tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post8512143338105891789..comments2024-03-28T18:40:59.101+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: "THE CASE OF THE LETHAL LETTERS!" FAVOURITE COMICS OF THE PAST - PART TWENTY-FOUR...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-40531995554100484582014-01-09T04:11:55.243+00:002014-01-09T04:11:55.243+00:00Calderpark Zoo rings a bell, so I may well have go...Calderpark Zoo rings a bell, so I may well have gone there too, GB.<br /><br />I think I've got those Batman stories you mention in a couple of reprint titles or books - I'll have to reread them some day.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-39872721829728181742014-01-09T02:37:25.817+00:002014-01-09T02:37:25.817+00:00Maybe a day trip to Culzean Castle was obligatory ...Maybe a day trip to Culzean Castle was obligatory for schools in that part of the world in those days, Kid, as we went there, too. Did they ever drag you to Calderpark Zoo?<br /><br />I suppose Andru and Novick are two examples of artists who successfully changed their styles to suit the times. If you compare Andru's work on Superman in this comic with what he did on the Spiderman team-up years later, you can see a big difference; and the same applies if you compare Novick's covers for Batman in the 60's with the work he did as a regular penciller a few years later. <br />One of my 'favourite comics of the past' was actually drawn by Irv Novick - Batman 242. It was bought for me by my granny because I was home from school lying in my sick bed with measles. It was the one issue of the original Ra’s Al Ghul stories that he drew instead of Neal Adams, and had a great cover by Mike Kaluta. It was only some years later that I wished that Adams had managed to finish it all by himself, but at the time Novick seemed like an able replacement.Gey Blabbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08574046212154188903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-70578499947394741192014-01-07T05:46:04.139+00:002014-01-07T05:46:04.139+00:00You're right, of course, GB - some of the figu...You're right, of course, GB - some of the figures are awkward, especially the two on the first page, but the action shots make up for it, I think. Funny thing is, I remember thinking the same thing about some of the figures when I first read the story way back in the late '60s. I must confess to also liking Irv Novick's Batman stuff.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-65481420792099731262014-01-07T04:14:31.032+00:002014-01-07T04:14:31.032+00:00The interior art on Superman back then was often a...The interior art on Superman back then was often a bit of a disappointment, whether in his own comics or World's Finest. Not that it was bad, just that it felt old-fashioned and certainly not as exciting as that found on the dynamic covers by Adams or Nick Cardy. <br />I don't know if I would have recognised Ross Andru's art here, either, if you hadn't said it was. His layouts are a bit more exciting, although the figure work leaves a bit to be desired; that Superman figure on the bottom left of the last page of the story should never have been allowed. Andru's work here reminds me a bit of Irv Novick's efforts at the same time, as he began to adapt his drawing style to resemble what Adams was doing with Batman.Gey Blabbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08574046212154188903noreply@blogger.com