CheezyWhiz

I figured I would post in the "Bone Appreciation Thread" that I've finally started to really appreciate Bone!

 

Spent the weekend holed up in the apartment with a cold, so I took advantage of the down time and finally committed to read the whole series start to finish. I just finished the third book of the Scholastic color reprint volumes. I have to say.. the art is stunning. Smith is a master of comedic timing and the multitude of expressions on the Bones really shows his depth as a cartoonist. The color is absolutely phenomenal, too. I really find myself slowing down to soak in each panel before going to the next. Looking forward to the rest of the series.

 

Love it!

 

Did you ever read any of the B&W issues before reading the color edition?

I've briefly read a few, but not really. Looking at both versions, the color version is far more appealing to me. It's like the b/w art was MADE to be colored, it just adds so much depth. Cerebus, on the other hand, has so much gray tone and shading that the color isn't needed.

I figured I would post in the "Bone Appreciation Thread" that I've finally started to really appreciate Bone!

Spent the weekend holed up in the apartment with a cold, so I took advantage of the down time and finally committed to read the whole series start to finish. I just finished the third book of the Scholastic color reprint volumes. I have to say.. the art is stunning. Smith is a master of comedic timing and the multitude of expressions on the Bones really shows his depth as a cartoonist. The color is absolutely phenomenal, too. I really find myself slowing down to soak in each panel before going to the next. Looking forward to the rest of the series.

Love it!

I know of at least two other album covers with art by Larry Welz.

 

 

 

 

The original art for them is out there as well.

I want! Thanks for the heads up!

Went looking at an estate for Four Colors on Saturday, found only a few but lucked into a spinner rack. Been wanting one for a while but didn't run into one.

 

It's now home and stocked up with Four Colors. That thing holds almost four full short boxes of comics

 

Then, I took a composite shot of all 5 sides (thumbs u

 

WOW!

Thanks to the buyers in my recent sales thread!

CoinAddict

ComicDoc

JerryZ

mschmidt

lizards2

Boboset

frankbearss

Beau

Extra special thanks to mschmidt, lizards2, and boboset for being understanding about a dumb mistake I made that affected their orders. You guys are the best. :thumbsup:

Take a look at this extraordinary book that sold for $8776 on eBay.

That's an incredible book. I forwarded the link to all my animator friends. Funny, too.. Now-a-days, that sort of sexist humor would be grounds for a sexual harassment suit. Times have changed.

Thanks for the kudos on my Popeye books, guys. Appreciate it!

Here's another.. This is my ultimate Popeye grail book. Feature Book #nn. Gerber 10. Overstreet says 3 known copies -- well, 4 now. I really lucked out when I found this book on ebay a year ago. A woman discovered it in her father's attic in Queens, NY along with a couple other beater GA books. I can't possibly relay how thrilled I was to get this book in my collection.. and how I'm even more thrilled that it now looks as good as it does.

I don't know if you GA forum guys ever wander into the restoration forum.. but I recently posted this book there to show off the amazing restoration job Matt (restoman) and Kenny (Ze-Man) of Classics Incorporated did. You'll be blown away by the before and after shots. LINK

For the curious, here is a sample of Segar's artwork from the book Charlie Chaplin's Funny Stunts that was published by M.A. Donohue in 1917.

 

 

That's one that I don't have yet. Great copy! It's in color, too!

Some other nice Popeye books from my collection. Also three of the oversized Charlie Chaplin books by Segar that came out years before Thimble Theater and Popeye.

 

WOW!!!

 

Cheezy, you have an impressive collection.

 

You have several books I've never seen before.

 

Do you also collect vintage Popeye toys and other related items of interest?

Thanks BZ! I have a lot more.

I haven't tried to collect any toys other than a few early card and board games. I'm mainly sticking with paper collectibles for now. I just love comics and books.

Here are a couple more pieces:

Incredible, amazing.

 

I am not sure how else to begin this, my first post here.

 

Scott aka ThreeSeas

Hi, Scott. Welcome to the boards.

