Barbaric Barry And Bob

At first thought, Barry Smith and Bob Kline may seem like an odd couple (The Odd Couple was a fav TV show when it came along.  I, natch, was the slob character.), but the two have a lotta similarities for me.  They came into my comic consciousness at the same time, 1970, and I instantly fixated on their art for no real explainable reason ("it's way cool").  I've never waivered on either one since then, and I'm always thrilled to see sump'n sump'n new to me by them.  These two images, in particular, had to be posted together.  In a stack of loose pieces of paper on the floor of my closet, they were one after the other in the middle of the stack, and besides both sport'n horned helmets and swords, I honestly don't recall if I've put them up before 

Another Weird and Wonderful Warren Wash by Steve Ditko

Please see my all-time fav ink wash by Ditko in the wayback under "Ditko Fantasy,"  or see a ton under wash or washes

 

Daredevil VS Sub Mariner by Wally Wood

Never really thought about it til now, but I only have 2 trad'n cards by Wally- this, and The Spirit.  Weird, cause onea my major geek-outs at the end of last century was trad'n cards, probly a three-way tie with Steranko, Wrightson, and Jack Kirby.  Anyhoo, search Daredevil #7 on here to see how fundundant this image was in the wayback

 

Two New Pictures by Mike Kaluta!

Yeah, yeah, just new to me.  They were nestled in a book at the library for twenty years (who knew?).  I call em Fantasy Foodtruck Flat and Griffin Meets Bigfoot

 

Geni Pants by Steve Ditko

Forget that the young Geni in the original ends up as grizzled as the Cap'n, but his blue pants turned red!  Reminds me of the diddy Don't It Make My Blue Eyes Red?  Allergies, maybe

 

Flash'n Swords! #1 Watercolor Rough by Frank Frazetta

Would there actually be two roughs of the same norseman (no sword, by the by)?  Hhhhhmmmm

 

New Six/Seven by Berni Wrightson!

Yeah, yeah, just new to me, and just the first three.  Teenage Berni art is just the cat's meow, I feel, and I was so pumped to see them.  If you know of more from 1966/1967 or thereabouts, please holla

 

Eyes Of Mars Page by Mike Kaluta

First published thing ever, 20-year-old Kaluta had this second page (with the first page and other pages) published in the fanzine Graphic Showcase.  EOM was in the first 3 issues, and sump'n sweet had arrived on the comic art scene

 

Dig'n Me Some Steve Ditko

This is so spot on for me.  Years ago I was dig'n holes for fence posts, when I hit a massive rock.  As I worked to dig it out, I discovered it was a boulder (makes sense, as I was dig'n in Boulder).  When my hole got to be about this size, I decided to cut a post shorter so it looked like it was as deep as the other posts

Atlas Shrugged by Jack Kirby

Lots a Atlas up on here in the wayback, but not this one, at least not where it was called Atlas.  It's nestled in a coupla my Valentine's posts amongst a plethora (some folks tell me it's nice when I use that word-that it means a lot to them) of the sketches Jack did for Roz for her black book Valentine.  Even those don't show the fineline pencils like this (please embiggen), though

 

Sandman Deluxe Covers by Mike Kaluta

Just saw these at the local library, and one regret is the online images don't show that they're wrap-arounds

 

Another Talon (?) by Jim Steranko

Xerox of a sketch used as a fanzine cover in 1977, so acourse I missed it while at university (I think that was the year I had to read all of Shakespeare while master'n the card game Hearts).  Most of this garb reflects the classic outfit on that quintessential Talon, and even that headband appears on two other Talons, so my fifty-sump'n year wait for another Talon is over

 

Monkey'n Around with Steve Ditko and Art Adams

Maybe the weirdest leap I've ever made try'n to compare gorilla my dreams.  Let me also drop the K bomb-Konga

 

The Fire Planet by Roy Krenkel

Let me just cut to the chase this time--I need your help!  I really dig this, but know squat about it.  It was in a "real" Krenkel portfolio (six detailed drawings VS two quick sketches in some fanzines of the day) in the great Strnad fanzine Anamoly #3

 

Chane Chane Chane by Gil Kane

Like from the great song by Aretha Franklin.  These three Chanes are from my third Chane, all in Savage Sword of Conan-- #s 63, 64, and this (don't tell the kids this number) from #67

 

The First (?) Black Condor by Jim Steranko

Just saw this first image in the Comic & Fantasy Art Amateur Press Association's take on fanzines, and it sounds like that led to the cover of Portfolio One and then Fantastic Fanzine 11

 

Bootpants by Berni Wrightson

Last post's inclusion of the Conan Levi ad made me think again of this great barrel-chested barbarian from young Berni.  The pants and boots are all one item of clothing

 

Superhero Ad by Barry Smith

First is how we saw it as original art for sale ($500, or just over 2000 comics at the time) in Cartoonists And Illustrators Portfolio, then various ways it's been up on here over the years.  The blurb under the art read that it was commisioned by an ad agency.  The urban legends last century said it ended up as the cover on a rock album, ala Preflyte by The Byrds, but I personally never saw it.  After those, we have the Conan ad for Levi's (hah!), and finally, the Vision ad, a real ad for adventure week in TV Guide

 

Warfront Cover by Jack Kirby

I know John Morrow did a massive collection of the Mainline comics by Simon & Kirby, but how about all their Harvey stuff?  Dunno if there is one, and if there is, dunno if I could afford it

 

Traveler Movie by Berni Wrightson

Half fundundant, but all fun.  The movie that never was