Showing posts with label Frank Borth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Frank Borth. Show all posts

18 September 2020

That Time Frank Borth Drew Spider-Man

Yeesh.
I even leave threads dangling when i'm picking up dangling threads.

As you may recall, a few months back we went back to see when Frank Borth had the Spider Widow meet the Spider-Man. I was supposed to follow that up with that time, decades later, when Borth drew our more familiar Spider-Dude...


Yet, not quite The End.
In that same issue, Frank also did this two-page spread -


We leave you with this lovely piece done for Monsters Attack (obviously, since they spammed it) the previous year, in 1990 -




12 September 2020

Frank Borth's Mistakes

From the way i've featured and talked about him, one might come to think that i view Frank Borth as some sort of Perfect Artist or something. But, i assure you, that's far from the truth. In fact, he's not only made mistakes - he's made hundreds of them!

Think i'm exaggerating? 
Not at all, and i can prove it.

Here are over 335 Mistakes from Borth -






Before you ask - No. We won't be running a guide to all the mistakes. You'll have to count them yourself.

page art by Frank Borth from Treasure Chest Of Fun & Fact v17 #s 1, 5, & 13 and v18 #s 4 & 12 (1961-1963)

Landing Buttons' UFO

Before we view the concluding chapters of Buttons' UFO, let us pause a moment for a couple comments on our previous post.

I heard back from the Librarians at the Catholic University in Washington, D.C. regarding those pencil notes in the margins of chapter 5. While they cannot absolutely confirm that those are Frank Borth's annotations, their archive does include his personal collection of issues from 1956-1970, so it is very likely to be the case.
And let me note how speedy and helpful the Librarians at CU are. Thank You!

Very cool info - and a tremendous pain. You may have noticed i sometimes get a bit obsessed with knowledge/information. Now that i know this, i'm going to have to read through 15 years of their collection to see if any more instances of Borth's personal notes are included. I will, of course, keep you appraised if i find more.

The second note is merely another odd synchronicity in my daily life. Recall in the margin notes yesterday that he made reference to Ashtabula being funnier that Jersey City. I'd never heard of Ashtabula before. But between yesterday and today, i read the latest issue of VFW magazine and it turns out there was a naval vessel named the Ashtabula upon which one of those profiled had served.
Certainly funnier than the Intrepid (no, i'm not going to go hunt and see if there was a ship named Jersey City)

Any way, it was just a barely amusing encounter and example of how things seem to cluster in reality. Let's move onward, shall we?

Here are the final chapters of Buttons' UFO -





Damn. Should have read that warning before i tore a hole in the wall...


page art by Frank Borth from Treasure Chest Of Fun & Fact v25 #s 16-18 (1969)

11 September 2020

Borth's Buttons Bonus

We continue with Frank Borth's solo tale of Buttons' UFO from yesterday. This time we've got chapters 3-5, with possibly a special bonus for the 5th installment.

We'll talk about that when we get there. Let's get started first -



Let's go to the Catholic University in Washington, D.C. for this next chapter. In their archives is a copy of Treasure Chest Of Fun & Fact v24#15 that is potentially Quite Special. There are penciled notations in the margins that appear to be from Frank Borth himself. Is that possible?

Well, yes.

Just about 15 years ago, Frank Borth did an extensive interview for them regarding his time working on TCoF&F. It is quite possible that Frank either bequeathed his personal copies to them, or allowed them to scan his personal collection.

I have an inquiry submitted to the Librarians. I'll let you know if i hear back with any concrete details. Meanwhile, be aware that a couple of the notations continue on the following page -
 

Wasn't Ashtabula the home of the Rasa family?

Yeah, it's late and sleep is still elusive. We'll be back with the three concluding chapters.

page art by Frank Borth from Treasure Chest Of Fun & Fact v24 #s 13-15 (1969)