adamstrange Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 42 minutes ago, MrBedrock said: Been a long time for this thread... Very cool. Not sure exactly why I like it, but I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 57 minutes ago, adamstrange said: 1 hour ago, MrBedrock said: Been a long time for this thread... Very cool. Not sure exactly why I like it, but I do. I like it, too, but you wonder what the artist was thinking: "You know, let's have Coo Coo paint the green roof of a cuckoo-clock red and let's have the clock just hang in mid-air." Somehow the goofy exuberance of it carries the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman76 Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 On 1/26/2017 at 8:08 PM, MrBedrock said: I don't think many animators worked for Nedor (or Pines). Certainly the big companies had some great creators and some brilliant material came from that. But this particular publisher was lacking in quality creators early on and it shows through in the product. By the end of the war Nedor's humor comics were much better, though still not anywhere near as enjoyable as the topline titles. They are full of animators I recognize, a lot of Fleischer/Famous and Terrytoons animators. Jim Tyer, Ray Patin, Lynn karp, Jack Bradbury, Dan Gordon, Dave Tendlar, Manny Perez, Gil Turner, there;s a million of them. Goofy, Coo Coo, Banyard and Happy are full of them from the very first issues. Fleischer studios was right down the street from Nedor's offices and all the animation studios and comic publisher offices were all pretty close together in New York so lots of New York animators made some extra money doing funny animal and humor comics on the side. Most are unsigned or under some made up name, probably cause they did so much for multiple publishers at the same time and to hide it from the animation studios they worked for. I know Jim Tyer did, he was doing funny animal stuff at nedor, fawcett, Timely, ACG, Fox, all at the same time all through out the 40s and 50s. Ellis Chambers was another guy that did an insane amount of stuff for everyone, he created Cosmo Cat and did tons of Fox comics and pretty much every other publisher. His style varies widely, depending on if he was whacked out on heroin or smoking pot at the time. He taught L.B. Cole how to draw in that comic animation cartoony style. Most funny animal covers credited to Cole were really only inked by him, Ellis Chambers drew them. MrBedrock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman76 Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 (edited) On 2/27/2009 at 6:33 PM, selegue said: Toy Town 1 with a hyperkinetic L. B. Cole cover and the splash page of the bizarre, full-length (anti-)morality tale inside. The interior looks to me like Cole at the beginning and Many Hands taking over. Highly recommended. The cover was drawn by Ellis Chambers and inked by LB Cole I am sure. The entire insides are by Ellis Chambers, who would do these entire issue stories over a weekend while doing speed and pot. His style varies widely, even within the same story, probably depending on what drug he was on at the time. His stuff can be really clean and neat, like lots of his Cosmo Cat stuff and then sometimes totally insane in stuff like these early Toy Towns or Hi-Ho issues Edited June 27, 2017 by catman76 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Robot Man Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Courtesy of Mr. Bedrock, Happy 4th of July! MrBedrock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Larson Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 2 hours ago, MrBedrock said: Must have been a common theme back then. PopKulture and Badger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkadin Posted July 7, 2017 Share Posted July 7, 2017 On 2017-06-27 at 4:25 AM, catman76 said: They are full of animators I recognize, a lot of Fleischer/Famous and Terrytoons animators. Jim Tyer, Ray Patin, Lynn karp, Jack Bradbury, Dan Gordon, Dave Tendlar, Manny Perez, Gil Turner, there;s a million of them. Goofy, Coo Coo, Banyard and Happy are full of them from the very first issues. Fleischer studios was right down the street from Nedor's offices and all the animation studios and comic publisher offices were all pretty close together in New York so lots of New York animators made some extra money doing funny animal and humor comics on the side. Most are unsigned or under some made up name, probably cause they did so much for multiple publishers at the same time and to hide it from the animation studios they worked for. I know Jim Tyer did, he was doing funny animal stuff at nedor, fawcett, Timely, ACG, Fox, all at the same time all through out the 40s and 50s. Ellis Chambers was another guy that did an insane amount of stuff for everyone, he created Cosmo Cat and did tons of Fox comics and pretty much every other publisher. His style varies widely, depending on if he was whacked out on heroin or smoking pot at the time. He taught L.B. Cole how to draw in that comic animation cartoony style. Most funny animal covers credited to Cole were really only inked by him, Ellis Chambers drew them. Tyer, Gordon, Bradbury and the others... well, that's the pantheon right there, isn't it? Thanks for a great post on the amazing artists and sublime cartooning to be found in these books. There are a lot of blogs out there where you can find this stuff. Here's a few links if anyone's interested: John K on Tyer Coo Coo for Bradbury Cartoon Snap: Ellis Chambers catman76 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PopKulture Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Such strange characters on these, but nice and "punchy": MrBedrock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Robot Man Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 2 hours ago, PopKulture said: Nice, I've never noticed that one before. I love the whole run of Frisky Fables and Animals. Just great images and color on all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Readcomix Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Not in the best shape, but I picked it up recently. sagii 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 I don't buy funny animal books if I can help it...but this cover just grabbed my attention and I broke down and shelled out the $15...It's in pretty nice shape for a 1951 comic... Badger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
