Sunday, December 28, 2014
Saturday, December 27, 2014
Friday, December 26, 2014
Playing The Gibson
Friday Arrow Day 2.
I accidentally did the third date twice, so here's the good one.
I accidentally did the third date twice, so here's the good one.
Thursday, December 25, 2014
Straight Shootin'
Thursday Arrow Day 1.
A couple of years ago I showed all pages from a special newspaper section I ha called The Arrow. It was produced completely by Loyd Lacquet and Walter Gibson, with Gibson apparently writing most of the strips (though only signing one). As I said then, Alan Holtz was preparing an article about this elusive section for Hogan's Alley. As far as I can see, the article has not yet appeared. One reason may be that it has been hard for Allan to get a complete set of 'issues'.
Recently I came across a site that had microfiche copies of the prepepared weekly, from a New York area newspaper. Since some of the strips are numbered I am sure I have the frst one. By that reckoning the fifth one is missing (but just happens to be the one I have in color) and the whole things stops after eight issues, one week short of Christmas. If tere were more in other papers i Dont' know. But over the next few days I will share what I have, for Alan Holtz, for walter Gibson fans everywhere and for those of you who want to see a continuation of Bruce Gentry two years after the fact by a completely different team.
I left out Debbie Dean because I don't care for it. But that seems silly now, so I may have to ad at a later stage.
A couple of years ago I showed all pages from a special newspaper section I ha called The Arrow. It was produced completely by Loyd Lacquet and Walter Gibson, with Gibson apparently writing most of the strips (though only signing one). As I said then, Alan Holtz was preparing an article about this elusive section for Hogan's Alley. As far as I can see, the article has not yet appeared. One reason may be that it has been hard for Allan to get a complete set of 'issues'.
Recently I came across a site that had microfiche copies of the prepepared weekly, from a New York area newspaper. Since some of the strips are numbered I am sure I have the frst one. By that reckoning the fifth one is missing (but just happens to be the one I have in color) and the whole things stops after eight issues, one week short of Christmas. If tere were more in other papers i Dont' know. But over the next few days I will share what I have, for Alan Holtz, for walter Gibson fans everywhere and for those of you who want to see a continuation of Bruce Gentry two years after the fact by a completely different team.
I left out Debbie Dean because I don't care for it. But that seems silly now, so I may have to ad at a later stage.
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Browne Filler
Wednesday Advertising Day.
I keep clipping samples of Dik Browne's advertising work and I never stop posting them and stil new ones come up. I don't think the last one realy is by Browne, though. Just someone working in his style.
I keep clipping samples of Dik Browne's advertising work and I never stop posting them and stil new ones come up. I don't think the last one realy is by Browne, though. Just someone working in his style.
Dennis The Partnership
Tuesday Comic Strip Day.
It is widely known that cartoonist Al wiseman joined Hank Ketcham on the Denis the Menace from very early on. Their syles were alrady similar and it apparently took Wiseman very little time to adjust to Ketcham's radical inking style. Still, if you look at the number of redo's and overlays he produced for his succesor when he finally left the panel years later, it is hard to imagine him not helping his friend out in any way at leats in the first perio. The Sunday page started in 1952 and here are a few sampled. The style here closely resembles that of the daily panel at that time.
It is widely known that cartoonist Al wiseman joined Hank Ketcham on the Denis the Menace from very early on. Their syles were alrady similar and it apparently took Wiseman very little time to adjust to Ketcham's radical inking style. Still, if you look at the number of redo's and overlays he produced for his succesor when he finally left the panel years later, it is hard to imagine him not helping his friend out in any way at leats in the first perio. The Sunday page started in 1952 and here are a few sampled. The style here closely resembles that of the daily panel at that time.
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