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Golden Age artists you’d like to know more about.
« on: March 04, 2021, 08:29:54 PM »
Comic book artists active in and around the Golden Age that you’d like to familiarize yourself with more, either to potentially discover more interesting art that you previously didn’t know about, or out of curiosity in general. For me, one of those artists would have to be Dick Ryan, who drew various funny animal comics in the late 30s for companies like Centaur, and even drew for a newspaper comic called Animal Crackers at that time, but I don’t know much else about him or his other work.

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Re: Golden Age artists you’d like to know more about.
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2021, 01:49:24 PM »
Hi EM,
A great idea for a topic.  The one I'd like to know the most about is still Wonder Woman artist HG Peter.
And I understand Ken Quattro 'The Comics Detective' is working on just such a feature.  But I'm sure he's still busy with his 'Invisible Men' book on black artists of the golden age.

I recently watched a bio on Alex Toth that came as an extra with the Johnny Quest DVD set.  I learned a lot about him from it.

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« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2021, 09:26:41 AM »
For me I would have to say Lou Fine, he's my absolute favourite inspirational and aspirational illustrator outside of J.C. Leyendecker and Reed Crandall. There's such a dearth of expansive biographical information on Lou Fine out there and I'm always hoping that someone composes a book on his life as they've done with Joe Shuster, Reed Crandall and Jack Kirby recently. I just managed to secure a copy of the magazine AlterEgo issue 17 on eBay, and it had perhaps the most info I've seen so far.

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« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2021, 07:22:31 PM »
Victoriano Martin (1927-?):

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://historiaspasado.blogspot.com/2008/01/vic-martinel-pionero-neoyorkino.html

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=MARTIN%2C+VIC

Robert Globerman (1929-2016):

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/robert-globerman-obituary?pid=182373546

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=GLOBERMAN%2C+BOB

Joseph Edmund Peckover (1896-1982):

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Peckover&prev=search&pto=aue

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=PECKOVER%2C+EDMUND

Rodney Thomson (1878-1941):

https://www.davidsongalleries.com/collections/rodney-thomson

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=THOMPSON%2C+RODNEY

Robert Edgar Lamme (1917-1998):

https://firefightingnews.com/firefighters-sudden-death-broke-family/

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=LAMME%2C+BOB

Lachlan MacLachlan Field (1913-2004):

https://www.nhpr.org/post/thanksgiving-tradition-snow-geese-migration-vermont#stream/0

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=FIELD%2C+LOCHLAN

Harvey Kenneth Fuller (1918-2017):

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theday/obituary.aspx?n=harvey-k-fuller&pid=187336369&fhid=6913

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=FULLER%2C+HARVEY

Robert A. Boyajian (1922-2012):

http://brascosonmemorialfuneralhome.frontrunnerpro.com/book-of-memories/1135902/Robert-A-Boyajian/obituary.php

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=BOYAJIAN%2C+ROBERT

Craig Joseph Fox (1895-1965):

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189541845/craig-joseph-fox

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=FOX%2C+CRAIG

Grieg Hovsep Chapian (1913-1996):

https://fineart.ha.com/itm/paintings/grieg-hovsep-chapian-american-1913-1995-the-old-teacher-1932oil-on-masonite28-x-22-inches-711-x-559/a/5101-86253.s

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=CHAPIAN%2C+GRIEG

Stephen Bern Dahlman (1912-1958):

https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/psychiana/items/psychiana545.html

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=DAHLMAN%2C+STEVE

Kenneth Vernon Landau (1926-2012):

https://www.kennethlandau.com/

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=LANDAU%2C+KEN

Hi EM,
A great idea for a topic.  The one I'd like to know the most about is still Wonder Woman artist HG Peter.

-yoc

Rob Stolzer wrote a good article about him, which goes into his style and possible influences, including Nell Brinkley and Franklin Booth.

https://inkslingers.ink/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Peter-HG-Judge-Seeing-America-First.jpg
https://inkslingers.ink/2020/08/25/h-g-peter-from-judge-to-wonder/
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Re: Golden Age artists you’d like to know more about.
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2021, 07:24:12 PM »
Favorite Maurice Del Bourgo art that I've seen (Clue Comics #11, December 1946):

https://i.imgur.com/FyyMPyD.jpg
Some info about the artist himself from The Detroit Jewish News (September 03, 1954), including how he went to schools in Japan, Belgium, France, and England:

https://i.imgur.com/eNVT0ee.jpg
Source: https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/djnews/djn.1954.09.03.001/20

