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Re: Your Trip to Newspaperland

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The Australian Panther

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Re: Your Trip to Newspaperland
« on: January 29, 2022, 11:30:02 PM »

They used 3 heads of Joe Palooka, one from the front, one from the back and one from the side and they pasted them in different permutations on every figure of Joe. Not drawn by Ham Fisher


Wondered if they payed copyright?

Link to the book: Your Trip to Newspaperland
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crashryan

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Re: Your Trip to Newspaperland
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2022, 12:12:06 AM »

Since the booklet was produced by Harvey's promo comics division for The Bulletin and carries Fisher's copyright, I suspect this was a deal in which the paper paid Harvey to produce the comic and paid Fisher to use Joe Palooka. Fisher might even have let The Bulletin use Joe for a nominal fee (I can't picture Ham Fisher letting it go for free) since the comic promotes his strip as well as the newspaper. One odd thing I noticed: on the final page the sign on the Bulletin building says "IN PHILADELPHIA NEARLY________." The letterer seems to have forgotten to finish it with "XX YEARS" or a similar phrase. Given the emphasis the comic puts on accuracy and proofreading, it couldn't have looked good if the comic went to press with this goof in place.
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SuperScrounge

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Re: Your Trip to Newspaperland
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2022, 03:55:57 AM »

Fisher probably drew the heads, even if it was a copy & paste job.

Years ago a webcartoonist mentioned that in her day job they did something that licensed the Peanuts characters and they had a book of images of the characters in different poses, drawn by Schulz, that they had to use. So it was his artwork even if he didn't specifically draw it for that particular job.
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