“This artist gave up art because most people didn’t like his cartooning style.”
I think this artist is awesome. His dental-themed tributes to Golden Age comic book covers recall the style of L.B. Cole and his Star Comics line. It’s sad to think some ignorant philistines have discouraged such a talented artist. Click the images [...]
As a member in a comic and fantasy art fanzine known as CFA-APA, I wrote an article about Tom Hickey as my second contribution. In addition to many 1950s Harvey Comics stories, Tom Hickey did early work for DC, including artwork in both Detective Comics #1 and 27.
The .pdf file of my article can be [...]
Thursday, April 9th, 2009
I’m a member in a comic and fantasy art fanzine known as CFA-APA, and I’ve just finished my submission for the next issue. It documents the popularity and decline of Humphrey Pennyworth, the oversize and super-strong pal of Joe Palooka.
The .pdf file of my article can be found here.
Saturday, March 21st, 2009
I’ve recently added the cover to Harvey’s Witches Tales #25:
The addition is in honor of my recent acquisition of artwork featured in this comic, namely Manny Stallman and John Giunta’s story “The Ticket”. You can see the wonderful original artwork in my CAF gallery here:
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Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
Today I got an interesting e-mail from Tom Ripson, who speculates that the cover art below is by John Romita Sr.
Tom writes: “I’ve seen some work credited to John Romita on some Captain America stories from the early 50’s that looked very similar to the art on those covers. His 50’s work was [...]
