BangZoom Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 Cover painting by John Newton Howett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Ewww! That one is REALLY disturbing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Ewww! That one is REALLY disturbing! Nahh ... a simple blood transfusion of the day (1936). ** Brrrr ** sometimes, I don't pine for the "good old days". It's been a while since I posted a story. Here's from Terrific # 2 - 1944. It's nice to see Ed Wheelan still working in an industry at a time when his typical style has long been supplanted for a more detailed and less cartoonish style. Wheelan jumped down from syndication to comics work. His first comic work dates from 1937 and his last appeared in 1949 for Harvey. Born in 1888, Wheelan was truly was of the oldest hands in comics. Here's Comics McCormick - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 BZ Was this Argosy shown before? Did ERB use Argosy to print his early stories first or did Argosy take the novels and break them into serial form? Strange looking bug either way. bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebel 1911 Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Nice post Scrooge! Looks like Mr. Whelan was a fan of Bulletman since his character has a serious replica of Bulletman's helmet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 Here's Comics McCormick - Thanks Scrooge. I'm surprised I'd never heard of "Comics" McCormick before now. I wonder if he and Supersnipe knew each other? They probably would have been great pals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selegue Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 (edited) Nice post Scrooge! Looks like Mr. Whelan was a fan of Bulletman since his character has a serious replica of Bulletman's helmet! That left me a little confused. The splash panel showed books from Continental (Suspense, Terrific) and Holyoke, then the reference was to a Fawcett character. Was Continental an imprint of Holyoke? Were they somehow related to Fawcett? Did McCormick predate Supersnipe? Jack [Edit: D'oh! BZ beat me to the punch while I was typing.] Edited October 22, 2007 by selegue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sacentaur Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 It's nice to see Ed Wheelan still working in an industry at a time when his typical style has long been supplanted for a more detailed and less cartoonish style. Interesting point, Michael - I can't recall the book or the strip (Minute Movies?), but there was a drawn panel plea from Wheelan imploring readers to provide feedback if they wanted to continue and see his work (which apparently was on the verge of cancellation). I generally enjoy his stories... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Seeing Guardineer's cover for Action 8, made me think "Last of the Mohicans." You have good instincts. The 1936 movie poster. 1919 NC Wyeth illustration Since yesterday something had been nagging at me and just after I logged off for this evening, it hit me finally. Do you think Fred Ray liked Wyeth too? This one reverses the angle but keeps the waterfall - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HouseofComics.Com Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Very interesting swipes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Seeing Guardineer's cover for Action 8, made me think "Last of the Mohicans." You have good instincts. The 1936 movie poster. 1919 NC Wyeth illustration Since yesterday something had been nagging at me and just after I logged off for this evening, it hit me finally. Do you think Fred Ray liked Wyeth too? This one reverses the angle but keeps the waterfall - THis is great stuff - I love seeing where artists get their inspiration from (i.e. what they're swiping ). I love Wyeth's work. I think my first exposure to him was with the Time-Life Enchanted World book series when I was a kid. His paintings were featured throughout as well on several covers. He was a big influence on a number of comic artists, including Foster. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 Did ERB use Argosy to print his early stories first or did Argosy take the novels and break them into serial form? Pirates of Venus was serialized in 1932 and published as a book in 1934. The latest news is that Angelic Pictures has acquired the license to produce Pirates of Venus from ERB, Inc., the estate of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Last month they announced the completion of a Pirates of Venus treatment and screenplay adaptation. Pirates of Venus Movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selegue Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Seeing Guardineer's cover for Action 8, made me think "Last of the Mohicans." You have good instincts. ... 1919 NC Wyeth illustration Since yesterday something had been nagging at me and just after I logged off for this evening, it hit me finally. Do you think Fred Ray liked Wyeth too? This one reverses the angle but keeps the waterfall - Another interesting detail is that they all seem to be attempting a judo throw (Osoto Gari? It's been decades since I thought about it.) Is that a classic Western wrestling move too? More of these cover-swipe sources, please! An artist friend has made "trading cards" of some of them. I'll check whether he'd mind me posting some of them. Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norrin_Radd Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 It's been a while since I posted a story. Here's from Terrific # 2 - 1944. It's nice to see Ed Wheelan still working in an industry at a time when his typical style has long been supplanted for a more detailed and less cartoonish style. Wheelan jumped down from syndication to comics work. His first comic work dates from 1937 and his last appeared in 1949 for Harvey. Born in 1888, Wheelan was truly was of the oldest hands in comics. Here's Comics McCormick - What a swell comicbook story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxstuf Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 BZ In that comic vault of yours would you happen to have a Crackajack Funnies 5 or 25? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 BZ In that comic vault of yours would you happen to have a Crackajack Funnies 5 or 25? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 These latest pre-hero-on-cover books you've posted are just fantastic, thanks a lot!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timely Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 NUDITY COVER! :o West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Another interesting detail is that they all seem to be attempting a judo throw (Osoto Gari? It's been decades since I thought about it.) Is that a classic Western wrestling move too? More of these cover-swipe sources, please! An artist friend has made "trading cards" of some of them. I'll check whether he'd mind me posting some of them. Jack It does look like Osoto Gari, but I suspect it's more of an attempt to depict traditional Native American wrestling. Very little knowledge of Native American wrestling survives and it would have varied from tribe to tribe, but it was very likely throw-based. Also, if you remember "Indian Wrestling" from when you were a kid, it involves wrapping your leg around your opponent and trying to force them over from a lying position - while this may or may not have had any resemblence to actual Native American wrestling, it does seem that the perception is that it heavily involed the use of the legs. OTH, judo/jiu-jitsu was the best known of the Asian martial arts in the West during early 20th century due to a number of Kano's students traveling around Europe and America, so who knows. Interesting observations. Also, I'd love to see more swipe sources too! Cool stuff! Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
