Thursday, November 28, 2013
THANKSGIVING ON THE COVER OF THE SATURDAY EVENING POST
HAPPY THANKSGIVING 2013! Nothing said Americana in the early to mid-20th century like "THE SATURDAY EVENING POST" and it always featured glorious cover art by the likes of Rockwell and Leyendecker. Here is a sampling of early 20th century Thanksgiving.
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
MY TARDY TRIBUTE TO NICK CARDY
EARLY IN NOVEMBER WE LOST ONE OF THE COMIC BOOK ARTISTS WHO, TO ME, REPRESENTED THE LOOK OF SEVENTIES DC COMICS: NICK CARDY.
He was never a superstar artist like Neal Adams et. al. but Cardy's artwork was instantly recognizable and much-loved by me and many other comic book kids who grew up seeing it. The late 60's into the 1970s saw Nick Cardy at the height of his powers and he was very prolific during that time; cranking out superb covers as well as interior artwork for our favourite DC heroes. Particularly associated with Aquaman and the Teen Titans, Cardy probably drew almost every character and/or book DC published during that era and drew some of its most iconic covers as well (some of which you will see below). Cardy was particularly adept at the "new look" covers DC was producing in the late 60's utilizing his graphically-strong, pop art style as well as his later 70's output of more straight-ahead, modern superheroic action. The artwork of Nick Cardy is an integral part of my childhood comic book memories and his covers were so good and so numerous that I had to cut out a WHOLE LOT of favourites or else this post would've gone on for ages! However, I'd like to present now just a small portion of the great comic book art of the late Nick Cardy in the following cover gallery:
He was never a superstar artist like Neal Adams et. al. but Cardy's artwork was instantly recognizable and much-loved by me and many other comic book kids who grew up seeing it. The late 60's into the 1970s saw Nick Cardy at the height of his powers and he was very prolific during that time; cranking out superb covers as well as interior artwork for our favourite DC heroes. Particularly associated with Aquaman and the Teen Titans, Cardy probably drew almost every character and/or book DC published during that era and drew some of its most iconic covers as well (some of which you will see below). Cardy was particularly adept at the "new look" covers DC was producing in the late 60's utilizing his graphically-strong, pop art style as well as his later 70's output of more straight-ahead, modern superheroic action. The artwork of Nick Cardy is an integral part of my childhood comic book memories and his covers were so good and so numerous that I had to cut out a WHOLE LOT of favourites or else this post would've gone on for ages! However, I'd like to present now just a small portion of the great comic book art of the late Nick Cardy in the following cover gallery:
A TRIBUTE TO AL PLASTINO
THE SECOND COMIC BOOK ARTIST WE LOST IN NOVEMBER WAS AL PLASTINO.
Never one of the most celebrated artists of the silver age, Plastino nonetheless was a familiar and reliable comic book artist whose very style evokes those wonderful, wacky 60's DC books - especially in the Superman family of books which Plastino frequented. If his many years of work weren't enough, Plastino also rockets into the history books as the co-creator and artist who brought us both the first appearance of Supergirl
as well as the first appearance of the Legion of Super-Heroes!
Here is a small gallery of artwork by the late Al Plastino.
Never one of the most celebrated artists of the silver age, Plastino nonetheless was a familiar and reliable comic book artist whose very style evokes those wonderful, wacky 60's DC books - especially in the Superman family of books which Plastino frequented. If his many years of work weren't enough, Plastino also rockets into the history books as the co-creator and artist who brought us both the first appearance of Supergirl
as well as the first appearance of the Legion of Super-Heroes!
Here is a small gallery of artwork by the late Al Plastino.
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