Monday, May 9, 2016

The Mysteryian by Mystery Artist

Dig it soooo much, but really am clueless.  E-bay says it's Kirby, but it ain't, yet I look at the Kirbyesque costume, and passing through walls, and resonate on sump'n sump'n about a fan artist back in the day (signed stuff Art, methinks) who always made me do a double take.  Clue the Cap'n in, if you can
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6 comments:

  1. RickMay 10, 2016 at 7:15 AM

    There appears to be a signature on the left hand side of the drawing, but I can't read it. Short of that, I'd say early Barry Smith, but not really sure.

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  2. RickMay 10, 2016 at 8:42 AM

    Also, it reminds me of Keith Giffen.

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  3. Cap'n's ComicsMay 10, 2016 at 9:01 AM

    Nice one, although he would've only been 17 years old, but now that you said it, I can definitely see Giffen, and I finally found some amateur publications with this guy Art I was think'n of, and this work is def much better

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  4. James BurnsMay 11, 2016 at 5:22 PM

    Early Steve Rude?

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  5. meamwayneMay 12, 2016 at 3:02 AM

    Okay, I found another scan on E-Bay from somebody who put this up along with the issue after it, and it looks like that signature says MACHLAN, which would be Mike Machlan who did a lot of fan art in the 1970s. The cover of the third issue was by Bill Black, and I know that he and Machlan also both worked on Comic Crusader at the same time.

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  6. Cap'n's ComicsMay 12, 2016 at 8:12 AM

    Thanks for all your hard work! But who is Art? More to come

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