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HEY! KIDS! COMICS! : Mr. Satan at Tomb it May Concern : January 29th, 2009

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I just ran across a new blog full of fun horror comics… Tomb it May Concern. In addition to six episodes (1 2 3 4 5 6) of the above psychotronic Flaming Carrot reject, Mr. Satan (a character from the golden age title Zip Comics), they have a gorgeously illustrated Bruce Jones and Bernie Wrightson horror story from Creepy #63, Jenifer.

Boy do I ever love this panel from the sixth installment of Mr. Satan…

INTERESTING LINKS: Bernie Wrightson at Golden Age Comic Book Stories: January 29th, 2009

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I’ve always dug Bernie Wrightson. He did fun horror comics throughout the 70’s and 80’s when almost no one was doing them, and he did them very well. His Bernie Wrightson: Master of the Macabre comic series from Pacific and Eclipse in the 80’s warped my young brain just as effectively as the EC and pre-code horror comics that it was inspired by did.

Golden Age Comic Book Stories has a great gallery of his illustrations, including the gorgeous image above that was made of Wrightson’s lush, illustrated Frankenstein book, but not used. You have to see the large version to really appreciate Wrightson’s artistry.

HEY! KIDS! COMICS! : Bill Everett’s Venus at The Johnny Bacardi Show : January 20th, 2009

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The Johnny Bacardi Show brings us Bill Everett’s bizarre character Venus in Where Gargoyles Dwell!

INTERESTING LINKS: Kung-Fu Popeye at Cartoon Brew: January 20th, 2009

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Today, Cartoon Brew brings us a message of hope and change… kung-fu Popeye.

HEY! KIDS! COMICS! : Jack Kirby’s Black Magic Mutilated : January 19th, 2009

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The Jack Kirby museum highlights needless changes to Kirby’s artwork in 1970’s DC reprints of the 50’s horror title Black Magic.

INTERESTING LINKS: Cartoon Censorship in 1939: January 19th, 2009

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Bear Alley shows us a sympathetic 1939 article on cartoon censorship from Look magazine. Featuring many amusing illustrated examples of the arbitrary and absurd sorts of decisions that typify censorship.

WARNING: Contains graphic depictions of cow titties.

HEY! KIDS! COMICS! : F.M. Howarth in Scribner’s at Unattended Baggage : January 16th, 2008

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Unattended Baggage brings us some rare F.M. Howarth (author of the wonderful Lulu and Leander strip which I have featured numerous times on this site) cartoons from Scribner’s Magazine. See them here and here. Both Howarth and Frederick Opper (Happy Hooligan) were magazine cartoonists who adopted a simpler style for their transitions to the newspaper comics page (not that Howarth’s style ever looks simple)… I wonder if this was a common phenomenon at the time?

INTERESTING LINKS: georgeherriman.com: January 16th, 2008

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Easy pick today. There is much of interest to see at the new George Herriman website, courtesy of Craig Yoe.