BangZoom Posted November 18, 2011 Author Share Posted November 18, 2011 Thanks for the turtles. Is the illustration from a book you own? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted November 18, 2011 Author Share Posted November 18, 2011 We were discussing Rudolph Belarski painted paperback covers a while ago in this thread. I had these out the other day and snapped a photo. I think all or most of these are Belarski: Great photo. I think Rafael DeSoto is the cover artist for "Stay Away, Joe" and "H is for Heroin." And, Ray Johnson is possibly the artist for "Don't Push Me Around." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted November 18, 2011 Author Share Posted November 18, 2011 Here are a few pulps with Rudolph Belarski covers. Terence X. O'Leary's War Birds (April 1935). Detective Fiction Weekly (September 17, 1938) Argosy (January 1939) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 that would be "The Turtle Who Could Not Stop Talking" from Platt & Munk's 1930s classic 'Folk Tales Children Love', edited by Watty Piper, uncredited art... when my kids were young we garnered a good group of vintage books to peruse together- that's collecting- many hours happily spent in old bookstores up and down the west coast. ps 'H is for Heroin' is not only a very soft and beautiful cover, but the blurb is priceless: "A Teen Age Narcotic Tells Her Story" (can we see it big please? go Raf!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickamabob Posted November 18, 2011 Share Posted November 18, 2011 I think Rafael DeSoto is the cover artist for "Stay Away, Joe" and "H is for Heroin." And, Ray Johnson is possibly the artist for "Don't Push Me Around." Thanks, I probably shoulda looked that info up in my "Dames, Dolls & Delinquents" book. Makes sense -- Belsarski's colors are brighter and his women more pinup va-voomish. I do appreciate the more muted, brownish palettes of the DeSoto and Johnson covers, which lend themselves to the luridness of the stories. etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inaflash Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Happy birthday, William. House on the Borderland features my favorite Hannes Bok cover illustration. Gorgeous copy of that book. I read it when I was a kid and really enjoyed it. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 ah collecting: when a good netsuke comes to market online the action can be fast and any hesitation can be fatal: ie- if you don't buy it someone else will. Losing the worm to an earlier (and no doubt better-heeled) bird hurts! BUT: vigilance and a sure trigger finger can also occasionally be rewarded. To wit: last week I discovered the great Japanese wizard Tokubei, who rides on a giant toad and works magic while shouting 'Santa Maria!' And last night my favorite dealer posted the below, I locked on target and quickly verified that it would be an excellent addition to my collection, and even though I'd just bought something I remembered my above rule- and since this is someone I buy from often- secured the piece with payment slightly deferred... I am stoked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted November 20, 2011 Author Share Posted November 20, 2011 'H is for Heroin' is not only a very soft and beautiful cover, but the blurb is priceless: "A Teen Age Narcotic Tells Her Story" (can we see it big please? go Raf!) The front cover isn't very dynamic... However, they do a great job pitching the story on the back cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted November 20, 2011 Author Share Posted November 20, 2011 ah collecting: when a good netsuke comes to market online the action can be fast and any hesitation can be fatal: ie- if you don't buy it someone else will. Losing the worm to an earlier (and no doubt better-heeled) bird hurts! BUT: vigilance and a sure trigger finger can also occasionally be rewarded. To wit: last week I discovered the great Japanese wizard Tokubei, who rides on a giant toad and works magic while shouting 'Santa Maria!' And last night my favorite dealer posted the below, I locked on target and quickly verified that it would be an excellent addition to my collection, and even though I'd just bought something I remembered my above rule- and since this is someone I buy from often- secured the piece with payment slightly deferred... I am stoked! Great addition to your collection. Earlier I said turtles were my favorite but actually I've always loved frogs and toads, too. One of my childood treasures is a signed copy of "Living Amphibians" that Dr. Cochran gave me when I was a youngster. (I can't put my hands on my copy without doing a bit of digging so this is an image of the book I found on the Internet.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickamabob Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 However, they do a great job pitching the story on the back cover. Awesome, and thanks for posting. I love the quote: "Related in the strange gibberish used by teen addicts..." etc. Yep, these truly are teen-age dope slaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickamabob Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 ah collecting: when a good netsuke comes to market online the action can be fast and any hesitation can be fatal: ie- if you don't buy it someone else will. Losing the worm to an earlier (and no doubt better-heeled) bird hurts! ... ' And last night my favorite dealer posted the below, I locked on target and quickly verified that it would be an excellent addition to my collection, and even though I'd just bought something I remembered my above rule- and since this is someone I buy from often- secured the piece with payment slightly deferred... I am stoked! I had no idea what netsuke was... So I looked it up -- ------------------- Netsuke (Japanese:根付) are miniature sculptures that were invented in 17th-century Japan to serve a practical function (the two Japanese characters ne+tsuke mean "root" and "to attach"). Traditional Japanese garments—robes called kosode and kimono—had no pockets; however, men who wore them needed a place to store their personal belongings, such as pipes, tobacco, money, seals, or medicines. Their solution was to place such objects in containers (called sagemono) hung by cords from the robes' sashes (obi). The containers may have been pouches or small woven baskets, but the most popular were beautifully crafted boxes (inro), which were held shut by ojime, which were sliding beads on cords. Whatever the form of the container, the fastener that secured the cord at the top of the sash was a carved, button-like toggle called a netsuke. Netsuke, like the inro and ojime, evolved over time from being strictly utilitarian into objects of great artistic merit and an expression of extraordinary craftsmanship. Such objects have a long history reflecting the important aspects of Japanese folklore and life. Netsuke production was most popular during the Edo period in Japan, around 1615-1868. Today, the art lives on, and some modern works can command high prices in the UK, Europe, the USA, Japan and elsewhere. Inexpensive yet faithful reproductions are available in museums and souvenir shops. --------------------- Very interesting! How can you tell when a netsuke is authentic? Does CGC encapsulate netsuke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 you train your eye and study the carving styles of different times. kinda like a 10 cent comic is pre 1962, a 64 pager pre ww2, etc, and you work with a few good dealers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted November 26, 2011 Author Share Posted November 26, 2011 Turkeys must be at the bottom of the food chain... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted November 26, 2011 Author Share Posted November 26, 2011 Donald butchers an animal at the zoo for his dinner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted November 26, 2011 Author Share Posted November 26, 2011 Donald's criminal instincts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffman_Comics Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 The thought of a duck eating a turkey makes me a little, ummm, "uneasy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Kid Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Turkeys must be at the bottom of the food chain... Turkeys are so far down the food chain that they have been known to drown when looking up in a rain storm to see what was hitting them on the head. Amazing! But that doesn't mean that they don't taste especially good when cooked slowly in a smoker with lots of hickory to flavor them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffman_Comics Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Donald butchers animal at the zoo for his dinner? I think Donald has pinched the lion's food - snaffled using the pitchfork - rather than any butchery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted November 27, 2011 Author Share Posted November 27, 2011 The thought of a duck eating a turkey makes me a little, ummm, "uneasy" How about the thought of ducks eating a moose for Thanksgiving dinner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffman_Comics Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 The thought of a duck eating a turkey makes me a little, ummm, "uneasy" How about the thought of ducks eating a moose for Thanksgiving dinner? No problems there as moose and ducks are not exactly closely related in the genetic stakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
