Scrooge Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 The image below is seen 7:47 into the video. Asbestos The character displays a striking resemblance with The Human Bomb (?) from the pages of Quality. Without looking I'd say that The Human Bomb was created after the Fair and sounds like a good source of inspiration might come from the image below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEyeSees Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 BZ, have you ever watched this: New York World's Fair Home Video Montage I know you like the Fair and that video montage gives a pretty good look around the grounds (thumbs u I believe SweetyBones will like the LaffLand image Hey Scrooge, Thanks for posting the fair link... its a really cool first-hand account of the fair. I have one of the souvenir 8mm movies they sold at the fair, but its in B&W, and also is more footage of the pavilions and less of the people that attended. Some really beautiful footage. I liked the segment with all the 1930's nudie girls... was that supposed to be some sort of outdoor "art study" ? Gratuitous nudity even back then! One of the girls looks genuinely embarrassed to be filmed (she covers her face), but yet she's parading around mostly naked on display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Thanks for posting the fair link... No problem. If you look around, there are more footage / home videos out there. They are better than the corporate movies shot to promote the fair to get an idea of the fun of going to the Fair. Watching the film made me wonder if Walt Disney attended it since so many of the "themes" at the Disney parks are similar to those of the Fair: parade, rides, halls, ... The inspiration is quite clear. The inspiration to look around came from the Collected Comics Library podcast I listened to during my commute, a talk with Brian Fies, the author of Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow. I believe I'll scoop up a copy of that book. Amazon Linky and check out the images of the interior pages. Here's the blurb on the book: "Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?, the long-awaited follow-up to Mom's Cancer, is a unique graphic novel that tells the story of a young boy and his relationship with his father. Spanning the period from the 1939 New York World's Fair to the last Apollo space mission in 1975, it is told through the eyes of a boy as he grows up in an era that was optimistic and ambitious, fueled by industry, engines, electricity, rockets, and the atom bomb. An insightful look at relationships and the promise of the future, award-winning author Brian Fies presents his story in a way that only comics and graphic novels can. Interspersed with the comic book adventures of Commander Cap Crater (created by Fies to mirror the styles of the comics and the time periods he is depicting), and mixing art and historical photographs, this groundbreaking graphic novel is a lively trip through a half century of technological evolution. It is also a perceptive look at the changing moods of our nation-and the enduring promise of the future." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Here's a comparison of "Asbestos Man" and The Human Bomb whose gloves are made of asbestos. The Human Bomb's first appearance is dated 1941 - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VK Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Looks like him to me. Double thanks for posting the Fair piece. I'm a WF collector, and found it very interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Re: the nudies in the WF video. I was at first surprised then I remembered the education that Bangzoom gave me about other nudie shows at Fairs prior to the WF, such as the San Fran Sally Rand's DNude Ranch I'd like to visit the 1939 San Francisco Golden Gate International Exposition. Link It looks educational. There's apparently lots of Wild West lore I never learned about in school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montezuma Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Tex Avery's interpretation of Sally and her bubble dance from Hollywood Steps out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 30, 2009 Author Share Posted September 30, 2009 BZ, have you ever watched this: New York World's Fair Home Video Montage Thanks for the link, Scrooge. I'm always somewhat taken aback when I see color footage from back then. It surprises to see that they had green grass and blue skies just like we do today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 30, 2009 Author Share Posted September 30, 2009 Last year someone on eBay was selling DVD's that he made from home movies that a family had taken when they visited the 1939 New York World's Fair. The best thing about it was that it included footage taken during the Superman Day festivities. Link Here are a few screen captures. That's Jerry Siegel on the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 30, 2009 Author Share Posted September 30, 2009 I wonder if any of the Superman logos that they gave to the kids have survived? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 30, 2009 Author Share Posted September 30, 2009 I also picture my parents and grandparents as having worn drab clothes in days of old. I guess I've fallen victim to having watched too many black and white movies. My family and I visited several museums last year when we were on vacation. One of them had an exhibit of old bathing attire. As the photos show, the clothing was actually pretty colorful back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Scrooge Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Two priceless pictures below. Thanks for sharing. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VK Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Great stuff. Does anyone know what day was Superman Day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Great stuff. Does anyone know what day was Superman Day? That info is at the site BZ provided a link to - it was July 3rd 1940 - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VK Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted October 1, 2009 Author Share Posted October 1, 2009 The inspiration to look around came from the Collected Comics Library podcast I listened to during my commute, a talk with Brian Fies, the author of Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow. I believe I'll scoop up a copy of that book. Amazon Linky and check out the images of the interior pages. Here's the blurb on the book: "Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?, the long-awaited follow-up to Mom's Cancer, is a unique graphic novel that tells the story of a young boy and his relationship with his father. Spanning the period from the 1939 New York World's Fair to the last Apollo space mission in 1975, it is told through the eyes of a boy as he grows up in an era that was optimistic and ambitious, fueled by industry, engines, electricity, rockets, and the atom bomb. An insightful look at relationships and the promise of the future, award-winning author Brian Fies presents his story in a way that only comics and graphic novels can. Interspersed with the comic book adventures of Commander Cap Crater (created by Fies to mirror the styles of the comics and the time periods he is depicting), and mixing art and historical photographs, this groundbreaking graphic novel is a lively trip through a half century of technological evolution. It is also a perceptive look at the changing moods of our nation-and the enduring promise of the future." Thanks for the tip. It looks like a book I'd like to read. (thumbs u Do you know of any other modern comics / graphic novels that have a storyline that places them at the 1939 World's Fair? A few months ago I was doing a search for something online when I stumbled across a site that reproduced a few pages from such a comic but I don't remember the name of the book. I thought I had bookmarked the website, but now I can't find the bookmark and subsequent Google searches have been futile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Do you know of any other modern comics / graphic novels that have a storyline that places them at the 1939 World's Fair? There is an arc in Sandman Mystery Theatre that takes place at the Fair. I'll look at tell you the issue #s. By now, it's probably been collected into a single trade as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 It's the Phantom of the Fair storyline and it's been reprinted this past March in the TPB Vol. # 7: The Mist and The Phantom of the Fair. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted October 1, 2009 Author Share Posted October 1, 2009 It's the Phantom of the Fair storyline and it's been reprinted this past March in the TPB Vol. # 7: The Mist and The Phantom of the Fair. (thumbs u Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
