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More Fun Comics not owned by esquire

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tth2

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Scrooge's hard work has motivated me to get off my *butter knife* and provide another example of Crandall swiping the incomparable Howard "Shaaaa-zam" Pyle

Wow, these guys were pretty shameless about their swiping.

 

I'd not seen Pyle's oil work before. I wonder if NC Wyeth (who I love) was influenced by him, because there are some similarities. The funny thing is if you'd shown the Pyle painting to me and said which modern artist do you think did it, I would've said Frazetta in a heartbeat.

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Scrooge's hard work has motivated me to get off my *butter knife* and provide another example of Crandall swiping the incomparable Howard "Shaaaa-zam" Pyle

Wow, these guys were pretty shameless about their swiping.

 

I'd not seen Pyle's oil work before. I wonder if NC Wyeth (who I love) was influenced by him, because there are some similarities. The funny thing is if you'd shown the Pyle painting to me and said which modern artist do you think did it, I would've said Frazetta in a heartbeat.

 

Wyeth was a graduate of the Howard Pyle school of art and was deeply influenced by Howard's example of how to be an artist.

 

Any look at the golden age of illustrated books in America has to start with Pyle because of the school he created and artists that he influenced.

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I would've said Frazetta in a heartbeat.

 

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I know this has nothing to do with the point you were making, but man, what gorgeous blues and yellows in that painting.

 

I desparately want to see this painting because the blues as reproduced in the Pyle book are hail.gif

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Scrooge's hard work has motivated me to get off my *butter knife* and provide another example of Crandall swiping the incomparable Howard "Shaaaa-zam" Pyle

Wow, these guys were pretty shameless about their swiping.

 

I'd not seen Pyle's oil work before. I wonder if NC Wyeth (who I love) was influenced by him, because there are some similarities. The funny thing is if you'd shown the Pyle painting to me and said which modern artist do you think did it, I would've said Frazetta in a heartbeat.

 

Wyeth was a graduate of the Howard Pyle school of art and was deeply influenced by Howard's example of how to be an artist.

 

Any look at the golden age of illustrated books in America has to start with Pyle because of the school he created and artists that he influenced.

And you thought I was just a poseur! poke2.gif

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I know this has nothing to do with the point you were making, but man, what gorgeous blues and yellows in that painting.

 

I desparately want to see this painting because the blues as reproduced in the Pyle book are hail.gif

So go to Delaware. You could've stopped there on your way down to Baltimore. confused-smiley-013.gif

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Pyle influence? 893scratchchin-thumb.gif

Wow, my subconscious is REALLY good!

 

Although in all honesty, the brushwork technique is what reminded me of Frazetta, not the images. Ironically, the two Frazetta paintings you showed, which mimic/copy Pyle's painting, are actually NOT good examples of similar brushwork technique. foreheadslap.gif

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Scrooge's hard work has motivated me to get off my *butter knife* and provide another example of Crandall swiping the incomparable Howard "Shaaaa-zam" Pyle

Wow, these guys were pretty shameless about their swiping.

 

I'd not seen Pyle's oil work before. I wonder if NC Wyeth (who I love) was influenced by him, because there are some similarities. The funny thing is if you'd shown the Pyle painting to me and said which modern artist do you think did it, I would've said Frazetta in a heartbeat.

 

Wyeth was a graduate of the Howard Pyle school of art and was deeply influenced by Howard's example of how to be an artist.

 

Any look at the golden age of illustrated books in America has to start with Pyle because of the school he created and artists that he influenced.

And you thought I was just a poseur! poke2.gif

 

Nope, just good with google. poke2.gif

 

893scratchchin-thumb.gif Actually you show good taste in your appreciation of Wyeth. I gave a few reproductions to my nieces of classic books that he illustrated.

 

BTW, nice copy RHG. There is nothing like those big fat GA Church books with sharp corners. But isn't there a better thread to post that in? stooges.gif

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In an effort to get this thread back on track, and to pay homage to the fact that the Green Arrow made his debut on Smallville tonight, here is More Fun #78:

 

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893applaud-thumb.gifThis is the 1st More Fun MH I ever owned (bought from Verzyl back in 1990). It has some nice ink reflective spots in some of the black areas of the front cover that are really eye popping! I kept all my books in an air conditioned room in a vault so they would stay as white as the day I bought them.

 

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