selegue Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 The other day when I was returning Thrilling Adventures in Stamps to the shelves, I noticed a few Tick Tock Tales in my collection and got curious about what treasures might be hidden inside them. I started flipping through a book when my attention was drawn to a story that appeared to feature an albino squirrel, or (my imagination running wild) maybe it was a squirrel's ghost. Either way it looked pretty intriguing. The story turned out to be, "Judy and the Magic Chalk." Apparently Judy was a series that ran regularly in Tick Tock. I guess I'd never taken note of it before. It was a good story. The Magic Chalk stories predate Crockett Johnson's "Harold and the Purple Crayon" book by nine years. Interesting style. Who's Who says SILVERMAN, LAWRENCE MAGAZINE ENTERPRISES JUDY AND THE MAGIC CHALK (pen/) late-1940s > 47 48 49 Interesting career. I don't want to quote the whole bio, but he animated for about 10 studios including Disney, Terrytoons and Fleisher. That must be where Judy's Betty Boop look comes from, plus an Out of the Inkwell-type gimmick. You mention Harold and Gandy Goose, but Winsor McCay's Gertie predates them all (came up on another thread -- or was it here? -- recently). Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 (edited) I like Judy and the Mighty Atom. Mr. Mind didn't die, he just moved to a different genre. bb I think I found these scans while trying to locate the splash from one of BZ's Impossible Quizzes. (Hey that title reminds me of "Mr. Peabody's Improbable History".) bb Edited February 12, 2009 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Hand ® Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Anyone know Glen Bray? I heard he was one of the first to approach Carl Barks about doing original art paintings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 12, 2009 Author Share Posted February 12, 2009 You mention Harold and Gandy Goose, but Winsor McCay's Gertie predates them all (came up on another thread -- or was it here? -- recently). That exchange wasn't here. I like the idea of drawings coming to life through the imagination of a child. Was Judy and the Magic Chalk the first to do that in a comic book story? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 The Gary Concord that BZ resurrected (thanks btw) reminded me it's been a while I posted a complete story. Coincidentally, I received a couple of Airboys in the mail today and an 8-pager from the November 1948 issue caught my eye: Wolfmen of Bucharest by [as per GCD] Maurice Del Bourgo. It's a fun well illustrated crime mystery story with horror overtones, something not uncommon in the late '40's before horror books truly burgeoned in the industry. Del Bourgo worked for a lot of publishers, however he never left his mark on any feature that I know of or am familiar with. After all the Who's Who shows he drew Green Arrow for a couple of years for DC (1944 - 1946). The rest of his work is episodic for Chesler, Better, Ace, Avon, Fawcett, Feature, Harvey, Hillman, Holyoke, Rural Home, Orbit, Marvel, St. John, Street & Smith, Ziff-Davis and I skipped a few more. Pheww!! Not the best way to work in this business when you have to bounce from company to company. He also worked for Gilberton and drew a couple of CIs for them, including Under Two Flags, Call of the Wild and William Tell. According to Jones, Jr.'s Classics Illustrated book, Del Bourgo was interviewed in The Classics Reader , no. 5 (1975) where it is revealed that del Bourgo "would never allow anyone else to do his inking, and he sought, unsuccessfully, to have some input in the coloring of his pages." My first reaction to the art before the GCD ID was to think along the quite different lines of Ingels (in the way the wolves are drawn) and Robbins (in the way the masquerade party goers look). In the end, it seems that del Bourgo liked Caniff and this is reflected in the pages below. Too much talking already, let me show you the scans. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 ... and the rest of the story - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 12, 2009 Author Share Posted February 12, 2009 Anyone know Glen Bray? I heard he was one of the first to approach Carl Barks about doing original art paintings. It was from Glenn Bray that I first heard of Barks doing commissions. Unfortunately I didn't act quickly enough to get in on the first wave of purchases. If I remember correctly Barks initial asking price for paintings was about $150. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronty Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Anyone know Glen Bray? I heard he was one of the first to approach Carl Barks about doing original art paintings. It was from Glenn Bray that I first heard of Barks doing commissions. Unfortunately I didn't act quickly enough to get in on the first wave of purchases. If I remember correctly Barks initial asking price for paintings was about $150. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 12, 2009 Author Share Posted February 12, 2009 Thanks for posting the story, Scrooge. I've never heard of Del Bourgo, although I think I do remember his work in Classics Illustrated. His artwork reminds me of Lee Elias. I noticed the cover was by Dan Zolnerowich. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 I've never heard of Del Bourgo, although I think I do remember his work in Classics Illustrated. His artwork reminds me of Lee Elias. I agree, esp. in the middle panel of this page. The same page that had me think of Robbins (Elias and Robbins being equal clones of Caniff) - I noticed the cover was by Dan Zolnerowich. (thumbs u Unfortunately, the weakest of his string of Airboy covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 This past week, I finally broke down and ordered Michelle Nolan's book. So far, so good. It's refreshing to see someone took the time to review the entire field of Romance, starting with some of the Teen precursors to the full blown Romance stories. Here's the cover - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Great Wolf Story, thanks! I didn't know about Michelle's book either, I'll have to get that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 This past week, I finally broke down and ordered Michelle Nolan's book. So far, so good. It's refreshing to see someone took the time to review the entire field of Romance, starting with some of the Teen precursors to the full blown Romance stories. Here's the cover - Don't forget Benson's book which provides a background for St. John and Baker. bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdjunker Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Bangzoom, Congrats on your 1,000th page on this thread. In honor of such an auspicious occasion, I'd like to take this opportunity to personally thank you for starting such an incredible thread. And add my own first post to it. Ok, so I've been meaning to post here for quite a while, but it's a great excuse isn't it. I started looking at these boards close to two years ago, when your thread was probably "only" about 100 pages in. Lots of things out here interested me, but it was your thread, with these incredible comics, pulps and everything else that kept me coming back. Not only is it the amazing things that are posted, but this thread just embodies the spirit of collecting to me. Someday I hope to have more to add to the conversation than a bit of gushing, but really, thanks. This is probably the best thread I've ever seen on a message board. Sincerely, JD PS--The other boardies might want to kill me, but from earlier posts I gather that you are a bit of a record collector, in addition to everything else. Any chance you'd like to post some more choice records? I'd love to see more. Thank you, JD. You sound like a collector with exquisite taste and refined sensibilities. I've got just the disc for you. A 78 rpm record of sound effects from the 1933 World's Fair Torture Show exhibition. Wow! I've never heard of anything like these before. And what a great story of the exhibit to go with them. I can't imagine that Decca actually released records like this for sale, so once again i'm just left asking the Joker's question, "Where does he get all those wonderful toys!?" Very cool stuff BZ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Anyone know Glen Bray? I heard he was one of the first to approach Carl Barks about doing original art paintings. It was from Glenn Bray that I first heard of Barks doing commissions. Unfortunately I didn't act quickly enough to get in on the first wave of purchases. If I remember correctly Barks initial asking price for paintings was about $150. Unfortunately, the new CBCW set is not available in English yet. Geoffrey Bloom's article does indeed mention that Glen Bray was to pay $150 for the first painting, which was the very first Duck oil painting Barks did. Their agreement was that Barks was to put a week of work into it and Bray would pay the fixed price no matter how it turned out. There are other CBCW articles with lots of pictures of the two together, of Barks holding the first painting, and of Barks meeting with other early fans. Very, very interesting stuff for Barks fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HouseofComics.Com Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Scrooge, I really enjoyed that story. The adversaries seemed pretty evenly matched throughout. I actually liked the cover too, simply because the plane looks really cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 This past week, I finally broke down and ordered Michelle Nolan's book. So far, so good. It's refreshing to see someone took the time to review the entire field of Romance, starting with some of the Teen precursors to the full blown Romance stories. Here's the cover - From what you've told about the romance books you've purchased, I'd say it's a great relief not to have to review it! Seriously, though, thanks for the tip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Scrooge, I really enjoyed that story. The adversaries seemed pretty evenly matched throughout. I actually liked the cover too, simply because the plane looks really cool. Glad you guys liked it. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 In honor of Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday. It's also Charles Darwin's 200th birthday today. Find a Darwin cover and post it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerKid Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Find a Darwin cover and post it. Looks like one is evolving now: Darwin graphic novel in works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