Some other nice Popeye books from my collection. Also three of the oversized Charlie Chaplin books by Segar that came out years before Thimble Theater and Popeye.

Awesome, Flea!

Here's a Popeye book that I really love. Popeye Funny Films from 1934. I think this was a collection of newspaper cut-out pages. Kids were supposed to cut out the strips, thread them through the slits on the character's body and slide them up and down to change the facial expression -- Popeye is demonstrating on the cover. It's a huge book -- about 10" x 16".

I've seen this book with and without the branding at the top.. was it a giveaway?

4 Color 168 (October 1947)

Nice books, BZ! I'm still hunting for high-grade copies of a few of those. Makes me want to post some Popeyes, too.. I have quite a bunch.

That Jeep might not be an original Sagendorf drawing, but this one is.

 

 

Another weird thing about the Jeep drawing is that the signature at the bottom appears to have a misspelling

 

Fantastic piece! Every once and a while I pull out my Sagendorf original art just drool.. I'm careful to avoid the art, though.

That same illo of Eugene the Jeep was used in the 1937 book, Popeye and His Jungle Pet.

Nice catch! That lends credence to a theory my friend and I had.. that someone in an art department may have been asked to enlarge the original Jeep image for use in another book or an advertisement. I doubt that it was Sagendorf though. Why would he sign something that was a blatant rip-off when he was perfectly capable of drawing the Jeep from scratch?

There wasn't a great deal of variety in some of the Popeye cover illustrations.

 

 

Haven't seen this one before. Let me know if you decide to part with it.

Hah! Whoever the artist was even got the panel borders between his nose and body!

Speedy, indeed! It took me a couple days and another pair of eyes to notice that detail.

I still haven't identified the Four Color issue that has the origin of the Jeep story.

Whatever book it is, I still don't have a raw reader copy of it yet.. hopefully soon. Don't want to crack the high-grade slabs just to look.

Not sure if I posted this already.. but there was an ebay auction a few months back for a Jeep drawing in the same pose as the large figure on that page. The guy was selling it as an authentic vintage drawing by Sagendorf, but it looked to me like someone just projected this page on a big sheet of paper and made a copy in magic marker. Almost every detail was identical. This may have been used in an art department at one point, but I doubt it's a real Sagendorf drawing.

I would never had known if you hadn't posted this page on the boards.. so thanks!

I think the cover is a picture of Madame Chiang Kai-shek in a colorful costume.

Sorry I didn't scan it before I put it away. I will look for it again.

There is also a picture of Arno in that issue in an article about pugilistic men-about-town.

Apparently cartoonist had a more rowdy life back in the old days.

I found an image of the cover online. Looks like I just missed a copy on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/CLICK-Jan-1939-Rudolph-Diesel-Alfred-Lowrie-Popeye_W0QQitemZ400061654769QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090714?IMSfp=TL090714183003r9886#ht_500wt_1128

I think I mentioned on this thread a long time ago, in a galaxy far away, that I had an article on Segar which was published after his death in 1938.

While moving my heap of junk from NY back to PA, I found the Click Jan 1939 issue which contained the article.

Here are a couple of scans.

Unfortunately, Click is oversize and the scans are cut off but I tried to center them as much as possible without making too much fuss.

Whether I remember correctly or not, I am sure fans of BZ's thread would be interested in the old article.

Segar.

Thanks for posting this. What's the cover look like? I want to keep an eye out for a copy.

Here's a couple interesting links I recently came across on Undergrounds.

http://blastotoys.com/going-underground-37.html

 

http://pages.sbcglobal.net/kenkaffkegoldengate/_wsn/page5.html

That was a good read. Thanks for the links. :thumbsup:

Just added some affordable SA and BA Marvels and DCs to my mixed thread:

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=3444934#Post3444934

Thanks for looking.

2 versions?? now I want the blue one!!

..and now I want the black one!

Some GA books in my mixed thread:

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=3441315#Post3441315