tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post2277419502651434357..comments2024-01-28T22:17:29.551-08:00Comments on Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: Number 1709: KaleidoscopePappyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-50044750826027009052015-03-20T07:54:40.633-07:002015-03-20T07:54:40.633-07:00Alicia, I think Jack may have changed his mind abo...Alicia, I think Jack may have changed his mind about a full retirement. <br /><br />Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-70085782295264932352015-03-19T14:24:21.444-07:002015-03-19T14:24:21.444-07:00U know Jack Davis just retireded rite? He's li...U know Jack Davis just retireded rite? He's like eleventy-gazillion yrs old but was still workering til Dec 2014. <a href="http://www.wired.com/2014/12/jack-davis-mad-mag-retires/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wired.com/2014/12/jack-davis-mad-mag-retires/</a>Alicia Americanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16884901856229759881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-45426680279302570042015-03-16T14:44:41.037-07:002015-03-16T14:44:41.037-07:00J D, thanks, friend. I often rely on Wikipedia, bu...J D, thanks, friend. I often rely on Wikipedia, but as you say, "not the most reliable source," so it is sometimes at my own peril.<br /><br />As for poetic representation, I think writer Jack Oleck was going for a Ray Bradbury-style story here...maybe on demand. EC had done well with Bradbury, but by the end maybe they could not afford his fee for adaptation.Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-38742175422008629842015-03-16T14:40:47.825-07:002015-03-16T14:40:47.825-07:00Mykal, I love everything Davis did, including his ...Mykal, I love everything Davis did, including his more rushed looking work. You mention his brush work, and I think it is inspiring, but when I want to look at how really great Davis could be I look at the pen work he did for Humbug and Trump. <br /><br />Whatever...I love Davis!Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-85815417692567245992015-03-16T08:02:29.292-07:002015-03-16T08:02:29.292-07:00Pap: Jack Davis is always, for my money, in the co...Pap: Jack Davis is always, for my money, in the conversation regarding greatest comic book artist of all time. He could dray anything in that distinctive style, and he inked quickly and perfectly with a brush. For me, it's Eisner, Wood, or Davis - Take your pick. Mykal Bantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12148489896145024134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-86469534016309131432015-03-16T03:46:27.654-07:002015-03-16T03:46:27.654-07:00I think it IS the last one. Wiki states that the l...I think it IS the last one. Wiki states that the last is from 1956, but i found this:<br /><br />http://www.sellmycomicbooks.com/weird-science.html<br /><br />So I think both you and Wiki, (though Wiki is not the most reliable source of all), are right: ISF 33 is the last, and is from 1956.<br /><br />Those 50's ships had such a great design! I love the idea of this story as a poetic representation of a comic artist who's keeping on fighting against those "venusian" censors.<br />Davis was surprisingly good as a sci-fi artist.<br />J_D_La_Rue_67https://www.blogger.com/profile/13620923188907903146noreply@blogger.com