Warren Tufts' first newspaper strip Casey Ruggles ran from 1949 to 1954. According to the Wikipedia page (citing the always reliable Don Markstein), Tufts did not draw the Sunday page between Auust 1953 and January 1954 (before resuming it himself until September). I knew the strip was continued after that by another artist (acoording to Wikipedia it was Al Carreno). Ghost artists mentioned on the strip are Al Plastino, Alex Toth, Edmund Goode and Ruben Moreira. Of course Alex Toth's work was much earlier and on the dailies. This early Sunday looks like none of the others. Al Plastino was the most adaptable of them, but even him I don't recognize here.
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Showing posts with label Al Plastino. Show all posts
Sunday, October 29, 2017
A Liffte Tufts
Saturday Leftover Day.
Warren Tufts' first newspaper strip Casey Ruggles ran from 1949 to 1954. According to the Wikipedia page (citing the always reliable Don Markstein), Tufts did not draw the Sunday page between Auust 1953 and January 1954 (before resuming it himself until September). I knew the strip was continued after that by another artist (acoording to Wikipedia it was Al Carreno). Ghost artists mentioned on the strip are Al Plastino, Alex Toth, Edmund Goode and Ruben Moreira. Of course Alex Toth's work was much earlier and on the dailies. This early Sunday looks like none of the others. Al Plastino was the most adaptable of them, but even him I don't recognize here.
Warren Tufts' first newspaper strip Casey Ruggles ran from 1949 to 1954. According to the Wikipedia page (citing the always reliable Don Markstein), Tufts did not draw the Sunday page between Auust 1953 and January 1954 (before resuming it himself until September). I knew the strip was continued after that by another artist (acoording to Wikipedia it was Al Carreno). Ghost artists mentioned on the strip are Al Plastino, Alex Toth, Edmund Goode and Ruben Moreira. Of course Alex Toth's work was much earlier and on the dailies. This early Sunday looks like none of the others. Al Plastino was the most adaptable of them, but even him I don't recognize here.
Monday, June 20, 2016
Super Detective
Saturday Leftover Day.
After the succes of the Batman television series, the newspaper strip that had been cancelled in 1946 was tried again. And like the television series, it was a pretty sorry affair. The strip ran on Sunday from 1966 to 1969 and daily from 1966 to 1974. At first is was as camp as the television series, with appreances by celebrities like Jack Benny. The Sundays were ghosted by Shelly Moldoff for the first half year and taken over by DC house inker Joe Giella in 1967 and Al Plastino in 1968. Somewhere in there, Carmine Infantino gave a hand as well and although he was no longer officially there, I see his hand in some of these 1967 strips. But that could be Joe Giella stealing Infantino's poses as well.
After the succes of the Batman television series, the newspaper strip that had been cancelled in 1946 was tried again. And like the television series, it was a pretty sorry affair. The strip ran on Sunday from 1966 to 1969 and daily from 1966 to 1974. At first is was as camp as the television series, with appreances by celebrities like Jack Benny. The Sundays were ghosted by Shelly Moldoff for the first half year and taken over by DC house inker Joe Giella in 1967 and Al Plastino in 1968. Somewhere in there, Carmine Infantino gave a hand as well and although he was no longer officially there, I see his hand in some of these 1967 strips. But that could be Joe Giella stealing Infantino's poses as well.
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Wise Man Say
Wednesday Advertising day.
So who drew these ads? The first one has a definite Bill Elder vibe to me. But I have gone wrong there before and when I went online I found that Jim Wise ads were published in some DC comcis as well and there the art spotters have given it to Al Pastino. Now what I have seen of Al Plastino's style in that period (in the Superman newspaper strip) has a different look, but Plastino was an artistic chameleon, who could do it all (and imitate everyone). I hope maybe someday I can ad the comic book samples here as well.
So who drew these ads? The first one has a definite Bill Elder vibe to me. But I have gone wrong there before and when I went online I found that Jim Wise ads were published in some DC comcis as well and there the art spotters have given it to Al Pastino. Now what I have seen of Al Plastino's style in that period (in the Superman newspaper strip) has a different look, but Plastino was an artistic chameleon, who could do it all (and imitate everyone). I hope maybe someday I can ad the comic book samples here as well.
Sunday, June 03, 2012
Noble Effort
Satudray Leftover Day.
