shiverbones Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 cool! I have seen both covers, but never made the connection Thanks for showing us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weird Paper Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 This may have been posted elsewhere, but since we are showing swipes... Slime creatures AND robots working together? We're spooned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 18, 2009 Author Share Posted September 18, 2009 This scan illustrates the difference between the back cover of the original edition and later reprints. American Gun Mystery by Ellery Queen (Dell #4) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 18, 2009 Author Share Posted September 18, 2009 All I could afford are some of Toth's doodles that show up on eBay once in a while. I've never seen any of Toth's convention sketches. Do you have anything you'd like to share? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 18, 2009 Author Share Posted September 18, 2009 Wonderful page by Toth. Art stripped down to only what is essential. Another artist whose storytelling ability I really admire is Gene Colan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Surfer Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Love the "On Sale Soon, The Hulk!" at the bottom. Your absolutely right about Colan's work, those panels illustrate that perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 18, 2009 Author Share Posted September 18, 2009 I think these would qualify for the "wild-eyed covers" group. GAC, are you specializing in collecting vintage mystery paperbacks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Wonderful page by Toth. Art stripped down to only what is essential. Another artist whose storytelling ability I really admire is Gene Colan. I think these are the pages that Stan referred to about Colan's ability to stretch out scene by showing a guy taking 10 panels to open door! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 18, 2009 Author Share Posted September 18, 2009 more and more I think I am going to have to get the whole run of map backs. For the last couple of months I've used either a Looney Tunes or Little Lulu screensaver. The other day, what with our recent talk of vintage paperbacks, I switched to a Dell mapback screensaver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 18, 2009 Author Share Posted September 18, 2009 I think these are the pages that Stan referred to about Colan's ability to stretch out scene by showing a guy taking 10 panels to open door! Well, it was a "dreadful" door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Colan is so easy to pick out from the set of regular Marvel artists. I was flipping through the Killraven Essentials yesterday and stopped midway to check some pages and I said: that's Colan! Sure enough it was, quite a distinct footprint to his art that not all artists have. To wit, there was some Trimpe pages also in the volume IIRC and it could have easily been several other artists. Colan has a distinctive quality to his art (even though the guy's right arm in the splash above is kinda looking funky). Fantastic pages as always Re: Toth doodles. I could afford them but don't own any. Here are a few examples: Now, I am having regrets not bidding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 18, 2009 Author Share Posted September 18, 2009 Thanks, Richard. I'd never seen that Vampirella before. Here's another swipe. Somebody (maybe Theagenes?) pointed this out a while back. Amazing Stories (June 1926) Creepy (January 1966) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Hand ® Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 I've read every Captain Future story there is. So there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GACollectibles Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 GAC, are you specializing in collecting vintage mystery paperbacks? My collecting tastes aren't that specific, there are some PB sets that I would like to work on, but most of the time my interests are cover driven no matter what the genre. Same with pulps though I do have an affinity towards romance titles(700+ romance pulps in my collection). I also enjoy dealing with these items, even if they are in my possession a short time it has given me an opportunity to become slightly familiar with what is out there- there is some fantastic stuff and I've only seen a small portion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 (edited) I think I mentioned on this thread a long time ago, in a galaxy far away, that I had an article on Segar which was published after his death in 1938. While moving my heap of junk from NY back to PA, I found the Click Jan 1939 issue which contained the article. Here are a couple of scans. Unfortunately, Click is oversize and the scans are cut off but I tried to center them as much as possible without making too much fuss. Whether I remember correctly or not, I am sure fans of BZ's thread would be interested in the old article. Edited September 19, 2009 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheezyWhiz Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 I think I mentioned on this thread a long time ago, in a galaxy far away, that I had an article on Segar which was published after his death in 1938. While moving my heap of junk from NY back to PA, I found the Click Jan 1939 issue which contained the article. Here are a couple of scans. Unfortunately, Click is oversize and the scans are cut off but I tried to center them as much as possible without making too much fuss. Whether I remember correctly or not, I am sure fans of BZ's thread would be interested in the old article. Segar. Thanks for posting this. What's the cover look like? I want to keep an eye out for a copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 (edited) I think the cover is a picture of Madame Chiang Kai-shek in a colorful costume. Sorry I didn't scan it before I put it away. I will look for it again. There is also a picture of Arno in that issue in an article about pugilistic men-about-town. Apparently cartoonist had a more rowdy life back in the old days. Edited September 19, 2009 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheezyWhiz Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 I think the cover is a picture of Madame Chiang Kai-shek in a colorful costume. Sorry I didn't scan it before I put it away. I will look for it again. There is also a picture of Arno in that issue in an article about pugilistic men-about-town. Apparently cartoonist had a more rowdy life back in the old days. I found an image of the cover online. Looks like I just missed a copy on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/CLICK-Jan-1939-Rudolph-Diesel-Alfred-Lowrie-Popeye_W0QQitemZ400061654769QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090714?IMSfp=TL090714183003r9886#ht_500wt_1128 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 I think the cover is a picture of Madame Chiang Kai-shek in a colorful costume. Sorry I didn't scan it before I put it away. I will look for it again. There is also a picture of Arno in that issue in an article about pugilistic men-about-town. Apparently cartoonist had a more rowdy life back in the old days. I found an image of the cover online. Looks like I just missed a copy on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/CLICK-Jan-1939-Rudolph-Diesel-Alfred-Lowrie-Popeye_W0QQitemZ400061654769QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090714?IMSfp=TL090714183003r9886#ht_500wt_1128 That is the issue but I think my copy is in better shape. Some of the Click issues that I have are a little fragile but this one should survive a little longer. I still haven't identified the Four Color issue that has the origin of the Jeep story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheezyWhiz Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 I still haven't identified the Four Color issue that has the origin of the Jeep story. Whatever book it is, I still don't have a raw reader copy of it yet.. hopefully soon. Don't want to crack the high-grade slabs just to look. Not sure if I posted this already.. but there was an ebay auction a few months back for a Jeep drawing in the same pose as the large figure on that page. The guy was selling it as an authentic vintage drawing by Sagendorf, but it looked to me like someone just projected this page on a big sheet of paper and made a copy in magic marker. Almost every detail was identical. This may have been used in an art department at one point, but I doubt it's a real Sagendorf drawing. I would never had known if you hadn't posted this page on the boards.. so thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
