Hi, I'm Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and I'm a comic book collector.
Yes, they say that the first step towards healing is to admit to the problem - and, boy, do I have a problem.
I stumbled upon this site when I was trying to find a complete view of the signature that's trimmed off at the bottom of my copy of Croydon's (often misspelled Croyden) Variety Comics #1. Sadly, the scanned copy on the site is chipped at the bottom and was of no help.
I love researching golden age comics. I do a lot of artist identification with my buddy of 37 years, Hames Ware. We're currently working with Henry Steele to update his original Fiction House check list for the GCD and Hames and I are concurrently going over comics from 1940-1946 that were produced by the Jacquet Shop (with some Bernard Baily Studio titles tossed in for good measure).
I also publish a magazine called The Vadeboncoeur Collection of ImageS which reprints art from the "original" Golden Age (1880-1920) in color (plus occasional B&W specials)
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http://www.bpib.com/imagesmagfolder/imagesmag/index.html)
and I've written quite a few biographies of illustrators (comic and otherwise). Just put the word "Illustrators" into Google and click on the "Illustrator Biographies" link at bpib.com.
I can try to answer some art questions here, but unfortunately, though I have tons of old comics, I have almost no time to provide scans. Sorry.
Peace, Jim (|:{>
