Archive for April, 2006
Thursday, April 27th, 2006
The First Romance Comic
I have seen some different proposals as to what was the first romance comic. It seems to me that these proposals were based on a superficial basis. If the comic title sounds good or the cover art look romantic, then it was a romance. A sort of judging the book by its cover. But a […]
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Wednesday, April 26th, 2006
Joe Simon comments on the Harvey Covers
On I couple of visits to Joe’s place, I brought him printed copies of the pocket size Harvey covers (Pocket #1-4, Speed #14-16) as well as the regular size Speed #17.
Initially Joe commented that he only did a couple of pocket sized covers. But when he looked at the cover he said that Pocket #1, […]
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Tuesday, April 25th, 2006
Speed #19 (June 1942)
June is Joe Simon’s months since he did both Champ #19 and Speed #19. Both signed as Jon Henri. To me the give-a-way that this is Joe’s penciling is the depiction of the Japanese impersonator. The whole idea of the Japanese setting up to disguise himself as Captain Freedom only to be interrupted by the […]
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Saturday, April 22nd, 2006
Mort Meskin, the usual suspect #2
I gather that Mort Meskin is most famous for the work he did during the war. I’ve seen some of his Golden Lad covers and they are quite good. Because my main interest is in Simon and Kirby, I don’t have access to very much of the early Meskin material. However Mort worked at National […]
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Saturday, April 22nd, 2006
Champ #19 (June 1942)
This is one my favorites of the Harvey covers. Once again there is a Jon Henri signature, but this time it was Joe Simon doing the pencils. The visual humor found in the primary crook, will reappear later in the Duke of Broadway. Even the bullet’s near miss of the policeman is more humorous then […]
