Showing posts with label Far Out Fairy Tales. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Far Out Fairy Tales. Show all posts

10 March 2018

More Far Out Fairy Tales

Let us continue with another Far Out Fairy Tale drawn by Grass Green, this time with scripting by Steve Skeates - another creator of whom i'm fond. While definitely Far Out, i think these fairy tales may have been Fractured as well.
And, perhaps, reassembled with some of the pieces mixed...



Groovy Age oddness by Steve Skeates & Grass Green for Abott & Costello #s 5&6 (1968, 1969)

Hey, Abbott! Tell Me A Story

When Charlton picked up the rights to do an Abbott & Costello comic in the 60s, they decided to capitalize on another blip on the cultural radar for a back-up feature. Fractured Fairy Tales was a popular feature on Jay Ward's Rocky & Bullwinkle show, and they tapped Grass Green to draw a series of Far Out Fairy Tales along with writer Sergious O'Shaugnessy, with whom he was partnered in this morning's initial comic strip.

The first installment:


No worries - next issue follows...



words & pictures by Sergious O'Shaugnessy and Grass Green for Abbott & Costello #s 1&2 (1968)