Is this anything? Ask the experts: Jumbo #160, Robert F Taylor 1 1

[path4play]

Picked up on feeBay on a lark.  I'm assuming this is a paste up for a film negative to create a plate?  Anyone have any ideas?

Edited September 1, 2020 by path4play

[path4play]

Came with some doodlings signed Robert F Taylor, dated late 40's and early 50's.

Can't locate anyone on Comics.org, or internet that did any comic work by that name.  Was this just someone messing around on an art pad or perhaps someone from the industry?

 

[sfcityduck]

23 minutes ago, path4play said:

Picked up on feeBay on a lark.  I'm assuming this is a paste up for a film negative to create a plate?  Anyone have any ideas?

"Original art" for house ad for Fiction House (which is not really "original art," but paste ups of which you are missing four).  

Edited September 1, 2020 by sfcityduck

[path4play]

1 hour ago, sfcityduck said:

"Original art" for house ad for Fiction House (which is not really "original art," but paste ups of which you are missing four).  

Two almost quote the great Meat Loaf - "Two Out Of Six Ain't Bad"?

[catman76]

Yeah it's the "original art"for the inside front cover ad page. It's pasted up photostats of the covers. In the days before photocopiers it was the photostat machine they'd use to copy things and reduce the size of things. Looks like the only thing that was hand drawn was the lines around the covers.

[path4play]

6 minutes ago, catman76 said:

Yeah it's the "original art"for the inside front cover ad page. It's pasted up photostats of the covers. In the days before photocopiers it was the photostat machine they'd use to copy things and reduce the size of things. Looks like the only thing that was hand drawn was the lines around the covers.

Thanks, photostat, that is the word I was looking for.  Yeah, they added a little to the edge hand drawn.  Note sure if the other 4 images were removed or if this was an earlier version that was tossed.  Its a view into the creation/printing process that is also interesting to me.

 

[DanCooper]

[path4play]

15 minutes ago, DanCooper said:

 

Based on the match of the funky line drawn boot off the bottom edge of the photostat of Western Romances, I'd say that's a 100% match.  I guess the other four photostat images fell off or were removed later....   I'm going to blame the doodling Robert F Taylor whomever he was!

 

Edited September 1, 2020 by path4play

[Robot Man]

Very cool piece. I think you could have stats made and aged of the missing books. Would be a great piece framed.

I got these on ebay. Not line art but photo covers. Consists of an original retouched photo then stats were made with all the type pasted in. I really like these and the price was real reasonable. The second one came with no photo and no title paste-up.I even got the finished comic for this one.

 

Edited September 2, 2020 by Robot Man

[fett]

those are neat! Great pickup  

[comicnoir]

10 hours ago, path4play said:

Thanks, photostat, that is the word I was looking for.  Yeah, they added a little to the edge hand drawn.  Note sure if the other 4 images were removed or if this was an earlier version that was tossed.  Its a view into the creation/printing process that is also interesting to me.

 

I use to work with photostats. They were replaced when computers and printers became wide spread. Photocopiers never replaced photostats, photostats were perfect reproduction and crisp art and type on photo paper using giant cameras. Still better than printers being used now.

[DanCooper]

Those six comics in the ad look to be:

Fight Comics 81

Jungle Comics 150

Jumbo Comics 160

Wings Comics 116

Cowgirl Romances 9

Kaanga Jungle King 12