Feg Murray was quite the interesting fellow. A skilled portrait artist, he gained national fame with his newspaper strip Seein' Stars - essentially a Hollywood trivia magazine in comic strip format. It was insanely popular for many years, and like many popular strips it was reprinted in comic book form.
But, before that, Feg was a medal winning Olympic Athlete (1920 Olympics). Not exactly your usual desk-bound artist. Let's cube a three and check out some of those old strips. How many big stars do you still recognize eight decades later?
Depending on how you count, that's about half of the Seein' Stars strips we have sitting here. (The count gets confused because it switched to a 2-page spread format) The other half will be moseying along directly...
But, before that, Feg was a medal winning Olympic Athlete (1920 Olympics). Not exactly your usual desk-bound artist. Let's cube a three and check out some of those old strips. How many big stars do you still recognize eight decades later?
Depending on how you count, that's about half of the Seein' Stars strips we have sitting here. (The count gets confused because it switched to a 2-page spread format) The other half will be moseying along directly...
page art by Feg Murray from various issues of Ace Comics between #s 13-49 (1937-1941)
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