I am not the original scanner. I think I have that ad somewhere if I can find it and make a good scan.
Thanks. If I could see a close up perhaps I'd recognize the name.
I have some other art ID questions/observations. After doing a bunch of work by shop artists for what JVJ calls the Carlson comics I am starting to get a little eye for some things. I believe that it was shop policy/allowance that if someone did pencil and inks they could/should sign their work. If someone else inked their work it was not signed. I may be way off but this is a deduction based on the frequent signatures but not always signed. Examining some of JVJ's cards makes me still feel that this is a possibility.
As for the signing/not signing - it wouldn't surprise me in the least that your observations are correct. The ones that really puzzle me are the "defaced" signatures on some stories. Why sign if your boss is going to erase your signature, or perhaps it only happened at certain companies - i.e. the shop would provide the work and the customer would alter the signatures before sending the stories off to the printer.
I have been correct in identifying some artists before looking at JVJ's cards. HC Kiefer and Gerald Altman I am pretty good at and think I could learn some more. Now here is one from the gut. I looked at the cover of Camera 7 and my gut said Witty #2. I looked at Witty #2 and it is by Browner. I looked as some other Browner covers and still think I might be right. Now Jim can punch me in the gut for probably being way off as my guess does not match his at all. It is not signed so it may be inked by someone else.
I laughed out loud when I read this, narf,
I must have some fearsome reputation somewhere for you to consider one my reactions might be punching you in the gut. I know you're just kidding, but it seems like such an odd thing to say. Why shouldn't I accept your guesses/IDs as valid? I haven't looked at the books since I sent them, so I can't comment on your Browner ID now, but I'll certainly take a look and give you some feedback when the books return. (My guesses and/or IDs should be on the cards, though. What did the Camera 7 cover credit say?)
Peace [really, non-violent, no punching], Jim (|:{>