adamstrange Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 I'll look forward to the scans, BZ. I hope you don't mind that I cross-posted your Jimmy Thompson panels into the new Jimmy Thompson appreciation thread. Nice badge, BBgun. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Watched it this morning, too. Very funny :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weird Paper Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 That was too hilarious. Thanks, BZ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 BZ, Very funny. I think this is what my Industrial Microbiology class felt like while attempting to finish a 300 page text. Even Power Point presentations to review every chapter couldn't save them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 Glad you guys liked it. The video was produced by Tom Gammill for the National Cartoonists Society Reubens Awards ceremony this year. Here are several videos he created for last year's gathering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Happy Birthday, Virgil ! (1914-1971) As Tsathoggua, Chulthu, and Crom all attest: You are the best of the best of the best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Wow- haven’t been this excited about a book in a while. These WEIRD TALES were collected in 1680 by P'u Sung-ling and probably most were already antiques. The original Chinese publication by his grandson in 1740 included 300 tales. This translation by George Soulie (French, I reckon, and stationed in China with the diplomatic corps- he also writes an excellent introduction) features 25 stories in 166 pages. Some are vignettes, but even the one four-pager I’ve read so far (plus read the first two, around 9 pages each) was well-turned and vividly visual. All are full of ghosts and magic, etc. Publisher is Constable & Co, date is 1913… 'delicate plum binding’- very nice… scan is my copy… Here’s a little more- from Lloyd Currey’s site- the best place to discover great antediluvian fantasy! Includes "The Corpse of the Blood Drinker," a horrific tale of vampirism, "The Ghost in Love," "The Laughing Ghost" and other supernatural tales. "Each is a small gem of economy and style; the collection as a whole set the standard for Oriental fantastic literature." - Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 340. http://www.lwcurrey.com/home.php copy I ended up with from John Randall, Books of Asia, in England- $88 delivered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Knight Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 That's pretty cool, Pat. Thanks for sharing. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 I figured I'd post this here. Anyone know of a good source that would let me know what strips were reprinted (and in which issue) in the various strip reprint books? I don't need to know which sequence, just which strip. For that matter, help me fill in the missing series in the list below. I am quickly dashing this off and am going to forget many. I am only considering the anthologies at this point (so no character specific titles will be listed below such as Tracy Monthly, Smilin' Jack, Joe Palooka, ...) Ace Comics Big Shot Comics (some content is reprint?) The Comics Crackajack Funnies Famous Funnies The Funnies King Comics Magic Comics Popular Comics Red Ryder Comics Sparkle Comics Sparkler Super Comics Tip Top Comics Tip Topper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Seeing Scrooge's collection of Fairy Tale Parade in a recent post made me think of similarities in feel with Rupert the Bear, and I wonder how many boardies might not be familiar with him? Rupert was the creation of an illustrator called Mary Tourtel in 1925. His strips were published in the Daily Express to steal readers away from rival newspapers such as the Daily Mail. In 1935 Mary retired owing to failing eyesight, and the strip was taken over by Alfred Bestall, who worked on the strip for 40 years. Every christmas since 1936 a new annual has been published. The first annuals used only two colours but during the war years they began to be published in glowing colour. Here is the cover to the 1940 annual: The publisher, Lord Beaverbrook, decided to continue publishing the annual throughout the war (and in full colour!) as a means of boosting morale - and it worked! From 1941 the cover image often extended round to the back cover: They often displayed a wonderful, free flowing imagination. Here is the cover to 1945: 1959: 1960: Next I'll post a few sample pages from the interiors - hopefully Scrooge will complement these with some Fairy Tale Parade interiors as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Despite his longevity Rupert has never moved beyond the world of the 1930's. The strips retain precisely the same look and feel, even when fantastical elements are introduced - planes and cars have a charmingly anachronistic feel to them which sits quite well in tales full of dragons and fairies! Here are some random pages from the 1940 and 1941 annuals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BangZoom Posted August 2, 2011 Author Share Posted August 2, 2011 Seeing Scrooge's collection of Fairy Tale Parade in a recent post made me think of similarities in feel with Rupert the Bear, and I wonder how many boardies might not be familiar with him? Great illustrations. I'm not familiar with the character but, interestingly, my wife asked me about him the other day because he was mentioned in a book she was reading. Has Rupert's adventures ever been collected in comic book format? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 A little change of pace... I had dropped a few things off my favorite framer in the whole wide world (Tim at The Fantasy Gallery) before San Diego. Picked them up today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted August 2, 2011 Author Share Posted August 2, 2011 Here are a few more examples I found online that show the quality of the illustrations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
