ciorac Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 This was waiting for me when I got home today. I must have upgraded (or attempted to upgrade) this book a half a dozen times, but I think now I'm finally satisfied. Jeff Very satisfying indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetteon Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Been a while since I posted anything. I am going through withdrawals. Took these to Rarehighgrade's shindig during Comic-Con..... Looks like something that just hit the stands today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetteon Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 This was waiting for me when I got home today. I must have upgraded (or attempted to upgrade) this book a half a dozen times, but I think now I'm finally satisfied. Jeff Very satisfying indeed. Never seen this before. Very cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 This was waiting for me when I got home today. I must have upgraded (or attempted to upgrade) this book a half a dozen times, but I think now I'm finally satisfied. Jeff Really nice, Jeff It's so purdy, it almost looks like one of those $500 (ahem) reprint copies that I came across up at WonderCon (the dealer didn't know about the Kellogg's ad appearing on the back cover of the original). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Jeff, that looks spectacular. I love clunky 1930's era spaceships and they don't get any clunkier than that. What is inside the book? Is it a text story with spot illos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Really nice, Jeff It's so purdy, it almost looks like one of those $500 (ahem) reprint copies that I came across up at WonderCon (the dealer didn't know about the Kellogg's ad appearing on the back cover of the original). Wow, no kidding! Do you think it was a legitmate mistake or was he trying to pull a fast one? It's a tough mistake to make. BTW here's the bc on this one: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Jeff, that looks spectacular. I love clunky 1930's era spaceships and they don't get any clunkier than that. What is inside the book? Is it a text story with spot illos? Exactly - it's a text story by Nowlan retelling Buck's origin, with new color illustrations by Calkins: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socratic Wonder Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Richard you should do your buddy Ronaldo a big favor and post that Church Jumbo #14 so he can salivate over it some more! Nice early Whiz (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Wow, no kidding! Do you think it was a legitmate mistake or was he trying to pull a fast one? It's a tough mistake to make. It was obvious that it was an honest mistake on his part (not being familiar with the item). Again, your copy is really beautiful! (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArAich Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 This was waiting for me when I got home today. I must have upgraded (or attempted to upgrade) this book a half a dozen times, but I think now I'm finally satisfied. Jeff Gak!!!...now if only I could find one... (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivanko Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 (thumbs u (thumbs u (thumbs u :applause: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durden08 Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Nice Whiz 10. Lots of underrated covers in the first 25 issues or so of that title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 There you go, Ronaldo! Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Jeff, that looks spectacular. I love clunky 1930's era spaceships and they don't get any clunkier than that. What is inside the book? Is it a text story with spot illos? All this talk of Buck Rogers made me pull down my copy of 1969 hardcover The Collected Works of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century to get another look at that kooky and corky Calkins art. The scans aren't great because the book is oversized (Gerber guide size but thicker). Here are some early examples: IN order, we have first Wilma getting into trouble (again), getting captured by the Tiger Men in 1930. Second is a 1929 depiction of a television (as we talked about that in another thread) and some bizarre navajo armed forces. Finally, circa early 1931, we have Wilma putting off Buck. Pish! Pish! Enjoy. (Sorry for the stretch) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socratic Wonder Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 There you go, Ronaldo! Enjoy. Thanks Rich!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Jeff, that looks spectacular. I love clunky 1930's era spaceships and they don't get any clunkier than that. What is inside the book? Is it a text story with spot illos? All this talk of Buck Rogers made me pull down my copy of 1969 hardcover The Collected Works of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century to get another look at that kooky and corky Calkins art. The scans aren't great because the book is oversized (Gerber guide size but thicker). Here are some early examples: IN order, we have first Wilma getting into trouble (again), getting captured by the Tiger Men in 1930. Second is a 1929 depiction of a television (as we talked about that in another thread) and some bizarre navajo armed forces. Finally, circa early 1931, we have Wilma putting off Buck. Pish! Pish! Enjoy. (Sorry for the stretch) The "Collected Works" is a must have for any Buck Rogers fan! Great stuff. Calkins is obviously not a great artist by any stretch; awkward anatomy, lack of proportion, etc. but somehow it works for this strip, which hovers between serious and campy anyway. Rick Yaeger, who did the Sundays, was a much better artist technically, but somehow his work just isn't as much fun. Gotta love the Tigermen with the little soul patch goatee and all the Dr. Suess-like contraptions! Nowlan and Calkins were breaking new ground with this strip - when they started it in January 1929, no one else was doing a non-funny adventure strip. Even Foster's Tarzan dailies, which started at the same time, were less a true strip than a series of captioned illustrations (and that was very intentional). It helped show that the medium could successfully carry genres other than cartoony sit-coms like Bringing up Father, Blondie, etc. and paved the way for Tracy, Terry and the Pirates, the Phantom, and yes, even Superman. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Gak!!!...now if only I could find one... (thumbs u You should have come by my VCC booth. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.tor Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 wow, richard, that sure is a NICE whiz 10... gator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Thie Whiz IS nice, but I really dig the Jumbo! Richard you have an amazing collection! Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArAich Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Gak!!!...now if only I could find one... (thumbs u You should have come by my VCC booth. Jeff I was there...didn't you see me???... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
