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Details of Editing Strips to Comic for “Artist Loves Model”

The left column are the syndication strips, since they
never were published I have just sequentially numbered
them. The notation I am using is <strip number>/<panel>
Where there was no equivalent strip panel to a comic
book panel I have marked the strip "xxxx".

The second column are the comic book panels. The
notation here is <page>/<panel>. I marked the comic
book entry with a "unused" Where there were there was
no equivalent comic book panel for a strip panel.
Captions without a border where considered their own
panel.
 
xxxx - 1 splash page with caption
 1/1 - unused
 1/2 - unused
 1/3 - unused
 1/4 - unused
 2/1 - unused
 2/2 - unused
 2/3 - unused
 2/4 - unused
 3/1 - unused
 3/2 - unused
 3/3 - unused
 3/4 - unused
 4/1 - unused
 4/2 - unused
 4/3 - unused
 4/4 - unused
 5/1 - unused
 5/2 - unused
 5/3 - unused
 5/4 - unused
 6/1 - 2/1 horizontally truncated on left, some background
           inking added
 6/2 - 2/2 horizontally truncated on right, re-balloon
 6/3 - 2/3 horizontally truncated on right
 6/4 - unused
 7/1 - unused
 7/2 - unused
 7/3 - 2/4 re-scripted
           Inky: ALL THESE YEARS I'VE BEEN HELPING YOU
                 DRAW OLD MAN SPRY, I THOUGHT HE WAS A
                 NASTY TEMPERED OLD GUY
           cobb: HE...WAS INKY!
             changed to
           cobb: THAT'S WHY I WNAT YOU TO HURRY, INKY!
                 ...I...I'VE GOT A DEADLINE...TO MAKE
 7/4 - unused
 7/5 - 2/5
 8/1 - 2/6
xxxx - 2/7 caption panel added
           JACK HILL WAS AN UNKNOWN QUANITY IN INKY'S
           SCHEME OF THINGS. AND NOW, EVERYTHING THAT
           MATTERED TO THE YOUNG CARTOONIST HAD TO BE
           WEIGHED BY A STRANGER WHOSE COOL, IMPASSIVE
           EYES INKY COULDN'T READ. HE WOULD BE FAIR..
           INKY KNEW THAT MUCH ABOUT HIM. THE QUESTION
           NOW, WAS ONE OF CONFIDENCE. HOW HIGHLY DID
           HILL REGARD INKY?
 8/2 - 2/8
 8/3 - 2/9
 8/4 - 3/1 horizontally truncated
 9/1 - 3/2
 9/2 - 3/3 caption added, bottom made irregular
 9/3 - 3/4
 9/4 - 3/5 horizontally extended on right
10/1 - 3/6
10/2 - 3/7 horizontally truncated on both sides
10/3 - 3/8 horizontally truncated on right
xxxx - 4/1 caption panel added
           IT WAS A FRIGHTENING TIME---AND IT REGISTERED
           INSIDE A MAN--WHERE THE RIVERS RUNNING FROM
           THE HEART CARRIED FEAR TO EVERY INCH OF
           INKY'S BODY AND FILTERED IT THROUGH WHERE HE
           COULD SEE IT GLISTEN ON HIS HANDS--AND FEEL
           ITS CLAMMY WARMTH ON HIS BACK. WHEN INKY
           DELIVERED HIS FIRST FINISHED STRIP, HE PAUSED
           AT THE OFFICE DOOR...
10/4 - 4/2
11/1 - 4/3
11/2 - 4/4
11/3 - 4/5
11/4 - 4/6 horizontally truncated, Hill shifted to left
12/1 - 4/7 horizontally truncated, Inky cut off
12/2 - 4/8
12/3 - 4/9
12/4 - 5/1
13/1 - 5/2 caption rewrote
           old: INKY SPOTTS, APPRENTICE ARTISTS, IS
                BEWILDERED WHEN SYNDICATE MANAGER JACK
                HILL TURNS DOWN HIS FIRST COMIC STRIP
           new: HILL'S SPIEL ECHOED LIKE A EULOGY GIVEN
                IN THE DIM, GRAY LIGHT OF A TEMPLE WHERE
                INKY’S DREAM WAS BEST GENTLY LAID TO REST,
                BECAUSE, IT WAS KINDER THAN JUST TOSSING
                ITS REMAINS INTO THE FIRST OPEN PIT!
                THERE WAS NO WAY TO FIGHT BACK! INKY WAS
                HELPLESS AGAINST THIS KINDNESS, WHICH
