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Post by Rob Allen on Sept 24, 2016 20:28:19 GMT -5
Roy still seeking Star Wars:
Still looking for some things, although several people from these lists
have been very helpful. Here are a few particular things I now know I need:
(1) Does anyone have any better copies of the "unpublished" (if you
don't count the fact they're now all on the Internet) STAR WARS strips
drawn by Williamson that retold the story of the film? I have those
files, obviously... but maybe there are better scans available of a few
of the key strips?
(2) Is there anything in the big book Lucasfilm authorized on the STAR
WARS comics that might be good for AE #145's attempt to tell the whole
story of that comic in 1977? I don't think I have that book.
(3) I think I do have a book or two on THE ART OF STAR WARS and that
kind of things... but I'm in the middle of a reorganization at present
and any such books except those few listed below are unlikely to be
located in time for AE #145. The books I do have access to right now
are the 3 volumes of the Goodwin/Williamson STAR WARS strip, and at
least the first volume of those same strips in color... the MAD parody
of the STAR WARS movie (did CRACKED or other parody mags do one, too?
Did Marvel's CRAZY still exist and do one? I'll admit I haven't check
on this yet)... the book entitled STAR WARS STORYBOARDS.
(4) Could use a color scan of the cover of the paperback that reprinted
the Marvel STAR WARS adaptation... the cover was seen in b&w in AE #68,
but not sure I can locate my paperback in time for AE #145.
(5) Anything good in 1977 in CBG? There was an RBCC cover with a STAR
WARS theme in 1977 or so, and I have a copy someone sent me but it's not
as good a scan as I'd like.
(6) Steve Leialoha did a funny-animal STAR WARS drawing for a back
cover of THE COMIC READER... but the scan I have seems a bit faded, and
I could use a better one.
(7) Any more good drawings done by Howard Chaykin, Steve Leialoha, Rick
Hoberg, Bill Wray, or Dave Stevens--the 5 artists who worked on the
interiors of STAR WARS #1-6--of STAR WARS characters?
(8) Other good fan-drawings (or pro drawings) done of STAR WARS
characters or scenes in 1977 or so?
(9) Good scans from the first episode of so of "Star Wars" that I wrote
for Marvel's PIZZAZZ, as drawn by Chaykin and DeZuniga?
(10) I think I have one Marvel ad for STAR WARS... but may have
overlooked some.
If you send anything I don't already have usable versions of and wind up
using, you'll naturally receive a copy of AE #145. Of course, I'm
grateful any attempts to help, even though I can't give everyone a
freebie copy of AE #145 or my poor publisher will make even less profit
on the issue than usual. With ALTER EGO #145, and thenceforward, the
price of an issue goes up to $9.95... and the page count permanently, I
hope, to 100 pages, counting covers... and the mag will henceforth be
bimonthly, rather than 8 times a year, a situation needed for my
survival (or at least so my wife Dann informs me... I'm not entirely
sure what she means by that).
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Post by Rob Allen on Sept 25, 2016 19:50:30 GMT -5
Roy is more talkative than usual about this upcoming issue:
Well, zeroing in on what I can re 1977 or maybe '78 STAR WARS stuff,
esp. as related to the comics (either to Marvel's comic, or comic-books
references to or parodies of the film)... but a few things still spring
to mind.
(1) I'm told that an issue of Steranko's MEDIASCENE (no longer
COMICSCENE by then?) had a cover and some info on the then-forthcoming
movie, so early '77 at latest... there was apparently some misinfo in
there, maybe even visually... would love to get hold of that info and cover.
(2) Could use info on who drew most of the covers of the first 20-21
issues of the UK STAR WARS WEEKLY from Marvel, which reprinted the movie
adaptation and the first continuation.
(3) Naturally, any fan or pro art either in comics or fanzines or
magazines of some other kind is useful... or material esp. by the
artists who worked on the Marvel early comics with me, such as Chaykin,
Leialoha, HOberg, Wray, Stevens, or even Palmer, DeZuniga, or Chan, who
did some inking or reprint covers.
Of course, I'm open to other suggestions as well. I just don't feel
like reprinting many pages from the comics themselves... and I don't
have access to much of the original art, esp. to the layouts.
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Post by Rob Allen on Nov 30, 2016 12:15:35 GMT -5
Anybody have a 50s Wolverton SF story for Roy?
Working on a short tribute to writer Daniel Keyes for ALTER EGO #146 and wondered if someone might possibly be able to send me a scan of the splash page of his story "They Crawl by Night!" from JOURNEY INTO UNKNOWN WORLDS #15 (Feb. 1953), with art by Basil Wolverton. I'd like to be able to reproduce that page from the original comic, if possible, not from a reprint edition. A copy of AE #146 will go out to the first person who sends me a good scan of that page.
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Post by Rob Allen on Jan 3, 2017 18:11:24 GMT -5
Here's a request that a few people here might be able to fill...