After posting a short run of al Platino's Barry Noble, I had a look to see how long that strip ran. here are the last two weeks from May 1949. I always like these forgotton strips. t may be a minor effort, but I wonder if the artist knew that at the time. If you count this years on Hap Hopper, he worked for seven years on this feature, signed it. Towards the end, he may already ave been working for DC, but that is a vig chunk f someone's career, execially at the start.
Satudray Leftover Day.
After posting a short run of al Platino's Barry Noble, I had a look to see how long that strip ran. here are the last two weeks from May 1949. I always like these forgotton strips. t may be a minor effort, but I wonder if the artist knew that at the time. If you count this years on Hap Hopper, he worked for seven years on this feature, signed it. Towards the end, he may already ave been working for DC, but that is a vig chunk f someone's career, execially at the start.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Ghost Story
Thursday Story Strip Day.
For most of his life, Al Plastino worked as a ghost. He joined DC in 1948 en for twenty years drew mainly Superman. In the sixties and seventies he drew the Batman strip, ghosted Nancy and Ferdinand and even ghosted a year of Peanuts strips that were never used (and were either prepared in case Schultz would become incapable to continue the strip or to show him he was not unreplacable - which of course, he was. But what his wikipedia page doesn't mention, is that for a short time after the war, he did try hs hand at a newspaper strip of his own, signed and all. You can see he was a formidable artist even then and the newspaper's loss was DC's gain.
But that is not the full story. Barry Noble did not start out his life as Barry Noble. As you can see from this stiry he started as Barry Kent. And Barry Kent was a new character introduced to the Hap Hopper strip, when writer Drew Pearson stopped writing that strip. Hap Hopper had started as a 'factual' strip about a political reporter, written by popular political columnists Pearson and Robert S. Allen. If they actually wrote it, I don't know. According to Don Markstein the actual writer was William Laas, United Feature's comics editor. But Pearson and Allen's were good for enough sales to get the strip started. The first artist and co-creator was Jack Sparling, who went on to do loads of war and romance strips in the fifties (some of which have been shown here). Again, according to Markstein the strip debuted on Monday, January 29, 1940. In 1942, Laas was replaced by pulp writer Charles Verral, who, among others, wrote the Mandrake the Magician radio show. Pearson and Allen split up, leavinf Pearson as editor of the series. In 1942, Sparling left the strip to create Claire Voyant. Several artists followed, finally settling on Al Plastino around 1944. I think the strips I am showing here showcase the switch - which seems to have occurred somewhere in the nine strip I am missing. Apparently it took them more then two years to realize they didn't need Pearson anymore.
Thursday Story Strip Day.
For most of his life, Al Plastino worked as a ghost. He joined DC in 1948 en for twenty years drew mainly Superman. In the sixties and seventies he drew the Batman strip, ghosted Nancy and Ferdinand and even ghosted a year of Peanuts strips that were never used (and were either prepared in case Schultz would become incapable to continue the strip or to show him he was not unreplacable - which of course, he was. But what his wikipedia page doesn't mention, is that for a short time after the war, he did try hs hand at a newspaper strip of his own, signed and all. You can see he was a formidable artist even then and the newspaper's loss was DC's gain.
But that is not the full story. Barry Noble did not start out his life as Barry Noble. As you can see from this stiry he started as Barry Kent. And Barry Kent was a new character introduced to the Hap Hopper strip, when writer Drew Pearson stopped writing that strip. Hap Hopper had started as a 'factual' strip about a political reporter, written by popular political columnists Pearson and Robert S. Allen. If they actually wrote it, I don't know. According to Don Markstein the actual writer was William Laas, United Feature's comics editor. But Pearson and Allen's were good for enough sales to get the strip started. The first artist and co-creator was Jack Sparling, who went on to do loads of war and romance strips in the fifties (some of which have been shown here). Again, according to Markstein the strip debuted on Monday, January 29, 1940. In 1942, Laas was replaced by pulp writer Charles Verral, who, among others, wrote the Mandrake the Magician radio show. Pearson and Allen split up, leavinf Pearson as editor of the series. In 1942, Sparling left the strip to create Claire Voyant. Several artists followed, finally settling on Al Plastino around 1944. I think the strips I am showing here showcase the switch - which seems to have occurred somewhere in the nine strip I am missing. Apparently it took them more then two years to realize they didn't need Pearson anymore.
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