tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post4618021259134729584..comments2024-01-28T22:17:29.551-08:00Comments on Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: Pappyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-86514762123696307632010-10-13T10:21:50.494-07:002010-10-13T10:21:50.494-07:00I was incorrect. Nostrand did meet Kurtzman in the...I was incorrect. Nostrand did meet Kurtzman in the 1950s or 1960s.Bhobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13281438622988146331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-56546671681508621922008-01-21T02:19:00.000-08:002008-01-21T02:19:00.000-08:00As far as I can see, only a single sentence (botto...As far as I can see, only a single sentence (bottom of second page) is taken directly from Perelman's "Cloudland Revisited: Into Your Tent I'll Creep" (THE MOST OF S.J. PERELMAN). You can use "search inside" on that book at Amazon and see that Perelman's piece was actually satirizing the 1919 novel, not the film. Apart from that sentence and "Why have you brought me here?" (which might be a line from the original novel), Nostrand's heightened approach is quite different. <BR/><BR/>The interview was done in 1967 or 1968, not 1974. Nostrand must have been told about Kurtzman's reaction to the story, because my memory is that Nostrand did not meet Kurtzman until 1974.<BR/><BR/>Bhob @ http://potrzebie.blogspot.comBhobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13281438622988146331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-59397221378921803372008-01-17T16:13:00.000-08:002008-01-17T16:13:00.000-08:00Pap, I heard the item (Lil' Lefty) on National Pub...Pap, I heard the item (Lil' Lefty) on National Public Radio via interview with a certain professor from the University of Wisconsin, who studies the history of the communist party in America. Perhaps there are some issues of the Daily Worker available for research...Kirk Nachmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03166276704512053376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-23545783170846051282008-01-17T03:51:00.000-08:002008-01-17T03:51:00.000-08:00Rudy, I looked but couldn't find a comment I belie...Rudy, I looked but couldn't find a comment I believe I read in either the Kurtzman or Crumb specials from Comics Journal. In one of those issues it's said that Kurtzman's parents were communists. Rather than have to re-read those issues I'm hoping someone can find it and tell me who said it and where. As for "Li'l Lefty," wow, that's one I hadn't heard of. If it does exist and is by HK it should be shown.Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-87362341500272041462008-01-14T16:07:00.000-08:002008-01-14T16:07:00.000-08:00Thanks for introducing me to Nostrand... obviousl...Thanks for introducing me to Nostrand... obviously a Davis-Elder-Severin knock-off, (I use the term with as much, or more, esteem as it allows!) and the use of inversion as the crux of the gag is straight outta Kurtzman's Mad. Speaking of, I recently heard another attribute of Kurtzman's efforts was a strip for the famous communist rag, The Daily Worker, entitled Lil' Lefty. If I'm not mistaken, the recent homage from the Comics Journal Library leaves out this line on the old master's resume.Kirk Nachmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03166276704512053376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-23246220392650160332008-01-14T08:54:00.000-08:002008-01-14T08:54:00.000-08:00Ha ha... neat story. Now I'll have to start collec...Ha ha... neat story. Now I'll have to start collecting Flip I guess. This is actually much better and funnier than any of the Atlas humor mags as it's not so obnoxiously scatter brained. Speaking of Atlas, didn't they have a pre code story with the same name, or maybe it was Shriek of Arabia maybe? Something like that.<BR/><BR/>On the art, I think it works just fine... it's all high contrast enough to be perfectly readable, clear line of action and silohuette. Some publishing company seriously needs to put out a Nostrand collection. Even the Ulysses one-pagers are loads of fun. The Harvey horror mags had some funny stuff like this too occassionally.Mr. Karswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15889717828895556186noreply@blogger.com