Sarg Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 11 hours ago, IngelsFan said: Here’s one of my Adventure 37’s, currently tied with another for highest graded in the census. This is the first time I've seen CGC credit Flanagan on their labels. jimbo_7071 and Frisco Larson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dzminn Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 This reference document from 2002 provides some nice background about Colliers magazine and Sax Rohmer, including some artist information. http://philsp.com/SaxRohmer/Collier.htm Pat Calhoun, Yorick and Sarg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarg Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 23 hours ago, dzminn said: This reference document from 2002 provides some nice background about Colliers magazine and Sax Rohmer, including some artist information. http://philsp.com/SaxRohmer/Collier.htm That's great. I didn't know that Flanagan was preceded in illustrating Sax Rohmer by the equally great Joseph Clement Coll. A large book featuring all the Coll and Flanagan illustrations of Rohmer would be outstanding. it won't happen, but I can dream. jimjum12 and Yorick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted May 23, 2020 Author Share Posted May 23, 2020 On 5/22/2020 at 10:09 AM, dzminn said: This reference document from 2002 provides some nice background about Colliers magazine and Sax Rohmer, including some artist information. http://philsp.com/SaxRohmer/Collier.htm Some of the information in that is misleading, but there are bits of information that is new to me. I have been working from this resource: https://www.pulpartists.com/Flanagan.html Pat Calhoun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted May 23, 2020 Author Share Posted May 23, 2020 (edited) On 5/22/2020 at 2:21 AM, Sarg said: This is the first time I've seen CGC credit Flanagan on their labels. Didn't you see the graded books already posted in this thread? CGC has been recognizing Flanagan on all of his Adventure covers for some time. It was the More Fun's that were not credited. Edited May 23, 2020 by Yorick MY BAD. My photos are lousy and I cannot read the labels. Primetime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarg Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Adventure 38 was credited to Flessel for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Yorick Posted May 24, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2020 I thought this was a fun article (maybe not for the artists though): jimjum12, Bronty, Sarg and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarg Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Blue Book, April, 1937 (Volume 64!!!). Flanagan was a regular contributor to this magazine, but this is my only issue (so far). Yorick, sacentaur, Pat Calhoun and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted May 31, 2020 Author Share Posted May 31, 2020 I found the publication of one of those originals auctioned by HA. Of course, it's one of those expensive issues with a Benda cover! (I don't own this book - or the original art ): Sarg and jimbo_7071 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted May 31, 2020 Author Share Posted May 31, 2020 On 5/15/2020 at 6:32 AM, Sarg said: I have two of these reprints. #1 (Case of the Six Coffins) is definitely Flanagan, which I was delighted to discover. The other one I have, #4, is a different, inferior artist. Does anyone have #2 or #3? Do they have Flanagan interiors? I bought a big lot of High Adventure editions which included Case of the Yellow Mask (Flanagan) and Case of the Scarlet Feather (Flanagan). Other Wu Fang's/Yen Sin's in the group which did NOT have Flanagan art were Mystery of the Golden Skull, Mystery of the Singing Mummies, Case of the Suicide Tomb, and Case of the Black Lotus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted May 31, 2020 Author Share Posted May 31, 2020 I thought that this original scan had already been posted. Oops. Sarg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted May 31, 2020 Author Share Posted May 31, 2020 I'm going to try and build some anticipation for you Flanagan fans. Flanagan DID do interior comic book work! IngelsFan, Pat Calhoun and Sarg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IngelsFan Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 13 hours ago, Yorick said: I'm going to try and build some anticipation for you Flanagan fans. Flanagan DID do interior comic book work! Spot illos, right? Not panel pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telerites Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Obviously not Flanagan but a piece of art from the same time period he was active - this closest I will probably get to some OA from Flanagan Sarg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted June 1, 2020 Author Share Posted June 1, 2020 On 5/31/2020 at 8:32 AM, IngelsFan said: Spot illos, right? Not panel pages. You got it. Ballyhoo April 1932 (Dell Publishing). I had read about this "precursor to comic books" series in Wooley's History of the Comic Book, but I didn't care too much until I read a line on the pulpartists website which briefly noted Flanagan had done some work for Ballyhoo between 31 and 33. I saw a few affordable issues and bought them - taking a gamble that I'd find something fun. I was beginning to get depressed after getting halfway through the Ballyhoo issue with no success. And then I was gloriously rewarded. Just some context here: Ballyhoo is MAD Magazine. Or I should write, MAD Magazine is Ballyhoo. Ballyhoo is parody and spoof and many of the interior "fake" advertisements made me laugh. The Flanagan piece I stumbled upon is spoofing his Colliers work. Pretty great, "Jollier's, The National Weekly". Pat Calhoun, Sarg and IngelsFan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted June 28, 2020 Author Share Posted June 28, 2020 Flanagan was known to the owners of Detective Comics. Indeed, he was one of the artists that Jerry Siegel had approached to illustrate the then unpublished Superman strip. “About ten or fifteen years ago,” he recalled in 1953, “I got a letter from a fellow named Jerry Siegel. He said he had an idea for a comic strip which he would entitle Superman. He wanted me to do the art for the strip, I thought he was crazy, and I still do – a million dollars’ worth.[11]” The time frame of fifteen years or so previous places Siegel’s letter to Flanagan in 1937 – 1938. Siegel had approached others to either take over from Joe Shuster or assist him but was turned down. As it stands, there would have been no way that Flanagan would have turned down work to produce the number of pages required for a full comic book for less than he could make drawing a single illustration. In hindsight, it was easy for him to refuse. [11] Famed Artist Turned Down Offer To Draw Superman. Sunday News (Pennsylvania). 1 March 1953 I found this great bit of info recently on 20th Century Oh Danny Boy's blog/website. I need to track down that article and read the whole thing!!! Primetime, Sarg, Pat Calhoun and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted August 22, 2020 Author Share Posted August 22, 2020 If anyone is looking for big Flanagan bang-for-the-buck, The Story of the Other Wise Man (1923 Van Dyke memorial edition) has "...eight four-color plates and fifty-one line drawings by the eminent Australian artist, J. R. Flanagan, and is printed throughout in two colors." I found a very nice copy with dust-jacket for less than $10. The story was quite read-able too! The interior artwork is signed "Jack Flanagan" and dated 1919. I believe this may be the very end of his "Jack" days, as the dust-jacket and interior title page credit him as "J. R." The dust-jacket image is printed inside too, so don't be put off if you want a copy and can't find one with the dust-jacket. Sarg, Darwination, Frisco Larson and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frisco Larson Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 Very cool, thanks for sharing this!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electricmastro Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 (edited) On 5/17/2020 at 5:01 PM, RareHighGrade said: The magazine drawings being posted in this thread are amazing; they actually make his comic book covers seem pedestrian by comparison. I felt that his non-comic work really showcased his talent: 1921: 1926: 1927: 1937: 1948: Bonus pics just for fun: A close up of Flanagan’s face: Flanagan at age 31: Flanagan at age 52: Flanagan at age 62: Source: https://www.pulpartists.com/Flanagan.html Edited September 17, 2020 by Electricmastro Darwination and Sarg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted November 7, 2020 Author Share Posted November 7, 2020 This mis-identified Flanagan book arrived today. Now I have a complete copy (between my cover wrapped on a New Adventure and this one). Sarg and IngelsFan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
