adamstrange Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 HBD, Murphy! From Lars of Mars 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 I think he did this Life on Other Worlds strip for Planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 All hail Murph the great! Just wondering what was his first work in comics? An early Planet maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 I believe it was in Planet. He was a sci-fi fan through and through before starting his career in comics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Knight Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Murphy Anderson is the reason I fell in love with Mystery in Space and a certain man from two worlds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted July 10, 2011 Author Share Posted July 10, 2011 Back in December, when we were discussing the work of Jimmy Thompson, I began going through my King and Magic comics to look at Thompson's work on the Indian Lore and Red Men comic strips that were published in those titles. There are lots of great comics in those comics but one that especially caught my eye was Aladdin Jr., a fantasy strip which was written by Les Forgrave and illustrated by William Meade Prince. I'd never heard of Prince so I googled him and learned that he had been one of Murphy Anderson's favorite artists when he was growing up. In fact, Anderson had attended the University of North Carolina in 1943 with the hope of studying with Prince who was the head of the art department at that time. Here are some of the strips from either King or Magic (I don't remember which). I enjoyed the Aladdin strip so much that I actually sought out the full Sunday strips later and purchased a bunch of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Very nice strips by Prince (thumbs u Do you have any suggestions of specific issues with good Redman strips by Thompson? Thanks for pointing out that Thompson also drew Gangbusters for Feature Books. Do you have the earlier Feature Books and know whether any other others contain original material or if they are just syndicated strip reprints? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 (edited) I believe it was in Planet. He was a sci-fi fan through and through before starting his career in comics. I asked him about his first published work when I saw Murphy at the Baltimore Con and he mentioned that it was an ad for a dairy. I didn't follow up on that one. Edited July 10, 2011 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 I believe it was in Planet. He was a sci-fi fan through and through before starting his career in comics. I asked him about his first published work when I saw Murphy at the Baltimore Con and he mentioned that it was an ad for a dairy. I didn't follow up on that one. I assumed the question was regarding his published comic book work. Checking out GCD it looks like he started earlier than I thought, drawing a story for Lightning Comics v2#6 Apr '42. Planet was his first regular gig but started 2 years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Happy Birthday Big Joe (1914-1992)- and thanks- we owe it ALL to you !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted July 11, 2011 Author Share Posted July 11, 2011 Do you have any suggestions of specific issues with good Redman strips by Thompson? My favorites were the strips published in the earlier issues of its King Comics run. Here are a few examples. King Comics #14 (May 1937) King Comics #15 (June 1937) King Comics #16 (July 1937) Thanks for pointing out that Thompson also drew Gangbusters for Feature Books. Do you have the earlier Feature Books and know whether any other others contain original material or if they are just syndicated strip reprints? All of the Feature Books I've seen are reprints of syndicated comic strips with the exception of #'s 17 and 18. Here is the title page to #17. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted July 11, 2011 Author Share Posted July 11, 2011 Happy Birthday Big Joe (1914-1992)- and thanks- we owe it ALL to you !!! I'm a big fan of Shuster's work on Slam Bradley and Doctor Occult. Have those stories ever been reprinted into book form? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted July 11, 2011 Author Share Posted July 11, 2011 In a 1940 science fiction fanzine Julius Schwartz shared with readers some of his private correspondence with various authors. You can see from Siegel's letter that Jerry wasn't always the biggest fan of Shuster's artwork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 In a 1940 science fiction fanzine Julius Schwartz shared with readers some of his private correspondence with various authors. You can see from Siegel's letter that Jerry wasn't always the biggest fan of Shuster's artwork. There was a revelation in the last couple years that Siegel approached Russell Keaton about drawing Superman and some original art/copies of the samples had been found. Basically, Siegel was never that happy with Shuster though I think he did just fine on Slam, Dr Occult and Supes, even if he didn't have the stamina/artistic chops to hold up in the long run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markseifert Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Now, THAT's a letters page: Jerry Siegel, Ackerman, Lovecraft, and E.E. Smith. In a 1940 science fiction fanzine Julius Schwartz shared with readers some of his private correspondence with various authors. You can see from Siegel's letter that Jerry wasn't always the biggest fan of Shuster's artwork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Thanks for info on Gangbusters. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Happy Birthday Big Joe (1914-1992)- and thanks- we owe it ALL to you !!! I'm a big fan of Shuster's work on Slam Bradley and Doctor Occult. Have those stories ever been reprinted into book form? I'm not aware of anything but occasional pages/panels being reprinted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 If can safely take any other interior pictures it would be greatly appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted July 12, 2011 Author Share Posted July 12, 2011 If can safely take any other interior pictures it would be greatly appreciated! I took a bunch of photos of Thompson's illustrations for that comic late last year. I'll check my DVD's to see if I saved any of them or if they ended up being deleted. If I can't find them, I'll take some more pics at the first opportunity I get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 If can safely take any other interior pictures it would be greatly appreciated! More pictures please. I got my badge ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
