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Post by kirby101 on Jun 29, 2022 10:32:25 GMT -5
Action #1 is the start of the Golden Age, but it was far from the first Comic Book. So for this contest, post a cover dated before June 1938. I think we can be a little lax about what we can accept as a comic. Here is Famous Funnies #1, 1933 usually considered the first book that we recognize as what we think of as Comic Books. To clarify, it must contain graphic story telling, it can't be illustrated text stories like a sci-fi magazine.
The Cover Contest Constitution: -Post one, and only one, classic cover that fits the theme of the contest. -Cover must be from a published comic book or collected volume published before June 2012. -Please include the title and the issue number of the comic in case some posters cannot see your image. -Covers must be posted before voting begins. -Voting takes place on Tuesday, July 5, 2022, beginning at 12:01am PST and ending at 11:59am PST. -Vote by posting the name of the poster whose cover best fits the theme or that you simply like the most. -Put the name of your choice in bold. -The winner of the contest is the entrant with the most votes after the voting period ends. -The winner chooses the theme for the next week's contest. -If you don't think the cover fits the theme, don't vote for it; please don't post disparaging remarks about it. -If a cover is more recent than the classic time frame, kindly point it out to the poster, who may then choose an alternate before voting begins.
Have fun discovering long forgotten comics from a bygone era.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2022 10:35:42 GMT -5
Date isn’t that clear on mine, but it’s The Dandy #1 from 1937:
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Post by Rob Allen on Jun 29, 2022 10:53:45 GMT -5
Here's one from the previous month, May 1938 - New Adventure Comics #26, cover by Creig Flessel:
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jun 29, 2022 10:59:08 GMT -5
Posted this elsewhere a few days ago. From 1933
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 29, 2022 10:59:16 GMT -5
New Fun #4, May, 1935Goscinny and Morris have some answering to do.
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Post by shaxper on Jun 29, 2022 11:06:24 GMT -5
LOVE this assignment. So many great choices, but I have to go with the prototype for one of my favorite covers of all time:
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Post by mikelmidnight on Jun 29, 2022 11:18:02 GMT -5
1837
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Post by kirby101 on Jun 29, 2022 11:22:22 GMT -5
1837 The first American graphic novel.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jun 29, 2022 12:03:41 GMT -5
Bringing Up Father #3 (Cupples & Leon, 1919) ( kirby101, if you don't this counts as a legitimate cover, let me know, I've got a few potential back-up choices that are more 'conventional' comic books)
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Post by MDG on Jun 29, 2022 12:48:54 GMT -5
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Post by tarkintino on Jun 29, 2022 13:19:41 GMT -5
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye #1 (1931). Cover by E.C. Segar.
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Post by kirby101 on Jun 29, 2022 13:21:39 GMT -5
Bringing Up Father #3 (Cupples & Leon, 1919) ( kirby101 , if you don't this counts as a legitimate cover, let me know, I've got a few potential back-up choices that are more 'conventional' comic books) Books of comic strips have always been good. If Calvin and Hobbes is ok, so is this.
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Post by tartanphantom on Jun 29, 2022 13:40:40 GMT -5
Funny Picture Stories V1 #2-- Dec. 1936-- Comics Magazine Company, Inc.
Cover art by Bill Allison
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Post by Farrar on Jun 29, 2022 14:28:55 GMT -5
Detective Comics #13, cover dated March 1938 I love Creig Flessel's work--wish I owned more of it (I'm working on it). This is one of my favorite Flessel covers--I love all the detailing and textures here.
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jun 29, 2022 14:57:43 GMT -5
Books of comic strips have always been good. If Calvin and Hobbes is ok, so is this. Good thing, too. Farrar just took my first runner-up.
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