As if there weren’t enough factors working against a woman trying to land a good job in 1936. Thank goodness Fleischmann’s Yeast(!) is here to save the day.
See the entire comic strip at Barnacle Press.
WADE
Gabriel Corbera at JOYVILLE makes no secret about his admiration fro Ernie Bushmiller and Otto Soglow.
Here is a gallery of Soglow‘s New Yorker cartoons he showcased recently.
Follow the links on his blog to see Corbera’s own artwork and you’ll see how much Bushmiller and Soglow have influenced him.
It’s always a pleasure to check in and see what is new at Joyville.
WADE
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Classic comics image drawn by Roy G Krenkel. If you like his work, find out more about him and see nearly all (?) of his work at Golden Age Comic Book Stories.
Thanks to Michael May for calling my attention to this awesome drawing. You can check out his blog, too.
WADE
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Alfonso “Al” Williamson shared a birthday with me. I wish I had shared in some of his talent.
Al was one of the all-time great comic artists and was rightly recognized as such early on in his career.
He was a friend and collaborator of Frank Frazetta and his body of work included many of the big titles of the 20th century — Flash Gordon, Tarzan, the EC horror comics of the 50s and the Star Wars comic books.
Al’s artwork was dynamic and action-packed, like Burne Hogarth and Alex Raymond before him. It could be beautiful and intricate, like Hal Foster and John Cullen Murphy.
RIP: Alfonso “Al” Williamson (March 21, 1931 – June 12, 2010)
WADE
TAGS: Al Williamson, artist, comics, newspaper, Flash Gordon, Star Wars, Tarzan
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Hey Kids!
Remember “Draw Blinky?”
Remember matchbooks?
I wonder how many people actually followed through on these things. I’m sure they must have gotten response or they wouldn’t have continued for so many years.
Anyway, just looking at these drawings brings back a bunch of memories.
But one question — why are they all drawn in left profile? Is that a true test of an artist?
WADE
PS–I don’t think that’s how you spell “Musketeer”!
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Can you believe it’s been 100 years? Yeah, time really flies.
Windsor McKay — genius behind the Little Nemo comic strip — ventured into movies with “Gertie The Dinosaur”
Nobody had every imagined cartoons could move. And before color movies — animation could be hand colored, so color film wasn’t needed.
Here is the 100-year-old Little Nemo film (partially hand-colored). Please note — no drugs were used in imagining this wild specatacle.
WADE
Really interesting article from the LA Times – Hero Complex Winsor McCays Little Nemo Brought a New Animated Spirit to Film 100 Years Ago
Golden Age of Comic Books
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Back when war was popular — the WWII era up to the Eisenhower administration — Captain America was our national superhero. And the bad guys were the Commies — they were EVERYWHERE. Fortunately we had Richard Nixon there to sniff them out (this was before he became president).
Anticipating the new movie reviving Cappy (as he is fondly called), Golden Age of Comic Books has reprints of his classic adventures available for you to enjoy.
So go enjoy!
WADE
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Over at Golden Age of Comic Books you can read an interview with Jerry Robinson of Golden Age Batman and Joker fame.
Here’s my recommendation to you — go enjoy!
WADE
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