Archive for November, 2008
Sunday, November 30th, 2008
Joe Simon, Editor
Joe Simon’s first comic book art was published in January 1940 (cover dates for Keen Detective #17, Daring Mystery #1, and Silver Streak #2). Yet just five months later he was already an editor for Fox Comics. On the face of it this was a rather dramatic rise in his career. Joe was (and still [...]
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Friday, November 21st, 2008
Tiger 21
Joe Simon’s personal collection includes two large illustration boards of an unfinished syndication proposal, Tiger 21. The art on each board is composed of a long title section (empty on one of them) and three rows of panels each row nominally with four panels. They therefore were intended for use in the Sunday comics section. [...]
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Friday, November 14th, 2008
Joe Genalo, Prize Editor and Colorist
Recently Lawrence Genalo, Joe Genalo’s son, left a comment to my post The Lineup. He mentioned that the center man in the lineup of the comic cover, who Joe Simon had identified as Joe Genalo, did not look like his father.
Simon and Kirby studio (probably from 1951 or 1952). Left to right: Joe Genalo, Joe [...]
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Saturday, November 8th, 2008
Prize Comics Western, a Rough History
Ger Apeldoorn’s comments to chapter 9 of “It’s A Crime” led me to search Prize Comics Western for examples of artists that had also worked for Simon and Kirby. Because of that search I have decide to post a rough outline of this western title. It is rough because I only have access to a [...]
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Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Cover for The Best of Simon and Kirby
Titan is now showing the book cover for the up-coming The Best of Simon and Kirby.
