Archive for September, 2009
Friday, September 25th, 2009
Art of Romance, Chapter 21, Roussos Messes Up
(November 1952 – January 1953: Young Romance #51 – #53, Young Love #39 – #41, Young Brides #2 – 3)
Number of Romance Titles 1947 – 1954 (the period covered in this chapter is shaded in blue)
In the last chapter the most prolific romance artist was Bill Draut. This was somewhat of a fluke because Draut [...]
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Friday, September 18th, 2009
Little Shop of Horrors, Chapter 6, Mix Bag
(August – October 1952, Black Magic #15 – #17)
I normally like to start the chapters of my recent serial posts with a discussion about the amount that of the various artists contributed to the issues. Usually just a few artists, sometimes even just one, predominate. But in the Black Magic issues covered in this chapter [...]
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Friday, September 11th, 2009
Now Eight Years Have Past
It seems that 9/11 is all too rapidly fading from public memory. I am sure those directly affected have not forgotten but now is certainly not the time to for others to forget either. Not only are the Taliban and Al Qaeda undefeated, their influence in Afghanistan has actually increased. I do not normally consider [...]
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Friday, September 11th, 2009
Art of Romance, Chapter 20, Romance Still Matters
(August 1952 – October 1952: Young Romance #48 – #50, Young Love #36 – #38, Young Brides #1)
Number of Romance Titles 1947 – 1954 (the period covered in this chapter is shaded in blue)
Simon and Kirby not only created the romance genre of comics, they also made quite a bit of money from it quite [...]
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Friday, September 4th, 2009
Little Shop of Horrors, Chapter 5, New Faces
(May – July 1952, Black Magic #12 – #14)
As in Chapter 19 of The Art of Romance, Mort Meskin was the most productive artist for Black Magic drawing a total of 30 pages. Bill Draut was particularly active and draw 21 pages. The third and fourth places was held by an artists new to the [...]
