Flex Mentallo Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Weird Paper Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 I see some Herriman influence in the current strip, Prickly City, though it's really, really poorly done and a complete waste of trees. Just goes to show you that it takes more than good influences to make a good strip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted June 15, 2011 Author Share Posted June 15, 2011 I'm a big fan of many old comic strips. I'm looking forward to seeing the Forgotten Fantasies book that was published by Sunday Press. Lost Treasures of the Comics World! The greatest fantasy comic strips from the earliest days of comics. Feininger, McCay, McManus and more. 150 Sundays 1900-1915 The dawn of the 20th century saw of technological advances that were only dreamed of decades before. One such advance was four-color printing, which brought to life stories inspired by both the technology of the time and the children’s fiction enjoyed by a burgeoning middle class. This confluence brought about a unique genre within a new art form—the Fantasy Comic Strip. These pages were a Sunday staple for less than two decades, soon replaced by humorous family comics that more closely mirrored the modern society. But from 1900 to 1915, American newspapers offered some of the most fascinating comics ever printed. And while Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo in Slumberland is known worldwide, many of the great fantasy comics have virtually vanished — until now. Presented here in the original size and colors are the complete comics of Lyonel Feininger— The Kin-der-Kids and Wee Willie Winkie’s World, along with the complete adventures of: The Explorigator by Henry Grant Dart Nibsy the Newsboy by George McManus Naughty Pete by Charles Forbell plus full-color Dream of the Rarebit Fiend Sundays by Winsor McCay. With dozens more fantastical Sundays from, John Gruelle, Gustave Verbeek, Herbert Crowley, John R. Neill and others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 (edited) The dawn of the 20th century saw of technological advances that were only dreamed of decades before. One such advance was four-color printing, which brought to life stories inspired by both the technology of the time and the children’s fiction enjoyed by a burgeoning middle class. This confluence brought about a unique genre within a new art form—the Fantasy Comic Strip. These pages were a Sunday staple for less than two decades, soon replaced by humorous family comics that more closely mirrored the modern society. But from 1900 to 1915, American newspapers offered some of the most fascinating comics ever printed. And while Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo in Slumberland is known worldwide, many of the great fantasy comics have virtually vanished — until now. Looks irresistible! Edited June 15, 2011 by alanna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Another one to look forward to is the long awaited facsimile reprint of William Timlin's The Ship that Sailed to Mars this September The Ship that Sailed to Mars William Timlin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 (edited) The Ship that Sailed to Mars - very cool. Link said that the original was an exquisitely-produced 2000 copy run by George Harrap in 1923. Harrap was among the best of the upscale publishers- I have 2 of theirs that are right up there. Scan can't really capture either. Tales Of Hoffman with art by Mario Laboccetta and Dante's La Vita Nuova with art by Evelyn Paul. Edited June 16, 2011 by pcalhoun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Sunday press has done a fabulous job with their previous Nemo and Gasoline Alley editions so that should be another fine volume. I assume, like the others, that it doubles as a coffee table? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondog Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 I recognize that panel... I own the original strip. Of course you do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Knight Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 I recognize that panel... I own the original strip. Of course you do! This blows my mind just a little bit. I can't tell if this was an incredible coincidence or a very likely outcome, given BangZoom's collection. Either way, it's very cool. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 I recognize that panel... I own the original strip. Of course you do! This blows my mind just a little bit. I can't tell if this was an incredible coincidence or a very likely outcome, given BangZoom's collection. Either way, it's very cool. (thumbs u I expected BZ to have some original Herriman art but given how much has survived it's just a remarkable coincidence that he would have the very same artwork! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bronty Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 awesome BZ love it when you pull out a new pic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 ....okay! Maybe not that much of a coincidence! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 (edited) I admire the art and wonder whether this cartoonist is the Cezanne or Picasso who should stand out from all the rest. Frank King also showed this type of genius but he was often wrapped up in telling the soap opera story that was Gasoline Alley. Herriman's dialogue was sometimes a mystery to me. Perhaps his attempts at creating an ethnic character were a little too successful and some of the jokes were lost on the midwestern hicks, like me. This scan is from one of the reprint books, I believe. Edited June 16, 2011 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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