The GA "Short Bus" Thread Post your unpopular books! 2 2

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Ben Hur

 

Great cover!

One of these days I'm going to have to start collecting books with "Roman" themes.

 

Sam Savitt. None of his covers deserve Short Bus status -- unlike the undergrounds that I posted on General! Not old enough for this Golden Age thread, but unloved enough.

 

Was it Scrooge who posted a link about Savitt a while back? Here's one of several out there

 

Sam Savitt Horse Art

 

Jack

[mica]

Ben Hur

Great cover!

One of these days I'm going to have to start collecting books with "Roman" themes.

 

Sam Savitt. None of his covers deserve Short Bus status --

Oh I agree as I truly love these Dell's. But I've been keeping the younger comic buyer in mind as far as the short bus goes. The guy spending multiples on Spider-man's newest costume change probably wouldn't give Ben Hur a second glance.

I've been digging every book in this thread. (Well except for the car wash cover)

[drbenway25]

It seems comics focused on true stories remain in the Overstreet doldrums.

 

 

 

[mica]

It seems comics focused on true stories remain in the Overstreet doldrums.

 

[Theagenes]

Keeping with the theme of true comics, here's a couple more sports books. There are a lot of great boxing covers out there, but this is easily my favorite. It's actually a swipe from the famous painting by George Wesley Bellows of Luis Firpo, "The Wild Bull of the Pampas," knocking Jack Dempsey out of the ring in their 1923 title fight (Dempsey managed to climb back in and knock Firpo out).

 

 

 

 

And here's the original painting:

 

[Theagenes]

Another of my favorite boxing covers. I really dig this book because it has (as far as I know) the only comic book appearance of my user-namesake, Theagenes of Thasos, an ancient Greek boxer and pankratiast.

 

 

[Theagenes]

And to mix it up a bit, how about a pro wrestling cover with Ed "The Strangler" Lewis, one of the last great real pro wrestlers, before the sport became completely fake.

 

 

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[Cross-posted from Post a Page on the General forum. Interested parties may be more likely to see it here. It's not Short Bus material, but I think we discused MJ&S here a while back. Jack]

 

Here's a Mary Jane and Sniffles page from Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies 129 that was posted at GCD re: a discussion of the great lettering. The whole page is just wonderful -- in my (uncommon) opinion, the Mary Jane and Sniffles feature is often the best part of a Looney Tunes issue.

 

Possibly the artwork is by Chase Craig or Al Hubbard. Did either of them do their own lettering? Thanks for any information.

 

Jack

 

[Theagenes]

The Short Bus seemed like an appropriate place to post this "forgotten" Buck Rogers cover, Famous Funnies 217. This book is notable, not because of what it is, but because of what it is not. This is the issue that was originally supposed to have the Frazetta cover that ultimately became Weird SF 29. Imagine - they rejected what is arguably one of the greatest covers ever and replaced it with this snoozer! All because of that brand new, little white rectangle in the URC.

 

 

[shiverbones]

cool, never saw the replacement before! what a bunch of *spoon*....

[ciorac]

The Short Bus seemed like an appropriate place to post this "forgotten" Buck Rogers cover, Famous Funnies 217. This book is notable, not because of what it is, but because of what it is not. This is the issue that was originally supposed to have the Frazetta cover that ultimately became Weird SF 29. Imagine - they rejected what is arguably one of the greatest covers ever and replaced it with this snoozer! All because of that brand new, little white rectangle in the URC.

 

 

 

Maybe Mica can make the cover happen for us?

[Theagenes]

Here's laugh: Somebody's actually got a VG+ copy listed on CLINK with no pic for $200! I guess the seller is hoping that someone who's not paying close attention will get trigger-happy and hit the BIN thinking it's a Frazetta issue.

[selegue]

I had to laugh at the name of this band playing at a local club:

 

Special Ed & the Shortbus with Fifth on the Floor

Wednesday, Jan. 10

9 p.m. - $3

 

Despite the silly name, Richmond, Virginia's Special Ed and the Shortbus are actually very serious musicians. Ed and the boys are "a bubbling fountain of virtuosic insanity. Seeing them play is like watching a high-speed train about to jump the tracks. Unstoppable energy matched with technical mastery, outlandish humor and fully engaging entertainment, the Shortbus is a sight to behold." Jug band, Bluegrass, Old-Timey, String Band, Vaudevillian, call it what you will, it's just American music (except when it's Eastern European). The group currently employs two banjos, two guitars, a mandolin, a fiddle, a trap set, a doghouse bass, many kazoos, and a whole host of other toys to cultivate their mish-mash slice of Americana.

 

Jack

[adamstrange]

I had to laugh at the name of this band playing at a local club:

 

Special Ed & the Shortbus with Fifth on the Floor

Wednesday, Jan. 10

9 p.m. - $3

 

Despite the silly name, Richmond, Virginia's Special Ed and the Shortbus are actually very serious musicians. Ed and the boys are "a bubbling fountain of virtuosic insanity. Seeing them play is like watching a high-speed train about to jump the tracks. Unstoppable energy matched with technical mastery, outlandish humor and fully engaging entertainment, the Shortbus is a sight to behold." Jug band, Bluegrass, Old-Timey, String Band, Vaudevillian, call it what you will, it's just American music (except when it's Eastern European). The group currently employs two banjos, two guitars, a mandolin, a fiddle, a trap set, a doghouse bass, many kazoos, and a whole host of other toys to cultivate their mish-mash slice of Americana.

 

Jack

 

That actually sounds like a show I'd be interested in attending.

[SurfingAlien]

Uh - I don't think this is a snoozer...

 

maybe compared to Frazetta WSF 29 but this is a cool little BR cover dude...

 

I am gonna have to look out for this now...

[jimm]

Never knew that about the wsf / ff frazetta covers, very interesting

[juggernaut]

Here is one i have been meaning to post as soon as I got my new scanner!!

 

[shiverbones]

great book! I love funny frolics, I used to have a couple, but alas no longer, Timely funny animal have a qualty that is just different from everyone else!

[Comicdey]

Here is one i have been meaning to post as soon as I got my new scanner!!

 

 

those aren't really short bus, there are a lot of folks that love em.....

 

I've even got a LG reader of that one.

[rjpb]

And to mix it up a bit, how about a pro wrestling cover with Ed "The Strangler" Lewis, one of the last great real pro wrestlers, before the sport became completely fake.

 

 

 

I always though the Sports Action covers were kind of cool - they have the typically busy Atlas dramatic situations complete with word balloons that set them apart from other sports comics - and that #9 has a black cover as well!