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Stoner did some interesting work for Popular and The Funnies. I like the Gang Busters cover. The Phantasmo cover reminds me of Fantastic 4 I think.

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Oops, that should have said Fantastic 5 which I never thought looked like a Fine cover.

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Stoner's art and his background reminds me of Pippin's. Horace Pippin started painting after serving in WWI and losing an arm.

His style was considered surrealistic. Or ethnic American folk art.

I have a copy of one of his paintings over the fireplace where I live in Orange County.

Strangely enough, Horace grew up in Orange County and moved to West Chester, PA, where I lived for over 20 years.

I didn't hear as much about him as I did Andrew Wyeth.

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There are still a lot of red fox in Orange County but they no longer have segregated schools.

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I think I over edited the comments above. Pippin's arm was paralyzed but he used his other arm to control the motions of the brush that was held in the hand of the injured arm. Sounds tough to me.

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And while I am on the subject, there were a few other well known black artists that did comics.

Matt Baker, of course, and A. C. Hollingsworth are better known than Stoner

but they also seemed to have been key targets for Wertham.

 

HOLLINGSWORTH, ALVIN

Name and vital stats

HOLLINGSWORTH, ALVIN C [c1930-2002] (artist) African-American

Pen names

ALVIN HOLLY; A. C. HOLLINGSWORTH; ALEC HOPE?

Note

Prominent voice in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement > 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69

Education

B.F.A., City College (N.Y.)

Print Media (non-comics)

Art Director: 1957 Relax > 57

Artist: Dustjacket: 1963 Little Red Volkswagen > 63

Artist: Dustjacket: 1970 Modern Poems by Black Americans > 70

Artist: Magazines: 1962 Cavalcade > 62

Performing Arts

Television Personality: in the Greater New York area

Other career notes

Teacher: Art: New York City School System; College Professor

Fine Arts

Expressionist Painter; work displayed at the Smithsonian

Syndication

KANDY [sunday] (pen/ink/) 1954-55 for Smith-Mann Syndicate > 54 55

SCORCHY SMITH [daily] (pen/ink/) 1953-54 for Associated Press > 53 54

SCORCHY SMITH [sunday] (pen/ink/) 1953-54 for Associated Press > 53 54

SPIRIT, THE [sunday] (ink/) 1951 for Register and Tribute Sundicate > 51

Comics in other media

Gag cartoons (wr/pen/ink/) 1957 for Dude > 57

COMIC MEDIA PUBLICATIONS (U.K.)

HORRIFIC~ (pen/) 1953 > 53

Comics Studio (Shop)

BERNARD BAILY STUDIO (pen/ink/) mid-1940s > 44 45 46

BINDER STUDIO (pen/ink/) early-1940s > 40 41 42 43

ACE PERIODICALS

Horror (pen/ink/) 1955 > 55

AVIATION PRESS

CONTACT COMICS~ (pen/) 1945-46 > 45 46

D.D.T.'S (pen/ink/) 1946 > 46

AVON COMICS

Horror (pen/ink/) 1940s-50s > 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59

SAINT, THE (pen/ink/) 1948-49 > 48 49

CATHOLIC COMICS

CATHOLIC COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1947 > 47

EASTERN COLOR PRINTING

JUKE BOX~ (pen/ink/) 1948 in #1 > 48

FAWCETT COMICS

NYOKA (pen/ink/) c1951 > 51

FEATURE COMICS

HEADLINE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1948 > 48

YOUNG LOVE~ (pen/ink/)

YOUNG ROMANCE~ (pen/ink/)

FICTION HOUSE COMICS

SPACE RANGERS (ink/) 1947 > 47

SUICIDE SMITH (pen/ink/) 1946/49-50 > 46 49 50

TIGER GIRL (pen/ink/)

FOX COMICS

BRONZE MAN (pen/ink/)

