BangZoom Posted September 14, 2007 Author Share Posted September 14, 2007 FRANK Shuster? So this is by Joe's cousin of "Wayne and Shuster" fame! When I've seen this item mentioned before, I thought it was by Jerry and Joe! Jack The advertisement in the comic would certainly lead one to believe it was co-written by Joe. Frank, however, turns out to be no slouch in the comedy department. According to Wikipedia, Frank was indeed one half of the comedy team of Wayne and Shuster. They set a record by appearing on the The Ed Sullivan Show 67 times. His daughter, Rosie Shuster is a comedy writer. She is married to Lorne Michaels, producer of Saturday Night Live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 14, 2007 Author Share Posted September 14, 2007 Sniffles and Mary Jane Thanks! Nice-looking Christmas story, talking trees and all. Which issue was it in? Great feature. Jack It was in issue # 39. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selegue Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Thanks! Nice-looking Christmas story, talking trees and all. Which issue was it in? Great feature. Jack Sniffles and Mary Jane # 39 Thanks. I thought it looked like the later Mary Jane rather than the one in #5 that I've been rambling on about. I wonder when she changed -- the feature changed hands or was it gradual? Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selegue Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 .... Which issue was it in? Great feature. Jack It was in issue # 39. D'OH! I did it again. You always update the subject line! Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 "You may thus find it possible to advance where before it was out of the question. Your buoyant personality will appeal to the prospective boss who was previously only bored and bothered by your hard-luck stories." Man... Coming from Jerry Siegel, that is especially poignant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 14, 2007 Author Share Posted September 14, 2007 Meanwhile, it's Lou Fine Thursday in Scrooge's crib - Call this: Black Condor goes to Washington. Scrooge, I loved seeing the Black Condor story. Lou Fine's work reminds me somewhat of Frazetta's art on Johnny Comet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aman619 Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 and, it looks like a template for Rags Morales work on the character back in the 90s. I wonder if that was intentional or not. Either way, the styles are similar. and beautifully drawn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Scrooge, I loved seeing the Black Condor story. Lou Fine's work reminds me somewhat of Frazetta's art on Johnny Comet. Thanks BZ. I was starting to wonder if anyone noticed it buried between your Loney Tunes # 1 and the Siegel's How to Cartoon lessons. The story looks even better in larger scans. I had to drop the quality to have the boards host it and it clearly lost some of its Oomph with some lines dropped in the lower resolution scans. I was about to upload an outrageous scan to see some reaction. I mean, who couldn't react to a page showcasing Hitler and his pet nazi T-Rex? - Also, in reference to the influence of movies on the comics medium, here's another clear example where Eisner is chanelling the newly released Citizen Kane into his artwork - Not that Eisner needed movie to play with medium as seen in this Uncle Sam page. It's interesting that the other notable "abuser" of panels was that other comics luminary that Winsor McKay was - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aman619 Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 (edited) I can't let this thread fall to the second page. You know ... I would have been immensely mad if I couldn't find the next issue of that book to continue the story as a kid in 1939. For that matter, who can tell me what happened? me too!!! I wanna know what happens next! someone please! talking about Gary Concord! Edited September 14, 2007 by aman619 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 14, 2007 Author Share Posted September 14, 2007 WOW I love those Uncle Sam pages. I'm going to have to dig out that issue to see the rest of the story. Here's a photo from July 4th. It seems like an appropriate time to repost it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 I love those Uncle Sam pages. I'm going to have to dig out that issue to see the rest of the story. They are great books. Go for it and enjoy reading them. Please report to us what you find interesting if you do. In the meantime, here's another page for Theagenes - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze-man Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Wow Scrooge, thnx for the scans. Hammerer indeed. And that bottom Uncle Sam page layout is incredible. Ze- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Surfer Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 I love those Uncle Sam pages. I'm going to have to dig out that issue to see the rest of the story. They are great books. Go for it and enjoy reading them. Please report to us what you find interesting if you do. In the meantime, here's another page for Theagenes - Wow this is a real treat for me since I'm such a huge Thor fan and I never new this stuff existed so many years before Kirby did his take in 1963. Here I thought Kirby was a genius for coming up with this stuff but its clear he had soem help with the idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 Wow Scrooge, thnx for the scans. Ze- My pleasure Kenny. Here's a good romping interlude that should be of interest to The Watcher and many others - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 We're still on a Lou Fine kick. This next story should clearly explain why all the artists of that time (circa 1940 / 1941) would check what Lou was doing and would want to be fine like Fine - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffman_Comics Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 WOW I love those Uncle Sam pages. I'm going to have to dig out that issue to see the rest of the story. Here's a photo from July 4th. It seems like an appropriate time to repost it. Trust you BZ. Great US books (thumbs u but I am so pleased that someone else shares a love of Norman Rockwell - the Four Freedoms were/are a wonderful series. A truly inspirational and technically excellent artist whose work is all too often incorrectly dismissed as trite or hackneyed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWatcher Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 Wow Scrooge, thnx for the scans. Ze- My pleasure Kenny. Here's a good romping interlude that should be of interest to The Watcher and many others - Kirby funny animal! You gotta love it. Thanks Michael (thumbs u Angelo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWatcher Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 We're still on a Lou Fine kick. This next story should clearly explain why all the artists of that time (circa 1940 / 1941) would check what Lou was doing and would want to be fine like Fine - Man, that art is simply gorgeous I could spend all day looking at his artwork. Angelo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonds25 Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 We're still on a Lou Fine kick. This next story should clearly explain why all the artists of that time (circa 1940 / 1941) would check what Lou was doing and would want to be fine like Fine - Wow What gorgeous art! Are there any reprints books/comics of Lou Fine's work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 We're still on a Lou Fine kick. This next story should clearly explain why all the artists of that time (circa 1940 / 1941) would check what Lou was doing and would want to be fine like Fine - Wow What gorgeous art! Are there any reprints books/comics of Lou Fine's work? As far as I know, only Greg Theakston under his Pure Imagination front has reprinted Lou Fine in concise and focused format. There's a least one (or two) volume(s) of the Lou Fine Reader and the Lou Fine Treasury. All are in B&W and I would check how much overlap there is across the volumes. Greg regularly republishes some old and new material under new covers to keep the books out in the marketplace as he did with his recent Toth: Edge of Genius, reprinting some stories that were in the Toth Reader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
