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Wow! Did Kirby (and Hultgren) acknowledge the swipe? Jack For those who haven't seen it before:

I first read that as "good malady"! Are these all "Month in the life" books? WOO-HOO! Oddball mixed genre! Kinstler cover, out-of-scale figures (swipes, or is she a giant too?), giant space vampire with bloodshot eyes and jigsaw-puzzle complexion -- great catch! And I see that you already cracked it out of its slab. Looking forward to seeing pages. I hope it's as classic as Spurs Jackson. Jack

Hey -- what's a man doing on Paradise Island? Is it OK because he's blind? (Like the old "blind salesman" joke) Nice copy. Jack

Somebody must, since they honored him by naming a pharmaceutical product after him. Jack

HAW! Cool Hand Clark! What a classic. Jack (Is there Red Kryptonite on those tomatoes?)

Brother, I think that describes a lot of us. Who's happy? Raise your hand. Jack (didn't bother to ask about broke)

I bought one of Hoffman's comics because the cover looked good. I later found that he is one of ( if not " THE " ) biggest nut job in the biz. He loves to throw stones in a thinly paneled glass house. That's a strange cover. Is she supposed to be pregnant? JPS

The woman could be Wood (or Kinstler??) -- the man looks almost like Heck's horror faces to me. Is that possible? But the whole thing looks like a bulletin board. Jack World's worst artist spotter

I just borrowed a library copy last night and am loving it! The big problem is that the strips originally published as huge Sunday funnies are reduced so much that they're illegible. Great selection though. I had no idea that Victor Moscoso found his inspiration in a strip called "The Wiggle Much " by Herbert Crowley (at least to my eyes) -- but that's one of the strips that's overly shrunk. I wonder whether putting the giant features on fold-out pages would have priced the book out of the market. I'm looking forward to your Hanks book. Jack

That has GOT to be a paste-up. Can anyone ID the sources? Jack

Proving once again that Real Life sucks! Jack (and is NOT da bomb)

Except, you might want to READ it, as apposed to OWN it. Regards, GT Pure Imagination Publishing Read it? Get real, GT. What does that have to do with "highest and best use" of a commodity? Jack (accidentally owns one "giant postage stamp")

Wow! What a display. Oswald's buddy was too good to resist for an new avatar. Thanks, Jack

that is a hilarious cover "make it... the way you and Green Arrow did." Sheesh. Batman pointing straight at Superman's dingus, with the appropriately abiguous blue "fold" right there and him saying "make it as an ordinary man", adds to the hilarity. Maybe Neal was having a little fun with the reader -- at least I hope this was all on purpose. This was around the beginning of DC's crotch-centric covers, right? (Peak was about 1971-72?) ANYONE wearing that silly costume ANYWHERE would be likely to get clobbered, wouldn't they? Jack

What do you mean? It looks like organic chemistry is exactly what's going on there. That's right! It's like the tradition of a campus-area bar calling itself The Library so the kiddies can call home and say, with a straight face, they spent the whole evening at the library. And they are studying very intently. Is there a signature on the doorknob in the foreground? Jack assiduously not making any rude jokes based on organic reaction types

YES! I check it every day (mostly to make sure that any new Atlas covers uploaded on the GCD and not in Atlas Tales is uploaded there as well). I've enjoyed this past week of Romance. You and I, Jack, just the two of us ... Gawrsh! Isn't that romantic! I wonder whose collection it is. Not a condition fanatic, but the scope is incredibly broad. He's one of the few who can reliably ID the humor artists, isn't he? Jack

GCD and search Better in the publisher field. I think that has all books from all the related imprints including Nedor. Jack

Speaking of short-bus romance books, have you watched the March of the Oddball Romance Books on GCD's new cover display lately? I don't know whether this link will work: Today's GCD covers If not, just go to www.comics.org, hit the "see all covers posted today" link and scroll back over the last week or so. I don't know who is uploading incredibly obscure romance covers. It was certainly instructive for me to find out what those sorority girls do while they claim to be studying for their organic chemistry exams! Jack

The Witch Hazel page is Hultgren too, right? Familiar looking demon! I'd have used a Kirby original, but this artist makes the ear flaps closer to the same size. Where do those come from? Creature from the Black Lagoon? Fun pages! Jack

I don't know -- an Overstreet "planted error"? Interesting cover, kind of creepy. Who's it by? Is that a signature at bottom right? The demonic bug looks almost like he belongs in shiverbone's bag of tricks! Jack

As far as I know, Scott did his own art on the Dell comics. So that's really Scott's work. I thought maybe Scott was just the originator's/owner's name, like Lantz or Disney. Thanks, Jack

I paid a whole $6.45 for what I recorded as a Fr/G. Shocking! To reverse the old Life cereal commercial, "Give it to Mikëy! He likes everything!" Jack "He likes it! Hey Mikëy!"

To a pig, it would be pretty scary to have a spook walk by with a big ol' ham. That could be one of Porky's nephews. Jack

Interesting style with the plump, shiny cheeks and all. The facial expressions look like the artist may have been thinking of Disney's Seven Dwarves. Anyone know who did the cover? Is the interior artwork similar? Jack

Jack, your Ha Ha made me Giggle You know you love it and were just looking for an excuse to show it off! I have a beater copy of Giggle #24 kicking around somewhere in storage. I'll have to dig it out next time I'm hunting. Jack