                CONCEALED IT'S STERN FINALITY...
           horizontally extended on left, clipped on right
13/3 - 5/3
13/4 - 5/4
13/4 - 5/5 horizontally truncated, hill cut off
14/1 - 5/6 Inky's balloon rewrite
           old: WELL, YOU'RE THE EDITOR, MISTER HILL! YOU
                REJECTED MY COMIC STRIP BECAUSE THE
                CHARACTERS DON'T LIVE...I GUESS I JUST
                HAVEN'T GOT WHAT IT TAKES!
           new: WELL, YOU'RE THE EDITOR, MISTER HILL! I
                GUESS I JUST HAVEN'T GOT WHAT IT TAKES.
           horizontally truncated, Hill shifted left
14/2 - 5/7
14/3 - 5/8 horizontally truncated on left
14/4 - 6/1 horizontally & vertically truncated
15/1 - 6/2
15/2 - 6/3
15/3 - 6/4
15/4 - unused
xxxx - 6/5 caption panel added
           NO MATTER WHAT INKY FELT AT THAT MOMENT HE
           COULDN'T DENY THE TRUTH IN HILL'S WORDS..
           THE STRIP DIDN'T HAVE IT. HE'D KNOWN BEFORE
           HE'D GIVEN IT TO HILL.. HILL HAD KNOWN IT
           AT ONCE! THE WORLD WAS SUDDENLY A BIG
           QUESTION MARK. AND INKY SHRANK FROM REPEATING
           IT--- RETREATING TO THE STARTING POINT--
           HURTING WITH EACH BACKWARD STEP...
16/1 - 6/6 caption removed
           HIS COMIC STRIP REJECTED BY THE SYNDICATE,
           INKY SPOTTS WANDERS INTO THE SHADY SQUALOR
           OF THE SLUMS!
           vertically extended on bottom
16/2 - 6/7
16/3 - 6/8 horizontally extended on right
16/4 - 7/1 horizontally truncated
17/1 - 7/2
17/2 - 7/3 horizontally truncated, Courtney shifted to left
           Dreame's cigarette holder removed
17/3 - 7/4 horizontally extended on right,
           Dreame's cigarette holder removed
18/1 - 7/5 horizontally truncated on left
18/2 - 7/6 horizontally truncated on right,
           Dreame's cigarette holder removed
18/3 - 8/1 horizontally truncated on both sides
19/1 - 8/2
19/2 - 8/3 Dreame's cigarette holder removed
19/3 - 8/4
19/4 - 8/5 horizontally truncated on both sides
20/1 - 8/6 horizontally extended,
           abstract arcs added to background
20/2 - 8/7 horizontally extended on right, Dreame shifted
           right, topped inked black
20/3 - unused
20/4 - unused
21/1 - 9/1 Dreame shifted down, cigarette holder removed
21/2 - 9/2 horizontally extended on left
21/3 - unused
21/4 - unused
22/1 - unused
22/2 - 9/3 Inky enlarged
22/3 - 9/4 redrawn, Inky made larger then Dreame
22/4 - 9/5 redrawn, Inky made larger then Dreame
xxxx - 9/6 caption panel added
23/1 - 9/7
23/2 - 9/8 horizontal extended on right
23/3 - unused
23/4 - unused
24/1 - 10/1 horizontally extended on top right, curtain
            added, inked by Simon
24/2 - 10/2 vertically truncated bottom removed
24/3 - 10/3 background added
25/1 - unused
xxxx - 10/4 caption panel added
            THERE WAS NO ESCAPING THE BURNING AMBITION
            OF YOUNG INKY WELLS... AT THE NEWSPAPER
            OFFICE, NEXT DAY, DONNA REALIZED THAT SHE
            WOULD HAVE TO MOVE FAST IF SHE WAS TO
            CAPITALIZE ON THE TALENTS OF HER NEW
            DISCOVERY.
25/2 - 10/5 background figures added by Simon
25/3 - 11/1
25/4 - 11/2 Dreame redrawn, background removed,
            topped inked black
26/1 - 11/3
26/2 - 11/4 horizontally truncated on left, Dreame's hair
            redrawn
26/3 - 11/5 horizontally truncated on left, Dreame's hair
            redrawn
26/4 - 11/6 horizontally truncated on right, part of Dreame
            removed, Dreame's hair redrawn
