Scrooge Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 I thought the low blow was comparing them to Hermes Press I skipped this new edition since I have the complete NBM set but would still like to hear what people here thought of the edition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Yellow Kid original art is extremely rare and today I was very fortunate to have a generous person give me this piece of the original art for the 11/22/1896 Sunday paper. She contacted me a few days ago and said she had found it in an old family scrapbook and contacted me because of my Yellow Kid web site. We exchanged a few nice emails and the next thing I knew, she said she would like me to have it and it arrived today. If you have the Yellow Kid book by Kitchen Sink, it is plate No. 50, which shows the Yellow Kid in ten different situations. This is the upper right hand corner of the page. My best guess is that Outcault cut out the ten poses and then signed each of them to give to friends and fans. Yellow Kid Sunday tear sheets are fairly rare, but the original art is extremely rare. To have such a nice piece hand colored and signed by Outcault is something I never dreamed would happen and I wanted to share it. Such a great story Rich; and quite the thrill for the ultimate Yellow Kid collector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Thought I would check with the experts here as this is my first issue of Science Fiction Digest fanzine, and I know virtually nothing about them. Apparently this particular issue (1#7) is one of the relatively common earlier issues (seller related that Ackerman had a short stack of them). Still, I am fascinated with it just the same. Love the content, personalities, full size format, and the off-white quality of the interior pages! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Thought I would check with the experts here as this is my first issue of Science Fiction Digest fanzine, and I know virtually nothing about them. Apparently this particular issue (1#7) is one of the relatively common earlier issues (seller related that Ackerman had a short stack of them). Still, I am fascinated with it just the same. Love the content, personalities, full size format, and the off-white quality of the interior pages! Did Julius Schwartz name the Silver Age Atom after his old co-editor Ray Palmer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 off the top of my head: RAP had got hit by a truck as a kid & it stunted his growth. the fact that he was a 'small' person made the homage even more just... When RAP became editor of Amazing in 1938 he revitalized it nicely... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Knowing my old interest in Centaurs and new interest in fanzines, I rec'd this information from D ick Swan: Two of the most interesting things I've seen in comics as they relate to SF Zines were in Centaur. In the July 1939 issue of Amazing Mystery Funnies the inside front cover an article acknowledges that "Uncle Joe" has seen SF Zines done by kids and he would like other kids who have done these to send these to him. I think he was looking for talent for his Comic Company. One of the kids was John Giunta, who he hired to work for him, and there were some writers who came from the SF Zines who also started working in comics in 1940. Here's the inside cover from Amazing Mystery Funnies 2/7: More interesting even, 6 Months later in the Dec 1939 issue of AMF there is a 2-page article published in the comic written by John Giunta with a little history of the SF Zines. The one from December is an incredibly cool article, and subtitled "A New Department for Boys and Girls Who Publish Their Own Magazines", so there may be more. I would really like it if anyone can tell me about any other articles. Sadly I currently don't have a copy of Amazing Mystery Funnies 2/12; Giunta's piece sounds fascinating if anyone can provide a scan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmyst Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 That is dang cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR-migration Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Hi all- Over at The Beat, I just posted an essay about Jerry Siegel using a ghost writer -- something that's been rumored for years, among a few fan historians and in a CBM article in the '90s by Bob Beerbohm. But now, thanks to John L. Coker III, there is finally proof: If you've read my new bio on Siegel and Shuster SUPER BOYS (and why not? ha) then you know I have a whole chapter devoted to Kantor, who might be the ultimate ghost in comics. I have a follow-up post on my blog here, with some art and other documents. BZ and others (like that great fanzine scan above) have posted some great history here over the years, so thought it would be appropriate. Thanks, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comicdey Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Very cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted August 13, 2013 Author Share Posted August 13, 2013 Here's the inside cover from Amazing Mystery Funnies 2/7: More interesting even, 6 Months later in the Dec 1939 issue of AMF there is a 2-page article published in the comic written by John Giunta with a little history of the SF Zines. The one from December is an incredibly cool article, and subtitled "A New Department for Boys and Girls Who Publish Their Own Magazines", so there may be more. I would really like it if anyone can tell me about any other articles. Sadly I currently don't have a copy of Amazing Mystery Funnies 2/12; Giunta's piece sounds fascinating if anyone can provide a