With minor updating, this never-reprinted two-page feature...
...written by long-time contributor Frank Jacobs from EC's MAD Magazine #324 (1994) could be used today!
Sad, isn't it?
Monday, October 21, 2024
Sunday, October 20, 2024
CASPER THE FRIENDLY GHOST "Premiere"
Here's the first appearance of a comics legend (over 100 comic series with his name in the title)...
...who, at the time this came out, was already an animation mainstay!
Utilizing story elements from Casper's first cartoon (1945's Paramount NovelToon "The Friendly Ghost", written by Seymour Reit and Joe Oriolo) this opener written by Isadore Klien and likely illustrated by one of the cartoon series' animators appeared in St John's Casper the Friendly Ghost #1 (1949)
Interestingly, though Harvey Comics acquired the character rights from Paramount Pictures and continued the series after St John went out of business, they never reprinted the covers or stories of the five issues by St John!
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Saturday, October 19, 2024
Space Hero Saturdays FANTASTIC COMICS "Space Smith and the Floating Island in the Lost Sun"
One of the Truly Difficult Things About This Feature...
...is coming up with titles for Fletcher Hanks' almost-always untitled stories!
How do you convey some of the truly weird goings-on?
This Space Smith tale from Fox Features' Fantastic Comics #5 (1940) could've had several different titles including "The Hopping Men of the Floating Island!" or "The Hopping Men of the Lost Sun!"!
We decided on the title based on the two locations shown in the story!
But, like most of Fletcher Hank's stories, there's so much going on that it's hard to pin down one or two aspects.
But, like most of Fletcher Hank's stories, there's so much going on that it's hard to pin down one or two aspects.
Best to just go along for the ride and enjoy!
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Friday, October 18, 2024
Friday Fascist Fun UNQUOTABLE TRUMP "Subjective Comics"
From Now Until Election Day, We'll Be Presenting Examples of How Creatives See Don da Con...
"I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, OK?" now-convicted felon Don da Con remarked at a January 2016 campaign stop at Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa.
"It's, like, incredible."
"Frightening" is more like it!
Based on the cover for DC's Detectyive Comics #69 (1942) by Jerry Robinson!
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Thursday, October 17, 2024
Reading Room BLACK MAGIC "Man Who Captured a Ghost!"
Most people wouldn't consider our judicial system a source of horror...
...at least not the non-corporeal type of terror!
Since Kirby (and Joe Simon) were the editors/art directors for the book, it's not unreasonable to think one or the other was also the story's writer.
While Kirby is clearly the cover artist...
...the interior art for the never-reprinted, cover-featured, tale from Prize's Black Magic V2N1 (1951) seems to be a combination of his layouts, pencils by Mort Meskin, and inks by Meskin and George Roussos!
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