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Post by MDG on Nov 10, 2023 10:47:06 GMT -5
Gonna try--I'm helping out friends at a show Saturday, so might have some new stuff to show.
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Post by MDG on Nov 10, 2023 9:48:59 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Nov 10, 2023 9:42:39 GMT -5
In our "mod Wonder Woman" thread, we discussed how Mike Sekowsky put DC staff in his books. So I'm wondering who the distinctive folks in this scene ( Adventure Comics #421, page 3) are. The bald guy could be Carmine Infantino. The hippie with the beard looks like Denny O'Neil, who was also the model for Cain in House of Mystery. Any guesses for the other three? The fellow with the glasses and the comb over on the left is probably Julie Schwartz: I think the guy with the wild tie is Joe Orlando
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Post by MDG on Nov 10, 2023 9:37:43 GMT -5
FF 75 1968 Not showing up james -- I don't think you can link images from wikis.
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Post by MDG on Nov 9, 2023 16:08:45 GMT -5
From my birth month, February '59
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Post by MDG on Nov 9, 2023 11:07:18 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Nov 8, 2023 16:26:47 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Nov 8, 2023 12:33:03 GMT -5
I've wondered if slabbing books, especially really old ones, is detrimental to their preservation... has anyone done any studies to determine what the effect on newsprint paper is to seal it in an airtight container? Or new comics that are still off-gassing the printing ink fumes, sealed in a slab? That's a very good point. It'd be interesting to hear what a professional museum book and paper archivist's thoughts were on slabbed comics. A big difference is that museums and archives are all about preserving materials but still making them accessible, so I don't think there are things comparable with "permanent" slabbing.
On the other hand, you better be wearing gloves when you're readin' those funnybooks!
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Post by MDG on Nov 8, 2023 9:12:03 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Nov 7, 2023 11:17:46 GMT -5
Jesse
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Post by MDG on Nov 7, 2023 11:12:19 GMT -5
What The--?? doesn't hold up. I'd say it depends more on the individual issue. Most of them, like other Marvel attempts at satire, were very hit and miss. Issue #19, which was a satire of the old Strange Tales issues, with half of it spoofing Dr Strange and half parodying Nick Fury, is still pretty damn funny. Both segments were done by Hilary Barta and Doug Rice, who knew how to do the stuff and were funny. I think like with Not Brand Ecch, it's hard for a company to pull off parody of their own characters, especially by "in-house" people, because there's not a drop vitriol--it's all "good-natured ribbing". Which may be why "outsiders" like Barta (horribly underappreciated) and Rice did OK.
Also, the original MAD--especially when parodying newspaper strips--was definitely punching up. The best a Marvel book could do was punch laterally.
It could have been worse, though..... (I loved Space Angel, but mostly because the stories were so imaginative, rather than for the synchro-vox animation) Any Toth is good Toth
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Post by MDG on Nov 6, 2023 16:41:33 GMT -5
Just learned about this today and found it quite interesting. This cover to Sgt. Fury & His Howling Commandos #96... ...which was penciled by Gil Kane and then inked by John Severin (and a pretty nice-looking cover indeed) is only the second version. The first was inked by Ralph Reese and it was then included as a black & white pin-up in the next issue: It's pretty damn awesome. Very interesting--unless it was intended as a night scene, though, Reese's version certainly seems overinked.
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Post by MDG on Nov 6, 2023 16:37:21 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Nov 6, 2023 14:24:59 GMT -5
Re: Crash and Shatter. Both were by Mike Saenz, but he did Shatter first and it was rendered on a computer, which, by definition makes it the first computer-generated comic book....Regardless of how you want to define it, Mike Saenz is the first to produce a commercial comic book using computer graphics. Joe Staton--who i think was still Art Director at First at this time--said that the tech wasn't quite there yet at the time of Shatter to digitally produce a book on a realistic schedule. While the original intent was to develop a set of digital assets that could be used over and over, after a couple of issues, the art was essentially drawn traditionally, scanned, and touched up.
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Post by MDG on Nov 6, 2023 12:55:16 GMT -5
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