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And now, by means of my own personal time machine, we return to the year 1967 and another six covers and back-page pin-ups from FANTASTIC, published by ODHAMS PRESS when the world was younger and seemed a much better place to be. (If you were fortunate enough not to live in some war-torn or impoverished nation, obviously.) Look at great the art on display: JACK KIRBY, WERNER ROTH, BARRY SMITH, etc. Didn't someone once say that the past was a foreign country? Don't you worry though, Crivs - your passports aren't required if you're with your Unca Kid. Enjoy - or I'll want to know the reason why!
i love that these reprints existed,
ReplyDeleteI wish I had known of them.
But I really dont like the posters,
The classics are fine but ..
Marvel used to throw in a double page poster in the titans that were drawn by artists with a lot less flair than the contents.
Its interesting that Barry Smith is involved in some.
My big thing was the artwork,I did not even consider the writers until I was well into my twenties (figure that out,I cant)
I used to do the ,I will name that artist in one,a lot of the times I could name the inker also...(used to impress my younger brother)
So if I saw someone doing a bad impression of my fave artists it would give me the boak!
The reason I mention this is that you have a fondness for some of these pin-ups,and I want to know why.
Elsewhere you do appear to be quite meticulous in your criticisms, having good reasons and able to express them,but these pin-ups appear to have something for you....
care to elaborate?
Ah, baab, you haven't been paying strict attention. Elsewhere on one of these posts, I admitted that a lot of the back-page pin-ups were terrible. Any fondness I display towards some things sometimes springs merely from a sense of nostalgia and not necessarily artistic accomplishment.
ReplyDeletethats what i thought.
ReplyDeleteIn a conversation it would have been a moment in a discussion and gone....
I am still getting used to blogging.
I have obviously read it on here ,just forgot.
looking forward.
Glad you're enjoying it. Another post coming up soon.
ReplyDeleteKid,
ReplyDeletewith the exception of the Hulk and Iron-Man, taken from the second set of MMMS posters altered by Marie Severin most of the pin-ups look like Barry Smith's work, especially Spidey and Balder.
Some of the covers used are taken from unaltered stats, most noticably TOS 56 (The Unicorn). I always enjoy seeing them. Thanks again for posting these treasures from the past.
My pleasure, Nick. The fact that you - and people like you - enjoy seeing them makes it all worthwhile. And I'm glad to finally know who did that extra linework on the Hulk and Iron Man pin-ups - I thought it was too good for Odhams themselves. Thanks for the info.
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