I have shown many of Hank Barrow's work for Associated Press. As a cartoonist he was the equal of the other famous AP cartoonists of the thirties and forties, Mel Graff, Noel Sickles and Milton Caniff. And better than some of the others. Here is one of his few sequential pieces, even it is illustration based.
Showing posts with label George Wunder. Show all posts
Showing posts with label George Wunder. Show all posts
Friday, October 04, 2019
The Great Kid
Saturday Leftover Day.
I have shown many of Hank Barrow's work for Associated Press. As a cartoonist he was the equal of the other famous AP cartoonists of the thirties and forties, Mel Graff, Noel Sickles and Milton Caniff. And better than some of the others. Here is one of his few sequential pieces, even it is illustration based.
I have shown many of Hank Barrow's work for Associated Press. As a cartoonist he was the equal of the other famous AP cartoonists of the thirties and forties, Mel Graff, Noel Sickles and Milton Caniff. And better than some of the others. Here is one of his few sequential pieces, even it is illustration based.
Friday, February 27, 2015
Comic And Not So Comic Journalism
Wednesday Educational Day.
Here are some selected pieces from Associated Press in the late thirties and early forties. I guess, these would come as part of the package you got when you subscribed to AP's news service. They had a staff of artists and photographs that provided visuals for their stories or sometime even pure visual bits. From this pool of talent came a lot of the early realitstic artists, such as Al Capp, Milt Caniff, Noel Sickles, Mel Graff, Hank Barrow and George Wunder.
Here are some selected pieces from Associated Press in the late thirties and early forties. I guess, these would come as part of the package you got when you subscribed to AP's news service. They had a staff of artists and photographs that provided visuals for their stories or sometime even pure visual bits. From this pool of talent came a lot of the early realitstic artists, such as Al Capp, Milt Caniff, Noel Sickles, Mel Graff, Hank Barrow and George Wunder.
Sunday, December 07, 2014
Legal Piracy
Thursday Story Strip Day.
When Milt Caniff announced that he was leaving Terry and the Pirtes to do a new strip for a different syndicate at better conitions, every artist and his dog tried out as his replacement. Surprisingly, not many of those try-out strips survived. I wonder if there ever was a Chicago Tribune Archive and where it went. In my files, tehre is only one and I failed to note where it was fom or who did it. Maybe one of y regular visitors recognizes it? After that two early Sunday by the 'winner' George Wunder, which show why at least graphically he was worth the job.
When Milt Caniff announced that he was leaving Terry and the Pirtes to do a new strip for a different syndicate at better conitions, every artist and his dog tried out as his replacement. Surprisingly, not many of those try-out strips survived. I wonder if there ever was a Chicago Tribune Archive and where it went. In my files, tehre is only one and I failed to note where it was fom or who did it. Maybe one of y regular visitors recognizes it? After that two early Sunday by the 'winner' George Wunder, which show why at least graphically he was worth the job.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
You're My Wunder Wall
Thursday Story Strip Day.
When Milt Caniff stopped doing Terry and he Piates, he had given his syndicate more than a year's notice, so they could find the most suitable replacement. Several artists auditioned, but in the end the job went oto a relative unknown artist, George Wunder. George had been a staff artist at Associated Press and although his own style was not a close imitation of Caniff's, it was similar. And he had all the time to study it and see what he could use. For the first year, he stayed pretty close to Caniff's style. It was only later that he developed his own style for the strip, which was competent enough, but ended up being called dull in all the history books. Still Terry and the Pirates remained a huge succes in all the papers al through the fifties and sixties and maybe it deserves a second look. So here are some assorted Sundays and a longer run of Sundays and dailies from 1947.
Thursday Story Strip Day.
When Milt Caniff stopped doing Terry and he Piates, he had given his syndicate more than a year's notice, so they could find the most suitable replacement. Several artists auditioned, but in the end the job went oto a relative unknown artist, George Wunder. George had been a staff artist at Associated Press and although his own style was not a close imitation of Caniff's, it was similar. And he had all the time to study it and see what he could use. For the first year, he stayed pretty close to Caniff's style. It was only later that he developed his own style for the strip, which was competent enough, but ended up being called dull in all the history books. Still Terry and the Pirates remained a huge succes in all the papers al through the fifties and sixties and maybe it deserves a second look. So here are some assorted Sundays and a longer run of Sundays and dailies from 1947.
Monday, April 08, 2013
Wunder Man
Monday Cartoon Day.
An unknown blogger simply called Y. told me he has the original of one of the George Wunder illustration I showed some time ago. He has put it on show at www.someoriginalart.blogspot.fr.
It was part of a whole page of funny illustrations he did as a staff artist for Associated Press about Mr. and Mrs. America being able to on holiday after the war.
Of course the original is a lot prettier, but for a digitalized microfiche copy, the black and white one isn't too bad. Lot of work and a lot of good art for a one pager...!
Monday Cartoon Day.
An unknown blogger simply called Y. told me he has the original of one of the George Wunder illustration I showed some time ago. He has put it on show at www.someoriginalart.blogspot.fr.
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