comicnoir Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 13 minutes ago, Dr. Love said: painted yes. I like 27 especially. but the marketplace has spoken, nobody's wallet ever thought it looked Baker or even Bakerish Indeed the marketplace has spoken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 16 minutes ago, Dr. Love said: painted yes. I like 27 especially. but the marketplace has spoken, nobody's wallet ever thought it looked Baker or even Bakerish Bakeristic? Bakerian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that "Downes" (sp?) did the painted covers of TAR (26-30). His/her artwork is signed on some covers of Manhunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 PS. I do think the left hand side-boxes on TAR26 may be a collaborative effort with Baker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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comicnoir Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Inaflash said: Great copy. There are nice Baker interiors as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 3 hours ago, Inaflash said: Heck of a book, buddy! FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 On 10/9/2018 at 11:09 PM, kat123 said: The original art exists and here’s a pix of the cover, hanging on Jerry Iger wall. Interesting. I wonder where the art is now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 19 hours ago, Yorick said: I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that "Downes" (sp?) did the painted covers of TAR (26-30). His/her artwork is signed on some covers of Manhunt. Warren King is credited with the painted cover for APC 30. I wonder if he's another candidate as the artist on the TARs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 3 hours ago, Sqeggs said: Warren King is credited with the painted cover for APC 30. I wonder if he's another candidate as the artist on the TARs? Does not look like King's work to me. I have a couple of King's St John covers (GCD look-up "Adventures in Romance"). His colors are blended so cleanly (almost looks like watercolor - AND those huge highlight areas) where-as Downes is a bit choppier (shorter strokes in acrylic, perhaps?) and covers the full page with color. They're both terrific - just not Baker-ific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 On 10/10/2018 at 5:32 PM, Yorick said: I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that "Downes" (sp?) did the painted covers of TAR (26-30). His/her artwork is signed on some covers of Manhunt. There's so much commonality in the style of those four covers that I agree there was only one painter. Could there have been a Baker sketch or panel that inspired part of one of them? Maybe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB1952 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 On 10/10/2018 at 3:57 PM, Inaflash said: On 10/10/2018 at 9:58 AM, Robot Man said: Anybody know the cover artist for this book? Did Baker do any painted covers like this? This two look Bakerish, could they be Baker layouts. Baker did Magazine Illustrations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Here I am in pursuit of the last Baker romance book I need. PeterPark and FoggyNelson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Found at a local store for a dollar today. As near as I can tell, even as a reprint it's the the last Baker Romance story to ever appear in a newsstand comic: archiefan, pmpknface, FoggyNelson and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBFan Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 2 hours ago, OtherEric said: Found at a local store for a dollar today. As near as I can tell, even as a reprint it's the the last Baker Romance story to ever appear in a newsstand comic: Great catch! And it's not noted in either Overstreet or The Art of Glamour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 3 hours ago, MBFan said: 5 hours ago, OtherEric said: Found at a local store for a dollar today. As near as I can tell, even as a reprint it's the the last Baker Romance story to ever appear in a newsstand comic: Great catch! And it's not noted in either Overstreet or The Art of Glamour. New one on me. GCD does have it and notes that it's a reprint from Lovers 85. Seems likely that you're right that it's the last Baker romance story to see (re)print. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 ...Speaking of so is it Baker or not, this one was credited to him in Overstreet (and still is) and in the Alter Ego piece that predated The Art of Glamour for cover and interiors. It's not listed in TAOG, cover nor interiors. Of all the covers debated about in regards to the Quality Pub. books, this one was always the ''weakest' to me. Yet, there is something about the Soldier. And most of Baker's Quality covers feature a woman crying Really heavy ink job, or a miscall all these years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 15 hours ago, sagii said: ...Speaking of so is it Baker or not, this one was credited to him in Overstreet (and still is) and in the Alter Ego piece that predated The Art of Glamour for cover and interiors. It's not listed in TAOG, cover nor interiors. Of all the covers debated about in regards to the Quality Pub. books, this one was always the ''weakest' to me. Yet, there is something about the Soldier. And most of Baker's Quality covers feature a woman crying Really heavy ink job, or a miscall all these years? I would be in the not Baker camp on the cover, although the soldier's face does look Bakerish. Maybe even a paste-in of a Baker figure from another source? The art in the story could be Baker. I don't see anything on those two pages that would definitely rule the possibility out for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 This has gotta be the ugliest babe Baker ever drew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 4 minutes ago, Robot Man said: This has gotta be the ugliest babe Baker ever drew! Maybe he was trying to make her look ugly? For his romance books, I think this was his worst cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
