[Electricmastro]

In all your time browsing through the comics on this site, what has been some of your favorite interior art that you

[Andrew999]

Gosh - yes, that's good - great choice

Reminds me somehow of Nemo in Slumberland - or going back a bit Hieronymus Bosch.

I'll need to give some thought to my favourite

[Electricmastro]

Smaller publishers:

Harry Parkhurst (Champion Comics #3, January 1940):



Munson Paddock (Speed Comics #9, June 1940):



Fred Meagher (Tom Mix Comics #5, January 1941):



Leonard Starr (Lucky Comics #1, January 1944):



Harold Delay (Blue Circle Comics #1, June 1944):



Sam Cooper (Red Band Comics #1, November 1944):



Rudy Palais (Contact Comics #5, March 1945):



Mort Leav (Power Comics #4, September 1945):



Jon Small (Golden Lad #2, November 1945):



John Giunta (Triple Threat Comics, Winter 1945):



Bernard Baily (Star Studded Comics, 1945):



Mac Raboy (Green Lama #7, January 1946):



Jerry Robinson (Atoman Comics #1, February 1946):



George Roussos (Green Lama #8, March 1946):



Marv Levy (Key Comics #4, May 1946):



Nat Edson (Picture News #6, June 1946):



Ellis Chambers (Hi-Ho Comics #1, 1946):



Harry Anderson (Picture News #10, January 1947):



Jack Cole (True Crime Comics #2, May 1948):



Walt Kelly (The Adventures of Peter Wheat #3, June 1948):



Dan Barry (Buster Brown Comic Book #12, Summer 1948):



Will Eisner (Baseball Comics #1, Spring 1949):



Gustav Schrotter (Stories by Famous Authors Illustrated #11, January 1951):



Wally Wood (Western Crime Busters #6, August 1951):



Vince Napoli (Dark Mysteries #3, October 1951):



Harry Harrison (Youthful Romances #9, November 1951):



Lou Cameron (Mysterious Adventures #6, February 1952):



Al Gordon (Beware #14, March 1953):



John Forte (Beware #15, May 1953):



Paul Stoddard (Judo Joe #1, August 1953):



Gerald Altman (Beware #5, September 1953):



Vince Fodera (Blazing Western #1, January 1954):



Bill Savage (Mysterious Adventures #19, April 1954):



Ross Andru (Get Lost #3, June 1954):



George Woodbridge (Masked Ranger #6, February 1955):



Edmond Good (Johnny Law, Sky Ranger #4, November 1955):

[Robb_K]

There are many books on this website containing excellent artwork.  But, I will choose my favourite from the comic book genre in which I work, and which I know best "funny animals".  My favourite artist whose work is currently PD, and thus, is allowed to be uploaded on this website is ex-Disney animator, Ken Hultgren.  Although he was prolific in his work for Ben Sangor's Studios, working on many series, I like his "The Duke and The Dope", best.  Here's an example of his portrayal of an alternate World peopled by animal like sentient beings: From Giggle Comics 53 - March 1948:




Just like Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, and Walt Kelly, Hultgren's detailed and reasonably realistic backgrounds made his sentient animal-inhabited alternate World somewhat believable, so the reader could get "lost" in his stories, and not constantly conscious of looking at drawn lines on a piece of paper.  In addition, his skillful portrayal of movement and the seeming flexibility of his characters' figures, added to the feeling of "reality"

[Electricmastro]

There are many books on this website containing excellent artwork.  But, I will choose my favourite from the comic book genre in which I work, and which I know best "funny animals".  My favourite artist whose work is currently PD, and thus, is allowed to be uploaded on this website is ex-Disney animator, Ken Hultgren.  Although he was prolific in his work for Ben Sangor's Studios, working on many series, I like his "The Duke and The Dope", best.  Here's an example of his portrayal of an alternate World peopled by animal like sentient beings: From Giggle Comics 53 - March 1948:

Nice choice. In terms of funny animal art, I think none top my favorites beyond Jim Tyer (Ha Ha Comics #2, November 1943):

[Robb_K]

Nice choice. In terms of funny animal art, I think none top my favorites beyond Jim Tyer (Ha Ha Comics #2, November 1943):

I agree.  Tyer's "Pete Parrot" was right up at the top of Ha Ha's series.  One of the funniest of the Sangor character series.  It had some of the best of Tyer's zany early 1940s stories, and his artwork was excellent back then.  I was sorry that it ended so soon, with only a paltry 11 stories, while Hultrgren's "The Duke and The Dope" lasting 90 issues, till the very end of Giggle, and even appeared in two more in Giggle's successor, "Spencer Spook 100" and "101".

