BB-Gun Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 Someone posted some Frank Miller art a while back and I thought he deserved another peak. The cover was beat up and the splash is not that exciting but the last page showed Franks talents. And a few more odd ball items from the box where I keep the big pulps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 BZ, Did you have any more Big Little Books that you wanted to post? I'll add a few of mine that aren't too beat up. I have more Flash Gordon BLB but they are in another box. bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 Just a few more covers to see if anyone is reading these things. The Buck Rogers is an all picture book. A real comic book. bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selegue Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 Someone posted some Frank Miller art a while back and I thought he deserved another peak. The cover was beat up and the splash is not that exciting but the last page showed Franks talents. Junior Birdmen of America! That's a bit of popular culture that was before my time but still referenced when I was a kid. Here's the whole Wikipedia entry: The Junior Birdmen of America was an organization for boys interested in building model airplanes, founded (ca. 1934) and promoted by the Hearst newspapers, with the cooperation of the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce.[1] It is now best remembered for the song "Up in the Air, Junior Birdmen", which has been sung with a variety of lyrics to mock would-be or inexperienced aviators.[2] [3] I do remember that the song was usually sung w/ thumb and forefinger around each eye like goggles, fingers up like a Mardi Gras mask. Great Miller page -- I'm really starting to like Barney Baxter. I'll have to watch for some less expensive issues or later reprints if they exist. Scissor-Billed Snivvies! I'll also have to watch for an occasion to use that epithet! Gopher Gus is sort of a cross between Tintin's Captain Haddock and a JoeCollector prototype, isn't he? Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 And sometimes it is good to show the back covers too. bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 Just a few more covers to see if anyone is reading these things. The Buck Rogers is an all picture book. A real comic book. bb Excellent choices. I need all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 4, 2008 Author Share Posted February 4, 2008 Great books. I've never seen any of those before. Here's a Barney Baxter as my contribution to the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 4, 2008 Author Share Posted February 4, 2008 BZ, Did you have any more Big Little Books that you wanted to post? Thanks, bb. I loved seeing those books. I'll try to make an effort to scan some of my BLB's later this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 I found this nifty ad while reading through an old comic. What comic is this from? This should be easier than the popeye question from last week. I actually know the answer. bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 And sometimes it is good to show the back covers too. bb I'm catching up on the thread. First, let me thank you for the Barney Baxter page scan. It seems like a fun strip. (thumbs u And the image above should be trotted out every time someone poopies on GA art. That image strikes me as something that Charles Vess (or to a lesser degreee Mike Kaluta) would draw today. Just wonderful work. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 6, 2008 Author Share Posted February 6, 2008 Speaking of Charles Vess... I met him in 1973 at a University of Maryland Comic Convention. As a result of that meeting, he later hitch-hiked from his home to visit me. We ended up doing a lot of trades. I traded him a bunch of comics (Looney Tunes, if I remember correctly) for a stack of etchings he had created of fantasy scenes. At a later date, I purchased his Marvel comic book collection which included this jewel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Speaking of Charles Vess... I traded him a bunch of comics (Looney Tunes, if I remember correctly) for a stack of etchings he had created of fantasy scenes. Do you still have any of those etchings? A pic would be cool. In the meantime, here's the last page from Boy Commandos # 4 - the audience of that book was pretty clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HouseofComics.Com Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 And the image above should be trotted out every time someone poopies on GA art. That image strikes me as something that Charles Vess (or to a lesser degreee Mike Kaluta) would draw today. Agree. Btw, I didn't realize Charles Vess was quite that old. I think of him as the Web of Spider-Man #1 guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 6, 2008 Author Share Posted February 6, 2008 Charles Vess... Do you still have any of those etchings? A pic would be cool. Yes, I still have all the etchings. I'll see if I can dig them out from wherever they've been hiding. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 6, 2008 Author Share Posted February 6, 2008 I found this nifty ad while reading through an old comic. What comic is this from? This should be easier than the popeye question from last week. I actually know the answer. bb The top strip appears to be Broncho Bill so I'll guess that the comic is Tip Top (or maybe Sparkler). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bronty Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 BZ is your camera never going to get a test run on those pulp covers.......... sigh..... moan........ sigh................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 BZ Tip Top is great but that isn't where I got the scan. I like the Foster work in Tip Top and I have a lot of Sunday pages by Hogarth that look pretty good. It wasn't in Tip Top and it wasn't an ad for Tip Top. That should narrow it down. bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 7, 2008 Author Share Posted February 7, 2008 I'm overlooking the obvious answer. My revised guess is that the ad appeared in Broncho Bill (Single Series #19) and the advertisement is for Tarzan Single Series #20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
