BangZoom Posted October 21, 2007 Author Share Posted October 21, 2007 Seeing Guardineer's cover for Action 8, made me think "Last of the Mohicans." You have good instincts. The 1936 movie poster. 1919 NC Wyeth illustration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephisto Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Well since the comic came out in late 1938 and the movie in Sept. 1936 I don't think it was much of a marketing ploy. In all honesty I think it was more of a swipe of the 1919 NC Wyeth illustration. Note the knife in that image being replaced by the tomahawk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted October 21, 2007 Author Share Posted October 21, 2007 Well since the comic came out in late 1938 and the movie in Sept. 1936 I don't think it was much of a marketing ploy. The speculation about market timing was regarding issue # 16 not # 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Seeing Guardineer's cover for Action 8, made me think "Last of the Mohicans." You have good instincts. The 1936 movie poster. 1919 NC Wyeth illustration Thanks for posting the swipe file source material BZ. I mentioned last year in a contentious thread that most GA artists swiped, as many of them told me they did. Alas, a picture is worth a thousand words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 1919 NC Wyeth illustration Great work guys. I love those side-by-side comparisons. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norrin_Radd Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Love to see these early Actions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durden08 Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Thanks for the info on the Action #8 Bangzoom. One of my favorite non Superman covers. I wonder if there is source material out there for some of Guardineer's other Action covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sal Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Here's another Guardineer Action cover. i love love LOVE this Guardineer cover. Very much reminds me of the Bauhaus style, with clean lines and bold blocks of colour. kind of has a Wolverton feel to the line weights as well, but this - and all the observations supra - could easily be off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aman619 Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 was there ever an airplane that actually was built lik ethat? Looks more like atrain with wings. I wonder it it could ever get off the ground. and the blue emblem is cool, like an ancestor to the Fox logo, but, spotlights arent any one artists creation, just similar shapes. The Wyeth swipe is remakable in that Hollywood had already swiped it. I wonder if there was any compensation or consideration to Wyeth by the studio. I dont really know how famous NC was at that point, being "just" an illustrator. Maybe Wyeth actually signed off on the movie poster. And of course, it might be that Wyeth himself (being just an commercial illustrator himself) swiped the pose from somewhere too! Maybe an etching from the 1800s he found for reference. fascinating stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted October 21, 2007 Author Share Posted October 21, 2007 Was there ever an airplane that actually was built like that? Looks more like a train with wings. I wonder it it could ever get off the ground. That front gunner is certainly an unusual feature. It's a design that Guardineer had used previously in his Dan Hastings strip. Amazing Mystery Funnies Vol 2 # 4 (April 1939) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Hand ® Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Wow! Thanks for the peek inside! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxstuf Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Was there ever an airplane that actually was built like that? Looks more like a train with wings. I wonder it it could ever get off the ground. That front gunner is certainly an unusual feature. It's a design that Guardineer had used previously in his Dan Hastings strip. Amazing Mystery Funnies Vol 2 # 4 (April 1939) Great sign off in that last frame. Lieut Com Fred Guardineer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAP Freak Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Thanks for the pics, Bangzoom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Well since the comic came out in late 1938 and the movie in Sept. 1936 I don't think it was much of a marketing ploy. The speculation about market timing was regarding issue # 16 not # 8. It could be that the editor/decision-maker didn't like men in tights and was waiting for the "fad" to end. When it was blindingly obvious that it wouldn't, then the direction on covers was changed. Or perhaps they had covers already created and needed to use them up before comissioning new ones featuring Superman. The interviews that I've read with some of those early pioneers don't mention anything about this topic. Might be a good question for Creig Flessel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Svord Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 1919 NC Wyeth illustration Thanks Bangzoom! I don't recall ever seeing the movie poster, and it's been at least a decade since I've looked at Wyeth's work, so I never made the connection. NC Wyeth? That guy's work is just unbelievable. To echo other's sentiments here, this stuff is absolutely fascinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 Cover painting by John Newton Howett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Cover painting by John Newton Howett Kinda weird that the blindfolded guy is the one reading the book/bible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 I love it!~ What a creepyass groom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 I love it!~ What a creepyass groom! Such a happy bride ... . BZ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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