Author Archive
Sunday, January 4th, 2009
Joe Simon’s Career in Advertising
In the comments to my post on Joe Simon, Art Director Steven Brower asked whether Joe Simon worked in advertising as an art director. I did not answer Steven then because I decided it was time I wrote a little about Joe’s career outside of comics.
Interior of a folded brochure for Cyder House
There were a number […]
3 Comments » - Posted in 2009/01, Artists, Odds & Ends, Simon, Joe, Topic, z Archive by Harry
Saturday, December 27th, 2008
A Brief Pause
The deadline for a Simon and Kirby project I am working on is approaching. It is a deadline I fully intend to meet. Unfortunately that means I really do not have time for much of a post this week, but I will return next week to more typical postings. However I did not want to […]
3 Comments » - Posted in 1 Early, 2008/12, Artists, Kirby, Jack, Odds & Ends, Periods, Topic, z Archive by Harry
Saturday, December 20th, 2008
Jumbo Comics Addendum, Kirby Or Not?
Jumbo Comics #1 (September 1938)
Stan Taylor mentioned this gag cartoon that he believed was by Jack Kirby. I have to admit I do not share his opinion, but I thought I would include an image so everyone can see it. Identifying early work by Jack Kirby can be particularly troublesome and opinions can be expected to […]
6 Comments » - Posted in 1 Early, 2008/12, Artists, Kirby Or Not, Kirby, Jack, Odds & Ends, Periods, Topic, z Archive by Harry
Friday, December 19th, 2008
Jumbo Comics
Jumbo Comics #1 (September 1938) Jumbo, the mascot
Will Eisner and Jerry Iger teamed up in 1936 or 1937 to become one of the first studios to provide complete comic book packages to publishers. Previously comic books were largely reprint compilations of newspaper syndication strips. Years later Will Eisner said that he believed there would not […]
2 Comments » - Posted in 1 Early, 2008/12, Artists, Kirby, Jack, Meskin, Mort, Odds & Ends, Periods, Topic, z Archive by Harry
Friday, December 12th, 2008
The Wide Angle Scream, What Was Old Is New Again
Sometime after the demise of Mainline, Simon and Kirby’s attempt at becoming publishers, Joe and Jack’s partnership broke up. Jack returned to being a freelance artist but whenever Joe had some comic to produce Jack would always give a hand, at least for the initial issues. In 1959 Archie Comics asked Joe Simon to produce […]