CRIMES BY WOMEN (pen/ink/) late-1940s > 47 48 49

RULAH JUNGLE GODDESS (pen/ink/) late-1940s > 47 48 49

HARWELL PUBLICATIONS

HORRIFIC~ (pen/ink/) 1953 > 53

HOLYOKE PUBLICATIONS

Covers (pen/ink/) 1953 > 53

Crime (pen/ink/) 1945-46 > 45 46

Filler (pen/ink/) 1945-47 > 45 46 47

Horror (pen/ink/) 1953 > 53

War (pen/ink/) 1945 > 45

I.W. PUBLICATIONS

STRANGE MYSTERIES~ (pen/ink/) 1964 reprint > 64

LEV GLEASON

Romance (pen/ink/) 1953 > 53

MAINLINE COMICS

POLICE TRAP~ (pen/ink/) 1954 > 54

SPOTLIGHT COMICS

War (pen/ink/) 1944 > 44

STAR PUBLICATIONS

GHOSTLY WEIRD TALES~ (pen/ink/) 1953 > 53

Romance (pen/ink/) 1949 > 49

STORY COMICS

DARK MYSTERIES~ (pen/ink/) 1952-55 > 52 53 54 55

FIGHT AGAINST CRIME~ (pen/ink/) 1951-53 > 51 52 53

FIGHT AGAINST THE GUILTY~ (pen/ink/) 1955 > 55

MYSTERIOUS ADVENTURES~ (pen/ink/) 1951-53 > 51 52 53

STREET & SMITH COMICS

Adventure (pen/ink/) 1949 > 49

DOC SAVAGE (pen/ink/) 1948 unconfirmed > 48

TOBY PRESS

TALES OF HORROR~ (pen/ink/) 1952 > 52

TROJAN COMICS

BEWARE~ (pen/ink/) 1953-54 > 53 54

Covers (pen/ink/) 1954 for BEWARE > 54

Crime (pen/ink/) 1953-54 > 53 54

Romance (lay/) 1954 > 54

YOUTHFUL MAGAZINES

INDIAN FIGHTER~ (pen/ink/) 1951 > 51

MAGIC ARROW (pen/ink/) 1951-52 > 51 52

 

Someone posted this recently and I am just adding it here as an example. Sorry about the swipe.

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I noticed Allen Ulmer was given credit for this Blue Beetle art but it looks like Quinlan to me. Anyone else think so? There were a lot of Blue Beetle artists and it is easy to be confused.

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This one was a little more obvious.

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Ramona did this cover cause it is signed at the bottom.

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I think I missed the boat on that splash page. It may be Pat instead of Ulmer but probably not Quinlan.

Quinlan did sign his work better than anyone else in the business. Kane and Shuster signed a lot of stuff that they didn't do but you can tell Quinlan's style like Palais who signed most of his stuff too.

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Hollingsworth did a back up strip for Blue Beetle 44.

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Stoner CV

STONER, E. C.

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E. C. STONER

Name and vital stats

STONER, ELMER CECIL [1897-1969] (artist) African-American

Education

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art; University of Pennsylvania

Protege of F.M. Kirby, philanthropist

Print Media (non-comics)

Art Director: Publishing company: Tower Magazines 1932-37 > 32 33 34 35 36 37

Artist: Creator: Mr. Peanut for Planters [at age 15]

Artist: Posters: During World War I

Commercial Art & Design

1939 New York World's Fair, The RR Train Panorama Exhibit > 39

Fine Arts

Artist: Commissioned to do portraits of first Black colonels in the U.S. Army

Painter: Exhibits: Water colors and oils

Painter: Murals for hotels and restaurants

Honors

Artist Laureate of Pennsylvania

Cresson traveling scholarship to Europe

G.V. Congress Brotherhood Award (posthumously) 1970 > 70

Outstanding Son of Pennsylvania 1950 > 50

Packard Prize

Priz de Rome

Syndication

RICK KANE, SPACE MARSHALL (pen/ink/) 1951 > 51

Promotional comics

Educational features (pen/ink/) premiums for Christmas Book [20th Century Fox]

Educational features (pen/ink/) premiums for for Eveready Flashlights, Jeep, C & O Railroad

Educational features (pen/ink/) premiums on History of Salt, Jeep, C & O Railroad, Measurement

Comics Studio (Shop)