scan. I have that issue. I'm currently on vacation with my family. I will be returning home Saturday and can post a scan if no one else has posted one before then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted August 13, 2013 Author Share Posted August 13, 2013 Hi all- Over at The Beat, I just posted an essay about Jerry Siegel using a ghost writer -- something that's been rumored for years, among a few fan historians and in a CBM article in the '90s by Bob Beerbohm. But now, thanks to John L. Coker III, there is finally proof: If you've read my new bio on Siegel and Shuster SUPER BOYS (and why not? ha) then you know I have a whole chapter devoted to Kantor, who might be the ultimate ghost in comics. I have a follow-up post on my blog here, with some art and other documents. BZ and others (like that great fanzine scan above) have posted some great history here over the years, so thought it would be appropriate. Thanks, Brad Brad, back in the 1980's I corresponded with Sam Moskowitz about Bernard Kantor. When I return home I'll see if I can find any of our old letters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 ...(like that great fanzine scan above)... Glad you enjoyed the Science Fiction Digest scan, Brad. My initial take on these early fanzines are that they are remarkably intelligent (considering how young many of the participants are), filled with wide-eyed raw passion for the subject at hand, eager to be noticed (and appreciated), while also conveying a wonderful sense of exploration (and discovery). Such transcendent paper time capsules I have rarely encountered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 (edited) Picked up a copy of Lupoff's book and am very happy about it. It isn't really golden age (published in 1988) but it is about golden age comics. I am a fan of murder mystery novels so this one worked for me. The special edition also has signatures of Lupoff and Schomburg and Robbins and etc. Edited August 16, 2013 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 These are pre-Silver Age paperbacks with Schomburg covers. I think the one on the left was used in an article that appeared in the Golden Age version of the Comic Book Marketplace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjpb Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 off the top of my head: RAP had got hit by a truck as a kid & it stunted his growth. the fact that he was a 'small' person made the homage even more just... When RAP became editor of Amazing in 1938 he revitalized it nicely... I notice Palmer also penned an article, "Spilling the Atoms", in that fanzine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffman_Comics Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Picked up a copy of Lupoff's book and am very happy about it. It isn't really golden age (published in 1988) but it is about golden age comics. I am a fan of murder mystery novels so this one worked for me. The special edition also has signatures of Lupoff and Schomburg and Robbins and etc. Hey! I have one of those as well. Have you read it yet? Pretty good yarn with solid comic book credentials. Now, the one I've got is a slipcased first edition (hardcover,of course) with the accompanying comic book, but mine's not signed. Wish I'd known that there were autographed copies around 25 years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 ...(like that great fanzine scan above)... Glad you enjoyed the Science Fiction Digest scan, Brad. My initial take on these early fanzines are that they are remarkably intelligent (considering how young many of the participants are), filled with wide-eyed raw passion for the subject at hand, eager to be noticed (and appreciated), while also conveying a wonderful sense of exploration (and discovery). Such transcendent paper time capsules I have rarely encountered. I was driving out east of LA in Riverside a few weeks back and it reminded me that Fred Patten had donated his fanzine collection to UC Riverside. Fred was an early fan who contributed to Capa Alpha and wrote many letters to many fanzines. I discovered a couple of years ago that at least in the mid sixties he lived blocks away from where I currently live. My time is in short supply between work and two kids in high school but I have notched up another to do item when retirement comes. I bet there are some interesting treasures out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 (edited) Picked up a copy of Lupoff's book and am very happy about it. It isn't really golden age (published in 1988) but it is about golden age comics. I am a fan of murder mystery novels so this one worked for me. The special edition also has signatures of Lupoff and Schomburg and Robbins and etc. Hey! I have one of those as well. Have you read it yet? Pretty good yarn with solid comic book credentials. Now, the one I've got is a slipcased first edition (hardcover,of course) with the accompanying comic book, but mine's not signed. Wish I'd known that there were autographed copies around 25 years ago I remember reading about the special edition in the CBG back in 1988 but the copy I actually read was from the library and it didn't include the comic by Schomburg and Robbins. I'll have to read it again because the rest of my memory of the book has faded. The signed plate looks like the copy below but I have edition 159 and the copy for sale at Heritage was 89 out of 500. Edited August 17, 2013 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peewee22 Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Got this in today, gorgeous classic cover! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
