go. the end of an era. Astros had one of the best pitching rotations in the history of baseball with JR Richards, Don Sutton, Nolan Ryan and Joe Niekro. Fastball, Curve, Fasterball and knuckleball. Only the Phillies managed to beat them in the NLCS. And to get back on topic...I do like this Captain America cover. Unfortunately, I used to think only the Simon and Kirby issues were worth buying.

Since we are writing true confessions, I used to be an Astros fan too. They disappointed me repeatedly. Maybe Bedrock will grow out of it and perhaps turn to a good team like the Yankees. Cub fans are just masochists. Red Sox fans are ..... And the Phillies purchased all the good pitchers that were supposed to play for the Yankees, boo hoo. bb

Love that group Tod. I have often thought about purchasing an All American 61 and Single Series Tarzan but never made the leap.

Does that complete the early run, Tod? Looks good. I wanted a copy of 2 or 3 but haven't found one I could afford yet.

Love the Marvel Mystery 71. One of my favorites from the later part of the run. Thanks! Here's a better scan (I'm experimenting with my new scanner's color correction capabilities; the original scan was a little dull, IMO)... Let me know what you think! I think the software that comes with the scanners is . Try Photoshop and use a little contrast to take out the dullness.

I bought that one just for the cover...oops that's another thread.

I admire the art and wonder whether this cartoonist is the Cezanne or Picasso who should stand out from all the rest. Frank King also showed this type of genius but he was often wrapped up in telling the soap opera story that was Gasoline Alley. Herriman's dialogue was sometimes a mystery to me. Perhaps his attempts at creating an ethnic character were a little too successful and some of the jokes were lost on the midwestern hicks, like me. This scan is from one of the reprint books, I believe.

Did you enjoy it? I'm a fan of Frank Tashlin who wrote the screenplay, but I'm sorry to say that I'm only familiar with the work he did in the animation field (where his credits are many) and not his feature film work. From imdb.com: One critic noted that he directed his cartoons like live-action films and his live-action films like cartoons. From Wikipedia: AnimatorTashlin drifted from job to job after dropping out of high school in New Jersey at age 13. In 1930, he started working for Paul Terry as a cartoonist on the Aesop's Film Fables cartoon series, then worked briefly for Amadee J. Van Beuren, but he was just as much a drifter in his animation career as he had been as a teenager. Tashlin joined Leon Schlesinger's cartoon studio at Warner Bros. as an animator in 1932, where he was noted as a fast animator. He used his free time to start his own comic strip in 1934 called Van Boring, inspired by former boss Van Beuren, which ran for three years. Tashlin was fired from the studio when he refused to give Schlesinger a cut of his comic strip revenues. He joined the Ub Iwerks studio in 1934. He moved to Hal Roach's studio in 1935 as a writer. He returned to Schlesinger in 1936 as an animation director where his diverse interest and knowledge of the industry brought a new understanding of camerawork to the Warners directors. In 1938, he worked for Disney in the story department. Afterward, he served as production manager at Columbia Pictures' Screen Gems animation studio in 1941. Tashlin rejoined the Warner directors of "Termite Terrace" in 1943. He stayed with the studio during World War II and worked on numerous wartime shorts, including the Private Snafu educational films. Film directorTashlin moved on from animation in 1946 to become a gag writer for the Marx Brothers, Lucille Ball, and others, and as a screenwriter for stars such as Bob Hope and Red Skelton. His live-action films still echo elements of his animation background; Tashlin peppers them with unlikely sight gags, breakneck pacing, and unexpected plot twists. Tashlin began his career directing feature films when he was asked to finish directing the 1951 film The Lemon Drop Kid starring Bob Hope. Beginning with the 1956 film The Girl Can't Help It, with its satirical look at early rock and roll, Tashlin had a streak of commercial successes with the Martin and Lewis film Hollywood or Bust in 1956, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? in 1957, and six of Jerry Lewis' early solo films (Rock-A-Bye Baby, The Geisha Boy, Cinderfella, It's Only Money, Who's Minding the Store?, and The Disorderly Orderly). Many of these have attained cult status. Oops, that's Jack Carson not Carter and I didn't know that Tashlin directed all of those films. I liked the film because it mentioned Capt. Marvel but I thought the action scenes reminded me of The Three Stooges. I enjoyed the Jerry Lewis solo films when I saw them back in the fifties and sixties and the Lemon Drop kid with Bob Hope. I think I remember a Playboy article about the "Rock Hunter" movie but not sure why it was there. Thanks for all of that info BZ. bb It still doesn't explain why they were showing those two comic book related movies yesterday. It wasn't Frank's birthday, nor Carson's or Lola Albright's, who co-starred in Good Humor man and Lord Love a Duck. Oh, it is the 52nd anniversary of George Reeves death on June 16th but that seems a distant possibility.