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Re: Golden Age artists you’d like to know more about.
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« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2021, 10:19:20 AM »
It's Time For DC to Acknowledge HG Peter, Wonder Woman's Co-Creator
By Kieran Shiach. Published Sep 30, 2017

https://www.cbr.com/dc-comics-recognize-wonder-woman-co-creator-hg-peter/

https://www.cbr.com/dc-comics-recognize-wonder-woman-co-creator-hg-peter/2/

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« Reply #7 on: March 07, 2021, 09:48:16 PM »
I was curious to research more about the artists for New Fun #1 (February, 1935) and here’s what I could find:

Lyman Anderson (aka Lyman Matthew Anderson, 1907-1993):

https://www.pulpartists.com/AL.html

Dick Loederer (aka Richard Alois Loederer, 1894-1981):

https://www.pelicanpub.com/products.php?cat=366

Charles Flanders (aka Charles Sommers Flanders, 1907-1973):

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Flanders&prev=search&pto=aue

John Lindermayer (aka John Edward Lindermayer, 1915-1972):

http://talkingducks.blogspot.com/2008/01/john-lindermayer.html

https://www.fold3.com/image/695517636?terms=john

Adolph Schus (1908-1957):

https://osucartoons.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/C3DB8A4B-0FC1-4FD4-98A1-625209484548

http://mikelynchcartoons.blogspot.com/2008/01/professional-school-of-cartooning-1947.html

Lawrence Lariar (1908-1981):

https://prabook.com/web/lawrence.lariar/12990

Adolphe Barreaux (aka Adolphe Leslie de Griponne Barreaux, Jr., 1899-1985):

https://www.pulpartists.com/Barreaux.html

Henry Kiefer (aka Henry Carl Kiefer, 1890-1957):

https://www.pulpartists.com/Kiefer.html

Bert Salg (aka Bert Nelson Salg, 1881-1937):

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22597643/bert-n-salg

Clem Gretter (aka Joseph Clemens Gretter, 1904-1988):

https://www.pulpartists.com/Gretter.html

Jack Warren (aka Alonzo Vincent Warren, 1886-1955):

https://www.pulpartists.com/Warren.html

Joe Archibald (aka Joseph Stopford Archibald, 1898-1986):

https://www.pulpartists.com/Archibald.html

Bob Weinstein (could be maritime historian and book artist Robert Albert Weinstein, 1914-1995):

https://majormalcolmwheelernicholson.com/2020/12/21/new-fun-2-and-new-fun-3-85-years-of-dc-comics/

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Sea_History/nHNWAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Robert+A.+Weinstein+1914+illustrator&dq=Robert+A.+Weinstein+1914+illustrator&printsec=frontcover

https://www.fold3.com/image/632415172?terms=weinstein,robert

Eugene Koscik - Could be cross-word puzzle maker Gene Koscik of Canada’s The Gazette:

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/419879626/

Tom McNamara (aka Thomas Joseph McNamara, 1886-1964):

http://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2011/07/ink-slinger-profiles-tom-mcnamara.html

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Re: Golden Age artists you’d like to know more about.
« Reply #8 on: March 08, 2021, 07:31:02 AM »
Cartoonist Charles Flanders (1907-1973) began his career as a commercial artist in Buffalo, NY. He moved to New York City in 1928 where he worked for an advertising agency and then as a magazine illustrator before being hired by King Features Syndicate in 1930. For King Features, Flanders worked on several preexisting strips including Tim Tyler's Luck and Bringing Up Father. In the mid-1930s he created comic adaptations of Ivanhoe and Treasure Island for Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson's New Fun Comics as well as an original strip, Sandra of the Secret Service.

The last work that he did in his own style was a 1935 Sunday strip, Robin Hood. Following that, he and other King Features artists were encouraged to adopt the style of Alex Raymond, whose Flash Gordon, Jungle Jim, and Secret Agent X-9 were very popular. Flanders' emulation was good enough that he eventually was given responsibility for the X-9 strip (1935), followed by King of the Royal Mounted (1936) and The Lone Ranger (1939). Flanders drew the Lone Ranger until 1971, though in his later years he had increasing difficulty and Tom Gill, the artist for the comic book version, often filled in.

https://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/print/flanders_c_prt.htm

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Re: Golden Age artists you’d like to know more about.
« Reply #9 on: March 08, 2021, 08:00:03 AM »
Thanks for all the cool links guys!
Lots for me to check out.  :)

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« Reply #10 on: March 08, 2021, 01:10:54 PM »
Thanks for all the cool links guys!
Lots for me to check out.  :)

You’re welcome Yoc!

