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Joe Maneely at Charlton
OtherEric:
We have a few Charlton books that supposedly feature Joe Maneely art on site, and I'm scanning yet another one from my collection (Wyatt Earp, Frontier Marshal 21) at the moment. But to me, the stories that are attributed to him (I'm going mostly by the GCD here for exact stories) don't look that much like any other work I've seen of his. This has been commented on in some articles; I've seen one where Dr. Vassallo describes them as "Sparsely drawn Westerns". Since I was scanning the book I wanted to throw the subject up for discussion, since I haven't heard much said about his (or other Atlas artists) work at Charlton after the Atlas implosion, other than brief mentions that it happened.
It is an interesting quick of the publishing history around then: at least three artists (Williamson, Maneely, and Severin) worked on both Atlas's and Charlton's concurrently running Wyatt Earp series in the late 50's.
darkmark (RIP):
And a ton of EC artists ended up working at Marvel (Atlas) after the fall of Gaines's comics. Al, of course, but also Reed Crandall, Angelo Torres, John Severin, even Wally Wood on occasion...Marvel's Westerns and war comics of the time were some of the best-drawn around.
JVJ (RIP):
FORTY YEARS ago, I wrote an article about this stuff. I guess it needs to see print again. Here is what appeared in Promethean Enterprises #2 in 1970:
http://www.bpib.com/test/GAC/dark%20ages.pdf
Remember, this was written pre-Price Guide.
still (c) 1970 Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Peace, Jim (|:{>
Yoc:
Very cool!
Thanks for sharing this Jim.
:D
builderboy:
A fantastic read, Jim. Not just where to find non-Atlas Maneely (a HUGE favorite of mine), but, more accurately, where to find EVERYONE between 1955 and 1961...the biggies, anyway.
I had read in a thread recently that OtherEric has a 100-page Giant Charleton featuring Maneely art, and that's why this thread caught my eye. Glad it did! Now, I want to tear home and start digging out some countless issues. :P
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