Theagenes Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Two covers remain unidentified. #36 Crash Comics #2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 16, 2012 Author Share Posted September 16, 2012 #37 Comics on Parade 5 That's it. Comics on Parade #5 (June 1938) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 16, 2012 Author Share Posted September 16, 2012 #36 Crash Comics #2 Congratulations, Bill. That win put you in a tie for 1st place. Pop Quiz Scorecard ciorac: 6 rockman2008: 6 pcalhoun: 5 Scrooge: 4 selegue: 4 Flee-Marquette: 3 Theagenes: 2 MrBedrock: 2 RedFury : 2 ft88 : 1 walclark : 1 jpepx78: 1 adamstrange: 1 BB-Gun: 1 Baz: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 16, 2012 Author Share Posted September 16, 2012 Fox had a lot to say back in the golden age. He barely left room for the heroes. That looks like an interesting story. I don't usually think of DC comics as being quite so politicized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 (edited) Fox had a lot to say back in the golden age. He barely left room for the heroes. That looks like an interesting story. I don't usually think of DC comics as being quite so politicized. First adventure of the JSA focused on cleaning up that Rat's Nest in Toledo, Ohio. According to the Wikipedia, most of the German-American Bund activities were in NY, NJ and PA. Perhaps the action in the Midwest didn't get the publicity that Fox thought it should. Fritz Kuhn may be the real-life model for Klaver and his headquarters was in Chicago. Toledo is also known as the "Bowling Capital of the World". Edited September 18, 2012 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted September 17, 2012 Author Share Posted September 17, 2012 Mercury wasn't a friend of America either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 (edited) Just went to a concert with Rory Block and heard that her father's first wife had an affair with Bill Steig. Can't trust those cartoonists, I guess. Also found a note on line that a local museum has a collection of cartoons by him. These go along with the paintings and cartoons by Sendak, Wyeth, Pyle and others. See note below. So astonishing is the broad range and deep humanity of William Steig's cartoons, 107 of which are now on display at the Brandywine River Museum, that they could have been mistaken momentarily for a batch of very sensitive material suddenly declassified. Instead, they're being celebrated in "Comic Catharsis: A Gift of Cartoons by William Steig." Edited October 1, 2012 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 (edited) Bill wrote the original story for Shrek and drew a lot of cartoons for the New Yorker. Edited October 1, 2012 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 Just went to a concert with Rory Block and heard that her father's first wife had an affair with Bill Steig. Can't trust those cartoonists, I guess. Also found a note on line that a local museum has a collection of cartoons by him. These go along with the paintings and cartoons by Sendak, Wyeth, Pyle and others. See note below. So astonishing is the broad range and deep humanity of William Steig's cartoons, 107 of which are now on display at the Brandywine River Museum, that they could have been mistaken momentarily for a batch of very sensitive material suddenly declassified. Instead, they're being celebrated in "Comic Catharsis: A Gift of Cartoons by William Steig." I visited The Brandywine Museum many years ago and had a great time. It's a beautiful area around there. I've got a bunch of William Steig books in my collection. I especially enjoy his cartoons about childhood. Here are a few from his "Dreams of Glory" series which was reprinted in The Steig Album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Just went to a concert with Rory Block and heard that her father's first wife had an affair with Bill Steig. Can't trust those cartoonists, I guess. Also found a note on line that a local museum has a collection of cartoons by him. These go along with the paintings and cartoons by Sendak, Wyeth, Pyle and others. See note below. So astonishing is the broad range and deep humanity of William Steig's cartoons, 107 of which are now on display at the Brandywine River Museum, that they could have been mistaken momentarily for a batch of very sensitive material suddenly declassified. Instead, they're being celebrated in "Comic Catharsis: A Gift of Cartoons by William Steig." I visited The Brandywine Museum many years ago and had a great time. It's a beautiful area around there. I've got a bunch of William Steig books in my collection. I especially enjoy his cartoons about childhood. Here are a few from his "Dreams of Glory" series which was reprinted in The Steig Album. I visit the Brandywine museum every year to see the model train exhibit and Christmas cartoons and paintings. I hope the Bill Steig exhibit is set up the next time I visit. Thanks for posting those cartoons. I thought you might have some in the BZ archives. Lots of cartoons are available on the internet but his books seem to have a selection of the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrocHntr Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I don't know if you read Ken Quattro's blog but you would enjoy his recent piece on board favorite E.C. Stoner. Haven't read it yet myself but figured I'd pass the info along. E.C. Stoner, The Forgotten Trailblazer Great piece about Stoner. I especially got a kick out of the Gordon's Gin ad from Ebony Magazine that pictured Stoner and his wife at home. Link Here are a few of Stoner's illustrations to jog everyone's memories about his work. Witches Tales #1 (November 1936) The Funnies # 45 (July 1940) The Funnies # 46 (August 1940) The Funnies #47 (September 1940) The Funnies #48 (October 1940) As comixnoir mentioned in the "cover ONLY" thread, this guy definitely had a wardrobe malfunction That said, I really enjoyed digging up this post and reading about EC Stoner and his historical significance in comics. I also recently picked up a few War Comics / War Stories (Dell), and the "Night Devils" stories are really quite good. Though Stoner didn't do the cover on this one...: He did do the interiors and his Night Devils art and stories were compelling enough for me and the characters seemed very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted October 17, 2012 Author Share Posted October 17, 2012 Here is an example of one of Stoner's covers for War Heroes. War Heroes #5 (July-September 1943) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted October 17, 2012 Author Share Posted October 17, 2012 War Heroes had some nifty back covers. War Heroes #3 (January-March 1943) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted October 17, 2012 Author Share Posted October 17, 2012 War Heroes #6 (October-December 1943) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted October 17, 2012 Author Share Posted October 17, 2012 War Heroes #7 (January-March 1944) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted October 17, 2012 Author Share Posted October 17, 2012 I like this speculative look at future warfare that appeared in issue #1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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