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NORMAN SAUNDERS was the artist who painted the TOPPS 1966 BATMAN cards, over layouts by BOB POWELL (though I'm unsure if this was the case with every card), and if you owned them back in the day you'll remember how striking they were. And now all you lucky Criv-ites need no longer rely only on memory, as you can gaze upon yet another six cards in the spectacular series.
These iconic images come from the 1989 Deluxe reissue edition cards, which, if anything, were superior to the originals, so paste your popping peepers upon these pulsating pics, you lucky lovers of nostalgia, you!
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One minor note:
ReplyDeleteBob Powell, not Bob Brown (who would do a number of Batman stories in the late 1960s-early 1970s) was the layout artist on the Batman cards.
Powell had worked (with Wally Wood) on the earlier Mars Attacks series.
Thanks, Britt. I KNEW it was Bob Powell (I mentioned him in an earlier post a while back), but I was doing a Stan Lee and thinking alliteratively for some strange reason. I've corrected it.
ReplyDeleteNot only can I smell the bubble gum, I can even smell the little village grocer's shop I used to buy them from( cheese, washing powder, etc. )
ReplyDeleteLove that "Grim Realization" card! There's a guy I know how made a series of crazy art mash-ups surrounding that card. Here's the best I can find of one on such short notice.
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Ah, the power of memory, eh, JP? It's amazing what can trigger it. Personally, I loved the cards but hated what accompanied them. I used to dispose of it PDQ.
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Took a look, Chris. I wonder what Norman Saunders would've thought of it? It's not exactly pretty. Thanks for sharing.
Yeah it does get pretty ugly, yet I love where it goes. Some pretty good entries too. You can check out a good chunk of these here...
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Thanks, Chris. I'm sure some other Criv-ites will also be sneaking a peak.
ReplyDeleteIt happens. I just think it's kinda neat when someone sees potential in something so mundane as that particular card. It's just just thinking of different ways it could be disfigured, perverted or reconstituted. People see art in different ways.
ReplyDeleteI'm reminded of one Dutch artist who made a series of short pieces titled "Famous Paintings" where he animated different segments based on a particular piece. In one, he took Rembrandt's "The Jewish Bride" and viewed it from different art periods and styles shown in a chronological fashion. Kinda fascinating to watch (though the last piece is a bit NSFW).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfTb_Y3tmcY
Thanks again, Chris.
ReplyDeletePowell and Saunders made quite an impression on my young mind (and still do today). The striking image of the Joker is one of the best. (I have the reissued series too. I don't know what happened to my original cards, darn it!)
ReplyDeleteI know what happened to mine, Nick - I never kept them. (What a fool.)
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