Vintage Comics: "NO!"
Another great vintage comic panel from Johan Urban's Gubblogg. Check it out for more goodness and watch out for the Brain-bat!
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Showing posts with label comics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label comics. Show all posts
April 2, 2009
March 11, 2009
Vintage Comics: Tintin in Sweden!
"He was in Dalarna and visited Mora-Nisse..."
Sekvenskonst: Tintin!
Via The Ephemerist
March 5, 2009
January 18, 2009
Comics: "The Saabs Are Great..."
From “World Of Wheels”, #23, 1968.
johan urban bergquist's weblogg (gubblogg)
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January 11, 2009
December 28, 2008
Vintage Comics: That's the Spirit - Part 8
Another one? OK, some fighting spirit then!
Be sure to check out all my other The Spirit (the comic!) posts!
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Vintage Comics: That's the Spirit - Part 7
I had a very strong feeling, after seeing the trailer some months ago, that the movie The Spirit would be awful. It certainly didn't make me want to see it. It seems my feeling wasn't all wrong. And I bet I wasn't the only one.
The reception according to Wikipedia:
"The film has received generally negative reviews from critics. As of December 26, 2008, it has a 17% positive rating from 49 reviews on the movie-review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, the consensus being, "Though its visuals are unique, The Spirit's plot is almost incomprehensible, the dialogue is ludicrously mannered, and the characters are unmemorable". Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times said, "There is not a trace of human emotion in it. To call the characters cardboard is to insult a useful packing material"." (more...)
Try the comic books instead.
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Be sure to check out all my other The Spirit (the comic!) posts!
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6 (the movie poster)
...see 'em all.
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November 20, 2008
Vintage Comics: Splash
slightly cropped and adjusted panels
The Allen Bellman Splash Page Gallery
"Splash page or sometimes referred to simply as a "splash", is a full page drawing in a comic book. A splash page is often used as the first page of a story, and includes the title and credits. Splashes that are not on the first page of a story are sometimes called interior splash pages. Interior splashes may, or may not include titles and/or credits. A panel that is larger than others on the page is called a splash panel. A splash that appears across two pages of a comic book is called a "double splash" or a two-page spread. Rarely, splash pages will stretch over more than two pages; such multi-page spreads often take the form of fold-out posters." - Wikipedia
October 4, 2008
Vintage Comics: In Search of Atom-mannen
I wrote to Hyperdave at Datajunkie.
"I need help identifying a superhero. I recently found out that there was a comic fan and amateur (in every sense) sculptor here in Sweden who has, during the last 50 years, created a sculpture park with all types of comic characters. I've only seen a couple of photos from there and one of those shows a sculpture of a superhero character that I've never seen before. On the base of the sculpture reads "Atom-mannen" which would - in English - be "The Atom Man". However he doesn't look anything like any of the atom men I've seen. Of course sometimes names aren't translated directly so he might be called something completely different. Now, it must be said that it's not certain he is American, perhaps he's even Swedish but it's not likely. I would appreciate if you'd have quick a look 'cause if someone would know it would be you. Cheers!"
website for the sculpture park - Seriegården (Comics Farm)
I had spent several hours searching for the right Atom Man. Here are some of the results that came up searching for comics/atom/superhero/atom man/atomic/atoman etc:
OK, back to my letter to Hyperdave. To my surprise he had no clue what superhero this could be!! But another one
of his readers did. Lamont kindly informed that "He's Sparkman, from United Features Sparkler Comics". Wow, finally a breakthrough! He supplied us with an image of an issue of Sparkler Comics too, featuring "The Spark Man". I thought with a correct name there should be no problem finding a number of images on the Internet but ...no, not much at all. Four Sparkler covers and another one with a tiny image. That's it.
I guess The Spark Man wasn't very popular or at least he isn't now. Just one poor superhero among superheros. Probably short-lived. One would think though that there'd be - if hardly any images - some information available but the result is even worse. "King of Manhattan: Sparkle Comics. This madman who lived in the sewers with access to dutch settler's gold was in the habit of kidnapping and torturing beautiful women. Was opposed by the Spark Man." That sounds pretty interesting but that's about the only mention of The Spark Man that I could find. Well, if there is anyone out there with more you are welcome to share. That concludes my little story of my accidental and slightly obsessed search for Atom-mannen AKA The Spark Man.
...or so I thought...
Just about to publish this post I came to think of dear ol' Lex10 of the GlyphJockey blog who I know has a certain liking for the Nancy comic. As you may have noticed on the covers above Nancy was one of the featured comics in Sparkler Comics. So I took a look in GlyphJockey and what did I find if not an episode of The Spark Man!!! The costume and the colours are a bit different but it is The Spark Man. The comic seems really bad but... who cares!
Sparkler Comics #41 1945.
PS. The creators were Fred Methot and Paul Berdanier who also made the unforgettable Triple Terror comics. Remember? ;)
PPS. I found some additional information and more covers at atomicavenue.com: "Sparkler Comics (2nd Series)- Two issues of Sparkler Comics (1st series) were published by United Features Syndicate in 1940, but this second series ran from 1941 until 1955. As one might expect, the stars of this long-running series were primarily United Features comic strip characters: Tarzan (by the legendary Burne Hogarth); Nancy (by Ernie Bushmiller); The Captain and the Kids; Li’l Abner; and Abbie & Slats. The title also introduced the super-hero Spark Man who went through two or three costume changes over the course of the series, but was only cover-featured eleven times."
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Golden Age of Comic Books
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September 26, 2008
Vintage Comics: That's the Spirit - Part 6
I know! I know!
...that I said before that I wasn't going to give the coming The Spirit movie any more free advertisement but this teaser poster was just too nice not to post.
via Bibi on Mento
Be sure to check out all my other The Spirit (the comic!) posts!
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
...see 'em all.
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September 20, 2008
Illustration: Johnny Martz
RobotJohnny.com
is the personal blog of illustrator/cartoonist Johnny Martz (of the excellent Drawn! blog)
Excelsior 68 Flickr set
"This is a page from Excelsior 1968, in which I recreated an actual yearbook's entire student body. More information on the book at RobotJohnny.com"
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September 10, 2008
September 8, 2008
September 2, 2008
September 1, 2008
August 31, 2008
Vintage Magazine: Teen In
"Teen In 1968 - a weird sort of a rock magazine and comic that featured characters that were of that generic Archie clone look. US manga, huh? But overall intended for chicks. That's right I said it - I said "Chicks". Chicks chicks chicks." - see more, read more at GlyphJockey.
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August 16, 2008
Illustration: Guy Peellaert
"Belgian advertising illustrator Guy Peellaert was one of the first cartoonists to embrace Pop Art and incorporate Andy Warhol's appropriation of mass market iconography into his work. His first comic..."
...continue reading at The World of Kane.
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August 13, 2008
August 12, 2008
Comic Cover: Gunsmoke
Click image to enlarge
Gunsmoke
- a comic book cover by Jack Kirby
(see Jack Kirby Museum, Monster Blog etc)
Via Tomb It May Concern
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