Joe Maneely appreciation thread 5 5

[damonwad]

[damonwad]

[damonwad]

[damonwad]

[RICK STARR]

23 minutes ago, damonwad said:

Beautiful books. I believe the western genre was a labor of love for Joe. Just so many detailed covers and art.

[Jayman]

[Jayman]

[damonwad]

47 minutes ago, RICK STARR said:

 I believe the western genre was a labor of love for Joe. Just so many detailed covers and art.

I agree. Western fans, like myself, are very lucky he was able to do so much work in the genre before his untimely death. And the death of the genre.

[RICK STARR]

Dug up several more from the vault

 

 

 

[RICK STARR]

This one is a more unusual style for Joe, I would never guess this is his if it was not signed.

 

 

 

 

[RICK STARR]

I think Joe drew himself and his wife seated at the top of the table.

 

 

Ah, the beautiful and savage Lorna

 

[RICK STARR]

This is my favorite Maneely western cover

 

This is my second favorite

 

 

 

 

 

[adamstrange]

6 minutes ago, RICK STARR said:

This one is a more unusual style for Joe, I would never guess this is his if it was not signed.

Spellbound 24 looks like some inking done by Burgos on top of whatever Maneely delivered. 

[Jayman]

@RICK STARR I like your choice of favorites but this is mine! So nice!

[Scrooge]

8 minutes ago, RICK STARR said:

[MasterChief]

6 hours ago, damonwad said:

8 hours ago, RICK STARR said:

 I believe the western genre was a labor of love for Joe. Just so many detailed covers and art.

I agree. Western fans, like myself, are very lucky he was able to do so much work in the genre before his untimely death. And the death of the genre.

Maneely's four-color Westerns are remarkable. Gritty composition employing close-ups and wide shots of pistoleers help add complexity, tension, and emotion.

Perhaps speculation, but his work may have influenced, to some small extent, the Sergio Leone spaghetti western. Certainty, seeing all of Maneely's western work in one location brings to mind Leone, the sounds of the innovative scores of composer Ennio Morricone, who left us this past Saturday (RIP 1928-2020), and the Greatest Standoff EVER...

 

 

Edited July 10, 2020 by MasterChief

[adamstrange]

11 minutes ago, MasterChief said:

Perhaps speculation, but his work may have influenced, to some small extent, the Serigo Leone spaghetti western.

Those are from the 60s whereas the Maneely covers are from the 50s.

[MasterChief]

3 hours ago, adamstrange said:

Those are from the 60s whereas the Maneely covers are from the 50s.

Yes. What I'm saying is... Maneely's work in the 50s may have creatively inspired small elements of Leone's work in the 60s. 

Edited July 10, 2020 by MasterChief

[MasterChief]

Circle 8 Copy.

[MasterChief]

This was advertised as the "Seattle Copy." I'm not familiar with that collection. 

Edited July 9, 2020 by MasterChief