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Thursday, 12 April 2012

Coming soon ...

More of this:

And while you are waiting, here's another Moonbeam:
Anyone who wants to take a stab at guessing who the Moonbeam artists above are?


PS. Just updated the previous post with a third (!) version of the final Robin Malone daily.
kl.

9 comments:

  1. Karl-Erik12 April 2012 at 10:32

    Well, my guess is that at least one of them is by Frank Frazetta... The first one must be fairly late since Moonbeam sports a rope around the waist instead of the proper belt she used in the earlier years.
    Regarding Capp's other assistants I am not that familiar with theis styles to be able to distinguish them from one another. :-(

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  2. Joakim Gunnarsson12 April 2012 at 10:35

    Yes, the second one is by Frank Frazetta (1954).

    The first image is from 1963.

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  3. cartoonretro12 April 2012 at 11:47

    Top looks like a Lubbers, my favorite Abner ghost.

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  4. Joakim Gunnarsson12 April 2012 at 12:52

    It sure is Lubbers, Shane!

    Found a huge batch of Li'l Abner sunday proofs from the 40's, 50's and 60's. And among them a short Moonbeam story from 63.

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  5. Mike Lynch13 April 2012 at 05:22

    This is such a great blog!

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  6. Tarit13 April 2012 at 05:31

    gotta be Frazetta. Love your blog, though I wish you'd post more frequently.

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  7. Joakim Gunnarsson13 April 2012 at 06:25

    Mike and Tarit: Thanks, guys! :)

    Watch out for the first Moonbeam sunday by Lubbers this weekend.

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  8. cartoonretro13 April 2012 at 10:40

    Lubbers drew beautifully- but I like his work on Abner the best. Robin Malone & Long Sam were a bit of a disappointment for me. I do like the few Malone's where he drew in a more exaggerated, Capp-influenced style. I've been slowly scanning my '60's Abners, a few panels here:
    http://cartoonsexy.tumblr.com/

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  9. Joakim Gunnarsson14 April 2012 at 13:47

    A few hundred RM dailies from 1969-70, when he drew in the more cartoony style, is on it's way across the pond to me. When I get them I'll post some of them here. :)

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