sagii Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 2 hours ago, jimjum12 said: …. It's as good a Colletta one could hope for.... it still irks me that so many mainstream SA collectors consider him to be a hack.... the guy was a genius. One of my favorites is kind of simple yet masterly.... plus it has a Matt Baker story to boot. GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Nice one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 3 hours ago, Yorick said: I have a reader copy (which is most important to me, because the interior is so great!). A couple photos of some interior contents (Pike and maybe that's Toth?) Cool to see another Artist spotlighted for the genre, and all the Atlas Romance posted today! Almost seemed like the PCH Thread but with Love books Glad to see interiors. This genre has so much going for it and a way to go still to determine classic stories, covers and the really HTF, all of which the PCH genre is rife with across publishers major and minor. Yes the stories can be melodramatic, but what comic book story isn't to some degree, but there are some very adult themes and 'situations' alluding to sex and conflict of 'morals' between a lot of these pages that are as eyebrow raising as all the graphic violence and murder in the Horror and Crime genres. Preparing for a trip away for a week on Sunday or i'd post some interiors of some Romance books that if some folks knew were inside could make these books instant classics. But that will wait until after my return. Until then keep this Thread on page one guys, keep 'em coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Great books Yorick! Love to see the Atlas - even more so, if some of the contents can be pictured. Look forward to seeing those when you get back, Sagii. With the copyright protection in place by Marvel and DC, it's a visual embargo for the most part. So it's a rare treat when a site like Atlas Tales has full scans of a story up, like Just My Type. Interestingly, Ger Apeldoorn weighs in with this commentary about whether this story is Toth or Sekowsky. Toth was incredibly influential on the whole artist community; many tried to copy his technique as best they were able. "Notes: This is the first time I have seen this story, which was always attributed to Toth, but recently has been recanted by him. Apparently it is by Sekowsky imitating Toth. But that seems almost impossible. Although some parts look to weak to be pure Toth, some panels, such as the tier with the two girls on the couch and the silent panel of a hand picking up a book can only be pure Toth in my eyes... unless they are swipes. These panels are too inventive to be imitation. It is not that Sekowsky couldn't be as inventive as that, but it is hard to believe he could be inventive in Toth's way. - Ger" Maybe our resident Toth expert, Adamstrange, could weigh in as well? sagii, FoggyNelson and pmpknface 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 3 hours ago, Yorick said: Great cover, very striking with the white background and the blue masthead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 6 minutes ago, Scrooge said: Great cover, very striking with the white background and the blue masthead This cover was reprinted a few years later. Much less striking, in many respects, primarily the shading technique Pike (and Colletta and Hartley) was playing with. The only example of Atlas doing a reprint, romance wise, I believe. Made sure to get rid of Pike's sig. This book has Baker as well, some of the last work he did of course. Scrooge and FoggyNelson 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archiefan Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Two recent ones I picked up. I particularly like the Colletta artist studio backdrop with skylights Dr. Love and pmpknface 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 I wish my images were better organized ….. but the artist studio is on the "list" ….. GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Yorick, archiefan and Dr. Love 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 I've been on an Atlas kick for years..... so every chance to box dive Atlas' books is a given...… I just kept running across these just exquisite Colletta covers sprinkled in.... it wasn't long before I acquired the taste. Sometimes I'd see one that was especially sharp grade, you almost can't help snagging them. Jason Hamlin didn't help either, with those short boxes of romance at every show GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) archiefan and Dr. Love 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 calling Frank, bronze age fan every atlas c'mon down bro FoggyNelson and *Bronze age fan* 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Ken got this one..... I don't see them like this very often..... GOD BLESS..... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Dr. Love 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jimjum12 Posted August 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 25, 2018 To all the girls I've loved before ……. GOD BLESS.... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) mustang33guy, pmpknface, Sqeggs and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 14 minutes ago, jimjum12 said: Ken got this one..... I don't see them like this very often..... GOD BLESS..... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) For some of these Colletta's I've felt that he was channeling Toth (and I love it). jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 9 minutes ago, jimjum12 said: She's burning his hot dog... Point Five 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 I wish I still had all these..... some in Vegas, some in London, scattered to the four corners now..... but all with friends GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Sqeggs, pmpknface and Dr. Love 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 1 hour ago, Yorick said: She's burning his hot dog... I don't know what he sees in her. She's a terrible cook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 1 hour ago, Yorick said: For some of these Colletta's I've felt that he was channeling Toth (and I love it). The both did work for Standard and, at first glance, it can be hard to tell their stories apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 2 hours ago, Yorick said: She's burning his hot dog... He's hoping she'll smoke his wiener later. archiefan and comicjack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 On 8/23/2018 at 2:52 AM, Dr. Love said: And this one, which used to be mine, and is again. Back to papa! As far as I can tell, unique 4 panel Colletta atomic pre-code Really nice. Don't recall ever having seen a copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 20 hours ago, Yorick said: I can't help myself... ROMANCE OVERLOAD! Unusual look on the guy's face. Plus he appears to have infected her with his smallpox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 16 hours ago, jimjum12 said: I wish I still had all these..... some in Vegas, some in London, scattered to the four corners now..... but all with friends GOD BLESS... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) A few years ago, I bought a seemingly high-grade copy of this one from a dealer -- after extended haggling. A couple of weeks later when I finally got around to taking it out of the bag, it had a significant water stain on the back cover. Of course, neither of us had bothered to take it out of the bag while we were discussing it. jimjum12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
