SA ARTIST SURVIVOR SERIES: RD.1

[Sal]

I like Maneeley, especially his pre-code horror work, but not really as a silver age artist.

 

Joe Maneely died in 1958. so not much SA work there, and a reason i will vote him off in a future round. he was 32 when he died, and i really think had he not passed away, he would be recognised as a true giant by the hobby

[Scrooge]

Here's Don Heck when he's good btw - He did plenty of other good work for Media -

Heck's "good" looks pretty darn mediocre to me.

 

Possibly but since he won't last past the first round, we needed to give him some exposure before he is history ...

 

Now for some Tuska -

[Doctor Svord]

The rules for this one will be simple so there won't be any ambiguity. The point of this Survivor Series is to crown a favorite SA Artist. This isn't about who's the "best" or "greatest", but who is your favorite from amongst the list. ....

 

What happened to Ramona Fradon and Russ Manning? Not enough popular support?

Maybe they would have only lasted a couple of rounds anyway.

 

More samples, pro and con!

 

Jack

 

Yeah, that Manning guy sure is an egg-sucking dog isn't he? It's a good thing his so called "art" failed to pollute the work of others.

 

Just look at this example from Magnus Robot Fighter 15...Pfft, lay off the windowpane hippie, and take your garbage elsewhere.

 

(For those who didn't get the sarcasm: Russ Manning is my All-Time Favorite comic artist.)

 

 

 

 

[selegue]

Very nice samples! I would have kept Manning on for at least few rounds -- there are plenty of weaker artists on the list.

 

I don't think anyone remembered to nominate Jesse Marsh! Would he have survived a while?

 

Jack

 

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What happened to Ramona Fradon and Russ Manning? Not enough popular support?

 

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Yeah, that Manning guy sure is an egg-sucking dog isn't he? It's a good thing his so called "art" failed to pollute the work of others.

 

Just look at this example from Magnus Robot Fighter 15...Pfft, lay off the windowpane hippie, and take your garbage elsewhere.

 

(For those who didn't get the sarcasm: Russ Manning is my All-Time Favorite comic artist.)

 

 

 

[blutobc]

"I don't think anyone remembered to nominate Jesse Marsh! Would he have survived a while?"

 

I doubt he would have survived more than a couple of rounds.

His work isn't flashy enough to garner alot of attention.

 

However, his clean - crisp style was very effective on Dell Tarzans.

I'm drawing a blank on his other work. What else did he do?

 

 

 

[blutobc]

And back on voting for Tuska. His 50s work was nice. But for this Marvel 60s Silver Age Zombie, he killed a few titles that I collected.

 

Kind of same for Ayers and Heck. Their non-superhero stuff is very nice but some of the later Silver Age stuff is lacking the extra "umph" of the other guys. And sometimes you'll be remembered more for what you did last, than the early stuff.

[selegue]

"I don't think anyone remembered to nominate Jesse Marsh! Would he have survived a while?"

 

I doubt he would have survived more than a couple of rounds.

His work isn't flashy enough to garner alot of attention.

 

However, his clean - crisp style was very effective on Dell Tarzans.

I'm drawing a blank on his other work. What else did he do?

 

 

 

Offhand, lots of Dell (Four Color western, jungle, other Burroughs like John Carter, and nonfiction), later Tarzan-like and spinoff titles (Korak).

 

No superheroes that I know about. He probably could fave done an interesting version of pre-costume Dr Solar.

 

I'm not a big jungle-book fan, but I like his clean style.

 

Jack

 

 

[Karma23]

Looks like Steve Rude was heavily influenced by Russ Manning!

[Doctor Svord]

Sorry selegue and blutobc, I sold off the few Marsh Tarzan's I had years ago, so no help with samples there. I did however keep the issues drawn by another under-appreciated Silver-Age Gold Key artist: Doug "Jonny Quest" Wildey.

 

(from Tarzan 185)

 

 

 

[Scrooge]

Sorry selegue and blutobc, I sold off the few Marsh Tarzan's I had years ago, so no help with samples there.

 

Good We don't want to see any more Marsh artwork than we have to.

 

Love the Wildey stuff btw. (thumbs u Wish he'd gone a little lighter on the cross-hatching at times though

[rjpb]

Sekowsky and Andru - Feh!

 

I hated Heck as a teenage Marvel Zombie in the early 70s, but appreciate him now - though I would agree that he and Tuska did their best work before the SA. Next round I'll probably start voting off artists who don't belong on the list due to minimal output ( Frazetta especially - the Shining Knight and painted covers for Warren aren't enough to consider him a SA comic artist).

 

While one could debate putting the underground artists on a SA list, I don't get the hate for Crumb so far in the voting - he would rank #1 on my list of greatest comic book artists of all time. I don't expect everyone to rank him that highly - but anyone who doesn't think the man is a brilliant artist needs to pull their head out a superhero book now and then.

[selegue]

Sorry selegue and blutobc, I sold off the few Marsh Tarzan's I had years ago, so no help with samples there. I did however keep the issues drawn by another under-appreciated Silver-Age Gold Key artist: Doug "Jonny Quest" Wildey.

 

(from Tarzan 185)

 

 

Nice pages.

 

Who was asking about Dell's borderless panels recently? A production quality thread, right? Some nice examples here. I hope they're reading here.

 

Jack

[selegue]

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While one could debate putting the underground artists on a SA list, I don't get the hate for Crumb so far in the voting - he would rank #1 on my list of greatest comic book artists of all time. I don't expect everyone to rank him that highly - but anyone who doesn't think the man is a brilliant artist needs to pull their head out a superhero book now and then.

 

Testify, bro'! Somebody say HALLELUJAH!

 

Jack

 

 

 

 

[Scrooge]

 

Compare and Contrast. Wildey above and Marsh below. Discuss

[seanfingh]

 

Joe Maneely and S.Clay Wilson because I am wholly unfamiliar with anything that they have done in Silver Age books.

 

PS, for all the haters Ayers Sgt. Fury work is sweet.

[JohnT]

Yeah, that Manning guy sure is an egg-sucking dog isn't he? It's a good thing his so called "art" failed to pollute the work of others.

 

Just look at this example from Magnus Robot Fighter 15...Pfft, lay off the windowpane hippie, and take your garbage elsewhere.

 

(For those who didn't get the sarcasm: Russ Manning is my All-Time Favorite comic artist.)

 

 

 

 

That's a pretty strong statement to call Manning your All-time favorite! I can't say that, but I can say that Leeja was always my favorite superhero girlfriend. I loved that hairdo!

 

Manning should have been on the list...and should've lasted awhile.

[shiverbones]

ayers fury is sweet when inked by Severin...

[shiverbones]

Yup on Crumb.

 

Crumb, Kirby & Adams, Steranko, Ditko should be top 5, probably in that order too.

[TheShadowKnows]

Actually, I've come to appreciate Maneely art this year.

 

Here's a sampling of his coverwork that I could find.

 

 

 

 

Many cool covers by Maneely on atlas books.Hugely underrated.

Dennis

[TheShadowKnows]

All Joe Maneely.

I belive the Astonishing 30 is also.A very cool melting cover.

Dennis