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Re: Jingle Jangle Comics 03

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The Australian Panther

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Re: Jingle Jangle Comics 03
« on: September 19, 2020, 12:00:03 AM »

Page 67. 'One of your comic stories ............... has been judged first prize winner in our recently completed war bond contest among comic books.' And the artist [Vic Pasmino ?] wins $100 worth of war bond stamps.
Fascinating. Getting kids to buy War bond stamps.
The Judges:- 'Gilbert Seldes, Al Capp, Ed Reed and William A. Smith' Al Capp we know, but can anyone identify the other three? And what do we know about Vic Pazmino?

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Electricmastro

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Re: Jingle Jangle Comics 03
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2020, 12:21:40 AM »


Page 67. 'One of your comic stories ............... has been judged first prize winner in our recently completed war bond contest among comic books.' And the artist [Vic Pasmino ?] wins $100 worth of war bond stamps.<br />
Fascinating. Getting kids to buy War bond stamps. <br />
The Judges:- 'Gilbert Seldes, Al Capp, Ed Reed and William A. Smith' Al Capp we know, but can anyone identify the other three? And what do we know about Vic Pazmino?

Link to the book: Jingle Jangle Comics 03


That would surely be Victor E. Pazmi
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crashryan

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Re: Jingle Jangle Comics 03
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2020, 01:30:52 AM »

Gilbert Seldes was a writer and critic. He was one of the first writers to argue that popular culture was as relevant to the arts as "highbrow" culture. In the late 20s he published The Seven Lively Arts in which he defended comics, movies, jazz, and other "lowbrow" art forms.

William A. Smith is a new one to me. I looked the name up on Wikipedia. There were a bunch of judges and an artist whose career didn't really get going until the 1940s. I had even less luck with Ed Reed. A Google search turned up mostly references to a present-day (American) football player.
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mopee167

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Re: Jingle Jangle Comics 03
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2020, 02:36:52 PM »

William Arthur Smith (19 Apr 1918
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mopee167

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Re: Jingle Jangle Comics 03
« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2020, 02:50:13 PM »

Ed Reed was the second artist of the cartoon feature 'Off the Record', that was distributed by The Register and Tribune Syndicate. It featured cartoons and a comic strip starring 'The Three Bares'. It was debuted by artist Carl Kuhn in 1935 and was later taken over by Reed in 1937 until 1984. --Lambiek Comiclopedia
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The Australian Panther

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Re: Jingle Jangle Comics 03
« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2020, 02:39:42 AM »

Well now we have all of them identified, which makes this a very useful thread indeed.
Thanks to all of you for your research.
Cheers 
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