Mr. Lady Luck Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Bought this one on the strength of the cover, alone... That's a beauty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Teen humor is really getting a boost these days. I cant figure if it's riding the coattails of the Romance boom, or if there's just a general GGA boom/expansion beyond just Baker to now include more "cartoony"GGA like DeCarlo and others. I've always been into the classic GGA... Torchy, Phantom Lady, the key Fox, Fiction House, and Timely gals... later in life, as my tastes in popular art matured, I began to gravitate towards romance and teen humor- two genres I never cared about as a young "fanboy". I'll bet this phenomenon is happening to many other collectors, too, and we are now seeing it reflected in the marketplace. +1 I think these boards have opened my eyes a lot to these. They have, until recently, been priced pretty reasonable but I can see even them starting to get pricey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Teen humor is really getting a boost these days. I cant figure if it's riding the coattails of the Romance boom, or if there's just a general GGA boom/expansion beyond just Baker to now include more "cartoony"GGA like DeCarlo and others. I've always been into the classic GGA... Torchy, Phantom Lady, the key Fox, Fiction House, and Timely gals... later in life, as my tastes in popular art matured, I began to gravitate towards romance and teen humor- two genres I never cared about as a young "fanboy". I'll bet this phenomenon is happening to many other collectors, too, and we are now seeing it reflected in the marketplace. When buying books off the stands as a kid in the 1960s, I honestly have no recollection whatever of romance books, although I assume the newsstands I bought from must have carried them. That's how little attention I paid to them. I did notice the Archies and sometimes bought them. Nobody I knew collected them, though, and it would never have occurred to me to try to put together runs of them. Come to think of it, I suppose that even now there probably aren't many collectors putting together runs of 1960s romance and teen humor books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Not for lack of trying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Lady Luck Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Teen humor is really getting a boost these days. I cant figure if it's riding the coattails of the Romance boom, or if there's just a general GGA boom/expansion beyond just Baker to now include more "cartoony"GGA like DeCarlo and others. I've always been into the classic GGA... Torchy, Phantom Lady, the key Fox, Fiction House, and Timely gals... later in life, as my tastes in popular art matured, I began to gravitate towards romance and teen humor- two genres I never cared about as a young "fanboy". I'll bet this phenomenon is happening to many other collectors, too, and we are now seeing it reflected in the marketplace. +1 I think these boards have opened my eyes a lot to these. They have, until recently, been priced pretty reasonable but I can see even them starting to get pricey. I'm in the same boat. I've only recently "discovered" the beauty of these teen humor comics. It's a refreshing change from the more traditional GGA that I have collected over the decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopKulture Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopKulture Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopKulture Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Lady Luck Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 AND HOW!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickamabob Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 AND HOW!! Haha I totally just wrote a reply that also said "AND HOW!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Seems like this gag was used more than once... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Lady Luck Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 AND HOW!! Haha I totally just wrote a reply that also said "AND HOW!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotemo Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 There are a lot of "AND HOW!" covers. Apparently "URG" didn't quite catch on as well as "AND HOW!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
path4play Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Would make a new "gawk" sub-genre, a good thread concept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
path4play Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Or this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksneatstuff Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 The ever popular "spill the eggs gawk" Definitely one of my favorite gawk covers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Lady Luck Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 The ever popular "spill the eggs gawk" Definitely one of my favorite gawk covers Speaking of eggs, there's also the "Eggbert Gawk"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Would make a new "gawk" sub-genre, a good thread concept. Are there any other GA covers with Tex Avery style eyes popping out of the head? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 I can't recall having seen this one before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmyst Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Nellie got gawked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
