Weird Paper Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 If I remember correctly, the Abner illustrations in this are ghosted by Frazetta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 C.L. Moore's first Jirel of Joiry story appeared in the October, 1934 issue of Weird Tales. I think it is also Moore's first story to be featured on a cover. Such a great cover. Probably one of my top two or three favorite Brundage covers. And the colors are just incredible on this copy. What a gorgeous book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Thanks for posting the CL Moore letter. (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 (edited) If I remember correctly, the Abner illustrations in this are ghosted by Frazetta. Frazetta did ghost Lil Abner but not sure which issues. Anyone have the reprint series? I think it identifies the Frazetta years. Did they cover the wedding? Did he do the Life cover? bb A quick search indicates that Frazetta ghosted from 1954 to 1961. The Life cover and wedding dated 1952. Edited January 29, 2012 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdjunker Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 If I remember correctly, the Abner illustrations in this are ghosted by Frazetta. Several years back I attended a local estate auction with many, many vintage Life mags. The auction company had tied them up in bundles/stacks of about 30 issues each, but had used a green-tinted twine. What had been a beautiful VF copy of this issue was on top of one of the stacks. Unfortunately the green from the twine bled off onto the magazines. This cover was absolutely destroyed, with a huge green cross over the entire cover. The auction was not a total loss however as I picked up a nice little box of 1940s Catholic Comics like Heroes All, for about $5. The other "miss" at this auction was a pretty weird one too. Paid a couple bucks for a box of random old newspapers and let the nice lady next to me take the next one for just a couple bucks. As she dug through, way at the bottom were about two weeks worth of all the Ed Gein headlines. Gein was from a very small town, and this particular newspaper was the closest thing to being his "local" paper. Pretty grizzly stuff, but fascinating to see from a small-town local paper perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 I really like those large Life magazines with comic books characters on the cover. I have loaded up a few. They are hard to take care of but I guess we won't see this type of mag at the newsstand again. Very nice. Back in the 1960's and early 70's I used to collect every mention of comic books and comic strips that I found in newspapers and magazines. Here is a TV Channels that was published the same week as your Life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 Great letter. Thanks for posting. One of these days I'll have to break down and pay the interlibrary loan fees currently being charged by my local library so I can read The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 I love those early paperback covers. Do you have any others you'd care to show off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 here is a recent one I picked up I really like. There is something magical about an early 40's paperback that has never been opened. The Mystery Companion 1943 Popular Library by matthewkirscht, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Pretty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 The Mystery Companion 1943 Popular Library by matthewkirscht, on Flickr Boy, that's a beauty. It's not one that I remember ever seeing before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 hey Shiv- what's the Woolrich in there? Read 'Men Must Die' the other night - whooooweee !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 oh- I peeked online- don't know the Irish, but 'Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper' is one of Robert Bloch's best... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 Thanks, Pat. I've never read that book but I did see the movie many years ago on TV. I love the title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 (edited) Yeah The Ripper story is a classic for sure, and it made a great episode of Thriller as well! fun avon you posted! Edited January 30, 2012 by shiverbones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 (edited) Boy, that's a beauty. It's not one that I remember ever seeing before. Thanks BZ! Edited January 30, 2012 by shiverbones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I probably posted these before, but I can't remember, and their Dali-esque design is worth another look. Green Shiver - Popular Library #50 by matthewkirscht, on Flickr The Whispering Cup - Mabel Seeley by matthewkirscht, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiverbones Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 (edited) One more recent pick up, this is a digest sized paperback with fabulous typography Wail for the Corpses by Lawrence Treat by matthewkirscht, on Flickr Edited January 30, 2012 by shiverbones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
