tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969619411845920903.post2412085870504481609..comments2024-02-24T03:23:15.797-05:00Comments on Who Created the Comic Books?: The Unnoticed Lassie ArtistMartin OHearnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756078371130519063noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969619411845920903.post-83677310677383421782018-03-15T13:23:42.619-04:002018-03-15T13:23:42.619-04:00Alberto,
In DEAR NANCY PARKER, compare the pencil...Alberto,<br /><br />In DEAR NANCY PARKER, compare the penciling style of the final story in #2, "Going Steady," to that of the other Nancy Parker stories in #1 and 2. You've IDed him on "Going Steady"; Mike Sekowsky is easy to see there under inks by Giacoia (and maybe Giella too)--but his figures and faces can be made out under Robinson's inks in all those other stories. Look at page 2 of issue 1, for instance.<br /><br />As with Elephant Boy in LASSIE, the backup, Great Loves, is penciled in quite a different style. Could those be the ones Bob Forgione ghosted? "Going Steady" tells me that Sekowsky wasn't ghosting for Robinson in the first place--he was working directly for Western on these books, as on so many others.<br /><br />MartinMartin OHearnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756078371130519063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969619411845920903.post-78765347634199816282018-03-12T14:41:51.709-04:002018-03-12T14:41:51.709-04:00Martin:
I don't think Mike Sekowsky penciled ...Martin:<br /><br />I don't think Mike Sekowsky penciled this one... Rather, I think it's Bob Forgione, who ghosted a lot of Dell/Gold Key stuff for Jerry Robinson. Forgione is one of the many unsung heroes of comics. I think he did his best as a ghost penciler on The Phantom daily strip for Sy Barry from 1961-65.<br /><br />Best,<br />AlbertoAlbertohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14098382848831305863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969619411845920903.post-55580958297075748222018-01-24T09:25:30.471-05:002018-01-24T09:25:30.471-05:00That would be exactly what I didn't recall!That would be exactly what I didn't recall!Martin OHearnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756078371130519063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969619411845920903.post-79899353559805319532018-01-23T13:14:17.015-05:002018-01-23T13:14:17.015-05:00Dan drew the last DOCTOR SOLAR stories Western pub...Dan drew the last DOCTOR SOLAR stories Western published. Those were for the East Coast office.Mark Evanierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08294096494779171404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969619411845920903.post-41075729279172656562018-01-21T08:48:06.612-05:002018-01-21T08:48:06.612-05:00It looks like the mystery anthologies were, unsurp...It looks like the mystery anthologies were, unsurprisingly, the easiest way for the editors to supply that work for Dan Spiegle; I count 15 or so of his stories in them, and off the top of my head can't recall his appearing elsewhere in the East Coast titles.Martin OHearnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756078371130519063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969619411845920903.post-58549075830943012622018-01-20T15:09:43.672-05:002018-01-20T15:09:43.672-05:00My understanding when I worked for Western was tha...My understanding when I worked for Western was that Du Bois was the only freelancer working for both the west and east coast offices routinely as if they were separate companies. When you see Dan Spiegle turn up in an east coast book, that was usually because the editors in L.A. called the editors in N.Y. and said, "We have no assignment we can give Dan right now. Do you have something to keep him busy until we have more scripts for him?" But Du Bois sold to both divisions on his own and I don't think he was based in L.A. or N.Y. for most of that time.Mark Evanierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08294096494779171404noreply@blogger.com