Comments on: Art of Romance, Chapter 21, Roussos Messes Up

By: Harry

Harry — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:36:53 +0000

Ger,

I can see why some might mistake Beiley’s for Meskin, some of the faces have the same look, particularly in the eyebrows, that Meskin imparts in his drawings. But the credit is for inking, not pencils and the pencils in this case are certainly Meskin’s since he signed it. When I compare the spotting in “Forget Me, Fraulein” I find it identical to George Roussos spotting found in pieces signed by him and not at all like the spotting found the Bailey examples that you provide. So I am still confident that Roussos is the correct inking attribution for this piece.

By: Harry

Harry — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:31:27 +0000

Bob,

I do not know how a teenage girl from 1952 would have responded to the splash from “Girl in My Corner”, but I agree with you it is a true gem.

By: Ger Apeldoorn

Ger Apeldoorn — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:49:53 +0000

Forget me, Freulein seems to me to be inked by Bernard Bailey. Certainly the figure of the man on the bridge in the splash image is consistant with his woek in the late fifties. I have some samples on my blog. At one point, I almost bought a Bailey original, thinking it was Meskin’s unil Heritage mailed me abot their mis-attribution and let me cancel the payment. That contents page from the (Joe Simon produced?) Harvey title Alarming Tales or Adventures is still in their file. I have always wondered hoe Bailey’s inking could so suddenly look like Meskin’s. Beacause he was in DC’s Gangbusters with Roussos I assumed the connection was through him. I know Ken has been doing research into Bailey’s work and I will tryand urge him to contact you.

By: Bob Cosgrove

Bob Cosgrove — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:53:02 +0000

Not the most brilliant comment, I know, but I can’t help saying–wow, that Girl In My Corner splash is a true gem. Something about the rough-hewn, masculine look of the Simon & Kirby style, working against type, adds a lot to their romance stories.