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Post by rberman on Oct 8, 2019 9:55:51 GMT -5
This sobering analysis of the comic book industry's economic prospects circa 1977 ran in Vampirella #57, of all places.
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Post by MDG on Oct 8, 2019 12:00:05 GMT -5
This sobering analysis of the comic book industry's economic prospects circa 1977 ran in Vampirella #57, of all places. In the 70s, Warren used to do a good amount of "fan" news. They also had reviews of fanzines, which I started buying around '73 or so--write a note, walk to the post office, buy a money order, mail it, wait for weeks... but without that, I don't know how i would've learned about "fandom." I think I only learned about NYC conventions if there was something in the newspaper, before i got on mailing lists.
I wonder if Warren was testing the waters to put out something like "Inside Comics"?
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Post by rberman on Oct 8, 2019 12:35:01 GMT -5
This sobering analysis of the comic book industry's economic prospects circa 1977 ran in Vampirella #57, of all places. In the 70s, Warren used to do a good amount of "fan" news. They also had reviews of fanzines, which I started buying around '73 or so--write a note, walk to the post office, buy a money order, mail it, wait for weeks... but without that, I don't know how i would've learned about "fandom." I think I only learned about NYC conventions if there was something in the newspaper, before i got on mailing lists. I wonder if Warren was testing the waters to put out something like "Inside Comics"? Could be. This was apparently a regular feature in that period. Here's his analysis of the 1977 shareholder meetings held by the corporate owners of Marvel and DC. In 2008, he had a regular column analyzing the airline industry for Wired Magazine. I was surprised to see Louise Jones as an editor at Warren, and Carmine Infantino as a regular penciler. His work looks great when inked well, as here. It's too bad the art couldn't be this good on PG rated comic books.
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Post by MDG on Oct 8, 2019 14:41:30 GMT -5
....Carmine Infantino as a regular penciler. His work looks great when inked well, as here. It's too bad the art couldn't be this good on PG rated comic books. His Warren period might be his best late-period work. I think part of it is a variety of story types (moods, locations) and some great inkers (Wrightson, Simonson, Alcala, Nino, Severin...)
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Post by mikelmidnight on Oct 10, 2019 12:28:01 GMT -5
I was surprised to see Louise Jones as an editor at Warren, and Carmine Infantino as a regular penciler. His work looks great when inked well, as here. It's too bad the art couldn't be this good on PG rated comic books.
Check out the sadly truncated Comet series from MLJ: Infantino inked by Alex Nino. Lovely stuff.
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Post by Cei-U! on Oct 10, 2019 20:55:27 GMT -5
Joe Brancatelli was one of the writers on Maurice Horn's World Encyclopedia of Comics, which I never understood, given that he pretty obviously looked down on 90% of the material he covered.
Cei-U! I summon the gadfly!
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Post by rberman on Oct 11, 2019 11:36:05 GMT -5
Here's a column about the comic book speculative market in 1977. Brancatelli says he turned down a corrupt offer to become a shill for the investment industry, creating fake demand for comic book titles by hyping them as the next big thing. I get stock-related emails of this sort all the time. The Motley Fool seems to have turned into this as well.
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Post by chadwilliam on Oct 20, 2019 23:46:44 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2019 23:51:17 GMT -5
Saw this posted by Steve Geppi from a couple years back... and here's pics of some of those pages... there's more there too. plus photos of the copies of Detective #1 etc. -M
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Post by MDG on Nov 6, 2019 9:43:51 GMT -5
^^^^ It's been said before, but Ditko really knew how to use comics. Just about every panel here shows the action and the emotion behind it.
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Post by Mister Spaceman on Nov 12, 2019 18:41:29 GMT -5
Jack Kirby by Alex Ross.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2019 20:54:21 GMT -5
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Post by berkley on Dec 4, 2019 21:01:16 GMT -5
That's a thumbs up for Wrightson's art, not the auction, since I have no idea who the money's going to and couldn't care less if some collector makes a million from it.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2019 21:13:34 GMT -5
That's a thumbs up for Wrightson's art, not the auction, since I have no idea who the money's going to and couldn't care less if some collector makes a million from it. It's currently in the hands of a private collector who is selling, from the article... -M
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Post by MWGallaher on Dec 11, 2019 13:53:39 GMT -5
House ad from Sensation Comics #106, Nov-Dec 1951: Dr. Thirteen was the original "Challenger of the Unknown"! Come to think of it, wouldn't that have been an interesting crossover?
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