27/1 - 11/7 horizontally truncated on left,
            Dreame's hair redrawn
27/2 - 11/8 Dreame redrawn
27/3 - 11/9
27/4 - 12/1
28/1 - 12/2 horizontally extended on right
28/2 - 12/3
28/3 - unused
28/4 - unused
29/1 - unused
29/2 - unused
29/3 - 12/4 Dreame redrawn
29/4 - 12/5 Dreame redrawn
30/1 - unused
30/2 - 12/6
30/3 - 12/7 Dreame redrawn
30/4 - 12/8 Dreame's hair redrawn, inking added to top
xxxx - 13/1 caption panel added
            DONNA WAS RADIANT THE NEXT DAY--- THERE WAS
            A NOTE OF TRIUMPH IN HER VOICE AS SHE
            APPROACHED HER NEW "FIND" WITH THE PILFERED
            SCRIPT IN HAND--- THIS WAS A GOOD START---
            INKY WOULD BE PLEASED--- AN ARTIST HAD TO
            BE IN THE RIGHT FRAME OF MIND!
31/1 - 13/2 inking added to ceiling
31/2 - 13/3
31/3 - 13/4 Dreame redrawn face in shadow
31/4 - 13/5 horizontally truncated both sides,
            vertically truncated on bottom, extended on top
32/1 - unused
32/2 - unused
32/3 - unused
32/4 - unused
33/1 - 13/6 inking added to Dreame's dress
33/2 - 13/7
33/3 - 13/8
33/4 - 13/9 horizontally truncated on both sides,
            Dreame and Half-tone shifted
            Dreame redrawn
xxxx - 14/1 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 14/2 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 14/3 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 14/4 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 14/5 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 14/6 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 14/7 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 15/1 caption panel added
            THE DAYS FLEW BY, NOW--- THE SWEET SMELL
            OF SUCCESS WAS IN THE AIR--- AND MORE THEN
            THAT... THERE WAS Donna... LOVELY, CLEVER,
            INTELLECTUAL... IT WAS GOOD TO HAVE HER
            AROUND... INKY'S THOUGHTS WERE NEVER FAR
            FROM Donna THESE DAYS---
34/1 - 15/2
34/2 - 15/3
34/3 - 15/4 horizontally truncated on right
34/4 - 15/5 horizontally truncated on both sides,
            Inky shifted left
35/1 - 15/6 horizontally truncated on right
            top inked black with skyline
35/2 - 15/7
35/3 - 15/8 horizontally truncated on left
35/4 - 15/9 horizontally truncated on right
36/1 - unused
36/2 - 16/1
36/3 - 16/2
36/4 - 16/3 horizontally truncated on right
xxxx - 16/3 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 16/4 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 16/5 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 16/6 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 17/1 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 17/2 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 17/3 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 17/4 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 17/5 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 17/6 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 17/7 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 18/1 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 18/2 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 18/3 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 18/4 new caption panel
xxxx - 18/5 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 18/6 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 18/7 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 18/8 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 18/9 new caption panel

