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Speaking of fanzines, Mr. Door Tree posted a batch of scans that he and Marble River made of his collection and I was knocked out by the Don Newton covers. Here are a couple he did for RBCC and thanks again to DT and MR for the scans.

This one was sold today and I missed it! You Snooze you Lose!

Add Batman 8 to the need covers group and Batman 24 to the need coverless copy group.

Wow, I defer to the Lord High Executioner!

I thought some of these House of Terror splashes deserved the B and W treatment. I call this splash the Curse of Kolar.

Eisner also contributed a nice splash in Police 98. Nylon Rose...

Just how shapely is Yolanda? Yolanda looked pretty good but I liked her cause she enjoyed listening to BB's Band.

I do like to see Ditko stories in those old comics. I love the art but I can't help think that it could have been worse on the "Day of the Yellow Snow".

I don't think he did these but they were too good to pass by. Anymore Hollingsworth covers out there? We can be penpals. Post away.

A few more horror stories by AC.

I like that Temptations cover and I like this one a lot too.

I don't remember who it was that sent the note. Maybe Scrooge did since he seems to have a reference for everything. But it is a good article and a lot of people contributed to the checklist which is worth having. I purchased a second copy cause I was wearing out the first one. I liked this Baker art which was in the issue and for some reason unidentified.

I liked all of those Red Circle issues. This one was a little disturbing.

Hollingsworth from Contact 7

Which Superboy issues do you need?

I picked this up from a website that BZ mentioned in his Collection thread. bb

Very interesting reading Scrooge as I knew nothing of Hollingsworth at all. I can clearly see a West Indies Caribbean influence here (from Avon's Witchcraft #5). I found a few Hollingsworth covers and splash pages which are posted on the Blue Beetle artists thread. I will give it a bump. He didn't illustrate the Blue Beetle but did do a back up story. I think there is also a story by AC in Contact 7 which I will try to post. bb By the way, his biographer was out of town.

Thanks BZ, I sent her a note. Perhaps we can get her to make more comments about AC's contribution to comics. At least we can get a prepublication notice in AE or CBG. Bruce

Thanks Scrooge. I will have to go back and finish reading Bill's biography of Joe, obviously I didn't get very far. AC did a lot of work outside of comics, e.g., his Don Quixote paintings and some of the Lincoln Center. His Gugenheim children's book is fairly well known too. He is also mentioned as a major participant in the Civil Rights movement in the sixties. I would like to find out about the biography which seemed unpublished. I think it is a worthwhile project and wonder what happened. Perhaps Fantagraphics could pick it up.

But I'd be wearing safety glasses. Not so different otherwise! Pasteur was primarily a chemist at first, making seminal contributions to the understanding of chiral (asymmetric) molecules. There are some similar covers out there, like this one. Jack And don't forget his contributions to the wine industry!

Ohboy Thanks, I think I remember seeing one before!

Louis Pasteur (December 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895) was a French chemist and microbiologist born in Dole. He is best known for his remarkable breakthroughs in the causes and preventions of disease. His discoveries reduced mortality from puerperal fever, and he created the first vaccine for rabies. His experiments supported the germ theory of disease. Louis was one of my heroes, a chemist as well as a microbiologist. We can thank him and Jenner for doing a lot of early work on vaccines. And while I am on the subject, where is the swine flu vaccine? I am tired of hearing about the pandemic. bb

Gory Science Fiction stories sounds like a good one. I will have to get a few issues for my collection. Thanks.

Great choice Here's another one a little more controversial maybe but we're adults so I think we can handle it. This would have been a good cover for Real Fact Comics maybe. Courbet's title is L'origine du Monde (The Origin of the World). It was a private commission in 1866 from Khalil Bey, a Turkish diplomat. Later the painting was owned by Jacques Lacan, renowned psychoanalyst. The Musee d'Orsay acquired the work in 1995. The painting is freely exhibited in the museum. In fact, it is prominent in its exhibit room since it faces the entrance. It is interesting to watch visitors' initial reaction and notice that eventually everyone is attracted by the piece as it is strangely compelling in person. In fact, as related by Wikipedia, "according to postcard sales L’Origine du monde is the second most popular painting in the Musée d’Orsay, after Renoir’s Moulin de la Galette." Not Safe for Work Link to the Painting Scrooge, This reminds me of my son's Cub Scout trip to the Brandywine River Museum. I was thrilled by the electric train display and the N.C. Wyeth illustrations but the boys probably remember the Wyeth Helga paintings better than the Sendak cartoons. Oops. Link seemed to be closed to me but I wil probably have to check out the painting. bb