Monday, 20 May 2013

PART SEVEN OF FOOM COVER & IMAGE GALLERY...


Images copyright MARVEL COMICS

Well, here we go with yet another whistle-stop-tour through a couple of issues of FOOM - this time #s 15 & 16, the latter of which features an interview with Mirthful MARIE SEVERIN, sister of JOHN and power-packed penciller, inker, and colourist in her own right.

As you can see, there's not a lot of images from #15, but, truth to tell, some later issues of MARVEL's Magazine for fans don't really have too much that's worth posting (in my opinion), so it's going to be a bit of a mixed bag, contents-wise, in future instalments of this series.

However, as there are only 6 issues to go before you've seen all 22 mags anyway, I'm sure we'll find something of interest to make up a post or three.  Keep watching or you might miss something!
  











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7 comments:

  1. TwoHeadedBoy20 May 2013 at 23:42

    Love those floorplan pictures, any idea who they're by? Looks like something I've seen in MAD Magazine at some point...

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  2. Kid21 May 2013 at 00:31

    Looks like Marie Severin's artwork to me, THB.

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  3. TwoHeadedBoy21 May 2013 at 00:40

    And a quick bit of research tells me it was her BROTHER who worked on MAD, although she did do stuff for EC.

    Talented siblings there!

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  4. Kid21 May 2013 at 00:43

    John indeed did work for Mad, but later he became more associated with Cracked, Mad's most successful rival.

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  5. Comicsfan21 May 2013 at 01:07

    In hindsight, I probably should have maintained my subscription to Foom magazine, because this is all very interesting to me. And considering Severin's description of the in-house staff--"Stan, Sol, Flo Steinberg and me [were on staff in 1965]. Kirby and all the rest of the growing bullpen worked free lance, as most of them still do now. Nobody was really here nine-to-five, except Stan, Sol, Flo, and myself."--her depiction of a busy and crowded "Bullpen" is certainly indicative of the faux impression of it that Stan wished to cultivate.

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  6. Anonymous21 May 2013 at 01:24

    Kid, you've done it again! Good stuff, but seeing Howard on the campaign trail again, as an American I think we made a mistake not electing that duck president, even if he is fictional.

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  7. Kid21 May 2013 at 02:16

    Glad you're enjoying this little series, CF. Yeah, there was a day-to-day Bullpen - it just consisted of a different group of players than the one Stan created.

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    Anon, I'd vote for Howard if he ever stood for Prime Minister. I'd rather have the Duck up than the 'f*ck-up' we've got now.

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