Popular Post Point Five Posted February 15 Popular Post Share Posted February 15 Happy Valentine's Day! pmpknface, Dr. Love, Mr. Lady Luck and 10 others 9 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwination Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Tremendous revenge thought bubble for all of us lecherous simpletons, love it. (even if the guy in the background is horribly misshapen) Point Five 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 On 2/14/2024 at 4:55 PM, Darwination said: (even if the guy in the background is horribly misshapen) everyone's right arm is a bit short... weird. MusterMark and Point Five 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 On 2/14/2024 at 7:55 PM, Darwination said: Tremendous revenge thought bubble for all of us lecherous simpletons, love it. (even if the guy in the background is horribly misshapen) I would *totally* collect a romance title called Lecherous Simpletons. Yorick and Darwination 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plady69 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 On 2/14/2024 at 7:42 PM, Point Five said: Happy Valentine's Day! What a gal! My type (not). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 On 2/14/2024 at 9:33 PM, szav said: Hadn't seen that one before, love it. Added to the want list, thank you. I wish you luck... it's an absolute beast. @C. Spaulding sold me this copy which is a cracked-out 3.0 (front looks better, back has staining); it was a modest upgrade to a 2.5 copy I then sold off. I've not seen another copy for sale in three years. No GPA sales, no sales on HA. C. Spaulding 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicnoir Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 On 2/14/2024 at 9:39 PM, Point Five said: I wish you luck... it's an absolute beast. @C. Spaulding sold me this copy which is a cracked-out 3.0 (front looks better, back has staining); it was a modest upgrade to a 2.5 copy I then sold off. I've not seen another copy for sale in three years. No GPA sales, no sales on HA. Yep, you sold me the 2.5. Good luck getting another. Point Five 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C. Spaulding Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 On 2/14/2024 at 9:39 PM, Point Five said: I wish you luck... it's an absolute beast. @C. Spaulding sold me this copy which is a cracked-out 3.0 (front looks better, back has staining); it was a modest upgrade to a 2.5 copy I then sold off. I've not seen another copy for sale in three years. No GPA sales, no sales on HA. I recognized that one right away. She looks even better out of the slab. Point Five 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Microbia Posted February 15 Popular Post Share Posted February 15 Only graded copy. pmpknface, Point Five, szucchini and 11 others 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ricksneatstuff Posted February 22 Popular Post Share Posted February 22 One of my favorite comicjack, ThothAmon, Qua-Brot and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ricksneatstuff Posted February 23 Popular Post Share Posted February 23 My copy of the Marilyn issue of Love Romances Robot Man, pmpknface, adamstrange and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Microbia Posted February 23 Popular Post Share Posted February 23 On 2/22/2024 at 6:34 PM, Ricksneatstuff said: One of my favorite Nice copy Rick and a good opportunity to flash mine again. Dr. Love, jimjum12, Ricksneatstuff and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpknface Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 On 2/23/2024 at 8:43 AM, Microbia said: Nice copy Rick and a good opportunity to flash mine again. At first I was just noticing the image, the line work, the babe.... but hold on one minute... I've seen the dozens of weight loss / gain freaky ads of the GA, but I don't think EVER on the cover. And did this really work: "Calling All Fat Girls!" buttock and Darwination 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 On 2/22/2024 at 4:25 PM, Ricksneatstuff said: My copy of the Marilyn issue of Love Romances A srunningly cool book Rick! One I've never noticed up until now. About all I can offer in Marilyn "homage"... comicjack, pmpknface, ThothAmon and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 On 2/23/2024 at 8:49 AM, pmpknface said: And did this really work: "Calling All Fat Girls!" Let me ask my friend who made this his mantra about 20 years ago. pmpknface 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ricksneatstuff Posted February 29 Popular Post Share Posted February 29 Carson City beauty I love these Ace covers jimjum12, comicjack, BuscemasAvengers and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Darwination Posted February 29 Popular Post Share Posted February 29 (edited) Have you ever managed to identify the artist or artists on some of these Aces? A lot of them (if not all) are reprints of love pulp covers. It tends to be one of the hardest areas in pulp to get good artist IDs in, but once you get a name to put with a style, it's very doable. A couple from your post on the last page: It looks to me like the artist on these two was painting for Ace for a good number of years. Or the one above is from the pulps, too, April of the same year: Alec Redmond was there in early 40s and Bradshaw Crandell was there for at least a bit in the mid-40s. Crandell would sign his name to Cosmopolitan (and most things very readily) but apparently wasn't signing any love pulp (as is often the case when slick level artists would "slum" it down in the pulps). With the rise of the photo cover and decline of glamour paintings on Hollywood mags and the like it's not too surprising that Crandell would do a little pulp work. Heritage is a little off on the date of the original art: His mid 40s style is line with some of the Ace mid-40s covers: I'll get with a lady friend that does work on the romance pulps and see if she knows anything about the Ace artists. I'd definitely like to know who did the Ten-Story Love Magazine1948-02 /Complete Love comic from 1951-05 Dr. Love has in his avatar. Edited February 29 by Darwination Dr. Love, Yorick, jimjum12 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksneatstuff Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 This Bleeding Cool article attributes much of the work to Alice Kirkpatrick. https://bleedingcool.com/comics/ace-magazines-painted-romance-comic-covers-up-for-auction/ Darwination, ThothAmon and jimjum12 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ricksneatstuff Posted February 29 Popular Post Share Posted February 29 (edited) I don’t know for certain who painted what but I do know for certain I’m happy to have this one in my collection. Alice gets the credit here. Edited February 29 by Ricksneatstuff Inaflash, pmpknface, Heronext and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 On 2/29/2024 at 9:13 AM, Ricksneatstuff said: I don’t know for certain who painted what but I do know for certain I’m happy to have this one in my collection. Alice gets the credit here. Nice paper on that Crippen Ricksneatstuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
