The art of a one page story 2 2

[GotSuperPowers?]

Last week I got a one-page Jack B. Quick story written by Alan Moore with masterful art by Kevin Nowlan. 

Obviously, beyond it being a Moore/Nowlan collaboration, it's also hand-lettered in Kevin's distinctive style so words on a page so you can actually read it! 

Feel free to share your own one-page stories if you've got them, or ones you would like (images please!). 

 

 

[John E.]

Another reason why “Complete Stories” should be a CAF “Best Of” category. 

[cloud cloddie]

This isn’t mine, so I’ve linked to the gallery owner. Love it. 

https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=112657&GSub=13555

[grapeape]

1 hour ago, cloud cloddie said:

This isn’t mine, so I’ve linked to the gallery owner. Love it. 

https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=112657&GSub=13555

Wow this one is sublime. First time I’ve seen it.

[Doc McCoy]

Marvel Comics #1000 was filled with these great one page stories, many of which offered clues to future story lines along the Marvel Comics line.  This was one of my favorites and I was glad to add the original art by Dustin Weaver to my collection.  Not only does it celebrate one of the greatest X-Men crossovers of all time, "The Age of Apocalypse", but it also features one of the first looks at the original Horsemen of Apocalypse, who will have a larger role in the current "X of Swords" taking place in the X books.

[glendgold]

Funny - I was just going to post a Marvel 1000 story too.  A few friends gifted me with this, for which I am very grateful. This was fun to do. I am especially fond of the theater marquee.

 

 

Edited August 11, 2020 by glendgold

[alxjhnsn]

I love one-page stories. Sheldon Mayer had them in Sugar and Spike. I don't have one of those, but I have his demo "Sunday" strip which I feel qualifies.

 

His covers for S&S were usually stories in their own right. Here's a preliminary that was not used.

 

Edited August 12, 2020 by alxjhnsn

[davidtere]

There are lots of 'one page stories' in humor titles like Archie and Harvey comics if you like that kind of thing (I do). Since I collect a lot of those titles, I mostly just pick up one pagers or complete stories, as opposed to a random page (unless that page is special because who the artist is and what they were depicting) Here is a recent 'one page story' pick up that has one of my favorite Harvey characters. Didn't hurt that it's by Warren Kremer. 

[alxjhnsn]

Terrific!

[Caltex98]

Like David (Hi David!) I also collect humorous stuff where the one-page gag is quite common. I think I have shown this one before, but in this page from Josie #87 Dan DeCarlo shows how a pretty lame gag can be turned into something brilliant with a master behind the drawing board:

If you click on the picture you will be directed to a bigger scan in my DeCarlo-gallery on CAF.

BTW, is Sunday gags considered one-page stories or are they a category by themselves?

[BuraddoRun]

1 hour ago, Caltex98 said:

BTW, is Sunday gags considered one-page stories or are they a category by themselves?

I consider them different.things. Sunday gags are always 1-page stories. Finding a 1-page story inside a comic book is more rare.

[BuraddoRun]

I always loved these funny one-pagers (and often one-panelers) they put in the What If? comics. I got this one (1 page, 2 stories) direct from the artist (Steve Buccellato) recently.

 

 

[hmendryk]

I am not sure if this qualifies as a one page story, but it is one page. By Creig Flessel in 1977 for DC but never published. Too sexy?

Edited April 7, 2021 by hmendryk

[furthur]

I have several one pagers by Rick Geary done for National Lampoon and other magazines 

[Overthetopinc]

How about one from the Master! 

 

[The Voord]

Stumbo the Giant one-pager in my collection.  Warren Kremer, I think.

[The Voord]

Half-page (self-contained) painted strip by Cyril Holloway that featured in the UK's EAGLE comic of the 1950s. Some missing paste-ups of text and photo of the actual DFC Medal used for the opening panel.

[The Voord]

I think this might qualify as a one-pager . . . A single page incorporating two GARTH tryout strips from early in David Lloyd's career (V for Vendetta was years away at this point).  Interestingly, David illustrated these at same size of the printed page, not realising that originals were illustrated much larger in size! 

Edited April 9, 2021 by The Voord