Could use a good 300 dpi scan of the splash page of MASTER OF KUNG FU
#98, if anyone has it. The first person to provide such a scan will be
put on the list to receive a copy of ALTER EGO #146.
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Post by Rob Allen on Jan 13, 2017 1:08:01 GMT -5
Here's a request that a few people here might be able to fill...
Could use a good 300 dpi scan of the splash page of MASTER OF KUNG FU #98, if anyone has it. The first person to provide such a scan will be put on the list to receive a copy of ALTER EGO #146.
There was a typo in Roy's original message. He needs #96. Corrected message:
[We] could really use a good scan of the splash page of MASTER OF KUNG FU #96 for ALTER EGO #146's Doug Moench interview. The first person to send a usable scans (300 dpi or so) to layout man Chris Day at chris@chrisdaydesign will receive a free copy of the issue...
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Post by shaxper on Jan 13, 2017 13:55:49 GMT -5
Can't be of help with my crummy digital camera, but I cannot wait to read that interview!
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Post by Rob Allen on Jan 21, 2017 19:19:20 GMT -5
Now he needs some Otto Binder stories:
As some of you already know, P.C. Hamerlinck, Bill Schelly, and I are
annotating Otto Binder's 70-page list of comics stories he wrote from
the early 1940s through the mid-60s, for AE #147. P.C., of course, as
the every-issue editor of FCA in ALTER EGO, is taking care of the scans
of Otto's Fawcett-related work... and Bob Bailey is helping me with a
good sampling of art from the days of Otto's return to DC in the latter
1950s and 60s... but I could really use some good samples of his work
for other companies, particularly in the 1940s and 50s. He wrote a
Captain America story or two... other stuff for Timely... a few things
for EC... and, in fact, something for many of the plethora of comics
companies back in the 40s... Prize, you name it. If anyone has any good
scans of some of that work, especially not scanned from reprints, I'd
welcome your help, and can give out copies of the issue in exchange for
a bit of help. If you do send something that's from a secondary source,
please let me know... I may still wind up using it, but I want to label
it as such.
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Post by Rob Allen on Jan 24, 2017 18:42:12 GMT -5
No request this time, just a tease for some coming attractions:
Chet has reminded me from time to time that I need to let listers know
of new items coming out that I'm affiliated with... and I tend to forget
to do that, since I don't Tweet (except occasionally to my hornbill
Barbra) and don't do Facebook (I don't want any e-"friend" or
"followers"). So here goes.
Just learned, courtesy of Pedro Angosto in Spain, no less, that DC is
soliciting a trade paperback reprinting of my late-1980s LAST DAYS OF
THE JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA, which will include JSA-related stories
from the 1980s SECRET ORIGINS series, including the retelling of the
Levitz/Staton JSA origin minus Superman and Batman. I was always very
happy with the ending of that one. Apparently retail cost will be $30...
on sale in early May.
Also, should mention that Titan Comics is publishing the third volume of
the Elric adaptations I wrote in the 80s, ELRIC: THE WEIRD OF THE WHITE
WOLF, with art by Michael T. Gilbert, P. Craig Russell, and George
Freeman. This is a hardcover, costing $25. Nice to see all three of
these volumes (so far) in hardcover... a couple more to go.
Now, if only Dark Horse will let me get moving on the new CONAN limited
series (there've been a few technical problems, not all of DH's making),
and I can get a chance to start writing the new issue of ANTHEM recently
penciled for Heroic by Benito Gallego (new artist of ERB Inc.'s online
TARZAN strip) and the new S&S hero I've created with artist Nathan
Furman...
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Post by Rob Allen on Feb 14, 2017 23:36:59 GMT -5
Not for Alter Ego, but for a long-delayed book project:
PS Artbooks and I are still looking for the Dick Briefer "Frankenstein"
story from PRIZE COMICS #17. I know it's unlikely that someone out
there will suddenly discover they have it and can make color scans for
us, even though they would be well-rewarded for same... but Jerry Bails,
years ago, put zillions of comics on microfilm, including PRIZE #17. I
have that microfilm myself, but I think my copies have faded too much to
be used, even in their black-&-white form. I'm wondering if anyone on
this list has Jerry's microfilm for PRIZE #17 and can make decent copies
of that story... or arrange (by contacting me offline) to mail that
microfilm to PS Artbooks... so that I can hopefully convince the
publisher that we should print that single Frankenstein story (out of
literally dozens that would appear in the long-delayed ROY THOMAS
PRESENTS FRANKENSTEIN, Vol. 1) in b&w since it seems increasingly
unlikely that we're going to be able to find it in color. I'm convinced
that most potential readers would rather have one 8-page story (out of,
again, dozens) be in b&w rather than have the volume delayed forever.
If we could do Vol. 1, we would then be able to do Vol. 2, as well. Any
help out there?
