Pat Calhoun Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 no- is print- says copyright John Dille of 'Telephoto by Calkins'- I think it might be a newspaper premium from before the radio show... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 found this archived in Scoop with same image I posted above... It seems highly likely that this 1929 newspaper premium picture of Buck Rogers by illustrator Calkins was influenced by a famous photo of real life aviation hero Charles Lindberg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detective35 Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Yes, The earliest version was a 1929 Newspaper premium (black on green paper - 6" x 9") A later 1931 version appeared (black on orange paper - 11 1/2" x 17 1/2") Dwight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 thanks- looks more like orange and is big- so JCC was 14 or 15- still the golden age! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 particular great sequence Wilma kidnapped by Tiger Men from Mars 1929-1930 from 1968 Aprill reprint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Wilma's kinda hot. Just sayin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 particular great sequence Wilma kidnapped by Tiger Men from Mars 1929-1930 from 1968 Aprill reprint Very cool, Pat. Can anyone comment on the quality of the current Hermes reprint series? I know there are a handful of volumes out for the dailies, and also one volume of Sunday strips (would love to see an interior shot on how they handled the color transfers). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 I like those Buck Rogers strips. I think I have a few more that I have borrowed. Let me check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 not mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 below is 1987 Gryphon edition reprinting the 2 yarns from April and Aug 1939 Strange Stories. Strange Stories 1939-1940 I remember when I first discovered the pulps, I saw Kuttner's name credited so frequently on covers that I assumed he must have lived a long life to have produced so much work. I was surprised to learn later that he had died at the young age of 42. Despite his short life he made quite an impression on many other young authors. From Wikipedia : Marion Zimmer Bradley is among many authors who have cited Kuttner as an influence. Her novel The Bloody Sun is dedicated to him. Roger Zelazny has talked about the influence of The Dark World on his Amber series. Kuttner's friend Richard Matheson dedicated his 1954 novel I Am Legend to Kuttner, with thanks for his help and encouragement. Ray Bradbury likewise dedicated Dark Carnival, his first book, to him, calling him one of his hardest-working and most patient teachers; Bradbury has said that Kuttner actually wrote the last 300 words of Bradbury's first horror story, "The Candle" (Weird Tales, November 1942). Bradbury has referred to Kuttner as a neglected master and a "pomegranate writer: popping with seeds — full of ideas". William S. Burroughs's novel The Ticket That Exploded contains direct quotes from Kuttner regarding the "Happy Cloak" parasitic pleasure monster from the Venusian seas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 Speaking of Weird Tales, I just picked up a couple of the earlier, tough-to-find issues. This is the July 1925 issue and contains "Spear and Fang," a cave-man story which happens to be the first published work by a young 19-year old Robert E. Howard. Congratulations, Jeff. I think some of those pulps from the 1920's are the most fun to acquire. They really transport you back to a different time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 I love the early Buck Rogers comic strip. It set the stage for so many popular cultural phenomenas that followed. Not to mention all the fantastic collectibles that were produced... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 22, 2011 Author Share Posted February 22, 2011 not mine I love that map. I think it would be fun to collect maps associated with different fictional characters. This Little Orphan Annie map of Simmons Corners is one of the few I own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEyeSees Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 not mine I love that map. I think it would be fun to collect maps associated with different fictional characters. This Little Orphan Annie map of Simmons Corners is one of the few I own. I love both of these maps... and although I'm a sci fi guy, the rendering on the Annie map is just a beautiful piece of illustration work. Really great colors on that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 I love the early Buck Rogers comic strip. It set the stage for so many popular cultural phenomenas that followed. Not to mention all the fantastic collectibles that were produced... Yes sir, I agree. Great toys and pop up books. None of them mine. Thanks to all of the Flickr posters. I do have a few BLB that I can post and two copies of the Big Big Book. and this ad from the BB-gun handbook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 22, 2011 Author Share Posted February 22, 2011 There are a few select Weird Tales cover artists that seem to get all the attention. Fans are forever singing the praises about Margaret Brundage... Weird Tales (September 1932) Weird Tales (March 1933) Weird Tales (July 1933) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Svord Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 not mine I love that map. I think it would be fun to collect maps associated with different fictional characters. This Little Orphan Annie map of Simmons Corners is one of the few I own. I love both of these maps... and although I'm a sci fi guy, the rendering on the Annie map is just a beautiful piece of illustration work. Really great colors on that one. Without a doubt. The burst pattern at the center of the Buck Rogers map is a mind-numbingly insane amount of work just to achieve an effect. There's always some thing jaw-dropping in this thread. Dang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 22, 2011 Author Share Posted February 22, 2011 Or, J. Allen St. John... Weird Tales (November 1932) Weird Tales (December 1932) Weird Tales (January 1933) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 22, 2011 Author Share Posted February 22, 2011 What about the forgotten geniuses like Ray Quigley? Weird Tales (May 1942) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
