Yorick Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 1 hour ago, John R said: Here's the thread. THANK YOU THANK YOU! Awesome thread/post. No contradictions to what has been written above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John R Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 You're welcome...I enjoyed reading it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted March 14, 2017 Author Share Posted March 14, 2017 Here's More Fun #45. This issue was the first Flanagan cover I was able to acquire. Darwination, jimbo_7071, Sarg and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RareHighGrade Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 1 hour ago, Yorick said: Here's More Fun #45. This issue was the first Flanagan cover I was able to acquire. How do you know this is Flanagan (not challenging, just curious)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted March 16, 2017 Author Share Posted March 16, 2017 On 3/13/2017 at 9:08 PM, RareHighGrade said: How do you know this is Flanagan (not challenging, just curious)? Look at the figure. The face is a dead giveaway. Compare him to the Adventure 36 and 39 figures. Also the inking. Who else was doing cover work for DC at that same time? Flessel, Guardineer, O'Mealia? There's not enough resemblance to any of them except Flessel, but Flessel has a bolder line and he signs his stuff. Maybe I should edit together cropped images of the faces so that it is easier to see that these covers are done by the same hand. A lot of the problem with identifying Flanagan is that there were so few comics printed with his art. You would have to be a general paper-nerd and have a cross-collection of more than just comics to find some of his other stuff. Check out his non-comic stuff over on Comicartfans.com (Goodhousekeeping, Blue Book, Colliers, etc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted April 15, 2017 Author Share Posted April 15, 2017 So I decided to edit some Flanagan stuff together for comparison. After putting the figures onto one sheet, it struck me that maybe the vegetation is easier to see the similarities. Maybe I'll do that next. Trying to edit the color out of the comic covers he did in order to see the line work is really difficult! Bronty, Scrooge, telerites and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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IngelsFan Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Flanagan's cover work is solid. These are two from my collection: Sarg and Frisco Larson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 7 hours ago, IngelsFan said: Flanagan's cover work is solid. These are two from my collection: The Adv 36 is so scarce, and the Adv 37 looks like a beauty. IngelsFan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 12 hours ago, Yorick said: So I decided to edit some Flanagan stuff together for comparison. After putting the figures onto one sheet, it struck me that maybe the vegetation is easier to see the similarities. Maybe I'll do that next. Trying to edit the color out of the comic covers he did in order to see the line work is really difficult! Boy, you really see the similarity in the chins! Nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman_fan Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 12 hours ago, Yorick said: So I decided to edit some Flanagan stuff together for comparison. After putting the figures onto one sheet, it struck me that maybe the vegetation is easier to see the similarities. Maybe I'll do that next. Trying to edit the color out of the comic covers he did in order to see the line work is really difficult! His work is simply spectacular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted April 15, 2017 Author Share Posted April 15, 2017 7 hours ago, batman_fan said: His work is simply spectacular. I agree 100%! I'd love to track down more of his pulp work, but my collecting habits have kept my attention on comic books. If only he had done more comic covers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted April 25, 2017 Author Share Posted April 25, 2017 All good things must come to an end. Here is the final issue of the short but impressive Flanagan cover run. Imagine if DC had kept the pulp artists of their initial publications to illustrate Superman and Batman covers! Detective Comics featuring Batman by the talented hand of Leo O'Mealia?! Superman by Flanagan?!! What would be your dream pairing? IngelsFan and Frisco Larson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
october Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 On 4/14/2017 at 9:14 PM, Yorick said: So I decided to edit some Flanagan stuff together for comparison. After putting the figures onto one sheet, it struck me that maybe the vegetation is easier to see the similarities. Maybe I'll do that next. Trying to edit the color out of the comic covers he did in order to see the line work is really difficult! Where is the second drawing from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted April 25, 2017 Author Share Posted April 25, 2017 5 hours ago, october said: Where is the second drawing from? Second drawing being the top center? I cropped it out of "Fu Manchu's Daughter" from Doug Ellis' posting on Comicartfans (Colliers - May 1930). I think he's working on a Flanagan book (which I will buy in a heartbeat). He's the only person I know of who owns original Flanagans - and he has several. The other two men left and right of the bottom tier are also cropped from another of Doug's postings. Sarg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RareHighGrade Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 How about Adventure 38, Flanagan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
october Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 20 hours ago, Yorick said: Second drawing being the top center? I cropped it out of "Fu Manchu's Daughter" from Doug Ellis' posting on Comicartfans (Colliers - May 1930). I think he's working on a Flanagan book (which I will buy in a heartbeat). He's the only person I know of who owns original Flanagans - and he has several. The other two men left and right of the bottom tier are also cropped from another of Doug's postings. Thanks. Will have to look them up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
october Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 2 minutes ago, october said: Thanks. Will have to look them up. Just looked up his CAF account. Jaw dropping collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted April 26, 2017 Author Share Posted April 26, 2017 15 hours ago, RareHighGrade said: How about Adventure 38, Flanagan? Yep! It should be posted on page one. The man's face on Adventure 38 is not so typical of Flanagan, but the man's shirt and background plants/vegetation give it away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
