tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post9058302201238920088..comments2024-03-21T02:32:03.663-04:00Comments on Marvel Mysteries and Comics Minutiae: Bill Everett at SkywaldNick Caputohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05096100224095280865noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-92189832293233408012018-04-22T13:31:15.252-04:002018-04-22T13:31:15.252-04:00Greg,
Glad to be able to confirm Everett's wo...Greg,<br /><br />Glad to be able to confirm Everett's work on Tender Love Stories. And those pinups are sensational! Nick Caputohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096100224095280865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-49334321210162417122018-04-22T10:52:33.808-04:002018-04-22T10:52:33.808-04:00I was looking for what blogs on Everett existed an...I was looking for what blogs on Everett existed and I'm overjoyed to find this because it vindicates my thoughts on Tender Love Stories #3. I showed it to a number of area fans and all have dismissed the idea that Bill worked on these, albeit reworked them. The Skywald pinups are great of course.Greg Huneryagernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-5149852130374060522015-11-06T22:33:13.602-05:002015-11-06T22:33:13.602-05:00I'm very glad you enjoyed the post, Jacque. Fe...I'm very glad you enjoyed the post, Jacque. Feel free to share any of my info when you write your post. I look forward to your thoughts on these rarely discussed stories.<br /><br />NickNick Caputohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096100224095280865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-37004699466942279432015-11-03T17:15:36.689-05:002015-11-03T17:15:36.689-05:00I purchased all four issues of Tender Love Stories...I purchased all four issues of Tender Love Stories a few years ago and have been sitting on sharing them. I really need to share them! Anyhow, I am going to try to remember this post for when I do write those posts. You have lots of great info here on the artists in those issues. Thank you, Nick! Jacque Nodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14957976421163666671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-35579393598213346042015-09-30T20:38:08.154-04:002015-09-30T20:38:08.154-04:00I'd remembered Everett having a "special ...I'd remembered Everett having a "special effects" credit, but I went back and checked and you're right, of course. It took me a while to figure out where I'd seen that and there it is on Skywald's Hell-Rider: "Bill Everett, Special Effects". Even with all of my carping above, I was surprised, looking at these now, at how shoddy they were, though the trashy look sort of fit Hell-Rider. while Spectacular Spider-Man was hyped in the Bullpen page as a prestige work of Art.<br /><br />Those Everett pin-ups for Skywald were sure knockouts,though, weren't they?Russhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809592629762693427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-75786601041351244112015-09-29T21:39:40.608-04:002015-09-29T21:39:40.608-04:00Russ,
I agree with you on your assessment of Ever...Russ,<br /><br />I agree with you on your assessment of Everett's growing skills. Everett was not credited in Spectacular Spider-Man # 1 with production work; only Sol Brodsky, John Verpoorten and Herb Trimpe (along with letterers Artie Simek, Sam Rosen and Morrie Kuramoto) but he did ink the back-up Origin of Spider-Man pencilled by Larry Lieber, although he may very well have assisted on tone work on that story or the opening.<br /><br />You are correct. Tom Sutton pencilled the color Heap comic, with inking by Jack Abel.<br /> Nick Caputohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096100224095280865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-35385898951036514452015-09-23T22:02:19.729-04:002015-09-23T22:02:19.729-04:00Everett's work gets better with successive dec...Everett's work gets better with successive decades. I love the fifties stuff and look forward to the second Venus Masterworks volume. Everett did some halftone work on the original black and white Spectacular Spider-Man, which was otherwise pretty poorly produced. Apparently nobody at Marvel knew how to work in tones, unlike the pros who worked at Mad, Warren, or Goodman's own adult magazines. Even Pussycat looked better. Those cover paintings on Spectacular Spider-Man and the first Savage Tales were pretty weak as well. It took a while for Marvel to catch up in these other media.<br /><br />By the way, I think the color Heap comic was pencilled by Tom Sutton, though I don't have it at hand to check. Russhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809592629762693427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-25478145862282024052015-09-05T22:30:14.089-04:002015-09-05T22:30:14.089-04:00Kid, You're much too kind, but I appreciate yo...Kid, You're much too kind, but I appreciate your sentiments. As far as Everett's inks on Thor, if we all agreed on everything it would be a pretty dull world! Nick Caputohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096100224095280865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-43477647958275078622015-09-05T14:05:55.689-04:002015-09-05T14:05:55.689-04:00Your usual thorough attention to detail puts many ...Your usual thorough attention to detail puts many other blogs to shame, Nick. Have to say I never really liked Bill Everett's inks on Thor as they highlighted the cartoony aspect of Jack Kirby's pencils, unlike Vince Colletta's, which diluted it. I've read somewhere that the Everett inked issues didn't sell as well, so, if true, many readers didn't go for his Thor inks either. I liked most of his other stuff 'though.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-9909876140975965662015-09-05T13:45:20.261-04:002015-09-05T13:45:20.261-04:00Jonathan,
Glad you enjoyed the post. Thanks also ...Jonathan,<br /><br />Glad you enjoyed the post. Thanks also for noticing the Fiction House error. Its been fixed. I'm always happy to make any corrections. Nick Caputohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096100224095280865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-4662846710903591932015-09-05T11:14:10.645-04:002015-09-05T11:14:10.645-04:00Very interesting blog Nick, I really enjoyed those...Very interesting blog Nick, I really enjoyed those Everett pin-up originals! The Sheena book would be a Fiction House mag not a Avon, unless I missed something...Jonathan G. Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00023056133113662703noreply@blogger.com