Personal Love Checklist


Last update: 8/13/2010

Codes:
    r:  = reprint
    s:  = script
    l:  = layout
    p:  = pencils
    i:  = inks
  name  = signed
 <name> = signed with an alias
 {name} = signed as Simon & Kirby
 [name] = unsigned attribution



Personal Love (Prize)
  1 (v.1, n.1) September 1957
    (cover) - P:[Orlando]  
    "The Truth About Love" 5 pg -  
    "Bright Idea" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "The Outsider" 7 pg - P:Galindo  
    "Old Faithful" 6 pg -  
    "Stag Party" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "Center of Attraction" 7 pg -  
  2 (v.1, n.2) November 1957
    (cover) -  
    "My Sister's Sweetheart" 6 pg -  
    "In-Laws" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "A Love of My Own" 6 pg -  
    "Unwilling Bridegroom" 6 pg -  
    "My Love Wasn't Enough" 7 pg -  
  3 (v.1, n.3) January 1958
    (cover) -  
    "Hope Chest" 6 pg -  
    "Advice" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "Three's a Crowd" 6 pg -  
    "My Man to Love" 6 pg - P:[Galindo]  
    "Teen-Age Gripe" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "Selfish Lover" 7 pg -  
  4 (v.1, n.4) March 1958
    (cover) -  
    "All's Fair In Love" 6 pg -  
    "Discipline" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "Heartbreak" 7 pg -  
    "The Other Woman" 6 pg - P:[Galindo]  
    "Overweight" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "Forgotten Love" 6 pg -  
  5 (v.1, n.5) May 1958
    (cover) -  
  6 (v.1, n.6) July 1958
    (cover) -  
    "Man Hunter" 6 pg -  
    "Immature" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "Vengeful Heart" 7 pg - P:[Galindo]  
    "Afraid To Love" 6 pg -  
    "Beauty Costs" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "Heartbreak" 6 pg -  
  7 (v.2, n.1) September 1958
    (cover) -  
    "The Leftover Heart" 6 pg -  
    "Dieting by Wanda" 1 pg -  - (illustrated text)
    "You Can't Have Him" 6 pg -  
    "Second Chance" 6 pg -  
    "Decisions by Delphine" 1 pg -  - (illustrated text)
    "Something Special" 7 pg -  
  8 (v.2, n.2) November 1958
    (cover) -  
    "I'll Break Your Heart" 6 pg - P:[Galindo]  
    "Manners" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "Never Love Again" 6 pg -  
    "Tears of Glory" 7 pg -  
    "Your Own Style" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "Stop At Nothing" 6 pg -  
  9 (v.2, n.3) January 1959
    (cover) -  
  10 (v.2, n.4) March 1959
    (cover) -  
    "The Ties That Bind" 5 pg - P:[Galindo]  
    "Love Is Blind" 7 pg - P:[Briefer]  
    "Winners Also Cry" 8 pg - P:[Orlando]  
    "Posture" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "Love Cheat" 5 pg -  
  11 (v.2, n.5) May 1959
    (cover) -  
    "True Devotion" 7 pg - P:Orlando  
    "Advice" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "My Love Has Two Faces" 7 pg -  
    "Something To Remember You By" 5 pg - P:[Briefer]  
    "Problems" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "Phantom Lover" 6 pg - P:Galindo  

All For Love Checklist

Last update: 12/16/2012

Codes:
    r:  = reprint
    s:  = script
    l:  = layout
    p:  = pencils
    i:  = inks
  name  = signed
 <name> = signed with an alias
 [name] = unsigned attribution

