It's all a conspiracy!

I wonder if the Christmas Incident will get any twists in Dan Brown's next book? Surely it was the work of some sinister force. Did anyone check where the people from Commonweal were? Or the National Catholic Distorter? And what IS the connection between the supposed lone rail-jumper and the enemies of Summorum Pontificam...?

Hehehe...Happy New Year everyone!

Constitution cartoon

An early Golden comic in the golden age the 30's..

Well here is my take on Golden comic..recieved from ebay today...
I like the limited colour of gold yellow it sure suits the name..
Love the Header of the comic title..love the Beano to do this one day...the header takes the shape of the readers meeting the editor Sam Smiles!! Maybe Euan Kerr should of changed his name for The Beano to Euan Merry..The Dandy's previous Editor Morris Heggie to Morris Happy..the thirties comics were certainly a smiley time fro comics..

The cover strip is half good and half wooden to me...it falls between two stools..the handsome character Lt Daring has no expression or fun like Jolly Roger...I think Scooby Doo though good had this problem as well..the adult characters don't have has much personality unlike the cartooney Scooby..If the characters were drawn in a Flintstone style it would work even better.





Reg Perrott
This strip needs more pictures it would work even better as a two pager..


UPDATE artist name Fred Robinson thanks to Lew Stringer for info..

I liked this strip..wished the comic had more cartoon strips like this and the cover..I like the ending of the Monkey driver capturing the animal Bear..







Secretly Smugglers Castle by Arthur Mansbridge




Both good stories.

Love the well drawn Windmill in Little Brother some great shading.

Secretly Smugglers Castle is also good..though not so much expression..the mystrious Monk at the end is a nice cliffhanger..

The rest of the comic are text stories which are not for me..kids sure liked to read then..

Would I buy another Golden comic..the answer is no...it needed more humour pages...Getting Tip-Top soon hopefully with more humour pages..

See Lews take on Golden comic here..Great minds think alike :))
http://lewstringer.blogspot.com/2009/12/vintage-colour-comics-golden-no125-1940.html

If i got any artists wrong let me know..
Thanks to Lew for giving me the artists names from his blog post..

http://www.comicsuk.co.uk/Gallery/NormalDisplayWhole.htm
The Header of Golden comic changes at Christmas..shame the header doesn't change every week like other comics with Roy Wilson art on co0ver..

We are due another Golden age..lets hope the Tennies will be that:)
Happy New Year..amazing I've had nearly 40000 views from May 2009 that is great news..shows how comics are still important to people even today..
Also the blog is nearly two years old..nearly run out of space!!
..so will have to move blog post topics to another blog I have...probably the Buster front covers..Jackpot..Krazy I'll move to make some space..will keep yuo posted..heres to 2010..

IRS cartoon

Constitution cartoon

'Casey Court' for Chips by Julius Stafford Baker 1914/15 examples

This is the one that started off the poster action fun comic page..


Illustrated Chips 20th Nov 1915.

What is great about these fun panels is seeing the same setting and characters each week...especially that white bearded man with the pipe!

It really was a make-do and mend place..But what amazing inventions the kids made..

You can also see the poverty of the way they dress and the scruffiness of the place..though they are very cheerful.


Illustrated Chips 28th Feb 1914.

It inspired other artists like Leo Baxendale who did busy pictures like the Banana Bunch...
http://petergraycartoonsandcomics.blogspot.com/2008/12/leo-baxendale-banana-bunch-from-beezer.html

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http://lambiek.net/artists/p/pease_charlie.htmLater Albert Pease known as Charlie drew the later version of 'Casey Court' for Chips.

http://lewstringer.blogspot.com/2009/01/happy-new-year-1947-chips-style.html
See more of Albert's work here..

UPDATE thanks Lew Stringer for the help in artists names

NATO cartoon

king cartoon

Julie Newmar as April Conquest (part 1)

From "The Monkees Get Out More Dirt" (1967)

Look at the size difference between Julie and Davy Jones! Avatar without the special effects.

The Steve Bright comic!!

Ken Harrison?
http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/news/Illustrator-Ken-quick-draw/article-1553477-detail/article.html
Might be the only page not by Steve? UPDATE it is by Steve see comment by Lew below.though Steve is good at ghosting other artists..so could be wrong..






When I saw this comic as a kid...I rememeber it well..this comic was different a continuous story throughout. I thought how nice all the artists got together to draw a page each with there own characters...later talking to Steve Bright he said he drew it all...so it fooled me..

Steve also said he wasn't allowed to sign his work at that time But sneaked it in also the writers name..which I can't find as it is so small and hidden.

So this was really a Steve Bright comic..

Happy Christmas and Happy New Year

My New Years Resolution is to do at least 10 posts a Month..

Working on a Children's book at the moment with my cartoons and keeping busy..

Happy Holidays, Everyone!

Fulton Sheen

With practically nobody else working at my company, I figured I'd get some sketching done...

