Back Viewing Black Venus

Before i drift too far away and lose sight of the shore, let's gander back at Black Venus once again. Last time i mentioned that the next tale in the series was drawn by Nina Albright, and two more came from the brush of Harvey Kurtzman. 

Let's look at those today, eh? Nina's story followed directly after where we left off...

Nina was followed by Harvey Kurtzman in the next issue...

...and then Harvey returned for her final tale in Contact Comics #11 -
 

Black Venus may not have been around long, but she did get some fairly impressive talent working on the strip during her short run. And at least she made it back home before the end.

page art by Nina Albright and Harvey Kurtzman for Contact Comics #s 5, 6, & 11 (1945)

The Art Of Flesh (and Friends)

We've been looking at a bit of Flash Gordon parody lately, which quite naturally leads to the most ambitious effort in that arena - Flesh Gordon. Which means we'll be having this little discussion in our adult content 'back room' - The Other Voice Of ODD!

We're looking at the artwork, so we're only looking at the first movie. Flesh Meets The Cosmic Cheerleaders used no artwork for the title sequences, so they don't get to play today. But, no worries - we've got some others to join us in a bit.

So after we take a look at the title sequence artwork by  Cornelius Cole III...

...we'll be taking a peek at a few other parodies from Harvey Kurtzman, Wally Wood, Bill Pearson and Pete Poplaski.
And, no surprise, we'll toss in a bit of George Barr, too...

Slip on back past that brute checking ages to view the complete mirror of this post on The Other Voice Of ODD! and check it out.

artwork from Flesh Gordon (1974), Snarf #5 (1972), Witzend #11 (1978), and Naughty Knotty Woody (2007)

Sunday Super Funnies Timewarp

Wasn't i here before? I don't think you were with me last time. Now we're late with the Sunday Funnies!
Who can we turn to for help?
How about - a Sunday Superman Selection!

That comes from Wally Wood way back in the days when Mad was a color comic book, before relaunching as a black & white magazine to escape Comic Code tyranny. The cover, by Harvey Kurtzman, from that issue (#4):

Now let's shift to more modern comics, via the web.

Our first is modern in origin, but actually older in design aesthetic. It comes from Kerry Callen, and you can find more of his Super Antics on his blog.

Superman/Batman fun from the Brazilian Dragonarte site:

That last one looks like the URL ends in .bk - it's actually .br (Brazil)

And to make sure i'm not inundated by Batfanatics, here's a counterpoint from Nebezial:

comics from Mad #4 (1953) and attributed websites (see links)