Jimmy Thompson Appreciation Thread 1 1

[adamstrange]

Thompson was one of the earliest African-American artists working in comics and produced some particularly fine work starting in the early days of the GA. I'll start off with a book I've mentioned a couple different times but I would love to see what else others have.

 

 

 

 

Interior scans courtesy of buttock:

 

 

[Pat Calhoun]

Thompson wrote and drew...

 

 

 

[sadow]

Has a sort of Guardineer feel in the Red Eagle, then obviously influenced by Jack Cole in the Robotman. I agree Thompson should be better known, especially considering he was also a writer. Would love to see some interior pages from Feature Book 17 (Gang Busters) if possible. He did the cover so I assume he did the interior as well.

[BB-Gun]

Has a sort of Guardineer feel in the Red Eagle, then obviously influenced by Jack Cole in the Robotman. I agree Thompson should be better known, especially considering he was also a writer. Would love to see some interior pages from Feature Book 17 (Gang Busters) if possible. He did the cover so I assume he did the interior as well.

 

I have always admired the work he did for Timely. Especially splashes he did for the Angel.

[BB-Gun]

And the Human Torch never looked better.

[generic user]

In an age when it seems everything gets reprinted in hardbound $50 albums, it seems a horrible oversight that Thompson's Redmen hasn't received that treatment (Same story with the Brick Bradford strips that are reprinted in these issues, but that's for another thread). I was sorting through my meager collection of King Comics yesterday and took some digital pictures of the Thompson pages (sorry, no scanner at the house). #13 is the highest number issue I had without the strip, and #18 is the first I had with the strip (but obviously not the first appearance). The strip takes up the top two-thirds of the centerfold of the book, with another Thompson strip called Indian Lore on the bottom third. It has the appearance of a newspaper Sunday strip, but as far as I know they only appeared in the comic books.

 

King Comics #18 (September 1937)

 

[generic user]

King Comics 25 (April 1938)

[adamstrange]

I like both of those pages!

[generic user]

King Comics 27 (June 1938)

 

[generic user]

King Comics 28 (July 1938)

 

[generic user]

King Comics 29 (August 1938)

[generic user]

King Comics 29 also had a full page ad for Red Eagle Feature Book

 

 

[BB-Gun]

From King 19

[generic user]

King Comics 30 (September 1938)

 

[generic user]

King Comics 33 (December 1938)

 

[generic user]

King Comics 37 (April 1939)

 

The "Indian Lore" topper is gone, replaced with "The Redmen's Sign Language"

 

[generic user]

King Comics 42 (October 1939)

 

[generic user]

King Comics 43 (November 1939)

 

Topper gone.

 

[generic user]

King Comics 48 (April 1940)

 

[generic user]

King Comics 51 (July 1940)

 

oh, wow!