Category: Comic Books

Having an Inkling

I am currently the high bidder on this Heritage Auctions item. With all three Harvey Comics leading characters — Richie Rich, Casper, and Wendy — together in the first panel of a 5-page story, how could I resist?

https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/complete-story/warren-kremer-attributed-richie-rich-and-casper-20-a-tale-of-two-pennies-part-3-the-runaw/a/322537-47165.s

The drawings were by a Harvey Comics mainstay, Warren Kremer. The clean, simple lines, as required for Harvey’s humor titles, contrast with the publisher’s Fifties horror comics, as seen in these examples.

This unpublished cover is also attributed to Kremer, demonstrating his masterful brushwork that’s anything but simple.

I’d say this one appears more likely to be the work of Lee Elias.

Staton’s Favorite TV Station

A happy bit of news is that Joe Staton is Svengoolie’s latest featured artist.

https://metvmall.com/collections/svengoolie-artist-collection

As soon as I saw those glasses with Joe’s design, I had to have one in red and one in black. My buddy Bismo and I tried them out last Friday night.

Sven and Joe first met some years ago at a Chicago convention, as was seen on Svengoolie’s TV show. Sven mispronounced Joe’s name, leading me to wonder if his not-so-secret identity, Rich Koz, has some history with Stanton phono cartridges. 😉

Denro has one of those official Dick Tracy watch replicas. It was a birthday gift from me, and I commissioned Joe to draw a custom card to go with it.

MeTV has posted this interview with Staton.

https://metv.com/stories/exclusive-interview-comics-legend-joe-staton-dishes-on-the-superman-red-carpet-and-his-svengoolie-artist-collection-design

Denro and I first met Joe about fifty years ago. I’m not sure when I grabbed this sign from one of the Boston comic book events we attended long ago.

The Merry Patreon Marching Society

A while ago, I trimmed back a couple of my Patreon subscriptions to focus on a few favorites; one about audio, one about comic book art, and one about the Beatles

  • Audio Unleashed is a podcast with Brent Butterworth and Dennis Burger. Brent is a friend of a friend, from when they worked at Dolby Labs.
  • Artist Colleen Doran I know well enough to say I consider her to be a friend.
  • Andrew’s Parlogram videos are mostly about the Beatles. Another Andrew of impeccable quality and integrity, named Sandoval, who I have met, has given a thumbs-up to Andrew’s work.