All For Love (Prize)
  1 (v.1, n.1) April 1957
    (cover) - P:[Draut] I:[Draut]
    "Dream Wedding" 6 pg - P:[Draut] I:[Draut]
    "Eyes Have It" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "Hollow Triumph" 6 pg - P:[Meskin?]  
    "I Was Only Cheating Myself" 6 pg - P:Galindo  
    "Take It Easy" 1 pg - P:[Meskin?]  - (text)
    "My Wishful Heart" 6 pg -  
  2 (v.1, n.2) June 1957
    (cover) - P:Orlando  
    "Loving Is Believing" 7 pg - P:[Stein] I:[Stein]
    "Beauty Aids" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "Leading Man" 6 pg - P:[Meskin] I:[Meskin]
    "His Other Love" 6 pg - P:Galindo  
    "Stay Feminine" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "My Destiny" 6 pg - P:Meskin  
  3 (v.1, n.3) August 1957
    (cover) - P:Orlando  
    "The Voice of Love" 7 pg - P:[Stein] I:[Stein]
    "Going Steady" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "The Match" 6 pg - P:Galindo  
    "The Man for Me" 6 pg -  
    "Meet the Family" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "I am Eternally Yours" 6 pg - P:Galindo  
  4 (v.1, n.4) October 1957
    (cover) -  
    "To Win My Love" 6 pg - P:[Stein] I:[Stein]
    "Brush-Off" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "Love on Parole" 6 pg - P:Galindo  
    "Ingenue at Romance" 6 pg - P:[Stein] I:[Stein]
    "Skin Deep" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "Summer Sweetheart" 6 pg - P:Galindo  
    "Tricks of the Trade" 1 pg -  
  5 (v.1, n.5) December 1957
    (cover) -  
    "For Love or Money" 7 pg -  
    "Letters" 1 pg -  - (letters column)
    "Take Me As I Am" 6 pg - P:[Galindo]  
    "Summer Song" 6 pg - P:[Galindo]  
    "Tempers" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "Let's Change Partners" 6 pg -  
  6 (v.1, n.6) February 1958
    (cover) - P:[Orlando]  
    "To Love is to Trust" 7 pg - P:Galindo  
    "Party Crashers" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "Waiting Heart" 6 pg -  
    "The Man for Me" 6 pg -  
    "Cleanliness" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "Onesided Love" 6 pg - P:[Galindo]  
  7 (v.2, n.1) April 1958
    (cover) -  
    "Love For Granted" 5 pg - P:[Stein] I:[Stein]
    "Unhappy Girl" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "Tomorrow Always Comes" 6 pg - P:Galindo  
    "To Act or Not To Act" 6 pg -  
    "The Man I Married" 7 pg - P:[Stein] I:[Stein]
    "Cleanliness" 1 pg -  - (text)
  8 (v.2, n.2) June 1958
    (cover) -  
    "More Than Love" 7 pg -  
    "Broken Hearted" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "Which Love is Mine" 6 pg -  
    "The Meddler" 6 pg - P:[Galindo]  
    "Show Window Girl" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "As Good as Any Man" 6 pg - P:[Stein?] I:[Stein?]
  9 (v.2, n.3) August 1958
    (cover) -  
    "My Foolish Pride" 6 pg - P:Galindo  
    "Children's Hour" 1 pg -  - (illustrated text)
    "Portrait of a Broken Heart" 7 pg -  
    "My Rival" 6 pg -  
    "Exercise" 1 pg -  - (illustrated text)
    "He's Not for You" 6 pg -  
  10 (v.2, n.4) October 1958
    (cover) -  
    "I'll Never Forget You" 6 pg - P:[Galindo]  
    "Beauty Wardrobe" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "Slave of Heartbreak" 6 pg -  
    "Everything but Love" 6 pg -  
    "Experience" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "Little Liar" 6 pg - P:Galindo  
  11 (v.2, n.5) December 1958
    (cover) -  
    "Too Many Sweethearts" 6 pg - P:[Galindo]  
    "The "Wright" Way" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "Loved by All" 6 pg - P:[Galindo]  
    "Bitterness of Love" 7 pg -  
    "Resort Romance" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "Stop at Nothing" 6 pg -  
  12 (v.2, n.5) February 1959
    (cover) -  
    "My Life To Live" 6 pg - P:Galindo  
    "Career or Wife" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "The True Love" 6 pg -  
    "Too Wise For Love" 7 pg -  
    "Diet" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "The Face of Love" 6 pg -  
  13 (v.3, n.1) April 1959
    (cover) -  
    "Counterfeit Love" 6 pg - P:Galindo  
    "Gossip" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "Love In Paris" 5 pg -  
    "More Precious Than Gold" 6 pg - P:Orlando  
    "Balanced Living" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "Feet of Clay" 8 pg -  
  14 (v.3, n.1) June 1959
    (cover) -  
    "Ugly Duckling" 8 pg -  
    "Diet" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "Lost Paradise" 7 pg - P:[Stein] I:[Stein]
    "Love Walked In" 5 pg - P:Briefer  
    "Partners" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "Celebrity Hungry" 5 pg - P:[Galindo]  
  15 (v.3, n.2) August 1959
    (cover) -  
    "Professor's Pet" 5 pg -  
    "Picture of Love" 5 pg - P:[Powell]  
    "Exercise and Diet" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "Love For A Lifetime" 5 pg - P:[Kirby]  
    "There Goes My Heart" 5 pg -  
    "Letters by Delphine" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "A Perfect Man" 5 pg - P:[Prentice?]  
  16 (v.3, n.3) October 1959
    (cover) -  
    "Cinderella Is Jilted" 5 pg -  
    "Take Me Back" 5 pg - P:[Prentice] I:[Simon]
    "Scorpio" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "Never Leave Me" 5 pg -  
    "Lonely Goddess" 5 pg - P:[Powell]  
    "Sagittarius" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "Mad About Mitch" 5 pg -  
  17 (v.3, n.4) December 1959
    (cover) -  
    "My Dream Rival" 5 pg - P:[Prentice] I:[Simon]
    "Wanda Says" 1 pg - P:[Reinman]  - (letters)
    "With Love, Your Secretary" 5 pg -  
    "Why Turn Back" 5 pg - P:[Reinman]  
    "Our Man, Van" 5 pg - P:[Premiani] I:[Simon]
    "Delphine on Glamor" 1 pg -  - (text)
    "Woman Hurter" 5 pg - P:[Reinman]