tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post1760483542778798381..comments2024-01-28T22:17:29.551-08:00Comments on Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: Number 1674: Severin and Kurtzman beat us to the drawPappyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-33050641537423171842014-12-26T04:05:56.334-08:002014-12-26T04:05:56.334-08:00Alicia, thank you for the Christmas greetings. I h...Alicia, thank you for the Christmas greetings. I hope you had a great holiday. <br /><br />Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-42396511711945180922014-12-26T03:59:23.075-08:002014-12-26T03:59:23.075-08:00Mike, thanks for your note. It is always good to h...Mike, thanks for your note. It is always good to hear from the guy who steered me onto the path I follow to this day. <br /><br />(For other readers, Mike published a fanzine, <i>Squatront</i>, that I credit as the basis for my love of EC Comics. Issue #2 was the first fanzine I saw, and it demonstrated that a person could write and publish his own magazine. What a mind-blowing experience for my 12-year-old head!)Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-86621531935516048152014-12-26T03:53:27.913-08:002014-12-26T03:53:27.913-08:00J D, thanks for the link. It is always interesting...J D, thanks for the link. It is always interesting to see characters set in the old West, especially when seen from a European point of view. Some of the versions I have seen have been more accurately depicted than the home grown American, but there are also similarities in the styles of stories.<br /><br />Looking at the mask in Kinowa yes, I agree it comes from Hal Foster, and you are also correct that Jack Kirby adapted it for The Demon. I visualize collections of tear sheets from <i>Prince Valiant</i> and <i>Flash Gordon</i> for use in artists' swipe files, so often do images from Foster and Alex Raymond show up in old comic books.Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-70016018013005271292014-12-26T03:45:30.360-08:002014-12-26T03:45:30.360-08:00Ryan, I find a lot of joy in even coverless comics...Ryan, I find a lot of joy in even coverless comics, especially Golden Age. I have printed covers from Heritage Auctions to put in the bag with the comic. There is room for both collectors of reading copies and high grade, slabbed copies. Since I read comics and the condition is almost secondary for most of what I have, I guess I fit into the former category.Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-56889672427134181612014-12-24T20:42:27.271-08:002014-12-24T20:42:27.271-08:00Happity Christmas Pappity <3 xoxoxoxoxoxoxoHappity Christmas Pappity <3 xoxoxoxoxoxoxoAlicia Americanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16884901856229759881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-77098232635079204242014-12-24T10:15:25.297-08:002014-12-24T10:15:25.297-08:00PRIZE WESTERN had some many wonderful S&E and ...PRIZE WESTERN had some many wonderful S&E and Severin stories and covers (especially the covers)but these two stories and a couple of other collaborations with Kurtzman are my favorites. Thanks for yet another posting just for me!Mike Britthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11096636522530762132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-76206064011249817392014-12-24T09:09:46.344-08:002014-12-24T09:09:46.344-08:00In the second, almost comedic story , many interes...In the second, almost comedic story , many interesting things could be pointed out like the english butler, as stereotyped as the easily scared mexican workers (this doesn't disturb me at all by the way, I'm not a fan of politically correctness, and those were the fifties); the not - very -scary candles on the horns, the silly "brit style" lines ("old filbert" ; "pater")...<br />The concept of a "masked gunfighter" is interesting indeed, as it combines western with superheroes. I guess it all comes from Zorro the straight blade... :)<br /><br />Believe it or not, we too had a handful of "masked western heroes". Most of them were simple Lone ranger's knockoffs, but one at least is quite original:<br />https://comicsando.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/kinowa/ <br />Plot: A kid, Sam Boyle, is scalped by the Indians along with his parents, but he survives and becomes an accomplished gunfighter. Years after, he builds a "horned devil" mask to strike fear into indians, and begins a ruthless revenge on those who attacked his ranch and on their families.<br />This Kinowa is interesting to me because his mask might (not sure though) have been inspired by the one used by Hal Foster's Prince Valiant, that was olso source of inspiration for Jack Kirby's "The Demon".<br /><br />Thanks and Happy Holidays.J_D_La_Rue_67https://www.blogger.com/profile/13620923188907903146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-53468556430984481182014-12-24T07:45:50.398-08:002014-12-24T07:45:50.398-08:00Severin did splendidly in these stories. Western ...Severin did splendidly in these stories. Western comics were refreshing in their scarcity of "super" heroes. But as you pointed out, Pappy, there were a lot of Lone Ranger/secret identity types. Comics always tended to over-do themes to make the profit —but that is part of the charm, I think.<br /><br />Fascinating to me how silhouetting with color was used so much. Again, it charms me. But the red pistols in the last page of the first story, "The Stranger In Benton Bowl", just wows me. Now that's coloring!<br /><br />Season's cheer and all that, Pap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-57156466057763720912014-12-24T02:39:53.193-08:002014-12-24T02:39:53.193-08:00Thanks for the nice gifts, Pap.
Yesterday, I order...Thanks for the nice gifts, Pap.<br />Yesterday, I ordered my first golden age comics from eBay. They're coverless, so I got 'em cheaply. Two of them include Sparky Watts stories.<br />May your Christmas be happy, Pappy!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05389353987133860660noreply@blogger.com