Golden Age Comic Strips 0

[pemart1966]

2 hours ago, tth2 said:

Not only was Gasoline Alley extremely well written, but it was very ground breaking and influential.  Having the characters age in real time was revolutionary. 

A great strip.  I highly recommend it.  

Those strips are currently out in book form (Walt Before Skeezix and then Walt and Skeezix if I'm not mistaken) starting from the beginning.  There are also two volumes of Sundays in colour that start at the beginning and they each cover two years.

[sfcityduck]

17 minutes ago, telerites said:

Now that I had no idea.  

I have long thought that "the Demon" sequence in Prince Valiant is one of the most influential comic strips on superhero comics.  Not only did panels inspire swipes by Kirby for Red Raven 1 and the look of his Fourth World "Demon", but also led to swipes by Kane for Batman.  And, I think, inspired Batman's "criminals are a cowardly lot" origin for his look.  It's all in this Sunday:

Edited September 20, 2019 by sfcityduck

[telerites]

Just now, sfcityduck said:

I have long thought that "the Demon" sequence in Prince Valiant is one of the most influential comic strips on superhero comics.  Not only did panels inspire swipes by Kirby for Red Raven 1 and the look of his Fourth World "Demon", but also led to swipes by Kane for Batman.  And, I think, inspired Batman's origin.  It's all in this Sunday:

Thanks for sharing this.  I have read a lot of the Sundays but this one I have not.  I had seen the Red Raven swipe and even the Bats. I knew Kirby stated Foster was a heavy influence but the Demon is a new one to me.   

Goodness, he could draw.  

 

[telerites]

Since I had these two items handy and not packed away, I thought I would take some pics. 

[telerites]

And a crazy huge book slipcased Hogarth's Tarzan Sundays 39-42.  21" long and has a separate inserts b/w poster size print with Hogarth's S/N.  Other than the insert, the interiors are full color.

When i thought I could draw, I used so many of Hogarth's drawing books.  I kept the books and handed them to my daughter who can actually draw.  

 

Edited September 20, 2019 by telerites

[pemart1966]

37 minutes ago, telerites said:

And a crazy huge book slipcased Hogarth's Tarzan Sundays 39-42.  21" long and has a separate inserts b/w poster size print with Hogarth's S/N.  Other than the insert, the interiors are full color.

When i thought I could draw, I used so many of Hogarth's drawing books.  I kept the books and handed them to my daughter who can actually draw.  

 

This looks FAR better than the current hard cover versions or am I incorrect?

Are there subsequent volumes?

Edited September 20, 2019 by pemart1966

[telerites]

2 minutes ago, pemart1966 said:

This looks FAR better than the current hard cover versions or am I incorrect?

Are there subsequent volumes?

The mere size of this I am sure does more justice to the art.  I have no clue on the current volumes.  As far as I know this was the only one.  They are readily available for aroundon Ebay, ABE, Amazon.  If you have room to store it, it is a cool item to have.  I suggest if one buys it, make sure the slipcase and signed print are part of the deal.

[porcupine48]

[telerites]

Here is another fun stack I took out - I have not gone through them all but it is supposed to be three years worth of Sunday comics from 72-74.  I won them a while back and were worth it just for the Prince Valiant strips.  Some classic strips in these and fun to look through.  Peanuts, Pogo, Krazy Kat, Archie, Prince Valiant...

I took a lot of pics so for those who are bored can peek in the spoiler of some the strips including the Prince Valiant and a spread with toy ads for Christmas - can you say inchworm...

 

Spoiler

 

 

 

Edited September 20, 2019 by telerites

[telerites]

And when I saw this image in one of the strips, I immediately thought Dave Stevens.  

 

[Ken Aldred]

My favourites.

- Krazy Kat

- Terry and The Pirates, and Steve Canyon

- Prince Valiant

- The Spirit 

The ones I’ll go back to, time and again.

Unless I missed this in an earlier post, the pages of Li’l Abner drawn by Frazetta are worth a look.

[Ken Aldred]

20 hours ago, sfcityduck said:

Finally, if you can tolerate a more trippy and prissy style of art, by one of the greatest artists ever, and don't mind a form of adventure which is really something else, than pick up the Complete Little Nemo by Winsor McCay (Taschen 2 vols).  This straddles the line between adventures strips and other genres.  But, for me this is definitely a must-have.  I'd make this my number three choice

It’s nice work.

