Before that, however, let's check in with a couple of residents of his book, but not his world. (I think. Y'never know...)
First up, the mad stylings of Dwig, creator of Huck Finn & Tom Sawyer and their Robot Duck. Another of his very odd strips that ran in Supersnipe was the castaway adventures of young Bobby Crusoe -
It gets stranger after that.
But strange was no stranger to Supersnipe & company. And Muffo The Magician has only gotten stranger since last we saw him...
With those sort of back-up featuers, Ulysses Q. Wacky, boy inventor, almost seemed quite normal by comparison, no? Koppy (Supersnipe) McFadd is here to help Wacky create his Flying Suit...
Okay. Let's let them rest.
While Koppy and Ulysses recuperate, we'll go check in with Ulysses Jr, from another old favorite - Louis Ferstadt. We've seen the two previous - here's the 3rd and final episode of Penny And Ulysses Jr. - Kalamazooki!
Now my day's off to a proper odd start.
pages from Supersnipe v3#8, v2#12, & v1#7 and All-New Comics #11 (1943-7)
Good stuff! Thanks! Supersnipe has long been one of my favorite Golden Age titles.
ReplyDeleteI only discovered Supersnipe last year, but he's definitely a favorite these days. I believe he's number 3 for most posted entries here, with only Jack Kirby and Joe Simon having more - not counting non-specific tags like years and Sunday Morning Funnies.
ReplyDelete(Yes, i know if you look now that he's tied with Louis Ferstadt, but i'm counting the upcoming matinee post)
Allow me to recommend Lou Cameron as a comics artist you might like. He had a fascinating career that eventually led to him completely reinventing himself as an award-winning western novelist. I just discovered him myself a few years back but I really dug into him when I wrote the Introduction to this new collection of his horror stuff that's about to come out-https://www.amazon.com/Lou-Camerons-Unsleeping-Dead-Cameron-ebook/dp/B06XV1X7TS
ReplyDeleteLou Cameron is a name i barely know - only from Classics Illustrated. I'll definitely take a deeper look. Fascinating is another fine word for Odd, after all.
ReplyDeleteBTW - it's okay to live link relevant topics here, as in your book reference above.
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