Just wondering if I missed something significant. I watched the Good Humor Man movie with Jack Carter and George Reeves this morning and it was followed by the Three Stooges Around the World which was directed and produced by Norman Mailer. It made me wonder whether it was Superman's birthday or some such thing since there were two comic related movies back to back. It looked like Norman did the credits for the Stoogies movie as well.

All-you-can-eat Texas BBQ at the Salt Lick Restaurant near Austin is also quite good and you can bring your own Shiners or Lone Star if you prefer. bb

My wife and I watched "The Rescuers" in the film room at the Houston Con in 1978 or 1979. It wasn't a fancy theater but we both enjoyed the movie. She liked the SciFi part of the convention, the Disney stuff and was/is a Star Trek Fan and I am the hopeless comic geek, BLB, old time radio and movie fan. bb

Nice Frazetta in the background. Would that have been the original or a poster? The way its set up sure makes it look like an original. And check out that ash tray on the table in front of him. Smoking on the convention floor My how times have changed That is the original. It was bought at some point by Burrell Rowe and hung in Camelot when he first opened the store. Good call, Richard. (thumbs u That provides a bit of background history on that magnificent piece of art. I only wish I'd been able to get better color balance with these old photos and the emulsion scratches are pretty bad in the darker areas. While I'm thinking about it, here is a photo from Multicon (Okla. City) ; I believe I took this one back in '72; I'll have to check my con program for verification. In this shot are Spanky McFarland, Ed Baldwin, Carl Barks and not sure about the last one (perhaps Lum of Lum and Abner as Multicon had an old time Radio guest that year as well). I don't think that was Barks in the photo. He was tall compared to others. Perhaps Hogarth was at the Con?? bb

Rich, refresh my memory on the Crescent City collection. Were all three of those present in it? If so, how nice were they? I know I should remember but it has been a long time since I made that purchase and owned them for such a short time Bill, Actually none of them were in it because Leonard wasn't able to find them in the condition he liked. Years earlier he had a beautiful FC #4, absolutely gorgeous, but he sold it to a good friend/customer who specialized in Disney, and he was never able to replace it. He had never even seen the WDCS #4 promo until I showed him my copy. Yellow Kid - how different is the wdcs #4 promo from the regular #4, other than the cover? Were there any other differences inside? Would love to know and thanks in advance. I think BZ has a copy of that WDCS Christmas giveaway. Near mint probably and not for sale but he has taken pictures to answer questions on previous occasions. Maybe he can help?

You are a wonder woman. That is an amazing batch of comics. I might help if could keep 1 or 2 (I already have 3). bb

You are right, the surviving artwork is the censored version of the splash panel which was rejected and returned to Barks. Here is another original that I have not posted before. It is the top half of an unpublished page intended for Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 175 in 1955. In contrast to the "Trick or Treat" example, Barks discarded this gag himself after he had inked it. According to articles I've read by Geoffrey Bloom based on interviews, Barks just didn't think that the gag was funny enough and also pointed out that it could not be understood by children who could not read the dialogue. It was replaced by another, more visual gag where Donald was grabbing the candy from hungry bears at the zoo. A fun little tidbit about this half-page is the almost invisible writing in blue pencil at the top left corner: "has to x-ray nurses", which I have never seen mentioned in any of the many articles on Barks' unpublished art. In the 10-page story, Donald has lost a diamond ring in a batch of taffy and is trying to buy up the candy to find it. Perhaps Barks was making a note to himself to replace (or follow up?) with a gag where D. wants to X-ray the nurses after they have eaten the candy(?). In any case, I see it as an example of how much Barks cared about giving his readers quality for their 10 cents, especially given that he had never received any direct feedback from readers up to this time. My apologies for spamming the Duck thread lately. I may soon have to take a break from posting and am trying to add stuff while I have more time. I would love to have some of that spam in my collection. Original art is terrific and the original scripts are amazing. Anymore figures in the scripts?

Oops, Red Sox slipped out of first again.

Ausgezeichnet!

I really like those early Superman issues but mostly collecting Actions these days.