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The Martin Luther King "Montgomery story" comic book
EddieCampbell:
ps. one other thing. your astute dating based on style is useful. The proposed date has already been shifted to later based on internal evidence.
http://www.ep.tc/mlk/date-correction.html
<<state it was published in 1956 (when the Montgomery bus boycott ended), it could NOT have been published before at least the fall of 1957. The reason is that on page 13 of both English and Spanish versions (second scene), it depicts a famous incident that occurred here in Little Rock on September 4, 1957, at the start of the Central High crisis.>>
an even later date feels more comfortable, knowing how long things take to get done.
jfglade:
Didn't anyone notice that in the comments below the preview/download page the notice that "details about this story" can be found on the Grand Comics Database and there was an internal link address?
JVJ (RIP):
--- Quote from: EddieCampbell on July 23, 2012, 01:48:09 AM ---by attribution I mean
"Dan Barry (studio)?"
anything more than that would be going too far out on a limb.
--- End quote ---
Only reservation I'd have, Eddie is that the signed example LOOKS like Dan Barry. This Martin Luther King example doesn't quite. I LIKE to think that I could pick Dan's style out as he's much more easy for me to spot than brother Sy, and I simply don't see it here. Did Dan have a "studio" in the late '50s?
FWIW.
Peace, Jim (|:{>
JVJ (RIP):
I've been wracking my brain over the name most attached to those 1950s Boys' Life sections, Eddie, and it's AL STENZEL. I'm not certain what his role was, but his name was attached (if I recall correctly) to strips with art by Al McWilliams, George Evans, Henry Sharp, and others. It MIGHT pay some dividends to pursue information about whatever studio he was running circa 1955-1960.
Good luck,
Peace, Jim (|:{>
josemas:
This site gives a 1958 publication date and also credits the Al Capp Studio with the art.
http://www.bookerrising.net/2010/03/martin-luther-king-jr-comic-book.html
The 1958 date is also backed up here.
http://sdvoice.info/martin-luther-king-jr-comic-books-to-be-rereleased-p1350-101.htm
Personally I get both Al McWilliams and Sy Barry vibes from the art in different parts of the book.
Best
Joe
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