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Cat-Man_America

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    The ALL Schomburg all-the-time thread...

    in Golden Age Comic Books

    Posted · Edited by Cat-Man_America
    Ale and more words!

    On 4/6/2024 at 8:12 PM, adamstrange said:

    Easy money and probably a preference for doing covers as opposed to the grind of multi-panel story telling.

    I only recall a couple interiors, including all of Don Juan.

    He also did a substantial number of pulp interior illustrations, but you're right, covers paid quite a bit more and accepting deadlines for fully illustrated stories would've been challenging and probably not the best use of his time given the demands placed on it. His pulp and ...after comics... digest covers were also in high demand, not to mention book and magazine covers, advertising, etc. He was rarely short of work throughout his career as an illustrator, including commissions.

    :cheers:

    Show me your Timely's and I'll show you mine. Have a Cigar...

    in Golden Age Comic Books

    Posted · Edited by Cat-Man_America
    Added a bit more (it's now 2 bit's worth of verbiage -lol)

    On 4/7/2024 at 7:56 AM, Ameri said:

    Cap definitely looks like Shores in the ad, but I was looking at this Cap 4 panel and the pose seems similar to the Bucky pose in the 1944 ad. Could the Bucky paper drive panels been prepared just before S&K left Timely? I'm not acquainted with the timeline of this ad or when it first appeared. I've seen the early Cap ads but I don't remember the paper drive panels.   

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    Maybe the Cap 4 panel is the rare Cyrillic interpretation. (:

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    For instance, in this revised twist of a Shore's cover, a right backhand becomes a left forehand, ...a difficult maneuver even in tennis! :grin:

    S&K left Timely in late '41 ...in rather unceremonious fashion... so it's doubtful any of their art was reworked. Also, paper drive campaigns weren't even on the U.S. radar till mid-'42 or later (we didn't officially enter the war until the month after S&K were fired by Martin Goodman). Nevertheless, it's probably worth noting Shores worked on the first 10 issues of Cap under S&K as an inker along with Reed Crandall, Al Avison and perhaps a few others, so there's definitely a connection. That said, to me the Bucky pose doesn't look anything at all like a swipe or a leftover. (shrug)

    :cheers:

    It's award season! Let's celebrate the worst of Golden Age anatomy!

    in Golden Age Comic Books

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    Gill Fox, ...ironically he'd be known for well composed Torchy GGA later in the decade, but his early '40s hero covers ...with rare exception... stank.

    In spite of having a great eye for art talent, "Busy" Arnold seemed to like Fox's stiff, wooden covers even on Quality's more realistically themed comic characters.  

    IMO, this is the weakest cover of this series; most were done by Lou Fine or Reed Crandall. Go figure... (shrug)

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