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| February is traditionally “black history month”. While the subject of black history itself is not one that I am capable of intelligent discourse on, I am quite passionate about the subject of comic book history! I thought it might be fun to have thread to pay homage to our favorite black characters and comics creators during this month. To kick it off, I will give a shout out to one of the greatest artists of the golden age of comics and the undisputed king of “good girl art”. Clarence Matthew “Matt” Baker worked for many publishers across many genres during the golden age, but he is probably best known for his work on “Phantom Lady”. His contributions to our medium puts him among the greatest of all time, even though his work was cut short by his untimely death at age 37 due to a heart attack.     Looking forward to hearing about some of your favorites! |
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| @michaelekrupp oh yeah his art was definitely great. Awesome forum topic! | ||
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An artist I enjoyed was Keith Pollard. He wasn't in the biz very long but his stuff was great, especially his run on Thor. These are two great covers of his.  |
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| Matt Baker was an unbelievable talent. The collecting community knows this and just about all his work is in high demand today. Another black artist to think of is Ron Wilson, who did covers and interior artwork on the Thing series, and was a long-time artist on Marvel Two-In One, Black Goliath, and many others. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Donnied I enjoyed his early FF pencils with Joe Sinnott inking. He drew one of the scariest looking Dr. Doom's!  |
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 You do know that the new guy brings the donuts, right?
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| I guess this shows how ignorant a man I am but I had no idea that Matt Baker was black. That's awesome. An extremely talented artist and maybe the first GGA master. I appreciate you teaching me that, @michaelekrupp. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by esaravo Matt Baker’s work is deservedly sought after and expensive. Fortunately for working stiffs like me there are reprint collections available. I recommend the ones published by PS Artbooks for anyone looking to add some Matt Baker to their library without taking out a loan. As for Ron Wilson, I am also a huge fan of his work. I used to have a subscription to Marvel Two-in-one back in the early ‘80s. Here’s a sample of his work for the folks at home. For the record, this is one of my all time favorite comics. It would probably crack my personal top 20 if I could ever decide such a thing without going insane in the process!  |
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| @Donnied Keith Pollard has done a ton of great Marvel covers too. Amazing Spiderman #194 1st Black Cat is one of his most famous covers. He attends the Michigan shows all the time. Another great black artist is Arvell Jones. He also attends a lot of Michigan shows. I think it was about 8 or 10 years ago and I saw him sitting at an unmarked table at a show. He was drawing a really awesome Batman piece. I had no idea who he was or that he was a pro artist. I was thinking to myself, damn this guy is really good! A year or so later I figured out who he was. A lot of Bronze Age books and covers done by both of them. | ||
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| Here is a good read on the history of this influential comic: http://www.tomchristopher.com/comics2/martin-luther-king-jr-and-the-montgomery-story/ I own two copies of the rare Spanish version.  |
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A platinum era example. This duo was one of the earliest IP advertising characters.  |
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And another Platinum book. One of the most sought after. The creator also created Buster Brown |
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A groundbreaking and historically significant comic book was the first (and only) issue of All-Negro comics. This may have been the only golden age comic book produced entirely by African Americans. Although there is quite a bit in here that the PC police of today would find offensive, this was pretty progressive for 1947. More issues were advertised but, to my knowledge, none were ever published. There were a couple of significant hurdles to overcome, such as a 50% higher price point compared to the competition and marketing the book to a small percentage of overall comic book readers. It’s definitely an interesting and important piece of comic book history.  |
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 I don't believe this....and I know you don't care that I don't believe this.
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Quote:Originally Posted by michaelekrupp This was the only issue to ever hit the newsstand. Newsstands refused to carry the book when they found out what its was. |
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| @GAC interesting. I never knew that. | ||
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| always wanted this book...should have bought it when I had the chance about 5 yrs ago. Believe its up there in price now | ||
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I'm surprised that Steven Hughes hasn't had a post. His career was cut short by his death but his Lady Death and Evil Ernie work lives on. |
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I have two copies of this comic in my collection. Here is an interesting article on it. |
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Signed by 4 of the Tuskegee Airmen, including the one that was at the Super Bowl for the coin toss. https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2020/02/100-year-old-tuskegee-airman-from-bethesda-flipped-super-bowl-liv-coin/ |
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Quote:Originally Posted by PhantomEwan This is fan-stinking-tastic! What a great looking book and great historically important autographs to boot! Congratulations! |
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| @sportshort Thanks I was lucky to jump on it when I did, I was told they only made 100 of this variant cover. And one of the Airmen (Roscoe Brown) passed away shortly after signing this book. | ||
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OK, Al Simmons aka Spawn |
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First African American character to headline own title |
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 Masculinity takes a holiday.
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| Speaking of Black history, there is an older man living in my neighborhood. We often chat when he goes to the bar around the corner from my house. Not a very big guy, definitely would not stand out in a crowd, but he looked a little different when he played on the only undefeated team in NFL history: https://www.ebay.com/itm/autographed-marlin-briscoe-1974-topps-signed-football-card-92-dolphins/283769107935?hash=item4211f4f5df:g:J~EAAOSw-89eNx7k Or when, though technically a reciever, he became the first black man to play Quarterback in the NFL: https://www.ebay.com/itm/ACEO-MARLIN-BRISCOE-DENVER-BRONCOS-CUSTOM-HAND-MADE-ART-CARD/223172944754?hash=item33f624e372:g:vX8AAOSwvdxbtBSr |
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| @EbaySeller That's awesome. | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by Donnied Quote: Originally Posted by esaravo I had the pleasure of dining with Keith Pollard & Ron Wilson (as well as Joe Staton, Jim Starlin, & Mike Royer) at the 2017 Will Eisner Awards. Nice guys, and I even got a chance to take a pic of the sides of their heads lol I saw them the next day on the convention floor, and got them to sign the place card. Unfortunately I did not see Staton and Starlin the next day, but if I attend a show they attend, I'll bring it to see if I can get them to sign it retroactively.    Ron's work is an acquired taste, and I can see how some won't like it, but I like his early stuff. His more recent work is too 'circular' for me, but I got a nice Galactus/Surfer page from him. Keith's work is still strong, and he still does commissions.   |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Siggy Who are you @Siggy? are you some kind of international man of mystery? Most impressive. P.S. please don't kill me. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by sportshort lol I'm nobody- Just a very fortunate fan.  |
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James Fry - comic artist  |
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| Surprised no one has mentioned Dwayne McDuffie who was one of a few who created the Dakotaverse which was part of DC's Milestone imprint. This universe is probably most known for Static, which later was turned into a Saturday morning cartoon show (Static Shock). Unfortunately McDuffie was one such creative that passed on way too soon. |
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| What about Fred Perry of Robotech, Ninja High School, Gold Digger and other comics fame? | ||
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