Rip Kirby Part II

More stunning artwork by Alex Raymond from "Enter: The Mangler" 1946.

The artwork above were taken from shrunk, cut up versions that were re-mounted for publication in the 90's. But still...

Rip Kirby Part I

Alex Raymond 1946. Thought some of you might enjoy seeing a few panels from the stack of vintage Rip Kirby material, that I located earlier today.

Some more coming your way tomorrow.

Roy Crane goodies

Here's some "bonus stuff" for those of you who bought the Buz Sawyer book mentioned in the last post.

The drawing below is simply listed as "promotional art" in the book and reproduced sans the gray shading.
Actually this was used in the 1946 promotional book "Famous Artists and Writers of King Features Syndicate". The theme for the illustrations in the book was "the future" and we can find Snuffy Smith on the moon, a Don Flowers girl riding a rocket ship etc.
In that context it's easier to understand Crane's drawing. It shows what to expect from the new strip in the future.

We also find an illustration from the Cartoonists cook book out of context in the preface. Here it is complete with the menue and the reason why Buz is using chopsticks. Enjoy!

/Joakim.

PS. If the publisher wants these scans for publication I'd by happy to provide them.