Browne and Haenigsen 5

Saturday Leftover Day. 

Now that the issue of Hogan's Alley with my article on the influence of Harry Haenigson is finally out, I can share the folder of illustrations that led me to the article in the first place. In no particular orddr, you will see Dik Browne's work for Power House (candy bars), Warren's Mint gum sticks (Colonel Mint) and Harry Haenigsen's work on Colonel Goodbreath form five years before that. I may have shown parts of this earlier, but this is the full file. Roger Wilco is defenitively Browne (it is sometimes even signed) and Colonel Goodbreath is pure Haenigsen, but Colonel Mint is a hybrid. I may have been started by Haenigsen and finished by Browne (but that would have to mean Haenigson worked for Johnson and Cushing even after he had two succesful strips running).

 Come back for a suprising new Haenigsen find next week.

 

Something To Make Everyone Smile

Wednesday Advertising Day.

Today a few bits and pieces. First, I have a VIP ad, that goed well with mondays True post. Secondly a Hank Ketcham ad to go with the Dennis the menace post from two weeks ago. And thirdly, two very different Ipana ads from 1948 and 1952. The first one is a daily, the second a badly scanned Sunday. What makes them interesting is the fact that this account is supposed to have been handled by Stan Drake. I have read in an interview somewhere that he was one of a few artists allowed to sign his work for Johnstone and Cushing, but neither of these are signed. I can see his style in the first panel of the Sundday, but the rest of it is less clear. What do you think?

I am finishing with yet another one of Dik Brownes gorgeous Camels cartoon ads. Recently I came across a comic section in a store in Brussels, that had one of Brownes signed Roger Wilco ads. Alas, the asking price of 30 euros was too much for me and the store holder was so kind I didn't even dare to declare my interest (as he had already given me several other things for free and I didn't want to look greedy). But maybe I can persuade him to exchance scans...

Off Color

Saturday Leftover Day.

In 1946 and 1947 Dik Brone drew a two-weekly ad series for Powerhouse candy bars called Roger Wilco (most of which I have shown in some for, although I did find a couple of new color ones I have included). It probably was his first work for the Johnstone and Cushing company and I always thought that it showed a similarity to his most well known work before that: designing the Chicita Lady for the famous banana brand. On the other hand, I was never really sure if he did originate the Roger Wilco series and the characters. Last week, I came across a once a week series of daily strips of Roger Wilco and Powerhouse (which ran from March to December). The are in the same style, but look less like the work of Browne. Also, they are not signed (as the later Sunday samples sometimes were). It is an impressive run of strips, most of which I managed to pull from a micro-fiche site. But are they by Dik Browne? If they are, they show an even earlier fase of his art style. But somehow I don't think they are.