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General Category => Comic Related Discussion => Topic started by: Calamity Jon on October 07, 2020, 01:28:59 PM

Title: New blog posts -- MARS MASON (of the Interplanetary Mail Service!) and MOPPO
Post by: Calamity Jon on October 07, 2020, 01:28:59 PM

Hey all!

There are two recent-ish new articles on my blog. The latest covers Munson Paddock's vertiginously beautiful MARS MASON, and then Frank Borth's ridiculous and slightly grim MOPPO THE MARIONETTE!

Hope you enjoy!
http://gone-and-forgotten.com (http://gone-and-forgotten.com)

Title: Re: New blog posts -- MARS MASON (of the Interplanetary Mail Service!) and MOPPO
Post by: erwin-k on October 08, 2020, 08:36:22 AM

Thanks, Jon. Those articles were fun.

Title: Re: New blog posts -- MARS MASON (of the Interplanetary Mail Service!) and MOPPO
Post by: Yoc on October 08, 2020, 09:30:43 AM

Wonderful work on this Jon, I love the work you're doing on the blog!
I'll post a link on the DCM FB page.

-Yoc

Title: Re: New blog posts -- MARS MASON (of the Interplanetary Mail Service!) and MOPPO
Post by: Calamity Jon on October 08, 2020, 12:53:46 PM

Quote from: Yoc on October 08, 2020, 09:30:43 AM

Wonderful work on this Jon, I love the work you're doing on the blog!
I'll post a link on the DCM FB page.

-Yoc

Ah, thank you, I appreciate that!

Title: Re: New blog posts -- MARS MASON (of the Interplanetary Mail Service!) and MOPPO
Post by: Yoc on October 08, 2020, 08:03:45 PM

No problem Jon, your blog fits into this site like a glove and your writing is great fun.

It's interesting that Pretty in Ink - North American Women Cartoonists 1896-2013 by Trina Robbins appear convinced that Paddok was a woman - CECELIA MUNSON due to the Fox credits.

If you ever find a picture of him please share it with us here or in your blog and let us know.

-Yoc

Title: Re: New blog posts -- MARS MASON (of the Interplanetary Mail Service!) and MOPPO
Post by: Calamity Jon on October 09, 2020, 09:53:57 AM

I've not been able to find a photograph, but Alex Jay at the Strippers Guide did an amazing job of tracking down source documentation asserting Paddock's identity, including his draft card, census confirmation, studio and residential leases : http://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2016/01/ink-slinger-profiles-by-alex-jay-munson.html (http://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2016/01/ink-slinger-profiles-by-alex-jay-munson.html)

Title: Re: New blog posts -- MARS MASON (of the Interplanetary Mail Service!) and MOPPO
Post by: Yoc on October 09, 2020, 02:32:32 PM

Yep, I found the same on Ancestry.com.  And found nothing about a 'Cecilia Munson' born around that date.

-Yoc

Title: Re: New blog posts -- MARS MASON (of the Interplanetary Mail Service!) and MOPPO
Post by: Calamity Jon on October 10, 2020, 10:29:39 AM

I just did a deep-dive on Newspapers.com and unfortunately didn't come up with any photos :C

Title: Re: New blog posts -- MARS MASON (of the Interplanetary Mail Service!) and MOPPO
Post by: Calamity Jon on October 10, 2020, 10:40:23 AM

However, samples of his short-lived strips are everywhere. You can see the style's origins and Paddock's inventive conceit for this strip ...

Title: Re: New blog posts -- MARS MASON (of the Interplanetary Mail Service!) and MOPPO
Post by: Calamity Jon on October 10, 2020, 10:45:51 AM

Here's "Angelic Angelina," the flipside of Naughty Ned...

Title: Re: New blog posts -- MARS MASON (of the Interplanetary Mail Service!) and MOPPO
Post by: Yoc on October 10, 2020, 01:42:27 PM

Thanks Jon, I was just wondering about them.
If I were to put together an archive for Paddock might I use your blog post on him as an intro to the collection?
No worries if you'd rather not.

-Yoc

Title: Re: New blog posts -- MARS MASON (of the Interplanetary Mail Service!) and MOPPO
Post by: Calamity Jon on October 12, 2020, 12:42:29 PM

Quote from: Yoc on October 10, 2020, 01:42:27 PM

If I were to put together an archive for Paddock might I use your blog post on him as an intro to the collection?

Absolutely, please feel free!

Title: Re: New blog posts -- MARS MASON (of the Interplanetary Mail Service!) and MOPPO
Post by: Yoc on October 12, 2020, 01:46:02 PM

Thanks Jon!
I'll run it past you for suggestions, corrections before I put anything on the site.
This might be a while though, I've got a few irons in the first already.

Keep up the great work and let us know when something new is up here. :D

-Yoc