Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Extraordinario dedicado al Terror!
One of the best things about producing this blog over the years is meeting incredible people from all corners of the world, as well as all over the wonderful world wide web. A great example of this is Pedro Sánchez Lancharro from Valencia, Spain, who was generous enough to not only write to me about THOIA, but to also send me these super awesome scans from the March 1958 issue of Tio Vivo humor magazine--which I'm happy to report is dedicated to all things totally TERROR! Take a glimpse at these hilarious, monster madness highlights, featuring some of the most insanely fun 50's artwork I've ever posted! Spooks, ghouls, vampires, and witches-- it's all here! I can't thank Pedro enough for sharing these outrageous pages with us, and in light of our recent "something different" theme around here, for me anyway, todays post is most certainly the highpoint with this concept. Enjoy-- and once more, thank you, Pedro!!!
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ReplyDeleteI would imagine that Paul Naschy might have picked this up and read it when new.
ReplyDeleteIt is very likely since Naschy made illustrations and sketches used for his own films.
DeleteFor me it is a pleasure to have shared this comic with you (we also call comics in Spain) and consequently with all your readers. Well consider this blog source of joy for all lovers of terror. It is fair to correspond also all your work overturned here sharing what is in my hand. On the other hand it is exciting for me to make known to some of the comic artists of my country that I admire the most. In the case of this publication is Escobar, Peñarronya, Conti, Cifré and Giner. These artists worked before TioVivo for the Bruguera publishing house, the most famous of its time. But they considered themselves exploited and limited artistically so they decided to embark on an adventure to the Margin of Bruguera. This is how TioVivo was born. Unfortunately they were not successful and had to return to Bruguera, who still maintained the publication TioVivo. Do not doubt that all material that falls into my hands I will share it with you. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteSorry where you put in my country we also call comics the way to call them is tebeos.
ReplyDeleteExcellent information, Pedro-- thanks a million! Always looking forward to more stuff from you and from Spain's 1950's cartoon art masters! 😊
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand Editorial Bruguera was a great quarry for many cartoonists who created mythical characters that still remain in the memory of many Spaniards. I emphasize in the gloomy tone of this blog to for example Doña Urraca.
ReplyDeleteViva Pedro! Thanks a million and one! While I never had the knack for languages I could still get the idea of what was going on in these humorous horrors.
ReplyDeleteThank you Pedro for providing these horror images and thank you Karswell for posting these. It is interesting to see how horror is perceived in different cultures and how horror can be done humorously outside of the US.
Fantastic, Karswell & Pedro!!
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a Spanish take on 'Mad' magazine?
And yes, Mestiere, Franco wasn't known for his sense of humor.
Thank you for giving us a look at Spain's morbid silliness, Pedro!
ReplyDeleteThank you Pedro, this is great stuff I would never see otherwise. Even through the language barrier, the humor comes through and the cartoonish monsters are lively and animated. There's even good girl art in there!
ReplyDeleteWow, this stuff is fantastic! Thank you Pedro (and Karswell, of course). I've never heard of most of these artists, and yet I can tell that Cifré and Peñarronya are destined to become favorites. The former draws an especially fine Conde Drácula, and the latter's colophon page illustrations are maybe my pick for the bunch. Now I have to cruise on over to the rest of the internet so I can do a little more research.
ReplyDeleteIn general the entire Bruguera factory is wonderful. The cartoonists Francisco Ibañez and Vázquez are also highly recommended.
DeleteThank you all for your comments. I'm really excited. I hope to continue contributing publications of interest.
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ReplyDeleteFantastic art will always be enough for me. Hell, half of the American precode stuff I post here is nothing but crap writing and lame cliches, but that's another reason we love this stuff so much.
ReplyDeleteTo the art! *clink!
..."they couldn't fail to notice that the humor is very, very lame."
ReplyDeleteIn magazines for adults, especially from the fifties and sixties, humor ranged from the sophisticated to the very, very lame, but all humor is welcome humor even if the jokes are on the corny side.
The jokes may barely rise above the level of a cocktail napkin, but the art, now that's the payoff.
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