Showing posts with label Smoke Carter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Smoke Carter. Show all posts

09 August 2020

More Smokey Stylin' With Munson Paddock

Continuing from yesterday, we complete the run of Smoke Carter in 1939's Speed Comics from Munson Paddock (here signed as Joe E. Martin). As noted previously, there were only six episodes, usually six pages each. The final episode only has five pages, so perhaps they knew it was on the way out.

I still like the 'smokey' style Munson used which first drew me to the strip. It's even inspired me a bit while prepping the pages. (Whether that'll go anywhere remains to be seen). So let's race along with Smoke and the fire company to face Crime With A Crawl...





"A Brand New Adventure Feature..."

I guess they did know it was the last strip.

page art by Munson Paddock from Speed Comics #s 4-6 (1940)

08 August 2020

Getting Smoke In Your Eyes

I've herded those kittens i call a mind back towards posting, so let us see if TPTB will play along. I'm going to split today's post into two, just to lighten the image load. Working with no hard drive here - OS and files all on USB sticks. Combine that with the hate i've been getting from Blogger lately, and you might realize that i'm rambling mostly from fear-stalling the image uploads.

So, let's push on - and back to visit Munson Paddock once again. This time his artwork appears under the name of Joe E. Martin, but it's Munson. What first drew my eye to Smoke Carter is prominently displayed in the first splash panel. Leaning heavily into fluid brush strokes and stark contrasts, he adopted what could most appropriately be termed a 'smokey' style  for the strip...




Smoke Carter only appeared in the first six issues of Speed Comics. Since there's just a half dozen half-dozen page tales, we'll run them all. But, as noted above, i'm splitting it into two batches to alleviate postings struggles.

Here are the next two stories:



Next Time:
Crime With A Crawl
Death Races The Fire Fiend
and
Flames Lick The Stamp That Seals His Doom

Gotta love that 3rd title.


page art by Munson Paddock from Speed Comics #s 1-3 (1939)