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dr_hermes (dr_hermes) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-03-03 18:01:00

Here we go again (mystery photo and weird scans)
Hey there. Here's a post I was set to put up before getting sucker-punched by that suspended notice. in my usual way, it's some non-superhero material and a mystery photo of someone involved with comics.

I hope this first scan is legible enough to enjoy. It was a Xerox page someone gave me, lo these many years ago. The more I mess with the contrast, the worse it looks, so I'll let it be. We see Gilbert Shelton's Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers go to a diner. (For added fun, try to imagine a Freak Brothers page written and drawn by Steve Ditko. Or Howard Chaykin. Or Alex Ross. You won't know whether to laugh or cry.)

A typically weird and surreal page from Art Spiegelman. It's not as brain-destroying as some of his stuff, where one panel shows through another or whether the narrative keeps changing the art or where, let's face it, you can't be certain just what the hell is supposed to be going on. Spiegelman is a genius on his own level, but he sure likes to toy with the medium. This is from 1974's SHORT ORDER# 2.

Actually, I think a few of you have already identified this writer/artist before you even get this far in the sentence. Be that as it may, this chap was a Golden Age creator with a unique style, equally good at humor or horror or crime. He ended up doing full-page cartoons for a glossy magazine and making more money on a single cartoon than he got for an entire issue of [oops].

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	graypumpkin 2009-03-03 05:37 pm UTC (link)
	Is that Jack Cole, creator of Plastic Man who later worked for Playboy? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	dr_hermes 2009-03-03 05:46 pm UTC (link)
	It is, and I must say you folks continue to amaze me. I bet I could just hold a picture up to my laptop, not even scanning it, and someone here would sing out, "That's Paul Gulacy, right?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	graypumpkin 2009-03-03 05:52 pm UTC (link)
	Well the clues helped jog my memory, but I've always been a fan of his expressive work. BTW: Haven't forgotten about my promise to scan that THUNDER Agents stuff, should have some free time to hunt them down in the next week or so. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dr_hermes 2009-03-03 09:42 pm UTC (link)
	Glad you remembered THUNDER AGENTS. Some of the best art Wally Wood (and the others) ever turned out, I think. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	saralakali 2009-03-03 05:52 pm UTC (link)
	I totally want to see a Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers cartoon drawn by Alex Ross. Or just a splash page, whatever. (Reply to this)

	whatistriestine 2009-03-03 06:16 pm UTC (link)
	Yay, you're here too! I'd have missed your posts the most. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	DITTO THAT peur_evol 2009-03-03 06:33 pm UTC (link)
	i wasn't a member of SD from the beginning, but in the few months i've been here, i think it's dr hermes and volksjager whose posts i read more than any others. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	leikomgwtfbbq 2009-03-03 09:09 pm UTC (link)
	Same here! I love the really old, kind of obscure, but totally awesome, stuff like this. ♥ (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

(Anonymous)
2009-03-03 09:21 pm UTC (link)

Thank you all so much. I was more upset than I first realized when I saw that scans_daily had been struck down. Well, I still have my Retro-Scans with its old movies and pulps and stuff, I said. But then I saw the old gang starting to reconverge like the survivors you are, and couldn't stay away. Good to "see" you guys.

My hoard of obscure but wild old comics is huge. I keep finding things I forgot about myself and there lot's more to post.

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