Friday Fun NUTS! "Popular Pictorial Science Handicrafts"

We brought you a similarly-themed tale about comic books from the same MAD-clone series HERE!

And now, our host/instructor (who originally-had a red mustache and hair) presents popular "slick" magazine genres...

This feature, illustrated by Hy Fleishman, from Premier Magazine's Nuts! #5 (1954) demonstrates the quality this undeservedly-obscure, short-lived (1953-1956) company gave to the titles in its' multi-genre (humor/Western/horror/romance/crime/funny animal) lineup!

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Sincerest Form of Parody

Friday Fun NUTS! "Comics is Wonderful!"

We keep telling you "comics can be educational"!

This feature, though it looks like it, is not an example of that!

How "meta" can you get?

A comic that spoofs other comics' genres!

This feature illustrated by Hy Fleishman from Premier Magazine's Nuts! #4 (1954) demonstrates the quality this undeservedly-obscure, short-lived (1953-1956) company gave to the titles in its' multi-genre lineup!

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Sincerest Form of Parody

DUCK & COVER: THE MOVIE!

WARNING!

This is NOT for the Faint of Heart!

Now see what misled millions of innocent young schoolchildren who thought they'd survive an atomic attack by simply ducking and covering...

Amazing what the government would lie about, eh?

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CoronaVirus Comics PICTURE STORIES FROM SCIENCE "Man's Unseen Foe: the Story of Germs"

Here's an EC Comics tale that isn't designed to scare you...

...because it's from the pre-horror days when "Entertaining Comics" was "Educational Comics"!

Who sez comics can't teach ya nuthin'?

Certainly not writer Morris Nelson Sachs nor artist Don Cameron in this never-reprinted story from EC's Picture Stories from Science #2 (1947)!

They've just visually-presented the difference between bacteria, germs, and viruses (such as CoronaVirus)!

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What Global Warming, Nuclear War, Cyberwar, Pandemics, SuperVolcanoes, Asteroid Strikes, Out of Control AI, and Other Unpleasantness Can Do to Us

Reading Room AMAZING ADVENTURES OF BUSTER CRABBE "Science Lore"

Who says comics ain't educational?

 

One and two-page featurettes, based on the science known at the time, offer fascinating insight into the mindset of the sci-fi/comics writers and what info they had to work with!

This never-reprinted, Pete Morisi-illustrated piece from Lev Gleason's Amazing Adventures of Buster Crabbe #3 (1954) is typical of the era, except for the fact all the spaceship designs, combining real and fictional vessels are from different eras!
Among them are a Mongo warship from the Flash Gordon comic strip, a ship from the movies Destination Moon and/or Conquest of Space, and what's described as a "WAC Corporal", but is rendered as a German V-2!

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Science Fiction Comics

Taylor History of Comics

Vol 3

Reading Room ROCKET SHIP X "Halley's Comet"

It was a bit of a bust in 1985...

...and it'll be returning in 2060...when many of those who are now reading this blog will see it, though I won't...(sob).

The writer and artist for this one-pager from Fox's one-shot Rocket Ship X #1 (1951) are unknown.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go and be depressed over my own mortality...

Comix Class featuring MOVIEMAKING ILLUSTRATED

Starting today, Secret Sanctum of Captain Video™ will present a complete chapter each Monday from this long out-of-print handbook which utilizes Marvel Comics artwork to demonstrate cinematography in storyboard fashion.
In fact, noted comic and animation artist Scott Shaw! used it in his storyboarding class...

I used to teach a class in storyboarding for the animation union here in Los Angeles. At the time, there was a tremendous influx of comic book talent from the Philippines come to work in animation. Many of these artists had no previous experience working in this field, plus there was a certain learning gap due to language and culture. Although this book really isn't particularly well-done (comics and film AREN'T as similar as some folks think), I frequently used pages from it when trying to help my Filipino students. Once they figured things out, many of 'em went on to do LOTS of professional storyboard work in the animation biz.

Considering how many current artists have problems grasping the essentials of storytelling (not illustrating, storytelling), perhaps an updated version of this should be standard reading.
Until then, this will have to do.
Class convenes today.
Don't be late and bring an Apple (iTouch or iPad will do) for the teacher. ;-)