OtherEric Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 On 8/3/2021 at 10:08 AM, piper said: Yes. I would also add Buster Crabbe 5. Agreed on the Buster Crabbe 5 as well as the W S-F 29. The Buster Crabbe has the bonus of an amazing story to go with the cover with art by Williamson & other members of the Fleagle gang: (Scan swiped from the Digital Comic Museum since I don't have a scan of my copy handy. It actually might be my book, heavily cleaned up, or Geo might have grabbed a scan from elsewhere when he edited it. I can't remember for sure.) Mmehdy, Larryw7 and Point Five 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eschnit Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 On 8/3/2021 at 12:08 PM, piper said: Yes. I would also add Buster Crabbe 5. I believe they came out immediately after FF 216 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 On 8/3/2021 at 11:09 AM, OtherEric said: Agreed on the Buster Crabbe 5 as well as the W S-F 29. The Buster Crabbe has the bonus of an amazing story to go with the cover with art by Williamson & other members of the Fleagle gang: (Scan swiped from the Digital Comic Museum since I don't have a scan of my copy handy. It actually might be my book, heavily cleaned up, or Geo might have grabbed a scan from elsewhere when he edited it. I can't remember for sure.) Beautiful linework, but the mis-proportioned heads on Buster and his lady friend prevent me from buying this one. His art teacher needs to remind him to study anatomy again! buttock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 On 8/3/2021 at 11:48 AM, eschnit said: I believe they came out immediately after FF 216 Buster Crabbe #5 was dated July 1952, well before the others. FF 209-216 were December 1953 to March 1955 and W S-F #29 was May-June 1955. Yorick and Randall Dowling 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatCaesarsGhost Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 On 8/3/2021 at 2:27 PM, Yorick said: Beautiful linework, but the mis-proportioned heads on Buster and his lady friend prevent me from buying this one. His art teacher needs to remind him to study anatomy again! that's exactly my thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted August 4, 2021 Share Posted August 4, 2021 On 7/27/2021 at 4:15 PM, Yorick said: Is it April 1st? The image is from one of his interior book illustrations, right? I've never seen it on a comic cover. The image was from a packet of Frazetta prints offered to fans. I put the logo on top to see how it would look as a comic cover. Yorick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted August 4, 2021 Author Share Posted August 4, 2021 On 8/3/2021 at 9:23 AM, piper said: I finished the run! I’d do a group shot but a couple of books are at CGC awaiting grading… No worries.........................being long time GA collectors, we'll still be here when you get them back in 2023. piper and Point Five 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Point Five Posted January 27, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 27, 2022 Haven't manned up on a big book in a while... but was powerless to resist this one. KCOComics, WolverineX, OtherEric and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funnybooks Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 lovely!!! Point Five 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted January 28, 2022 Author Share Posted January 28, 2022 Well, for those that's hoping to pick up a copy of Famous Funnies 214 with Frazetta classic "red moon" cover, looks like there's one coming up in the Heritage's Sunday Auction during the first weekend of February: https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/famous-funnies-214-eastern-color-1954-cgc-vg-35-off-white-pages/p/122206-69012.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515 And for the deeper pocketed bidders out there, it looks like there's a much higher graded copy of Famous Funnies 210 in their next Signature Auction: https://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/famous-funnies-210-eastern-color-1954-cgc-nm-94-off-white-pages/p/7270-22002.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515 Funnybooks and Point Five 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted January 28, 2022 Author Share Posted January 28, 2022 (edited) And not to be outdone, it appears that CL also has a couple of sharp looking Frazetta Famous Funnies books in their next auction starting in February: https://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAUCTIONS%2FSEARCH.ASP%3FFocusedOnly%3D1%26where%3Dauctions%26title%3Dfamous%2Bfunnies%26ItemType%3DCB%23Item_1549510&id=1549510&itemType=0 https://www.comiclink.com/auctions/item.asp?back=%2FAUCTIONS%2FSEARCH.ASP%3FFocusedOnly%3D1%26where%3Dauctions%26title%3Dfamous%2Bfunnies%26ItemType%3DCB%23Item_1530780&id=1530780&itemType=0 Edited January 28, 2022 by lou_fine Funnybooks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted January 28, 2022 Author Share Posted January 28, 2022 And of course, nobody wants to be left out of the Frazetta Famous Funnies party, so here's 2 copies of Famous Funnies 209 (with one of them being the Twin Cities pedigree copy) that CC has up so far, with hopefully more to come as their upcoming auction still seems to be a work in progress, which actually probably applies for all 3 of the major auction houses right now: https://www.comicconnect.com/item/943086 https://www.comicconnect.com/item/917820 Point Five 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 I posted a question in the “Swipe” thread, but didn’t get an answer. It appears that two main elements of Frazetta’s cover to Famous Funnies 214, the moon and the ship, were borrowed from the Wally Wood story “My World” in Weird Science 22. WS 22 cover date predates FF 214 by about a year. Is this what it seems, or was Frazetta’s work done first? Point Five 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 On 1/28/2022 at 11:06 AM, KirbyJack said: I posted a question in the “Swipe” thread, but didn’t get an answer. It appears that two main elements of Frazetta’s cover to Famous Funnies 214, the moon and the ship, were borrowed from the Wally Wood story “My World” in Weird Science 22. WS 22 cover date predates FF 214 by about a year. Is this what it seems, or was Frazetta’s work done first? I think it's exactly as it seems. Frazetta was collaborating with Williamson on EC art at the time, so there's circumstantial evidence at least that he would have been aware of their 1953 output. The zipatone effect on the FF 214 red moon is one of the coolest/most distinctive things about it; I can easily imagine Frazetta noticing the effect in these smaller Weird Science panels, and getting the urge/inspiration to try something similar on a much larger scale. KirbyJack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 (edited) He inked a different story in that same issue, so I bet he saw it. I’m just trying to learn more before I run my mouth. It seems very unlikely to me that I’m the first to notice, so I figured I’d ask around where the smart kids hang out. Edited January 28, 2022 by KirbyJack Point Five 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Hand ® Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 The work Frazetta did on those covers was amazing. I never collected those but I always loved them. Funnybooks, Point Five and goldust40 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 On 1/28/2022 at 11:06 AM, KirbyJack said: I posted a question in the “Swipe” thread, but didn’t get an answer. It appears that two main elements of Frazetta’s cover to Famous Funnies 214, the moon and the ship, were borrowed from the Wally Wood story “My World” in Weird Science 22. WS 22 cover date predates FF 214 by about a year. Is this what it seems, or was Frazetta’s work done first? Frazetta said that he borrowed from Wood for his cover and that it was because he was so impressed with Wood's art. KirbyJack and Larryw7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 I’ve heard that said of the 213 cover, definitely. lou_fine and Point Five 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted January 29, 2022 Author Share Posted January 29, 2022 On 1/28/2022 at 4:08 PM, KirbyJack said: I’ve heard that said of the 213 cover, definitely. For sure when it comes to that absolutely gorgeous FF 213 cover, as that is very definitely Wally Woodesque through and through. KirbyJack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KirbyJack Posted January 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 29, 2022 Here's the Wood splash; see the bottom panels. Landerian, Larryw7, OtherEric and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
