shiverbones Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Marty Mann, pmpknface and Robot Man 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Oldtime precautions taken to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. pmpknface and OtherEric 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 21 hours ago, Tri-ColorBrian said: And two guys that barely fit in a spaceship...somebody didn't design that one very good. What are those two weird figures standing on that asteroid? And that blonde guy is the ultimate in back seat drivers! Marty Mann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 17 hours ago, Robot Man said: Or this one? OK the story conference on that one was preceded by a three to four martini lunch! "I know aliens and Hitler going into the unknown! It'll sell like hotcakes!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 17 hours ago, Robot Man said: Now what genre does this one fall into? And, believe it or not, there are more of these. Inspiration for Hunger Games? davidtere 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 5 minutes ago, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said: What are those two weird figures standing on that asteroid? And that blonde guy is the ultimate in back seat drivers! I don't know...but they're a little large for the asteroid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 17 hours ago, Robot Man said: Now what genre does this one fall into? And, believe it or not, there are more of these. This one is really creepy...unbelievable... I think I need that book... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 11 hours ago, Electricmastro said: I think a question that always pops up whenever someone posts a 1940s/50s cover with a comment like yours attached is how exactly comedy, which is largely tied to the history of comics, should be approached when drawing from the world around you, including black people? Now, I realize outright, racist-based hateful and hurtful covers specifically meant to attack black people is objectively wrong. I get that, though at least from what I understand, most comic artists didn’t draw many black characters the way they did as an attack, but simply as an exaggeration which is perhaps inherent when it comes to comedy, which even Jack Kirby and Will Eisner were guilty of when they drew Whitewash Jones and Ebony White the way they did. Again, this is not to defend racism, but I suppose I’m simply wondering what exactly the fine line is between ok and not ok? Like, would it have been more ok if characters of various races had been caricatured together? Should it have been disallowed for black people to have been part of comedy/exaggeration-based material altogether in favor of only white characters being in exaggerated comedy stories with caricatures? Could only someone like Matt Baker have been allowed to insert black characters on comedy covers/in comedy stories since he was black himself? I don't think it is necessarily the depiction, as there were characters like Doiby Dickles and the three insufficiently_thoughtful_persons in the Flash who were exaggerated depictions of negative Caucasian stereotypes. I think it has much more to do with the associated ideas people held about the supposed inferiority of other races and the resultant societal injustices. More to the story than the depiction. Electricmastro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 17 hours ago, Robot Man said: A Scott Shaw staple and one of the first I seeked out. I held back on that one hoping someone would post it. I know why...You wanted me to post my 9.0 New Hampshire copy...huh? Huh? Yeah... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Great thread, I may have a few of these buried in boxes but DC used to have some interesting covers; maybe not as overtly wacky but certainly not what people know DC for these days. Funny Stuff was a fun title and led off with Sheldon Meyer's serious Three Mousketeers. He revived the concept in the fifties as more of a funny sort of strip. I like the audacity of the serious version. And they even did a Flarip inside with a turtle! OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 All American was reprinting Mutt and Jeff strips in the early forties. The early issues have some crazy looking covers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Finally before Rex the very talented Wonder Dog was working to stop atomic explosions he was a noted underwater diver saving damsels in distress. Apparently he didn't need scuba gear to swim underwater and attack octopus guarding sunken treasure. Too bad he wasn't around when those kids were trapped in that cave in Asia a few years back! It also features a grey tone cover. Rex also featured a back up feature with a crime busting chimp named Bobo; the slick Infantino art belies the wackiness of the concept. pmpknface, Raze and davidtere 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo_7071 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 This one's a little odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 (edited) Some of the earlier issues of WDCS had some wacky covers before things calmed down with the Walt Kelly covers. Issue 13 encourages smoking in young folks! And issue 24 should have given Dr. Wertham heart palpitations. Roast duck or cannibalism? Edited March 8, 2020 by 50YrsCollctngCmcs pmpknface 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 28 minutes ago, jimbo_7071 said: This one's a little odd. I've never had a Raggedy Ann and Andy comic; the whole concept seems wacky to me!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 9, 2020 Author Share Posted March 9, 2020 19 hours ago, Electricmastro said: I think a question that always pops up whenever someone posts a 1940s/50s cover with a comment like yours attached is how exactly comedy, which is largely tied to the history of comics, should be approached when drawing from the world around you, including black people? Now, I realize outright, racist-based hateful and hurtful covers specifically meant to attack black people is objectively wrong. I get that, though at least from what I understand, most comic artists didn’t draw many black characters the way they did as an attack, but simply as an exaggeration which is perhaps inherent when it comes to comedy, which even Jack Kirby and Will Eisner were guilty of when they drew Whitewash Jones and Ebony White the way they did. Again, this is not to defend racism, but I suppose I’m simply wondering what exactly the fine line is between ok and not ok? Like, would it have been more ok if characters of various races had been caricatured together? Should it have been disallowed for black people to have been part of comedy/exaggeration-based material altogether in favor of only white characters being in exaggerated comedy stories with caricatures? Could only someone like Matt Baker have been allowed to insert black characters on comedy covers/in comedy stories since he was black himself? Back when this book came out, natives in Africa were portrayed this way as a stereotype. It wasn’t ment to be insulting or offensive. This book is just what it looks like. The joke is the cheese for the mouse, nothing more. Only today do people look so deep to be insulted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 9, 2020 Author Share Posted March 9, 2020 7 hours ago, jimbo_7071 said: This one's a little odd. Yes, it is but I like it! jimbo_7071 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted March 9, 2020 Author Share Posted March 9, 2020 7 hours ago, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said: Finally before Rex the very talented Wonder Dog was working to stop atomic explosions he was a noted underwater diver saving damsels in distress. Apparently he didn't need scuba gear to swim underwater and attack octopus guarding sunken treasure. Too bad he wasn't around when those kids were trapped in that cave in Asia a few years back! It also features a grey tone cover. Rex also featured a back up feature with a crime busting chimp named Bobo; the slick Infantino art belies the wackiness of the concept. This one doesn’t hit the odd, esoteric factor to me but a great greytone cover! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusterMark Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 33 minutes ago, Robot Man said: 8 hours ago, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said: This one doesn’t hit the odd, esoteric factor to me but a great greytone cover! I would say the Bobo page definitely hits the odd, esoteric factor! By the way, I too collect toy guns. Can I have it, pretty please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 (edited) 10 hours ago, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said: Great thread, I may have a few of these buried in boxes but DC used to have some interesting covers; maybe not as overtly wacky but certainly not what people know DC for these days. Funny Stuff was a fun title and led off with Sheldon Meyer's serious Three Mousketeers. He revived the concept in the fifties as more of a funny sort of strip. I like the audacity of the serious version. And they even did a Flarip inside with a turtle! Sheldon Mayer is one of my two all time favorite comic book creators (Walt Kelly is the other). He drew all of #5, cover to cover. Edited March 9, 2020 by OtherEric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...