Dr. Love Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, Inaflash said: These are terrific. Look at that redhead’s hair. ❤️ It's hard to tell sometimes with the DC romance bullpen, but I believe the penciller is Mike Sekowsky. And at the very tip top of his game. Drawing romance wasn't easy, most failed miserably, as to do it realistically required more of an illustrator's skill set than a cartoonist's. Speaking of skill set, and DC, and since reviving old posts and old pics is a time honored tradition in GA threads, let's pay homage again to Ira Schnapp, the visionary letterer, logo and in-house ad designer for almost 30 years at DC. Here's a fantastic recurring back cover montage once posted by @adamstrange but there were also one off back covers as well Ira Schnapp was honored in a retrospective exhibit hosted by the Type Directors Club in NYC in 2015. What's also interesting about Ira Schnapp is that his career illustrates to some extent how interwoven the NYC Jewish familial and community relationships were into the comic industry. Of course we all know about Stanley Lieber and Martin Goodman, but how about this complex web: "Several members of Ira Schnapp's family and extended family were also involved in the comics business. His father's brother (or cousin) Wolf Schnapp had a son Solomon who married Faye Liebowitz, the sister of Jack Liebowitz, the co-owner of National (DC) Comics. One of their sons was Jay (Schnapp) Emmett, who began as a National employee and worked his way up to President of Warner Communications. Solomon and Faye's daughter Carol married Irwin Donenfeld, son of the other owner of National Comics, Harry Donenfeld. Schnapp was more closely related to Fred Iger, head of the American Comics Group. Iger was the son of Schnapp's sister Lee, making him Schnapp's nephew." Edited February 11, 2021 by Dr. Love Mighty Hal, comicnoir, 1950's war comics and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 10 minutes ago, Dr. Love said: Here's a fantastic recurring back cover montage once posted by @adamstrange The picture's mine but the comics were courtesy of the physician of romance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusterMark Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 17 hours ago, Dr. Love said: There's somethin' about tears, methinks. 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 "burning romances" Was that one of those VD educational comics? @Dr. Love is there any Wood art in there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Yorick said: Is there any Wood art in there? Like most, if not all, of the giant Fox squarebounds, it's remaindered stories. So maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Electricmastro Posted February 12, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2021 (edited) Alex Toth, mostly from Pines comics: Edited February 12, 2021 by Electricmastro 1950's war comics, Jonathan78, OtherEric and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dr. Love Posted February 12, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2021 I have it on good authority, and at this point I would have to agree, that it's not Toth on the GR 13 cover. Infantino. 1950's war comics, Yorick, comicnoir and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 Gorgeous interior pages by Toth! Electricmastro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 9 hours ago, Electricmastro said: Alex Toth: This one in particular is spectacular adamstrange and Electricmastro 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electricmastro Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 10 hours ago, Dr. Love said: I have it on good authority, and at this point I would have to agree, that it's not Toth on the GR 13 cover. Infantino. Ah, where was it made known that it was by Infantino instead of Toth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Point Five Posted February 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2021 Here's a real toughie. I've been trying to collect this All-True Romance run for a couple years now. They're all hard to find, but I've never seen this one at all before! pmpknface, buttock, Dr. Love and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 On 2/12/2021 at 1:51 AM, Electricmastro said: Alex Toth, mostly from Pines comics: Terrific cover! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 On 2/12/2021 at 2:17 PM, Electricmastro said: Ah, where was it made known that it was by Infantino instead of Toth? It's not in the Toth catalogue, compiled mostly by JIm Vadebonceur. Jim is one of the great comic indexers/researchers/art identifiers and walked Toth through his list. https://www.amazon.com/Genius-Isolated-Life-Alex-Toth/dp/1600108288/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=toth+genius+isolated&qid=1613267791&sr=8-1 I also believe it is wholly inconsistent with his output at the time or at any time after 1950. The pose of the figures is far looser and more energetic than what Toth would do. I believe it to be by Infantino. Dr. Love and Electricmastro 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electricmastro Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 6 minutes ago, adamstrange said: It's not in the Toth catalogue, compiled mostly by JIm Vadebonceur. Jim is one of the great comic indexers/researchers/art identifiers and walked Toth through his list. https://www.amazon.com/Genius-Isolated-Life-Alex-Toth/dp/1600108288/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=toth+genius+isolated&qid=1613267791&sr=8-1 I also believe it is wholly inconsistent with his output at the time or at any time after 1950. The pose of the figures is far looser and more energetic than what Toth would do. I believe it to be by Infantino. I’m inclined to agree. There does seem to be more consistency with Infantino’s work: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Roger66 Posted February 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2021 OtherEric, pmpknface, Dr. Love and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger66 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 pmpknface, Dr. Love, sagii and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electricmastro Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Everett Kinstler: Funnybooks and pmpknface 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Love Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 (edited) Toth, from Girls' Love #1. Courtesy of @Marty Mann, from two years ago in this thread. The first story in the first issue of the first title that DC chose to make their entry into the super hot, super competitive romance market. As has been said before (by me! and thought about secretly in private by others!), it was the tremendous influx of young girls buying romance (one out of every four books) into the comic market of 1949-1950 that acted as a type of bridge loan. These gals (new customers, not stolen from other comic buys) kept a flailing industry on life support until it could pivot from GA superhero and get back on its feet. Edited February 14, 2021 by Dr. Love Yorick and Funnybooks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dr. Love Posted February 14, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2021 Also, as has been said before (by me! and mocked publicly by others!), it was Romita's long toils at a desk in DC drawing romance (uncredited) year after year after year that gave him the ability to draw the human form in a natural, non-cartoonist way - especially beautiful girls - that led to his success at the Spidey helm. Ditko could never have gotten it there. It was Gwen and MJ, the 60's Marvel version of Betty and Veronica, who really complemented the super hero fantasies of young boys with...some other fantasies. One thing led to another, the movies...nuff said. You Owe It All To Romance (trade mark pending). sagii, Yorick, electricprune and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 This Thread should be very active today, if no other. Where's the Love? Anyway, piggybacking off of @Point Five Comic Media does have some very desirable Romance books among other genres. I have been able to coral about 5 examples from the publisher (3 of them from this title) mustang33guy, Dr. Love and Point Five 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