BINDER STUDIO (pen/ink/) 1940-41- > 40 41

CHESLER STUDIO (pen/ink/) 1939-40 > 39 40

IGER STUDIO (pen/ink/) c1942-c48 > 42 43 44 45 46 47 48

DC COMICS

SPEED SAUNDERS (pen/) 1937 > 37

DELL PUBLICATIONS

CONVOY (pen/ink/) early-1940s > 40 41 42 43

Covers (pen/ink/) early-1940s > 40 41 42 43

GANG BUSTERS (pen/ink/) early-1940s > 40 41 42 43

MARTAN THE MARVEL MAN (pen/ink/) 1939-41 > 39 40 41

MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY (pen/ink/) c1941 > 41

NIGHT DEVILS (pen/ink/) early-1940s > 40 41 42 43

PHANTASMO (pen/ink/) 1940-42 > 40 41 42

War (pen/ink/) 1942-44 > 42 43 44

WAR HEROES~ (pen/ink/) 1942-44 > 42 43 44

EC COMICS

BLACKSTONE (pen/ink/) 1947 > 47

FAWCETT COMICS

BULLETMAN (pen/ink/) 1943 > 43

CAPTAIN MARVEL (pen/ink/) c1943-c44 > 43 44

LANCE O'CASEY (pen/ink/) c1943-c44 > 43 44

SPY SMASHER (pen/ink/) 1943 > 43

FEATURE COMICS

TED O'NEIL OF THE COMMANDOS (pen/ink/) 1943 > 43

FOX COMICS

BLUE BEETLE (pen/ink/) 1943-45 > 43 44 45

BOUNCER (pen/ink/) c1943-c45 > 43 44 45

CAPTAIN KID (pen/ink/) 1940 > 40

Covers (pen/ink/) 1946 > 46

MARTIN KANE (pen/ink/) 1950 > 50

HARVEY COMICS

REVENGE OF THE ZOMBIES (pen/ink/) 1940 > 40

INTERFAITH PUBLICATIONS

CHALLENGER, THE~ (pen/ink/) c1945 > 45

MARVEL COMICS

BREEZE BARTON (pen/ink/) 1940 > 40

FLEXO (pen/ink/) 1940 > 40

PARENTS' MAGAZINE PRESS

TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941-42 > 41 42

RURAL HOME

MR. REE (pen/ink/) c1944-45 > 44 45

STREET & SMITH COMICS

AJAX THE SUN MAN (pen/ink/) 1941 > 41

BLACKSTONE (pen/ink/) 1946 [imprint: VITAL PUBLICATIONS] > 46

DOC SAVAGE (pen/ink/) 1940-41 > 40 41

IRON MUNRO (pen/ink/) c1940-c41 > 40 41

 

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And while I am on the subject, there were a few other well known black artists that did comics.

Matt Baker, of course, and A. C. Hollingsworth are better known than Stoner

but they also seemed to have been key targets for Wertham.

 

HOLLINGSWORTH, ALVIN

Name and vital stats

HOLLINGSWORTH, ALVIN C [c1930-2002] (artist) African-American

Pen names

ALVIN HOLLY; A. C. HOLLINGSWORTH; ALEC HOPE?

Note

Prominent voice in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement > 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69

Education

B.F.A., City College (N.Y.)

Print Media (non-comics)

Art Director: 1957 Relax > 57

Artist: Dustjacket: 1963 Little Red Volkswagen > 63

Artist: Dustjacket: 1970 Modern Poems by Black Americans > 70

Artist: Magazines: 1962 Cavalcade > 62

Performing Arts

Television Personality: in the Greater New York area

Other career notes

Teacher: Art: New York City School System; College Professor

Fine Arts

Expressionist Painter; work displayed at the Smithsonian

Syndication

KANDY [sunday] (pen/ink/) 1954-55 for Smith-Mann Syndicate > 54 55

SCORCHY SMITH [daily] (pen/ink/) 1953-54 for Associated Press > 53 54

SCORCHY SMITH [sunday] (pen/ink/) 1953-54 for Associated Press > 53 54

SPIRIT, THE [sunday] (ink/) 1951 for Register and Tribute Sundicate > 51

Comics in other media

Gag cartoons (wr/pen/ink/) 1957 for Dude > 57

COMIC MEDIA PUBLICATIONS (U.K.)

