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Hot Stuff, one of the first comic books I ever owned, celebrates July 4th. My grandmother bought me an early Hot Stuff comic at a Rexall Drug Store in Cascade, MI. Above image from the excellent Mike Sterling's Progressive Ruin blog.
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My pal Mark Anderson explains why the above gag cartoon that he drew works.
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My pal Mark Anderson bravely explains why this gag cartoon does not work.
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Leif Peng shares some great school text book illustrations by Lewis Parker here. I dig the cool Fantastic Four-ish typeset used in the Under Canadian Skies cover. Side by side comparison:
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Golden Age Comic Book Stories reprints some unseen Al Williamson art, and some old Flash Gordon ads for Union Carbide that he did. There are a lot of treats here, from comic books (Krenkel, Guardineer, Fine) to pulps (Frank R. Paul, Robert Fuqua, Hannes Bok).
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Happy BBQ!
3 comments:
I have a special place in my heart for Hot Stuff comics too...
Yeah, even though I know in my heart that Hot Stuff is just the same character design as Richie Rich (sans hair & suit, plus horns and pointed ears and red skin), I still like the little devil.
It's like that Simpsons line where Lisa says that Casper is really the tormented soul of Richie Rich.
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