MrBedrock Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Love that Walt Kelly, BZ... I bought this last one from a man who was a Rice University student in 1953 when Kelly was touring campuses promoting Pogo for president. He had Kelly do this sketch, his friend got a Pogo. They had a falling out in the early 90s and he sold his. I never could locate his friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 yowza! Wonderful art!!!! I would LOVE to own a kelly piece one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 The Christmas cartoon above was from Star Comics. Funny animal silliness. BB PS. I loved Pogo. It was exciting to see Walt's political satire back in the sixties. Santa Funnies and Christmas with Mother Goose are fun strips. Unfortunately I didn't find them until my children were teenagers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 (edited) OH! You are killing me! I HAVE to get some Ryan stuff...he is too good! Edited December 21, 2007 by shiverbones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted December 21, 2007 Author Share Posted December 21, 2007 Kelly is my favorite cartoonist (usually). Great stuff! Which book is this from? Are the pages earlier today from the same one? All the Walt Kelly pages were from Four Color 126. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted December 21, 2007 Author Share Posted December 21, 2007 Love the Kelly art. Fantastic pieces, Richard. Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted December 21, 2007 Author Share Posted December 21, 2007 Continuing on with the theme of Christmas Stories from the Golden Age, here's an Archie story from Jackpot Comics # 7 (Fall 1942). Scans courtesy of http://www.goldcomics.com where the entire library of 219 MLJ issues are available on CD/DVD. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Hand ® Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 I've always loved those two images of Veronica sunbathing under a sun lamp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selegue Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 I've always loved those two images of Veronica sunbathing under a sun lamp! I hadn't ever seen them. Pretty risqué for Archie! Is it pure Bob Montana? This page with Archie checking out Veronica's chest is funny too. Thanks for posting the whole story, BZ! Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Hand ® Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 I can't say enough good things about Bob Montana and his contributions to the golden age of comics. He's as responsible as anyone else I can think of, for elevating the comic book to higher level. His creation survived, along with Superman and Batman and Donald Duck and now enjoys a form of iconic status.I just wish that he could transfer to the silver screen. Maybe someday....but if I attempted it, I would do a retro version of his 40's and 50's persona and have the war in the background. It would also be an interesting excercise to break the film up into three seperate realities....the first one would portray him in the 40's...the second in the 50's and the third in the sixties. Oh well, just daydreaming here...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted December 21, 2007 Author Share Posted December 21, 2007 ...I just wish that he could transfer to the silver screen. Maybe someday....but if I attempted it, I would do a retro version of his 40's and 50's persona and have the war in the background. It would also be an interesting excercise to break the film up into three seperate realities....the first one would portray him in the 40's...the second in the 50's and the third in the sixties. Oh well, just daydreaming here...... In that movie I hope you show the inside of the Abbie Zombie and Witch store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 haha! Great play on abercrombie, I hadn't noticed that! Wonderful story! Man oh man, how am I ever going to afford a copy of that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Hand ® Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 I think that story was reprinted in an Archie comic about a year after that. I can't remember which issue, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted December 21, 2007 Author Share Posted December 21, 2007 I think that story was reprinted in an Archie comic about a year after that. I can't remember which issue, though. Maybe # 6. It had a Christmas cover. Cover courtesy of comics.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shield Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 (edited) Continuing on with the theme of Christmas Stories from the Golden Age, here's an Archie story from Jackpot Comics # 7 (Fall 1942). Bangzoom -my scans look just as good now as when I scanned them a few years ago. If you don't mind me asking, where did you get them? I have verified the page layout and they are in fact my scans. Would you like a MLJ DVD with all 219 issues scanned? Shawn Edited December 21, 2007 by Shield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted December 21, 2007 Author Share Posted December 21, 2007 Shield, I found those scans at goldenagecomics.co.uk which advertises itself as "The #1 site for downloading FREE copyright free golden age comics." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Hand ® Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 Yep, I remember, those are Shawns scans. That british site took them off discs he made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shield Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 (edited) Shield, I found those scans at goldenagecomics.co.uk which advertises itself as a "site for downloading FREE copyright free golden age comics." If they don't have your permission to share that story, let me know. Yeah I've contacted them a few times with no response asking them to remove the MLJ scans. I spent 5 long years scanning those. I just checked, and I scanned Jackpot 7 on October 14, 2003. Ye,s that's my thumb in the upper right.. Here's that Archie page pre-cropped (let's see that British site come up with this): Edited December 21, 2007 by Shield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 So which scan can I use? The top or the bottom one. If it is Shawn's scan then it can't be used on the board. What about the copyright? Can these pages be reproduced in another publication without a problem as long as I make the scan myself? Can pictures of Archie be reproduced and sold without having a problem with Archie, Inc.? I would like more people to see these old comics on line or in reprints but I am not sure about what we have the right to reproduce and what we do not. Enlighten me please. Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted December 22, 2007 Author Share Posted December 22, 2007 I haven't seen a lot of early Wings Comics during the 10 months I've been around here, so I thought I'd post a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
