Guardians of the Lost Scrooge Panels

Public service time again.
Here are the original versions of two pages ( 6 and 13)  from "Guardians of the Lost Library", not included in the recently published Don Rosa collection in Scandinavia. Thought that some of you might be interested in seeing what these pages looked like, before they were edited.

In case you wonder: The fifth panel on page 13 was moved to the third row of panels on page 15, and another panel was added after that to make up for the cut one.

Was looking through the Sept. 14, 1929 issue of Liberty the other day.
( Bought two years ago because of "Show Girl in Hollywood" by McEvoy and Striebel. ) To my surprise there were also a few Patterson illustrations. Enjoy!

And the answer is...

... Alex Raymond!

 He, without a doubt, pencilled them and signed them. Who inked them is another question wich remains open to debate. The panels below are taken from the final two weeks of "Bleak Prospects" (May 31 to June 12, 1948), IDW Rip Kirby vol 1, pages 256 to 259.

 

See how different the inking is compared to the style with heavy brushstrokes normaly used around this time. ( Even the lettering is different on these strips. ) The style reminds me of the work of Russell Patterson. Could it be him helping Raymond out? Or is it Raymond himself testing another style? Guess we'll never know.

Speaking of Alex Raymond and inkers. The weeks leading up to these final two weeks of the "Bleak Prospects"storyline are also inked by someone else than the regular inker. In that case I'm pretty sure who the ghost inker is.

 

Looks like Frank Godwin,  doesn't it. :)

/Joakim.

Who did this?

Time to play "Who did this?"

Parts from seven pieces of artwork by one artist cobbled into one.
Question is simply – you guessed it – Who did this?

Be aware, it's a tricky one... ;)

Just Between Us Girls

Back in the 20's Russell Patterson drew the vignettes for Lloyd Mayer's "Just between us girls" column in Life. These samples are from June 9 and 30, 1927.

My Friend Fanta, Part II

Here's the second part of "My Friend Fanta".
(Part I can be found HERE.)


"The fun part of doing these boards was that I didn't have to stay on 'exact' character model for these initial presentations. (I would not have been able to do that, even if my life depended on it.) Of course the final commercial had to be perfectly on character."

 "This was just about the time I became a super, duper Bill Peet fan, so I broke out my box of colored pencils."
 

 

 

"This board was my favorite board, unfortunately it was never used, c'est la vie."

 

"Another fun part for me was putting the different costumes on the characters for the various spots."

Here are the storyboards to the Wild West themed Fanta commercial!

And finally: Here's what the Wild West commercial looked like.



Thanks Bill, for sharing this with us!
 For more stuff from Bill Peckmann's collection make sure to check out Michael Sporn's SPLOG!

Jamie Hewlett on drawing

“ I’m never content. Maybe I never will be, but I secretly know that that is what makes you grow.”

My Friend Fanta, Part I

My friend Bill Peckmann just sent me a batch of storyboards and presentation boards etc. that he did back in the 80's. Remember the Fanta commercials featuring Disney characters? Bill worked on those and it's a pleasure to be able to show you some "behind the scenes" stuff from them. I asked Bill if he would like to add some notes to the boards and so he did.
Take it away, Bill!

"Here’s a black and white copy of an ad agency presentation board for Fanta soda. I did this back in the mid '80's for the K.C.M.P. animation studio in NYC. The ad agency used the original color board to pitch the idea for a Disney character TV commercial to their client Fanta."

"Here is a color copy of one of the 'Robin Hood' panels. The commercials were made with the Disney characters working with live action characters/people and live action backgrounds."

"This is the rough style I did the animation lay-outs in take and which was neat because the great Disney animators Glen Keane and Dan Haskin would make all of my scribbles very legit, bring them back on model and keep the Disney studios happy campers. The animators were followed by excellent (and big Disney fans) assistant animators Eddy Klein and Mike Baez at K.C.M.P. studios in NYC. At the directorial helm was always the one and only Phil Kimmelman."

And here are the storyboards:

I wish I had the finished piece to show you, but this Japanese "My Friend Fanta" will have to do as a sample. Just to show you what these animation/live action commercials looked like.

Stay tooned for more Fanta(stic) stuff!
Coming soon!

Batly done duo

Update:
The drawings sold for US $1,111.
I'm tempted to make a few Kanes myself, to pay next months rent...
 (But of course I'd never do it.)

These drawings are for sale on eBay right now.
Take a close look at them. 

In case you wonder: they are fakes.
Current price is $405 and are listed as beeing bought for $3500.
Besides from obviously being fakes just take a look where they are coming from.

It's good ol' Greco of Gallery on Baum again. Sigh...

Update:
The price is now $750.
And take a look at the Q&A section...

For Gallery on Baum "fans" the Sparkle Pony blog is a must. Check it out!

Meanest Colt in the West

Thought that horse in yesterdays post looked familiar.
And today I remembered where I had seen it before.

Vacation Parade #2 / Walt Disney's Serier 6/1954

Seems that Barks used the above Murry image as inspiration for his cover/oilpainting.

/Joakim.




 PS.
In 1977 "Donald Duck Captures the Range Rustlers" was re-drawn by Vicar.
So that's yet another version of that horse. Are there more?

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Same, same but...

Hmm... There's something familiar about that horse...

Holland x 2

Got two packages from Holland a while ago.
Two packages filled with great stuff by two very talended artists: Gerben Valkema and Maarten Gerritsen!
I just want to share some images from these books to give you a glimpse of their artwork. I hope you enjoy these samples and by all means, if you like what you see, make sure to get these publications for your own collection. :)

First off is a new Elsje book by Eric Hercules and Gerben.
Now in Hardcover!

As usual it's filled with dailies ...

... and some neat full page illustrations.

And then Gerben's own character "Kik" gets the album treatment.

Gerben also sent me this: A sketchbook featuring previously unpublished stuff and sketches for published pieces. I believe that only 50 for these were printed? I'd be surprised if there are any left. If you're interested you should act fast.

For more on Gerben and the stuff he do follow him on Twitter by clicking HERE. Or check out the Elsje website by clicking HERE.

From Maarten I got a collection of Bruno de Bever that is just beautifully drawn. Check out the samples below.

And the second album in the package from Maarten shows that he knows his way around with the brush. Nice to see how easy it seems to be for him to change style from funny animals to drawing humans.

Maarten has also done a few Tom and Jerry stories for Egmont. And I hope there will be more, as I feel his style works really well with these characters. Here's a sample page from a recent issue.

Want to see more by Maarten? Check out his website by clicking HERE.

Want to see more by Dutch artists?
Here are a few links that will help you navigate the web for them:
Jorg de Vos
Henk Kuijpers
Michiel van de Vijver
Alex van Koten
Henrieke Goorhuis
Mars Gremmen
Studio Noodweer
Dutch Comics History
Dutch Comic Artists

And the list could go on, but it's back to the drawing board for me.
Gotta catch up with these guys...