Discovering GEORGE TUSKA

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Hi,

I'm mostly acquainted with George Tuska's artwork in Marvel's IRONMAN series (bronze age) and his brief stint drawing WORLD'S FINEST at DC comics.  Based on his Bronze-Age work, I would describe G. Tuska's art as capable and dependable, albeit unspectacular or uninspired.

For me, one of the joys of perusing through the scanned archives is discovering the work of an obscure artist or the work of an artist in his prime. This is the case with George Tuska. His output during the Golden-Age merits a re-evaluation of his talent and legacy. The links below showcases the sequential and characterization skills of an artist in his prime!


Hawk # 1 (Ziff-Davis)
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=4657&page=19

Weird Thrillers # 3 (Ziff-Davis)
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=8868&page=21

Crime Does Not Pay # 133 (Lev Gleason)
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=7550&page=2

Crime Does Not Pay # 134 (Lev Gleason)
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=9140&page=4

Crime Does Not Pay # 136 (Lev Gleason)
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=14071&page=2


Warren

[Yoc]

Nicely done B!
I agree one can get a whole appreciation for some artists just this way.

Please feel free to do more posts like this is you like.
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[Geo (RIP)]

Your going to be seeing some of more of his work coming from the JVJ books I have to scan too, so be on the watch for them, all western stories from Charlton books. Most have his works in them along with the great Al Williamson too.

Geo

[josemas]

He also has some scattered GA work in the various Better/Nedor/Standard titles.  Titles with his work in them there that come most immediately to mind are Adventures into Darkness, America's Best, Black Terror, Exciting Comics, Joe Yank, Out of the Shadows, Real Life Comics & The Unseen.  You might want to check those out on the site here too Warren.

Best

Joe

[jfglade]

You'll find some of the earliest Tuska in the four page "Zanzibar" stories in Fox's "Mystery Men." I thought it was odd when I found out in the seventies that he was highly respected by his peers for his work on crime comics, until I ran across a couple of issues of "Crime Does Not Pay." You've already discovered the same thing.

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Thanks guys - appreciate all the leads; I'll check em out!


Warren

[mark42662]

I love Tuska's crime stuff.    Anyone ever see his work on Buck Rogers or Scorchy Smith?   He seems to have worked on comic strips from the mid 50s colapse of the comic book industry until the late 60s.

[BobS]

Didn't Tuska do art on the Super Friends comic strip?

I'm not a big fan of Tuska's art re his buck-teethed characters, but I am a big fan of Pete Morisi art, who claimed to have learned from Tuska.

Bob
(still waiting for WWIII)

[josemas]

Tuska worked on Scorchy Smith from 1954-1959, Buck Rogers 1958-1967, World's Greatest Superheroes/Superman 1977-1982 and also on the Spider-Man strip sometime in the later 1980s.  He was also squeezing in some comic book work even when he was doing the strips.

Best

Joe