UPDATE: I’m so glad to have found out that 13 is a Vermont Superhero! Interested? Then read on true believer!
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Truly one of the least popular, most obscure and oddly named Public Domain Superhero is 13. Created by writer Dick Wood(!), co-creator of Airboy, and artist Bernard Klein(Dr. Fate, Green Arrow).I couldn’t find any anecdotes to explain why this numerical nonpareil of nomism and his nitid nupsom, Jinx , were created, other than to be another half-baked Batman and Robin crime-fighting duo that Lev Gleason hoped to cash in on(and likely fill pages in the latest issue of Daredevil Comics). (more…)
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WOW, I keep getting later and LATER with this really cool blogging concept- that never happens, ever- on any blog, no never! I guess i better make this a weekly thing for now. To prime my lazy pump(don’t tell my girlfriend)- I bring you MISS MASQUE!
Miss Masque premiered in Exciting Comics #51, September 1946 by Standard/Better/Nedor Comics- I’m not sure which iteration of that company. Quoting Bill Black’s The Official Golden Age Hero and Heroine Directory , a steal at FIVE BUCKS from AC’s bookstore.
By way of Wikipedia :
Miss Masque is the secret identity of Diana Adams, a young socialite who decides to fight crime and injustice in disguise. Miss Masque has no super powers but relies on her wit and a pair of pistols. Her original costume was a mini-skirted red dress with red hat, gloves and cape, and a domino mask; yellow double “M” emblems on her chest and hat completed the ensemble. A later version of the costume had a bare midriff and shorter sleeves
Miss Masque first appeared in Nedor Comics’ Exciting Comics #51 (September 1946). She also appeared in America’s Best Comics (not to be confused with the DC Comics imprint (see below)), Fighting Yank, and Black Terror; her final Golden Age appearance was America’s Best Comics #31 (July 1949).
There was no writer or artist credited for Miss Masque’s first appearance. Alex Schomburg and Frank Frazetta provided art for later cover appearances, and Ralph Mayo penciled some splash pages.[1]
D. W. Griffith and, later, Godard, “all you need to make a great crimefighting superhero is a girl and a gun.”
I was on the latest episode(28)of Javier Hernandez’s JAVILAND PODCAST. “What need does your art fulfill in readers?” was tonight’s topic. Although the chat meandered a bit- (Steve Ditko was one of my favorite diversions!) it was really great as usual to be able to share ideas with the guys. Tonight’s panel included:
Javier Hernandez, Creator of EL MUERTO and DEMOLITION DOVE
Tedd Seko of PAPERENGINE and comics like BILLY COLE & The Devil Has a Funny Laugh
Jim Lujan- animator of the underbelly of reality
George Ward of DUNGEON LEGACY webcomic
and new JAVILAND panelist, Simpsons Movie storyboard artist, Simpsons Comic book artist Luis Escobar!
Listen to the podcast here:
While chatting with the Javilanders, I made this bit of fan art- everyone’s characters are featured and it was lotsa fun to make. You can figure out which character is whose by visiting everyone’s site above! HINT!
Click here for honkin’1200 x 850 full sized!
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Today in our first installment of OTHER PEOPLE’S SKETCHBLOG; the sketchblog that answers the burning question, “Oh Flameape, what are your favorite artists pals and what are they drawing lately?”; I offer you this nugget of INTENSE, PULSEPOUNDING GENIUS!!!
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="172" caption="Madam Satan V2 - ART, ©Jeff Heerman"]
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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="240" caption="the gentleman with the thistledown hair ART @ Jeff Heermann"]
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Atom Bum by ~jheermann on deviantART
Jeff Heermann is an old internet comic- illustration buddy; his work never fails to astound. A man who is caught in the raptourous grip of Comic book nostalgia, Roman Noir and reverence to comics & illustration luminaries as Ditko, Krigstein, Aparo, Jerry Robinson and Commander Mark. A slave to his 4-color fantasies; yet a trailblazer with the fusion of tradition ink and pen and the digital. We salute you JEFF HEERMANN- now gimme my sawbuck, ya chisler!
For more Jeff Heermann and his world:
http://artinhaste.blogspot.com/, http://jheermann.deviantart.com/, http://www.cafepress.com/drawbridge510, and duh- http://www.jeffheermann.com/.
Today in our first installment of OTHER PEOPLE’S SKETCHBLOG; the sketchblog that answers the burning question, “Oh Flameape, what are your favorite artists pals and what are they drawing lately?”; I offer you this nugget of INTENSE, PULSEPOUNDING GENIUS!!!
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="172" caption="Madam Satan V2 - ART, ©Jeff Heerman"][/caption]
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="240" caption="the gentleman with the thistledown hair ART @ Jeff Heermann"][/caption]
Atom Bum by ~jheermann on deviantART
Jeff Heermann is an old internet comic- illustration buddy; his work never fails to astound. A man who is caught in the raptourous grip of Comic book nostalgia, Roman Noir and reverence to comics & illustration luminaries as Ditko, Krigstein, Aparo, Jerry Robinson and Commander Mark. A slave to his 4-color fantasies; yet a trailblazer with the fusion of tradition ink and pen and the digital. We salute you JEFF HEERMANN- now gimme my sawbuck, ya chisler!
For more Jeff Heermann and his world:
http://artinhaste.blogspot.com/, http://jheermann.deviantart.com/, http://www.cafepress.com/drawbridge510, and duh- http://www.jeffheermann.com/.
Started this thing a few years ago. It’s STILL unfinished!! By that I mean colored lettered and thrown up somewhere for all to see. Why don’t I get things lkike this done? I have to be honest, it shouldn’t but unfinished old art projects like these drive me insane- AND I DON’T EVEN CARE ABOUT THEM ANYMORE! Huff-wheeze! What’s my fucking deal, man? Why can’t I just let them go? But I don’t they always kind of linger- “you didn’t finish me…if you don’t go back and fix me up- you CAN’T MOVE ON IN YOUR LIFE…”
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This is just not true- it is in fact a distorted viewpoint. But here I am wasting blog-time on this thing that represents the abyss of “NYAGGGHH “ that all artists fall into from time to time. ARG. Okay, I’m going upstairs to love my girlfriend and will allow this to be the time it’s “up there” and call this one finished.
For now. ;P