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Rafael Astarita
« on: July 25, 2012, 11:05:01 AM »
One of my ALL TIME favorite artists and he would be turning 100 on August 2.

http://www.comics.org/penciller/name/astarita/sort/chrono/ HERE'S a GCD link to his comics work.
http://www.pulpartists.com/Astarita.html HERE'S a link to David Saunders' pulp artist site.
https://www.google.com/search?q=rafael+astarita&hl=en&prmd=imvnso&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=4SYQULi0Ksj1igKX-4G4Bw&ved=0CEMQ_AUoAQ&biw=1471&bih=964 some Google images.
http://www.bpib.com/temp/Astarita.jpg
and a photo courtesy of Mr. Saunders:

I consider Astarita among the very best artists of the real Golden Age (1936-1949).

Check out his work and Happy Belated Birthday Rafael.

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Rafael Astarita
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Re: Rafael Astarita
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2012, 11:20:02 AM »
His name has not come up much but I agree his work is superb.
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Re: Rafael Astarita
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2012, 04:26:19 PM »
If that's him as a child he could have been a stand-in for a young Spanky from the famous Little Rascals aka Our Gang!
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Re: Rafael Astarita
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2012, 08:16:56 PM »
Saw the pic and thoughts that's Spanky
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Re: Rafael Astarita
« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2012, 11:52:55 PM »
And I recall an article written by him, "The Fiction House Shadow", which appeared in an ish of Fanfare.
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Re: Rafael Astarita
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2012, 10:53:32 AM »
That picture is of George "Spanky" McFarland of Our Gang/Little Rascals fame.  Check out this group of pictures of "Spanky" and you'll see several shots of him in the same clothes.

https://www.google.com/search?q=spanky+mcfarland&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=np&prmd=imvnso&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=ihcUUJKZGoXErQHz_oCgDw&sqi=2&ved=0CFIQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=603

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