From the June 1954 issue of Strange Tales #29
Friday, March 14, 2008
Witchcraft
Similar to the Jon Blummer post on Wednesday, Robert Q. Sale is another great artist that I can find basically no information about online. With his impressive, dynamic ink technique, Q fit into the Atlas mold perfectly with a style very much like fellow Marvel bullpenner Joe Maneely. Still, his pre-code work equally deserves a closer examination as today’s post clearly and cleverly demonstrates.
From the June 1954 issue of Strange Tales #29
From the June 1954 issue of Strange Tales #29
What does he get for being right?
ReplyDeleteVery good story. Similar in theme to the EC story "Which Witch is Which?" illustrated by Jack Davis.
ReplyDeleteMan, this is some wild artwork. Reminds me of those "Mad Hot Rods" you used to see in the 70s. Great Devil, too, and a nice twist at the end. Another great post!
ReplyDeleteLOVE IT! IT IS DISSAPOINTING WHEN YOU FIND A COMICBOOK ARTIST YOU LIKE A WHOLE LOT AND THERE'S NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE WEB ABOUT HIM/HER.
ReplyDeleteI'M BUMMED NO ONE COULD FIGURE OUT THE MYSTERY PANEL STORY FROM YESTERDAY TOO.
>I'M BUMMED NO ONE COULD FIGURE OUT THE MYSTERY PANEL STORY FROM YESTERDAY TOO.
ReplyDeleteYou're not the only one bummed...
Check out this website: http://www.watt-evans.com/theotherguys.html
ReplyDeleteA real eye-opener. I always suspected that Nostrand copied Wood's style.
Now, would you be a good buddy and post "Shrinking Horror"?
Thanks.
>Now, would you be a good buddy and post "Shrinking Horror"?
ReplyDeleteLook for it next month.
Although the man himself is fairly obscure,Sale does have a fairly good following,i've seen his name shouted out in Overstreet several times,and he drew the famous "Gorilla-man" story for Atlas,as well as a story about magic glasses that i had in an issue of JOURNEY INTO UNKNOWN WORLDS,reading this story makes me wish i never sold it.
ReplyDeleteI love this weird art!!!
ReplyDeleteNostrand didn't swipe Wood's style. It's Jack Davis' style he swiped.
ReplyDeleteHis style had an Eisner shop look and he worked under Bob Powell so he soaked up that influence.
At a certain point he started to blatantly ape Jack Davis' style.
He didn't need to. He was top level.
Maybe he explains it somewhere in an interview but my guess is that the publisher gave him a bonus to do that.
Harvey didn't let the artist sign their work so maybe they wanted kids to think it was Jack Davis or that they were affiliated with E.C.?