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Post by Rob Allen on Feb 16, 2017 21:45:17 GMT -5
Last call for Otto Binder stories published by Timely:
I've only got a couple of weeks (a bit less, actually) to finish adding
art to the 70-plus-page list of the 1939-1965 comics stories written by
Otto Binder... and while folks have kindly sent me lots of the rare
stuff I need from Fawcett (P.C. Hamerlinck's handling most of that), DC
(Bob Bailey and a couple of others), Street & Smith (whose comics work
mostly isn't public domain), I find I still could use a few pages of
1940s Timely art. Only thing is, Otto didn't generally list,because he
didn't always own the old comics, the precise comic that a story
appeared in... he wouldn't even know if a Captain American tale he wrote
appeared in C.A., ALL WINNERS, or somewhere else... only his basic story
title (which could have been changed by the editor) and some sort of
schedule date, which generally does NOT match up with cover dates but is
usually a bit earlier than the cover date.
Wonder if anyone might be able to help me with 300 dpi scans of any of
the following:
Captain America - "Mole Men" - 1943
" - "Turtle" - 1944-45
" - "Pandora's Box" 1946
" - "Ulysses" 1946
" - "Crime Club" - 1946
The Whizzer - "Cadet" - 1943
Sub-Mariner - "Card Navy" (yep, that's what the list says) - all the
following several are 1943-44
" - "Tornado"
" - "Tunnel"
" - "Rocket Gun"
" - "Great Lakes"
Destroyer - "Berlin Bombs" - 1944
- "Jap Hitters" - 1944 or 45
Miss America - "The Corpses That Walked"
" - "Black Widow"
" - "Monster Men"
" - "13th Floor"
+ - "Flying Horse"
Human Torch - "Chain Letters" - 1945
Blonde Phantom - "Mayor Hart Troubles" - 1946
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Post by Rob Allen on Feb 21, 2017 18:49:37 GMT -5
Roy needs a couple of Binder stories from EC comics:
Wonder if anyone out there might have a copy of EC's HAUNT OF FEAR #24
(the 1954 one, not the 1952 version before they renumbered), with the
splash of Otto Binder's story "Only Sin Deep." Please contact me
offline... would prefer a scan from the actual comic book, rather than a
reprint.
Forgot, last time, to add one more Otto Binder story: "I, Robot," in
WEIRD SCIENCE-FANTASY #27 (Jan.-Feb. 1955), from the original comic if
possible. Please contact me offline, since I can only give a copy of
ALTER EGO #147 to the first person to send the scan I use.
I'm pretty sure that he doesn't really mean "offline", he means email first, don't just send the scan.
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Post by Rob Allen on Feb 23, 2017 12:10:51 GMT -5
Roy's looking for a 50s DC story:
Discovered I need the splash page, and/or perhaps another good page,
from the story "The Pied Piper of the Sea" in HOUSE OF MYSTERY #32
(1954). Can give a copy of AE #147 to the first person who can supply
me a good scan...
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Post by Rob Allen on Feb 23, 2017 20:29:48 GMT -5
And some more DCs:
Got the EC stuff I needed right off the bat from Tony Thomas--but thanks
to all!
Need a couple more, from this short list:
Star-Spangled Kid from STAR SPANGLED #85, 86, or 90--
and Captain Compass from STAR SPANGLED #94
Thanks for listening
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Post by Rob Allen on Feb 24, 2017 18:12:21 GMT -5
Still tracking down the last few Binder stories:
Need splash page from any of the following, please... the first one to come that I use will get a copy of AE #147.
Green Arrow in WORLD'S FINEST #37-40 or 42 (#37 might be best, but any will do)
Trying to find scan of splash for a story Otto Binder's lost track of--
"The Museum of Worthless Inventions," which appeared in HOUSE OF SECRETS
#13 (Oct. 1958). Does anyone have it, by chance?
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Post by Rob Allen on Mar 9, 2017 12:15:38 GMT -5
Roy needs an obituary or two and is hoping to unearth a hidden gem...
Would someone care to write a few hundred words about John Calnan as an
obit/tribute for ALTER EGO? Please contact me offline... I may need a
piece on Jay Lynch, as well, depending on whether one person I've
approached decides to do it.
Also...
Wondering if anyone out there might know of a little-seen (not
necessarily unpublished, but not widely disseminated) Marie Severin
interview, as I'd like to add it to the mix of interviews with several
women who did pioneering work for Marvel in the early 70s and make an
ALTER EGO issue out of it. I'll do so anyway, probably, but it would be
great to have something re Marie to go with it. Any help will be
appreciated.
I'll be away a couple of days to the Big Apple con in NYC (appearing
there only Saturday, alas), so it may take a day or three to get back to
anyone.
Once again, he doesn't literally mean offline, he means direct email, not a reply to the list he posted this on.
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