REAL Hope

Doug Patton of Canada Free Press has a great article to go along with this cartoon.

Here's a snippet:

There will be plenty of time in the New Year to discuss health care, global warming, the development of nuclear weapons by our enemies, and so many other topics concerning the fight for freedom in 21st Century America. With so many people disillusioned with the “hope and change” proffered recently as a substitute for true faith, this might be the best of times to examine the only true hope of humanity.

Read the entire article:
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/18140

King cartoon

UPDATE-George Wakefield's comic work in Film Fun

All from 1938 Sept 24th Film Fun.

George sure drew a lot of characters for the comic. As a guess some may of been reprints..
After seeing Reg Parlett and Dudley D Watkins comic work you sure can notice the fact George didn't vary the characters much or the backgrounds. Still fun to look at.

The Laurel and Hardy one has one of the oldest jokes ever...
I hold the nail when I nod my head you hit it! says Hardy to Laurel....this gag must of been old even then..:))

A few more details for you Peter
Joe E (Evans) Brown (1892-1973) was a circus acrobat and semi-pro baseball player before he took to the vaudeville stage in the 1920's. His film career for the most part saw him appear as a wise-cracking basically nice guy 'working the angles' in many low-budget B movies. Ironically he is now best remembered for his role in 'Some Like it Hot', made well after his original film career had ended.
Brendan is mistaken in his reference to Frank Sinatra having played him in a biopic though. Brendan is confusing Joe E Brown with another comedian with a very similar name Joe E Lewis who Frank Sinatra played in the biopic 'The Joker is Wild' in 1957.
Wheeler and Woolsey were a comedy double act from the USA who were first placed together by Florenz Ziegfield in his 1929 revue Rio Rita. Bert Wheeler was the rather child-like half of the team while Robert Woolsey was the slick-haired, cigar-chewing 'boss' of the partnership. Sadly this partnership, which was very effective in the films they made in the period 1930-1937, was cut short by the illness which resulted in Robert Woolsey becoming bed-ridden in 1937 and remaining so until his death fourteen months later in Oct 1938.
Thanks Kashgar

http://www.comicsuk.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3261

King cartoon

A change of pace

I've always thought that one of these days I might grow up to be a real artist, but as time marches on, I suppose I'll have to be content with what God's given me.

I've always wanted to do something involving the Blessed Mother, but for some reason, the face is a hang up. With all of the beautiful artwork done over the ages, and still today, I can't do her justice. So I won't try.

But - there must be something I can do.

So I visualize who she is to me - comfort.

As a boy, she basically became the source of all motherly comfort for me. A mother always loves you, always understands. She's always calling us to her, and by doing so calling us to Jesus and to His Church.

This sketch is my humble attempt at artistic (using the term loosely) devotion.

Hooray for Harold Lloyd!! a pair of glasses and a smile..

Film Fun Sept 24th 1938.
UPDATE- George Wakefield

Harolds face is a bit frozen like a mask as well..like the gag of walking through fire and water..

I love Harold's films especially the stunts also they still make me laugh out loud today. I watch the films from a recent dvd boxset from HMV with my best friend Richard. I highly recommend you try a Harold Lloyd film.

http://lambiek.net/artists/w/wakefield_gw.htm

Charley in New Town (1948)

Cop cartoon

Which one of these is not like the others?

Now that Christmas card season is done, I thought I'd catch up on some of the Catholic news I've been missing.

Apparently the Vatican has a MySpace page? Well, I suppose once you've jumped on YouTube, all the other social media can't be far behind. But I read that one of the songs on the Vatican playlist is by Tupac Shakur? I had to double-check, because that sure sounds like a Curt Jester April Fool's prank.

But sure enough, it's there. And over at Catholic Sensibility, I see that some Paulist Father thinks it's an excellent choice for Advent: "I can’t help but think that Shakur’s song makes a fine Advent anthem. This holiday season is all about change and renewal. That grasshopper-eating prophet of repentance, John the Baptist, takes center stage in the liturgical readings, exhorting his followers to make way for a new day."

Um, yeah. What's next - will they add "Creeping Death" by Metallica, which sings about the Passover (believe it or not)?

Try as they might, too often when the Church tries to "be relevant" it just comes off as a little...lame.

Link: http://catholicsensibility.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/vatican-music-page-includes-tupac/

Buster's The Bully Buzzard by ....Reg Parlett

Buster and Cor!! 23rd November 1974.

Heres a new Reg Parlett comic page I've found!!
Its not listed on the Buster website and it says the artist is unknown.
Well it is obvious its by Reg.

As a guess this comic page is a reprint from a earlier comic and may have been called a different name...can anyone help me with the info..

You can see Snooper in one of the panels...you had to spot him hiding on one of the comic pages. A bit like Where's Wally in Big Comic of the 80's.

I love the panel of the Buzzard yelling rght through the bears ears..

More info on George Parlett can be found at the comicsuk forum..
http://www.comicsuk.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=127&t=3255

Obama

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