tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post2472022969062306877..comments2024-01-28T22:17:29.551-08:00Comments on Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: Number 1566: Commie SmasherPappyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-21674825351787165212014-05-04T04:32:28.062-07:002014-05-04T04:32:28.062-07:00M. Bouffant, WHAT?! Someone in comics borrowing or...M. Bouffant, WHAT?! Someone in comics borrowing or swiping from another comic? Unheard of! Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-68025557035152508842014-05-04T02:07:37.281-07:002014-05-04T02:07:37.281-07:00The giant typewriter & convenient waterfall &a...The giant typewriter & convenient waterfall & dynamo must have been borrowed from a Batman story.M. Bouffanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04519088858760760560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-11419694426420238362014-04-28T20:15:43.172-07:002014-04-28T20:15:43.172-07:00Just a few years later, Romita did some of his fin...Just a few years later, Romita did some of his finest brushwork on The Western Kid, before the Marvel Age of Super-Heroes & Kirby style took hold. Marvel even reprinted this series in the early 70's when Cowboy comics made a brief comeback, worth picking up in dollar bins @ comic shops & conventions.Runs.with.Feralshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15633149475126315592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-68435634397767477192014-04-28T02:47:22.362-07:002014-04-28T02:47:22.362-07:00Daniel, I recall that Romita said in that era he w...Daniel, I recall that Romita said in that era he wasn't really sure of his work. But he said Stan Lee didn't complain when he handed it in, so he figured it was all right.<br /><br />Lysdexicus, Caniff for sure was the gold standard in the forties when Romita began his career. If I have a problem with Romita's work at the time it looks too busy. But he was still very young, and as Daniel mentioned, probably measuring his work against Everett and maybe Joe Maneely as well.Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-11452359051888329642014-04-27T15:40:34.881-07:002014-04-27T15:40:34.881-07:00Romita seems to have been very unhappy, at the tim...Romita seems to have been very unhappy, at the time and at least into the '70s, with the quality of his work on those mid-50s Captain America stories. For my part, I thought that they were reasonably well <i>drawn</i>, though the writing was generally very weak.<br /><br />Perhaps Romita's sense of what constituted good work was calibrated against that of Bill Everett.Daniel [oeconomist.com]https://www.blogger.com/profile/06763094285750736837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-66746883681737929762014-04-27T11:13:16.149-07:002014-04-27T11:13:16.149-07:00Romita's work on Cap reminds me of Frank Robbi...Romita's work on Cap reminds me of Frank Robbins & Milt Caniff's comic strip material from this same era; perhaps a heavy influence before Marvel later forced the Kirby-style on its bullpen of Artists.Runs.with.Feralshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15633149475126315592noreply@blogger.com