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HEY! KIDS! COMICS! : Treasure Trove of Vintage Comics at Cool-Mo-Dee and The Cross-Eyed Cyclops : January 30th, 2008

January 30th, 2009 | Category: HEY! KIDS! COMICS!

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As I mentioned in the last post, I ran across some fantastic blogs yesterday, which you will see well represented in the links below. Notably, check out The Cross-Eyed Cyclops and Cool-Mo-Dee for vintage comics scans galore (among other goodies). Both sites had too many comics available to easily list here, although I listed a bunch of them. Also, note that Cool-Mo-Dee pointed out that the fantastic archive.org now has a lot of vintage comic scans to download. Pictured above is a page from the story Escape From Devil’s Island from Dynamic Adventures #9, one of the many great comics you can download courtesy of The Cross-Eyed Cyclops… click the image to go get it.

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INTERESTING LINKS: Bollywood Superman II: January 30th, 2009

January 30th, 2009 | Category: INTERESTING LINKS, Music Videos, WONDERS AND NOVELTIES

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A while ago, I called your attention to a Bollywood Superman and Spiderman video. I ran across a few awesome new blogs yesterday that I was previously unaware of… one of which was Cool-Mo-Dee. In one post, they called my attention to another great Bollywood Superman video… go here to see it.

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CRUMBLING PAPER: Barney Google by Billy DeBeck

January 29th, 2009 | Category: Billy DeBeck, CRUMBLING PAPER, Ye Olde Comics and Stuffe

Here’s a typically funny example I scanned of Barney Google, with header strip Parlor, Bedroom and Sink, which appears to have turned into Bunky eventually, from November 23, 1930 (the depths of the Great Depression) by the great Billy DeBeck. Hard to believe no one is reprinting Barney Google yet… it is truly one of the great strips of the last century. I was thinking I had heard about a reprint project for this a while ago, but if I did, damned if I can find any mention of it now. If there is a strip more deserving of a complete reprinting, I don’t know what it is.

Click the image to view the full strip.

Here are examples of Married Life by Billy DeBeck, courtesy of Barnacle Press.

Here are some assorted strips by Billy DeBeck at Barnacle Press.

Here are some Barney Google/Snuffy Smith strips courtesy of John Adcock at Yesterday’s Papers.

Here’s an old article about Billy DeBeck at The Stripper’s Guide.

Here’s another an old article about Billy DeBeck at The Stripper’s Guide.

Click here to read more about Billy DeBeck at lambiek.net.

Click here to read more about Barney Google at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

Click here to read more about Snuffy Smith at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

Click here to read more about Bunky at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

Here’s a self-portrait of DeBeck (among other cartoonist self-portraits) at entrecomics.com.

Here’s a gallery of fantastic Billy DeBeck sketches at comicartfans.com. Note that there is a lot of other fantastic Billy DeBeck art on that site as well if you do a search for his name (like this one for example… and this one)… for some reason, they unfortunately don’t make it so you can copy and paste a search there.

Here is a bio of Billy DeBeck courtesy of Sekvenskonst

Here is the Wikipedia entry on Billy DeBeck.

Here is Time Magazine’s obituary of Billy DeBeck.

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Gracie Berrie: Stone Cold Dead in the Market

January 29th, 2009 | Category: MOVIES, MUSIC, Music Videos

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HEY! KIDS! COMICS! : Mr. Satan at Tomb it May Concern : January 29th, 2009

January 29th, 2009 | Category: HEY! KIDS! COMICS!

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I just ran across a new blog full of fun horror comics… Tomb it May Concern. In addition to six episodes (1 2 3 4 5 6) of the above psychotronic Flaming Carrot reject, Mr. Satan (a character from the golden age title Zip Comics), they have a gorgeously illustrated Bruce Jones and Bernie Wrightson horror story from Creepy #63, Jenifer.

Boy do I ever love this panel from the sixth installment of Mr. Satan…

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INTERESTING LINKS: Bernie Wrightson at Golden Age Comic Book Stories: January 29th, 2009

January 29th, 2009 | Category: INTERESTING LINKS

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I’ve always dug Bernie Wrightson. He did fun horror comics throughout the 70’s and 80’s when almost no one was doing them, and he did them very well. His Bernie Wrightson: Master of the Macabre comic series from Pacific and Eclipse in the 80’s warped my young brain just as effectively as the EC and pre-code horror comics that it was inspired by did.

Golden Age Comic Book Stories has a great gallery of his illustrations, including the gorgeous image above that was made of Wrightson’s lush, illustrated Frankenstein book, but not used. You have to see the large version to really appreciate Wrightson’s artistry.