As a Bronze Age fan, I was already familiar with the heavily McCay-influenced art of Mike Kaluta, and so I found Little Nemo easy to get into.

[Black_Adam]

16 hours ago, telerites said:

Here is another fun stack I took out - I have not gone through them all but it is supposed to be three years worth of Sunday comics from 72-74.  I won them a while back and were worth it just for the Prince Valiant strips.  Some classic strips in these and fun to look through.  Peanuts, Pogo, Krazy Kat, Archie, Prince Valiant...

I took a lot of pics so for those who are bored can peek in the spoiler of some the strips including the Prince Valiant and a spread with toy ads for Christmas - can you say inchworm...

 

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These are the funnies I grew up with in the 70s. I remember the Lockhorns well. And I have many, many fond memories of my Big Wheel, possibly the most perfect form of machinery ever created out of plastic. 

And I also remember Prince Valiant, but were they reprints then or drawn by another artist?

 

[Scrooge]

6 minutes ago, Black_Adam said:

And I also remember Prince Valiant, but were they reprints then or drawn by another artist?

John Cullen Murphy took over PV from Foster. IIRC for a while Foster still did extensive layouts for Murphy then continued the story until he turned the story over to Murphy's son. Murphy's son released a book about the community of artists around that in time in Cartoon County. In the book, he goes over that transition period for PV.

[Marty Mann]

While I was reading the strips on a daily basis, I was able to find reprint books on the newsstand that

gave me more background on them...that's why I have so many  in my collection.

Comics such as TIP TOP, SPARKLER, KING COMICS, ACE COMICS, SUPER COMICS and COMICS ON PARADE.

 

Marty

[telerites]

7 hours ago, Black_Adam said:

These are the funnies I grew up with in the 70s. I remember the Lockhorns well. And I have many, many fond memories of my Big Wheel, possibly the most perfect form of machinery ever created out of plastic. 

And I also remember Prince Valiant, but were they reprints then or drawn by another artist?

 

I loved and miss the 70s.  I thought this was cool too.  This was stuck in the lot of Sundays.  An insert tabloid with that paper.  Counter-culture at its peak.  I also miss my bell-bottoms adorned with patches (one was the peace symbol of course).  I took a pic of the mattress ad - geez they were cheap then.

 

[AJD]

On 9/21/2019 at 11:09 PM, Scrooge said:

John Cullen Murphy took over PV from Foster. IIRC for a while Foster still did extensive layouts for Murphy then continued the story until he turned the story over to Murphy's son. Murphy's son released a book about the community of artists around that in time in Cartoon County. In the book, he goes over that transition period for PV.

In turn Murphy handed over to Gary Gianni. Gianni wrote a book about the handover and his approach to PV. My wife bought it for me for Christmas thinking it was Hal Foster stuff and was disappointed that it wasn't - but it's a great book which I highly recommend if you're interested in how one artist can make those detailed panels come together. Here's a sample of his work:

This is the book:

And while I'm here, Australian artists were influenced by Foster as well. Here's a page by Geoff Litchfield from 1941 that I think shows that. Unfortunately these are long out of print with little chance of reincarnation.

 

 

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

No one has mentioned Popeye or Little Orphan Annie. While these are not popular for the same level of artwork as the classics mentioned above they both have great story arcs and  a certain rudimentary appeal to the artwork. The Mickey Mouse strips by Floyd Gottfredson offer a similar level of fun!

If you like the history of these great artists I would highly recommend Krazy to read about the life of George Herriman.

[porcupine48]

On 9/21/2019 at 4:40 PM, telerites said:

I loved and miss the 70s.  I thought this was cool too.  This was stuck in the lot of Sundays.  An insert tabloid with that paper.  Counter-culture at its peak.  I also miss my bell-bottoms adorned with patches (one was the peace symbol of course).  I took a pic of the mattress ad - geez they were cheap then.

 

Imagine if Johnny Fartpants or the Broon Bottle ever made it to the dailies  ?

[AJD]

4 hours ago, 50YrsCollctngCmcs said:

The Mickey Mouse strips by Floyd Gottfredson offer a similar level of fun!

Yes - they are wonderful.