Fred Guardineer's 1935-1936 Journal in comic form, plus biographical info

[markseifert]

Some great stuff here:

 

http://dylanwilliamsreporter.blogspot.com/2012/09/fred-guardineers-1935-1936-journal.html

 

Well, I pounded those pavements. I didn't get anywhere at all but I tried. I finally [met] a guy who had graduated four years ahead of me at Syracuse, a fraternity brother, Tom Lovell. I haven't heard from him in years. His pictures are all over: he illustrated for National Geographic, these beautiful paintings, museums all over the world, in Hawaii and out West. He was a knockout artist, but he was a good friend. When I first came to the city he was doing the pulps. He did some black-and-whites inside but basically he did the covers. He used to do the insides for The Shadow. On the outsides, he was basically doing cowboys and Indians. He invited me to his house for dinner and was giving me tips. He got me a job.

 

[buttock]

Great stuff. Thanks for sharing! Guardineer was a very versatile artist.

[Hibou]

That was terrific to look at... and yes, thanks for posting!

 

Those cartoons made my morning!

[Point Five]

I meant to comment; this was cool! Really brings back the feeling of NY in the 30s, when young comic artists were trying to break into a comic industry in its infancy, a la Kavalier and Clay.

 

I really like Guardineer's work in the earliest Actions and Tecs.

 

 

[BB-Gun]

I meant to comment; this was cool! Really brings back the feeling of NY in the 30s, when young comic artists were trying to break into a comic industry in its infancy, a la Kavalier and Clay.

 

I really like Guardineer's work in the earliest Actions and Tecs.

 

 

I enjoyed seeing his notebook. I wish there were more and the art was more polished like his Centaur cartoons. He must have been making a good living in the forties while working for Quality and then Lev Gleason. At least he did a lot of work.

[innocuous]

The lead in post to the pics was also a good read. Thanks for posting.

[TheEyeSees]

Great post, and a great read! Guardineer is one of my favorites, really under appreciated. His Dan Hastings work is top shelf.

 

 

 

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[BOOT]

Great post, and a great read! Guardineer is one of my favorites, really under appreciated.

Ditto here. Used to think his work was kind of stiff, but now appreciate how clean and powerful it is.

 

Thanks for posting this. Great look at a time past!