ciorac Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Big 'ol Trees? Not sure about that, but I am quite certain wood ( and I don't mean Wally) was involved in the process of creating or conceptualizing that cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Scrooge, Thanks for the link and quote,really interesting. It would have been great to read this sequence in the paper each day when it appeared. Then again, there would have been a lot of other great comic strip reading to go with it. Yes, I am afraid we have little chance of seeing Mickey appear like this anytime soon from any official source. Perhaps when the copyright finally expires there will be some interesting editions around 2030(?) or so assuming a copyright extension is not granted again. Hope I am around to see them and still collecting. Then I can call myself 60yrscllctngcomcs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Big 'ol Trees? Not sure about that, but I am quite certain wood ( and I don't mean Wally) was involved in the process of creating or conceptualizing that cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 I got another Map back in today... This one cost a whopping $6.99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 I got another Map back in today... This one cost a whopping $6.99 Nice one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Thanks Bill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 9, 2009 Author Share Posted September 9, 2009 Another great mapback, Matt. Incidentally, A.A. Fair is a pseudonym of Erle Stanley Gardner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 thanks! I just found that out about 20 minutes ago! I had no idea, I bought it for the cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 9, 2009 Author Share Posted September 9, 2009 Here is a little surprise that showed up at work on Friday. Does anyone know if these are reprints from early Gottfredson or if they are original to Belgium where this book was published. Take a close look, some really un-MIckey like behavior here, from the Mickey gun-totin cover to the pages documenting Mickey's numerous attempts at suicide! Thanks for all the terrific scans. That storyline is a shocker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 9, 2009 Author Share Posted September 9, 2009 thanks! I just found that out about 20 minutes ago! I had no idea, I bought it for the cover. I wonder if the cover is depicting anyone in the novel? Bertha Cool was a heavyset woman so I don't suppose it's her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 9, 2009 Author Share Posted September 9, 2009 Was fortunate to pick these up... Issue 5 Those are great magazines, Gary. If I remember correctly, they reprinted quite a few stories from Weird Tales. The images on issue #5 look familiar. I'm thinking maybe...Flash Gordon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 9, 2009 Author Share Posted September 9, 2009 BZ, you collection is truly amazing. I was just told about this thread last week and have only made it through to page 183. Awww...shucks. You only have 927 more pages to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 9, 2009 Author Share Posted September 9, 2009 In case in anyone is wondering about the name Dell mapbacks... A typical backcover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 9, 2009 Author Share Posted September 9, 2009 Ewer's obituary was posted on the Platinium Age Comics discussion group the other day. Oakland Tribune, June 25 1915 Raymond C. Ewer, Cartoonist, Is Dead Following a brief illness in New York, Raymond C. Ewer, one of America’s famous cartoonists, and formerly a California boy, passed away in that city several days ago according to news received in Oakland today. His father, a St. Helena vineyardist, has gone east and the remains will probably be brought back to California for burial. Raymond C. Ewer’s rise to fame was spectacular. He began his career five years ago on the Oakland Tribune as a cartoonist, and later left for the east. There he first drew illustrations for the Munsey publications, and soon attracted the attention of the big comic magazines. He then drew for Judge and Puck, and at the time of his death was exclusively retained by the latter publication. His sketches of city life were considered among the best works of American cartoonists. Ewer is survived by his parents in St. Helena, a wife and a daughter. He was 27 years of age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 wow, 27! What a career cut short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 9, 2009 Author Share Posted September 9, 2009 Matt, be careful of what you drink today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weird Paper Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Ewer's obituary was posted on the Platinium Age Comics discussion group the other day. Oakland Tribune, June 25 1915 Raymond C. Ewer, Cartoonist, Is Dead Following a brief illness in New York, Raymond C. Ewer, one of America’s famous cartoonists, and formerly a California boy, passed away in that city several days ago according to news received in Oakland today. His father, a St. Helena vineyardist, has gone east and the remains will probably be brought back to California for burial. Raymond C. Ewer’s rise to fame was spectacular. He began his career five years ago on the Oakland Tribune as a cartoonist, and later left for the east. There he first drew illustrations for the Munsey publications, and soon attracted the attention of the big comic magazines. He then drew for Judge and Puck, and at the time of his death was exclusively retained by the latter publication. His sketches of city life were considered among the best works of American cartoonists. Ewer is survived by his parents in St. Helena, a wife and a daughter. He was 27 years of age. Thanks for the info. I didn't know he died that young. I do recall seeing somewhere that the brief illness was tuberculosis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Matt, be careful of what you drink today. I love it! I was very careful today. I have my eye on a copy as we speak... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 3 more paperbacks in today 1st, a reissue of Avon's The Lurking Fear, but still an interesting early Lovecraft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 1942 Pulp style digest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
