In 1958 Alex Kotzky did a wonderful ad series for Philip Morris in the style of Milton Caniff's Steve Canyon (which he had been known to ghost). I keep running into samples, but the thing with these ad strip s is that they were cut every which way. I still don't have a complete series in the best format, so this is just to whet your apatite (again).
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Showing posts with label "Duke Handy". Show all posts
Friday, September 19, 2014
Smoking
Wednesday Advertising Day.
In 1958 Alex Kotzky did a wonderful ad series for Philip Morris in the style of Milton Caniff's Steve Canyon (which he had been known to ghost). I keep running into samples, but the thing with these ad strip s is that they were cut every which way. I still don't have a complete series in the best format, so this is just to whet your apatite (again).
In 1958 Alex Kotzky did a wonderful ad series for Philip Morris in the style of Milton Caniff's Steve Canyon (which he had been known to ghost). I keep running into samples, but the thing with these ad strip s is that they were cut every which way. I still don't have a complete series in the best format, so this is just to whet your apatite (again).
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Blowing Smoke
Wednesday Advertising Day.
I have been promising a full version of Alex Kotzky's Philip Morris ad series 'Duke' Handy fro 1958 almost from the day I started this blog. The truth is, I have almost all of these, but they are an a set of papers that are particulary hard to scan(because there are about six or seven stips in every section I want to do). Still, I have waited long enough, so here is what I have now.
Not only is this a great series by a gret artist in the style of another great artist, it is also interesting to see how if differs from Kotzky's other work, eiter as an inker of Jack Cole in the late forties, as a commercial artist in the fifties and as the solo artist of Apartment 3G.I have samples of each and am trying to get a large run of 3G together for you.
I have been promising a full version of Alex Kotzky's Philip Morris ad series 'Duke' Handy fro 1958 almost from the day I started this blog. The truth is, I have almost all of these, but they are an a set of papers that are particulary hard to scan(because there are about six or seven stips in every section I want to do). Still, I have waited long enough, so here is what I have now.
Not only is this a great series by a gret artist in the style of another great artist, it is also interesting to see how if differs from Kotzky's other work, eiter as an inker of Jack Cole in the late forties, as a commercial artist in the fifties and as the solo artist of Apartment 3G.I have samples of each and am trying to get a large run of 3G together for you.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Three Strikes You're In
Wednesday Advertising Day.
Now that I have access to the microfiche archives of newspaperarchive.com I can try and fill the holes in my colection of Alex Kotzky's 'Duke' Handy series of ads from 1958. These ads, drawn in his best ghosting for Milt Caniff style, got him his own syndicated strip not long after that (which was in a totally different style, by the way). There is a three tier version as well as a two tier version, but both use roughly the same artwork.
Wednesday Advertising Day.
Now that I have access to the microfiche archives of newspaperarchive.com I can try and fill the holes in my colection of Alex Kotzky's 'Duke' Handy series of ads from 1958. These ads, drawn in his best ghosting for Milt Caniff style, got him his own syndicated strip not long after that (which was in a totally different style, by the way). There is a three tier version as well as a two tier version, but both use roughly the same artwork.
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Jack Cole Week
I am not the first to put Jack Cole's comic book work from the late forties in my blog, or even the first to host a Jack Cole week. I urge you to check out The Horrors Of It All and Pappy's Golden Age Comcis Blogzine to see what they had to offer. Recently others seem to have joined in, so I have also entered a link for Fortress of Fortitude, which has reprinted one of Cole's Angles o'Day stories from the later issues of Ken Shannon. I would have offered one of those as some of his least known work, but this sample is to good to ignore. This later period of Jack Cole is his best in my eyes, with Angles o'Day in Ken Shannon, Mr. Midnight in Smash and his short run of horror stories in Web of Evil. It is said that these more realistic horror stories were inked by Alex Kotzky. He is another future Johnstone and Cushing employee, whom we'll see more of in the future. Before starting his own newspaper strip The Girls of Apartment 3G, he did a memorable series of ads from Philip Morris about a private eye called "Duke" Handy. This ad strip ran for more than half a year in 1958. Since I have most of the installments in several newspapers, I have been slowly scanning those in to present the whole thing to you. I was hoping to be able to offer you one a day, when I am away for holiday next Saturday, but I didn't manage to scan fourteen or even ten consecutive episodes - or find out how to pre-publish in blogspot.
So enjoy this Cole/Kotzky horror story from Web of Evil #9, the one before last issue he worked on. I checked on Horrors and Pappy's and it seems they didn't do this one yet. After that, I will show you the first episode of "Duke" Handy, just to whet your appetites. Tomorrow I'll upload another Mr. Midnight story and after that it's two weeks radio silence for me.
And now "Duke" Handy. This advertisement strip was drawn by Alex Kotzky in his best Caniff imitation style. More about this strip and it's connection to Kotzky's Apartment 3G later, when I will feature the whole run. The strip was done as a two tier and as a three tier, but the three tier was just a recut version of the two tier with no extra art.
I am not the first to put Jack Cole's comic book work from the late forties in my blog, or even the first to host a Jack Cole week. I urge you to check out The Horrors Of It All and Pappy's Golden Age Comcis Blogzine to see what they had to offer. Recently others seem to have joined in, so I have also entered a link for Fortress of Fortitude, which has reprinted one of Cole's Angles o'Day stories from the later issues of Ken Shannon. I would have offered one of those as some of his least known work, but this sample is to good to ignore. This later period of Jack Cole is his best in my eyes, with Angles o'Day in Ken Shannon, Mr. Midnight in Smash and his short run of horror stories in Web of Evil. It is said that these more realistic horror stories were inked by Alex Kotzky. He is another future Johnstone and Cushing employee, whom we'll see more of in the future. Before starting his own newspaper strip The Girls of Apartment 3G, he did a memorable series of ads from Philip Morris about a private eye called "Duke" Handy. This ad strip ran for more than half a year in 1958. Since I have most of the installments in several newspapers, I have been slowly scanning those in to present the whole thing to you. I was hoping to be able to offer you one a day, when I am away for holiday next Saturday, but I didn't manage to scan fourteen or even ten consecutive episodes - or find out how to pre-publish in blogspot.
So enjoy this Cole/Kotzky horror story from Web of Evil #9, the one before last issue he worked on. I checked on Horrors and Pappy's and it seems they didn't do this one yet. After that, I will show you the first episode of "Duke" Handy, just to whet your appetites. Tomorrow I'll upload another Mr. Midnight story and after that it's two weeks radio silence for me.
And now "Duke" Handy. This advertisement strip was drawn by Alex Kotzky in his best Caniff imitation style. More about this strip and it's connection to Kotzky's Apartment 3G later, when I will feature the whole run. The strip was done as a two tier and as a three tier, but the three tier was just a recut version of the two tier with no extra art.
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