Archive for November, 2009
Saturday, November 28th, 2009
Art of Romance, Chapter 24, A New Artist
(August 1953 – October 1953: Young Romance #60 – #62, Young Love #48 – #50, Young Brides #7 – #8)
Number of Romance Titles 1947 – 1954 (the period covered in this chapter is shaded in blue)
I had discussed in Chapter 9 of the Little Shop of Horrors that the title Black Magic went to a [...]
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Friday, November 20th, 2009
Early Lettering by Joe Simon
Like most comic book artists from the earliest period, Joe Simon lettered his own art. Actually Joe was doing lettering long before he began his career in comic books. While working as a newspaper staff artist Simon would letter his sport illustrations. Joe’s lettering for these sport drawings was quite variable even within the same [...]
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Saturday, November 14th, 2009
Little Shop of Horrors, Chapter 9, The Party’s Over
(May 1953 – September 1953, Black Magic #24 – #26)
Simon and Kirby had been on a winning streak ever since they made their deal with Prize Comics in 1947. With the sole exception of Strange World of Your Dreams the titles that they did for Prize were all very successful. Every title except for the more [...]
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Friday, November 6th, 2009
Art of Romance, Chapter 23, New Ways of Doing Things
(May 1953 – July 1953: Young Romance #57 – #59, Young Love #45 – #47, Young Brides #5 – #6)
Number of Romance Titles 1947 – 1954 (the period covered in this chapter is shaded in blue)
The artists who contributed to the romance titles during this period were the same as those covered in the last [...]
