Today’s Jumble has prompted me to mention that I lost the Heritage Auction for the five pages of Harvey Comics original art, featuring Casper, Richie Rich, and Wendy The Good Little Witch. I lost by only ten dollars, but my strategy is to bid my maximum amount and stick to it.
Most “hour” network TV shows are now about 40 minutes long. So is this survey of Fantastic Four comic book covers from the legendary Lee-Kirby run on the title. More than half of the issues were inked by my dearly departed pal, Joe Sinnott, who returned to the series in issue #44, after inking Jack’s art for the introduction of Doctor Doom in issue #5.
Bryan Cranston is the voice of Jim Gordon in Batman: Year One, adapted from the comic book limited series, written by Frank Miller and drawn by David Mazzuccelli. Real life cryptocurrency crime fighter Ben McKenzie, who later played Gordon in the Gotham TV series, is the voice of Bruce Wayne.
Here’s that unpublished Harvey horror comic book cover again.
Such exceptionally splendid inking, attributed to Warren Kremer. The needle on the gauge has a shadow!
Here’s another beautifully horrible example.
Bidding will end soon on Frank Frazetta’s painting for the Lancer paperback book cover of Robert E. Howard’s Conan story, “Rogues in the House.”
It’s currently at $8,500,000, with Heritage Auction’s so-called Buyer’s Premium taking it up to $10,625,000.
This is Barry Smith’s cover illustration for the Marvel Comics adaptation of the story, as written by Roy Thomas.
Here is an interesting comparison. It’s Bernie Wrightson’s illustration for Poe’s “Murders in the Rue Morgue.”
A few weeks ago at the NCS conference, I very much enjoyed my conversation with Greg Walker. CBS Saturday Morning has this excellent segment about Beetle Bailey and the Walker brothers.
Mort Walker’s long-gone cartoon museum in Port Chester, NY is mentioned. I was there for Marvel Comics Day in September, 1978.
I have the upcoming Beetle Bailey 75th anniversary book on pre-order with Fantagraphics. It’s also available on Amazon, of course.
https://www.fantagraphics.com/products/beetle-bailey-75-years-of-smiles