HORRIFIC~ (pen/) 1953 > 53

Comics Studio (Shop)

BERNARD BAILY STUDIO (pen/ink/) mid-1940s > 44 45 46

BINDER STUDIO (pen/ink/) early-1940s > 40 41 42 43

ACE PERIODICALS

Horror (pen/ink/) 1955 > 55

AVIATION PRESS

CONTACT COMICS~ (pen/) 1945-46 > 45 46

D.D.T.'S (pen/ink/) 1946 > 46

AVON COMICS

Horror (pen/ink/) 1940s-50s > 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59

SAINT, THE (pen/ink/) 1948-49 > 48 49

CATHOLIC COMICS

CATHOLIC COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1947 > 47

EASTERN COLOR PRINTING

JUKE BOX~ (pen/ink/) 1948 in #1 > 48

FAWCETT COMICS

NYOKA (pen/ink/) c1951 > 51

FEATURE COMICS

HEADLINE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1948 > 48

YOUNG LOVE~ (pen/ink/)

YOUNG ROMANCE~ (pen/ink/)

FICTION HOUSE COMICS

SPACE RANGERS (ink/) 1947 > 47

SUICIDE SMITH (pen/ink/) 1946/49-50 > 46 49 50

TIGER GIRL (pen/ink/)

FOX COMICS

BRONZE MAN (pen/ink/)

CRIMES BY WOMEN (pen/ink/) late-1940s > 47 48 49

RULAH JUNGLE GODDESS (pen/ink/) late-1940s > 47 48 49

HARWELL PUBLICATIONS

HORRIFIC~ (pen/ink/) 1953 > 53

HOLYOKE PUBLICATIONS

Covers (pen/ink/) 1953 > 53

Crime (pen/ink/) 1945-46 > 45 46

Filler (pen/ink/) 1945-47 > 45 46 47

Horror (pen/ink/) 1953 > 53

War (pen/ink/) 1945 > 45

I.W. PUBLICATIONS

STRANGE MYSTERIES~ (pen/ink/) 1964 reprint > 64

LEV GLEASON

Romance (pen/ink/) 1953 > 53

MAINLINE COMICS

POLICE TRAP~ (pen/ink/) 1954 > 54

SPOTLIGHT COMICS

War (pen/ink/) 1944 > 44

STAR PUBLICATIONS

GHOSTLY WEIRD TALES~ (pen/ink/) 1953 > 53

Romance (pen/ink/) 1949 > 49

STORY COMICS

DARK MYSTERIES~ (pen/ink/) 1952-55 > 52 53 54 55

FIGHT AGAINST CRIME~ (pen/ink/) 1951-53 > 51 52 53

FIGHT AGAINST THE GUILTY~ (pen/ink/) 1955 > 55

MYSTERIOUS ADVENTURES~ (pen/ink/) 1951-53 > 51 52 53

STREET & SMITH COMICS

Adventure (pen/ink/) 1949 > 49

DOC SAVAGE (pen/ink/) 1948 unconfirmed > 48

TOBY PRESS

TALES OF HORROR~ (pen/ink/) 1952 > 52

TROJAN COMICS

BEWARE~ (pen/ink/) 1953-54 > 53 54

Covers (pen/ink/) 1954 for BEWARE > 54

Crime (pen/ink/) 1953-54 > 53 54

Romance (lay/) 1954 > 54

YOUTHFUL MAGAZINES

INDIAN FIGHTER~ (pen/ink/) 1951 > 51

MAGIC ARROW (pen/ink/) 1951-52 > 51 52

 

Someone posted this recently and I am just adding it here as an example. Sorry about the swipe.

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But if you are going to NYC and want to buy a book for your kids, you might find a copy of his book.

 

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Since my recreation thread has been lost in the archives,

I will load this up here. The only relationship between Blue Beetle and Mr. Justice that I can think of is the similar headgear.

But still digging to find out more information about BB artists.

Cooper didn't do any work for Fox that I can think of and neither did Montana but what about the rest?

 

Does anyone have any art to post? Was there an Ashe cover recreation in one of the threads.

 

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I don't think he did these but they were too good to pass by.

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Anymore Hollingsworth covers out there?

We can be penpals. Post away.

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