Covering Ferstadt

We've been looking inside the comic work of Louis Ferstadt. It's time to step back and take a look outside. So here's a gallery of 21 golden age Ferstadt covers -

As noted in previous comments by our local Ferstadt Fan, this cover evokes Ferstadt's mural work.

That last image has to be one of the most "Pre-Code" covers i've seen on a superhero comic book. Fairly grim for a 75 year old comic.

all covers by Louis Ferstadt for the respective magazines

Beauty By Manara

When looking at erotic and naked art in comics, it was inevitable that we'd feature Milo Manara on multiple occasions. Nevertheless, let's do something a little special for his return to this edition of

Jumping back just under two decades to 1999, let's go to Aphrodite: Book One.
Les Humanoids published a translated edition of Pierre Louys' 19th century classic in a series of four books, each illustrated by a different artist. Presented here are the 15 plates Manara produced for the first volume.

NOTE: The images for this post contain much nudity and

have been moved to our back room for adult content.

The text remains for context, to let you know what you are missing.
Please follow this link to The Other Voice Of ODD! archive

of the original post to view the artwork.

If that doesn't make you want to read it, what would?

art by Milo Manara for Aphrodite: Book One (1999)

 

Blue Monday Calendar 2018 Week 09

This week's Gil Elvgren painting is Ruffled Feathers from 1965 -

Sunday Matinee - Return Of The Clown

After yesterday's matinee with Joe Guy, i made reference to The Clown being Magno's big bad.

I suspect that prompted a fair number of "Huh?"s and the like. So let's return to Louis Ferstadt once again for another matinee comic today - from Four Favorites and his ongoing Magno & Davey series. Originally the strip featured a different villain each episode, but in #8 The Clown appeared and he became their recurring mastermind to face off with each month.

Issue #12 of 4 Favorites also featured a cover by Ferstadt (right) and the Lash Lightning tale, which is probably his most frequently referenced artwork - and arguably some of the oddest. So i guess i should run it here, even though i've avoided it thus far due to the frequency of use elsewhere.

Anyway, that's another day - or at least another post.
For now, here's Magno & Davey vs. The Clown -

The Sound Of Funnies

DC has published a fair number of truly Odd books over the years. Some we're bound to get to since they came out a half century ago this year. But this morning, let's go to one of their most overtly odd titles for our Sunday Morning Funnies.

Even before it was released, they embraced the odd and made that the focus of the book - the advertising for the book slapped us in the face with it:

When Plop! finally did arrive, they took the time to explain the concept to the readers...

Now that you know what Plop! is, let's enjoy some toons from the book. (Ignore the liar above, just laugh along with Gregory)