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« Reply #11 on: March 09, 2021, 12:52:58 PM »
Lawrence Tyler Dresser (1888-1980):

https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Tyler_Genealogy/mRjGDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22lawrence+tyler+dresser%22&pg=PA637&printsec=frontcover

http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=DRESSER%2c+LAWRENCE

John Cassone (1923-2008):

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailybreeze/obituary.aspx?n=john-cassone&pid=119727054

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=CASSONE%2C+JOHN

Otto Joseph William Eppers (1893-1955):

https://www.qcwa.org/w2ea-00012-sk.htm

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=EPPERS%2C+OTTO

Joseph John Cavallo (1922-2020):

https://usobit.com/obituaries-2020/06/joseph-cavallo-july-12-1922-june-2-2020-age-97/

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=CAVALLO%2C+JOEY

Ellis Eringer (1924-2008):

http://papadukeeringer.blogspot.com/

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=ERINGER%2C+ELLIS

Robert Fabian Butts (1919-2008):

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72983187/robert-fabian-butts

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=BUTTS%2C+BOB

George Meyerriecks (1921-1992):

https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/meyerriecks-george-the-main-event-oil-on-artists--107-c-gdaraynkku

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=MEYERIECKS%2C+G.

Robert Bruce Bugg (1920-1993):

http://todaysinspiration.blogspot.com/2008/09/nearly-anonymous-robert-bugg.html

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=BUGG%2C+BOB

Andrew August Bensen (1902-1976):

https://tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2012/02/andrew-bensen-1902.html

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=BENSEN%2C+ANDREW

Franklin Newell Beaven (1906-1975):

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50748699/obituary-for-franklin-newell-beaven/

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=BEAVEN%2C+FRANK

Arthur Ashod Pinajian (1914-1999):

http://www.pinajianart.com/largeformat/biography.html

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=PINAJIAN%2C+ART

John Ralph Hearne (1924-1985):

http://todaysinspiration.blogspot.com/2008/01/textbook-example-jack-hearne.html

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=HEARNE%2C+JACK

Herbert Tauss (1929-2001):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Tauss

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=TAUSS%2C+HERB

August Maria Froehlich (1880-1952):

https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/froehlich_august.htm

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=FROEHLICH%2C+AUGUST

Philip Willis Hustis (1916-1991):

https://www.askart.com/artist/Phillip_Hustis/11330477/Phillip_Hustis.aspx

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=HUSTIS%2C+PHIL

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« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2021, 12:51:50 AM »
Maurice Kashuba (1917-1973):

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/103848598/

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=KASHUBA%2C+MAURICE

Frederick Strothmann (1872-1958):

https://art.famsf.org/frederick-strothmann

http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=STROTHMAN

Sylvester Joseph Sowinski (1923-1986):

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/posse-416867632

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=SOWINSKI%2C+SYL

Milton Hammer (1914-1993):

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/144924332/

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=HAMMER%2C+MILT

William Michael Newton (1924-2014):

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/chicagotribune/name/william-newton-obituary?pid=173930658

http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=NEWTON%2c+BILL

Harold Ellsworth Lockwood (1918-2017):

https://www.hotspringsfh.com/obituaries/Harold-Lockwood/#!/Obituary

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=LOCKWOOD%2C+HAL

Arthur Meredith Gates (1916-1976):

https://www.nytimes.com/1976/12/07/archives/arthur-m-gates-60-cartoonist-drawings-ran-in-280-newspapers.html

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=GATES%2C+ART

Howard Paul Wyrauch (1919-2008):

https://www.niagara-gazette.com/archives/howard-wyrauch/article_96637442-dc72-5067-a53f-19d3f2ae0637.html

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=TRUETT%2C+W.

Kosti Selim Ruohomaa (1913-1961):

https://knox.villagesoup.com/p/ruohomaa-exhibit-at-finnish-house/1197900

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=RUOHOMAA%2c+KOSTI

William Alan Discount (1929-2007):

https://www.artmajeur.com/en/billdisc/presentation

http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=DISCOUNT%2C+BILL

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« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2021, 08:46:12 PM »
Wow!
That's a list and a half.  Thanks EM.
:)

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« Reply #14 on: March 12, 2021, 02:05:41 PM »
Wow!
That's a list and a half.  Thanks EM.
:)

You’re welcome Yoc!