[crashryan]

I was familiar with most of the American artists on the site, with DeLay, Parkhurst, and Paddock being among my favorite discoveries. But best of all CB+ introduced me to a bunch of stellar British artists. Among them are:

The brilliant Bill Lacey:


Ron Turner...not the best figures, but a staggering imagination for hardware and aliens:


The classic stylings of Septimus Scott:



Oliver Passingham, co-creator of the fetching Lesley Shane:


And perhaps my favorite is the remarkable draughtsmanship of Mike Hubbard:


And these are but a few. Thanks, CB+, for introducing them to me (as well as several artists from the Continent, but that's another story).

[Andrew999]

Amazing depth and detail. I'm pretty sure I've never seen a Tom Mix film but after this I'm tempted

[Robb_K]

Amazing depth and detail. I'm pretty sure I've never seen a Tom Mix film but after this I'm tempted

Most of them are silent Only about the last 10 were "talkies".  And he certainly wasn't a versatile actor.  He just played himself (a cowboy).  He was one of the best horse riders ever, and he could toss a lariat.  His films look quite formulaic, and "corny" compared with modern films.  The stories aren't very "inventive".  But watching one is a worthwhile experience, to find out what American "Western Films were like during the 1910s, '20s and '30s.

[Robb_K]

Of course, for Funny Animal artwork, I'd have chosen Carl Barks, by far and away the best.  But, as his work is non-PD, and not on this website, I'll have to go with "The Poor Man's Carl Barks" (Al Fagaly - who made "Super Duck" so enjoyable, reminiscent of the early 1940s Barks):

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[Electricmastro]

Jack Kirby (Science Comics #4, May 1940):



Basil Wolverton (Target Comics #9, October 1940):

[Andrew999]

Thanks EM - amazing stuff - as someone else said here, Basil was one of a kind.

[The Australian Panther]

I enjoy looking at what you have selected,but I can't contribute to this thread. Choosing one or two examples is impossible to me. In general, I am amazed as just how good many artists there were from 'The Golden Age' and earlier. I have roamed through CB+ for a number of years now and to my delight there are still books here that are wonderful that haven't yet drawn my attention.
While I am still learning and seeking out and being stimulated by new things, I know I am alive! 

     

[The Australian Panther]

There has just been published a hardback collection of Kirby and Simon's 'Blue Bolt' [the originals to be found on CB+]

[Robb_K]

Here's another Beck - Frank Beck, with an old-fashioned style from the late 1800s engravings, which lasted through the 1930s:

[Robb_K]

I'm surprised no one posted some Boody Rogers surrealistic art yet!  Here's a bizarre a story episode from "Sparky Watts":

[ComicMike]

The first appearance of Capt. Marvel, Whiz Comics # 2, Feb. 1940

Pencils and Inks: C. C. Beck

This was the first booklet from the Golden Age, that I saw and I was amazed by the fascinating drawings by C.C. Beck. They are clear, distinct, clean, not overloaded, but still detailed, they remind me of the Belgian comic master Herg

[ComicMike]

Electricmastro, a nice selection. I have always been of the opinion, that there are comic pictures, or even entire comic pages, which - regardless of their actual comic story - are an independent work of art.

[Robb_K]

Ellis Chambers (Hi-Ho Comics #1, 1946):

Ellis "Holly" Chambers had a reputation (back in the 1940s) that he was high (on drugs) most of the time.  He did a lot of freelance bouncing from client to client, and job to job back then, unlike some artists, who stayed with single publishers for many years.  Chambers drew for Robert Farrell's Four Star/Star/Farrell publishing, Victor Fox's Fox Features and other, smaller Eastern publishers during the 1940s.