not to hijack or anything, but all the talk about the various artists reminds me of this site i came across a while back. although it's only an inch deep, it's about ten miles wide:
http://lambiek.net/artists/index.htm
all kinds of artists, from Kim Fupz Aakeson to some cat named Zyx.
here's an example for you: the Kurt Schaffengerger page.
now back to your regularly scheduled Scrooge posts. This thread gets ten gold stars, and I'm not even that much a fan of fifties books, so consider that high praise indeed, sir