Duffman_Comics Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 7 hours ago, Robot Man said: A couple more off the wall MAD imators titles today Frenzy #1 1958 Decent stuff with a mascot that kind of looks like maybe Jackie Gleason. Here is the whole run in order. Gleason? I'd suggest more like Ernie Kovacs: Sqeggs and PopKulture 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmehdy Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 (edited) great collection here ROBO... Edited June 15, 2018 by Mmehdy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopKulture Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Boy, these are SO rare! I 've poured thru a lot of magazines in my day, and I don't EVER see any of these oddball titles. These posts are quite the education! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 (edited) Today, I feature one of my favorites Thimk Magazine. Starting in 1958 here are all 6, issues. At issue #4 they developed their own mascot Otis Dracenstein. A funny Frankenstein monster. As you can see, monsters were a big thing in those days and even the humor mags picked up on it. My favorite is the last issue with Otis, Marlon Brando and others at Cluck's "Pop stand" show. Just crazy stuff! Edited June 15, 2018 by Robot Man STORMSHADOW_80 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 Added bonus... Very few of you have probably heard of Thimk Magazine. Just think how rare this little mail away membership pin is? Stumbled on to it by chance at a flea market. A guy had the EC metal pin and this. I think I was more excited by this. Never seen another one. STORMSHADOW_80 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 16, 2018 Author Share Posted June 16, 2018 OK, satire lovers, this post officially ends my trip down MAD imatator lane. These are the one shots or mags that I can only find issue #1 of. Might be more but I haven't seen them. Of special note is Shook up #1 with the obvious refrence to Elvis Presley and an early Walking Dead refrence, Crazy with a rip off of not only MAD but Esquire Magazine as well and Nuts #1 well, just because it is nuts and I like it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmehdy Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Fooey is a true classic..second issue out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickie Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 (edited) Hi Robot Man, I'd like to share something with you and the boardies as a dedication to this thread. After years of hunting and having asked everywhere and everyone I eventually lucked out and got a reply to a permanent qualified ad of mine and were able to purchase this advertising poster -- one of my duck "grail" covers. It later became prominent as a litho called "Sailing the Spanish Main". It's also supposed to be the first theme Barks had performed for a fan, Glenn Bray, if I'm not mistaken, in oil (in some variations to follow up for other fans). It's folded twice but nevertheless beautiful and it's a "Gerber 10". Enjoy /P. Carl Barks, Sailing the Spanish Main, 1949 (Newsstand poster, 1953) As to the dimensions: Edited June 17, 2018 by Pickie Sqeggs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50YrsCollctngCmcs Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Great collection of Mad imitators Bob; of course nothing beats the original! It does give a sense of how stiff the competition was back then on the newstands as everyone was trying to move books. The Harvey Kurtzman biography makes this clear as Harvey couldn't even compete with the juggernaut he had created as he waited for lighting to strike twice. No luck though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 18, 2018 Author Share Posted June 18, 2018 18 hours ago, Pickie said: Hi Robot Man, I'd like to share something with you and the boardies as a dedication to this thread. After years of hunting and having asked everywhere and everyone I eventually lucked out and got a reply to a permanent qualified ad of mine and were able to purchase this advertising poster -- one of my duck "grail" covers. It later became prominent as a litho called "Sailing the Spanish Main". It's also supposed to be the first theme Barks had performed for a fan, Glenn Bray, if I'm not mistaken, in oil (in some variations to follow up for other fans). It's folded twice but nevertheless beautiful and it's a "Gerber 10". Enjoy /P. Carl Barks, Sailing the Spanish Main, 1949 (Newsstand poster, 1953) As to the dimensions: Very cool piece! What country is it from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickie Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, Robot Man said: Very cool piece! What country is it from? Most likely from Austria. Switzerland or Germany are also possible, even the "Saarland" ("Saar Protectorate": from 1947 to 1956, the "Saarland" was a French-occupied territory) is possible (history on those advertising posters hasn't been explored yet). Danish publisher "Egmont" got the copyrights for those countries and started distribution in 1951. Edited June 18, 2018 by Pickie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 18, 2018 Author Share Posted June 18, 2018 Set up at the antique flea market with my old guy comic collector friend yesterday. I usually bring toys, advertising, old sports memorabilia ect but not comics. In the past, they haven’t done very well there. Since my pal was bringing some, I figured way not bring a few boxes? I also brought some pulps and old MAD magazines. Well, I was VERY surprised! I barely got the boxes out and was hit with a crowd. We couldn’t take the money fast enough. It took me over an hour to get to putting out my regular stuff. I didn’t figure anybody out there would pay up for the better stuff so I left the better box in the car. Well, it got hit hard too. I sold books from $5. on up to $250. All day long there was at least somebody looking and buying. I guess being the only ones with GA and SA paid off. A lot better than when I set up at a local con where there is a lot of competition. Two thirds of my sales were comics. Although, I sold a couple nice signs, a few expensive toys and a couple early baseball items, comics were king. I even sold a small group of Big Little Books That were lousy titles in low grade that I got out of a local house sale after picking out a few good ones. Got to hang out both boardie dreamtoreal1 and a couple local boardies. Great guys. If you do Instagram, go check Pablo’s page. He shot a little video of my stuff. GREAT day but I am pretty beat today... STORMSHADOW_80 and Dreamtoreal1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 18, 2018 Author Share Posted June 18, 2018 Traded off a pile of SA swill I didn’t want to my booth buddy for these. Went home with pockets stuffed with cash and these. Not bad for a day at the junk show... PopKulture 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopKulture Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 49 minutes ago, Robot Man said: Traded off a pile of SA swill I didn’t want to my booth buddy for these. Went home with pockets stuffed with cash and these. Not bad for a day at the junk show... Wow!! These are KILLER! Avon one-shot, EC's with Wood and Davis, Atlas, crime, romance - even a war bonds cover. Who needs men-in-tights anyway? You did very well, I'd say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopKulture Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 56 minutes ago, Robot Man said: Hmmmm.... that Felix item (game?) warrants a closer look.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopKulture Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 On 6/16/2018 at 12:00 PM, Robot Man said: OK, satire lovers, this post officially ends my trip down MAD imatator lane. These are the one shots or mags that I can only find issue #1 of. Might be more but I haven't seen them. Of special note is Shook up #1 with the obvious refrence to Elvis Presley and an early Walking Dead refrence, Crazy with a rip off of not only MAD but Esquire Magazine as well and Nuts #1 well, just because it is nuts and I like it... That "Shook Up" is just so wonderfully dated. I've never seen it before. No doubt I would've snapped it up if I had. And good call on the lettering on that early version of "Crazy": it does remind me of "Esquire!" I think there were four issues in all of Fooey. Here's issue number 3: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamtoreal1 Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Got these beauties and more! from @Robot Manyesterday at the Antique flea market thanks ??so much for the good deals Bob ? and the shoutout was fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 18, 2018 Author Share Posted June 18, 2018 6 hours ago, PopKulture said: Hmmmm.... that Felix item (game?) warrants a closer look.... Sure, why not? Sqeggs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 18, 2018 Author Share Posted June 18, 2018 (edited) But, wait! What you didn't notice this very cool Felix dish from the 1920's next to it... Edited June 18, 2018 by Robot Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted June 18, 2018 Author Share Posted June 18, 2018 41 minutes ago, Dreamtoreal1 said: Got these beauties and more! from @Robot Manyesterday at the Antique flea market thanks ??so much for the good deals Bob ? and the shoutout was fun! Hey Pablo, great to see you yesterday and thanks for taking those beaters off my hands! Thanks as well for sending your buddy over as well. He bought quite the pile. By the way, David got the Black Phantom. He was sorry to be late to the party. He kept pimping me as to what you got but I wouldn't tell him. I knew one of you guys would grab it. Great book. Dreamtoreal1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
