TheEyeSees Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 (edited) Wow! The circus posters are amazing! Very cool stuff! Thanks. I actually didn't think there would be much interest. Addiction to pop culture artifacts runs much deeper than just comics for most of us! Show me a great Raymond Lowey industrial design drawing, New Yorker magazine cover, Hugh Ferris architectural rendering, etc. ... its all art to me, along with the comics and pulps!! BZ, have you heard of John Vassos (illustrator and industrial designer)? If not, I'll post some illustrations from him at a later date. Art deco illustrations!! Thanks for sharing !! Edited June 12, 2008 by RyanH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Random posting if that's okay ... I propose we tour London with Captain Easy under the artistic direction of Leslie Turner in the Fall of 1948 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Hand ® Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 I love this thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 I love this thread! Blimey, it needs more tropical flavor tho - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Hand ® Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Why thank you, kind sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 I propose we tour London with Captain Easy under the artistic direction of Leslie Turner in the Fall of 1948 That's beautiful work by Turner -- carrying on the approach from Roy Crane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 I propose we tour London with Captain Easy under the artistic direction of Leslie Turner in the Fall of 1948 That's beautiful work by Turner -- carrying on the approach from Roy Crane. Yes, I like it and the story was a fun one too. More random posting. I love scanning pages and blowing them up in Photoshop to immerse myself in the art ... You know, I really would not have wanted to pick up Sickles' ink tab. Yowsa! Love it (All panels below from 1936 strips) - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 More random posting. I love scanning pages and blowing them up in Photoshop to immerse myself in the art ... Sickle's art is You're blowing them up to near real-size -- the original art for these is much more impressive then the tiny reproductions we usually see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 (edited) Random posting if that's okay ... I propose we tour London with Captain Easy under the artistic direction of Leslie Turner in the Fall of 1948 Scrooge, Is this a quiz? I believe we have Paliament (with Big Ben in the background) and the Tower Bridge in the first and fifth drawings. The Tower of London is a particularly good location to visit with the magnificent bridge in the background. Trafalgar square (monument for Lord Nelson and St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church in the second drawing) is right next to the art museums and easy to visit too. Stonehenge is 120 km outside of town (sixth drawing). What are the other sites? Perhaps we have a Brit on board that can clarify. My guesses are gates to number 10 Downing and another Church (St. James Piccadilly?) but I really don't know. bb Oops, I see you have identified the 4th and 5th as the British Museum. I didn't recognize either one. The inside of the museum is magnificent. Almost everything that you would want to see is inside. I don't remember the outside looking like that. But the gates look similar to the British Museum gates that I have seen in other photos. Edited June 14, 2008 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Oops, I see you have identified the 4th and 5th as the British Museum. I didn't recognize either one. The inside of the museum is magnificent. Almost everything that you would want to see is inside. I don't remember the outside looking like that. Glad I caught your edit. Yes, those are the gates to the British Museum on the rightmost panel. Here's a more traditional view of the Museum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 I was doing some more comic strip traveling this morning and toured the US and Canada. Here were some of my stops. Decades later, Captain Marvel would revisit many of these sites - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Still the lone voice out there ... I picked up Vol. 15B of the Tarzan NBM reprint series today at a local shop with the Ruben Moreira run reprinted in B&W. Most people denigrate that part of the run sandwiched between Hogarth's work and I was expecting the worse ... NOT! Sure, it's a difference approach but I found the Moreira I like (Scans might be a little fuzzy since the oversize book is an awkward fit on my scanner) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwpassage Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 That Little Nemo is just beautiful, and the Moreira Tarzan is nice too. He sure had a way of drawing women . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoastExchange-migratio Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 I thought I would give this thread a as it's too holy to be on the second page. CC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Yes, I like it and the story was a fun one too. More random posting. I love scanning pages and blowing them up in Photoshop to immerse myself in the art ... You know, I really would not have wanted to pick up Sickles' ink tab. Yowsa! Love it (All panels below from 1936 strips) - Awesome Sickles page! You can really see how much influence he had on Caniff. Love the Moreira Tarzan too! I have to admit, I've always kind of glossed over his work and never really pay attention to it, but now I see what I've been missing. Very cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 (edited) I thought I would give this thread a as it's too holy to be on the second page. CC Lately I have been looking for Baker covers which I posted in another thread. I also found a few planet cover scans that I liked while looking for Fletcher Hanks stories (that don't seem to be in Planet 6 and 8). I wonder what kind of bird we have on the cover of Planet 6? It certainly is in the raptor category. And more robots. Edited June 17, 2008 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Speaking of Fletcher Hanks, I thought that the villian in this Angel splash looked a bit like a Hanks' character. And if you are missing BZ's Quizes, then perhaps you can work on this Marvel Mystery Puzzle page. Also included is a decoder for secret Nazi messages. bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Hand ® Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Speaking of Fletcher Hanks, I thought that the villian in this Angel splash looked a bit like a Hanks' character. And if you are missing BZ's Quizes, then perhaps you can work on this Marvel Mystery Puzzle page. Also included is a decoder for secret Nazi messages. bb Any thoughts on how the film Metropolis influenced comics and pulps? I just watched it for yhe zillionth time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theagenes Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Art deco sci-fi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 While BZ is out of the kitchen, I thought I would throw a few circus stories into the pot. I would love to have the original art done by Cole and Eisner for these stories from Police 21 and 16. bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
