The Art Of Flesh (and Friends)

We've been looking at a bit of Flash Gordon parody lately, which quite naturally leads to the most ambitious effort in that arena - Flesh Gordon. We're looking at the artwork, so we're only looking at the first movie. Flesh Meets The Cosmic Cheerleaders used no artwork for the title sequences, so they don't get to play today. But, no worries - we've got some others to join us in a bit.

But, first, from Cornelius Cole III, the title sequence artwork for -

It can be a bit difficult to look at the artwork with credits scrolling all over the place and rocket ship pokings going on, so here is the artwork from the title sequence without all them dang words hanging out blocking the view -

And thus began the film...

Of course, if one is looking at the art of Flesh Gordon, a peek at George Barr's poster is probably warranted, too -

I'm not certain that this one is by Barr as well. Certainly they followed close on the face of Flesh if it wasn't him, but i don't see his signature anywhere (look left of Dale's legs above)...

Meanwhile (okay - actually two years prior), over at the journal of used bicycle seat sniffing, Harvey Kurtzman brings us...

...but only a single "newspaper strip" to accompany the cover...

And, a few years later, from Bill Pearson, having taken over Wally Wood's pro/fanzine, Witzend...

We've already seen Wally Wood's Flasher Gordon 1 & 2 previously, but let's look at that sequel again, this time with the rough page layouts set side-by-side for comparison (and for a look at that rejected alien!) -

Wally Wood brings us the big finish, too -

artwork from Flesh Gordon (1974), Snarf #5 (1972), Witzend #11 (1978), and Naughty Knotty Woody (2007)

Blue Monday Blues

Hardware issues from last year re-manifesting in the main system, causing much difficulties around here. Posting might get a bit sporadic for a bit. Fortunately, i access the net through an ancient laptop, so we can still get a quickie post up for today's Blue Monday.

We've got a trio of odds & ends that were in the digital pile - a set of plates from  D. Bruce Berry, whom i know best from his work inking Jack Kirby during his DC time in the 70s. These come to us from the Weirdbook zine back in '79. Following that, a brief History Of Art by Roy Lartigue from 1960's 7 11 magazine. (Whether Roy is a name, or a title for a more well-known Latrigue, i've yet to find time to ascertain) And lastly, Choice Cuts - a short piece by Cary Bates and Russ Heath coming to us from Vampirella 40 years ago.

 pages from Weirdbook #14, 7 11 (March'60), and Vampirella #67 (1960, 1978, 1979)