Having shown almost all Mort Meskin pages on Sundays here, when someone online suggested they had found another unknown Meskin story in Standard's Gangworld #5, I had to have a look. At first I agreed, but taking a second look I thought it may be Bernard Baily imitating Meskin's line. It is a hard destinction to make. A couple of years ago, I almost bought an original Meskin page from Heritage, which turned out to be Bailey as well (after I lost the bid). On The Digital Comics Museum and the Grand Comic Book Base, they follow Jim Vadeboncoeur's lead and say it's Jerry Grandenetti. That could be true as well, as Grandenetti at that time could look like anyone.
Showing posts with label Jerry Grandenetti. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jerry Grandenetti. Show all posts
Sunday, June 30, 2019
Art Comparison
Sunday Corrective Measures.
Having shown almost all Mort Meskin pages on Sundays here, when someone online suggested they had found another unknown Meskin story in Standard's Gangworld #5, I had to have a look. At first I agreed, but taking a second look I thought it may be Bernard Baily imitating Meskin's line. It is a hard destinction to make. A couple of years ago, I almost bought an original Meskin page from Heritage, which turned out to be Bailey as well (after I lost the bid). On The Digital Comics Museum and the Grand Comic Book Base, they follow Jim Vadeboncoeur's lead and say it's Jerry Grandenetti. That could be true as well, as Grandenetti at that time could look like anyone.
Having shown almost all Mort Meskin pages on Sundays here, when someone online suggested they had found another unknown Meskin story in Standard's Gangworld #5, I had to have a look. At first I agreed, but taking a second look I thought it may be Bernard Baily imitating Meskin's line. It is a hard destinction to make. A couple of years ago, I almost bought an original Meskin page from Heritage, which turned out to be Bailey as well (after I lost the bid). On The Digital Comics Museum and the Grand Comic Book Base, they follow Jim Vadeboncoeur's lead and say it's Jerry Grandenetti. That could be true as well, as Grandenetti at that time could look like anyone.
Friday, March 31, 2017
Grand Hotel
Anyone out there who can tell me who this artist is?
He is in several issues of Harvey's romance comics and although I am tempted to say it is Manny Stallman, at times it is almost too lively. I would much rather say it is Ric Estrada or even Jerry Grandenetti.
He is in several issues of Harvey's romance comics and although I am tempted to say it is Manny Stallman, at times it is almost too lively. I would much rather say it is Ric Estrada or even Jerry Grandenetti.
Sunday, March 12, 2017
Soft Spot
Friday Comic Book Day.
Eventhough I have become quite experienced at art spotting, there are always cases where it is difficult. Especially if you are dealing with artists who are so talented they can work in multiple styles. Here are three one pagers from Harvey romance titles, which stump me. There are traces of Lee Elias and I even see a hint of John Severin here and there. Some of my friends have suggested they might be the work of Warren Kremer, who was an artistic chameleon capable of anything. Although, on looking closer I think Howard Nostrand may have been involved as well (especially the last one of the three).
Some goes for this story, which looks like the work of Bernie Krigstein to me. And it's possible to, around the time this story was done, Krigstein did a story for on eof DC's war titles as well, so he was around. Still, it is not obviously his, as is the other story. It has been suggested the art is the work of Jerry Grandenetti instead. Another artistic chameleon, who very capably imitated Will Eisner on some of the later Dr. Drew stories and whose early DC work always looks like a cross between Joe Kubert and Carmine Infantino to me. What do you think?
Eventhough I have become quite experienced at art spotting, there are always cases where it is difficult. Especially if you are dealing with artists who are so talented they can work in multiple styles. Here are three one pagers from Harvey romance titles, which stump me. There are traces of Lee Elias and I even see a hint of John Severin here and there. Some of my friends have suggested they might be the work of Warren Kremer, who was an artistic chameleon capable of anything. Although, on looking closer I think Howard Nostrand may have been involved as well (especially the last one of the three).
Some goes for this story, which looks like the work of Bernie Krigstein to me. And it's possible to, around the time this story was done, Krigstein did a story for on eof DC's war titles as well, so he was around. Still, it is not obviously his, as is the other story. It has been suggested the art is the work of Jerry Grandenetti instead. Another artistic chameleon, who very capably imitated Will Eisner on some of the later Dr. Drew stories and whose early DC work always looks like a cross between Joe Kubert and Carmine Infantino to me. What do you think?
Sunday, June 14, 2015
It's A Gang Bang World
A great oddity from Standard's Crime World #5 from 1952. Is it by Mort Meskin? Do I see Carmine Infantino in there? Are there flashes of Joe Kubert? Jim Vandeboncoeur, who provided the comic to be scanned by the Digital Comics Museum, identifies Jerry Grandinetti, fresh off doing The Secret Files of Dr. Drew, now a great book by my friend Michael T. Gilbert.
Later in the fifties he started working for DC, where his work also resembled that of Kubert and Infantino as well as having a life all of his own.
Later in the fifties he started working for DC, where his work also resembled that of Kubert and Infantino as well as having a life all of his own.
Friday, January 04, 2013
Who Knew Who Drew Drew?
Friday Comic Book Day.
In the early fifties Jerry Grandenetti drew an interesting series of ghost breaker stories for Fiction House. Or at least, we think it was Grandenetti, because he said so. The art for these stories looks remarkably like that of Will Eisner. The official story is, that Eisner developed the series for Fiction House (who were also packaging his spirit stories by then). Grandenetti, who at that time drew for the Spirit as well, was instructed to give the series Eisner's trademark style. This he did so well, that recently some people (including the master art spotter John Vandebonceur) have been saying that the majority of those stories were actually by Eisner himself and not by Grandenetti. Proof of this is the fact that the later stories that Grandenetti drew in his own style, look nothing like and nothing as mature as the earlier ones. To add fuel to the debate, here is an early Dr. Drew (in the Eisner style), later one he did n his own style (already showing the Joe Kubert influence that would show up at DC later in the fifties) and a romance story Grandenetti did on his own a couple of years before that.
Friday Comic Book Day.
In the early fifties Jerry Grandenetti drew an interesting series of ghost breaker stories for Fiction House. Or at least, we think it was Grandenetti, because he said so. The art for these stories looks remarkably like that of Will Eisner. The official story is, that Eisner developed the series for Fiction House (who were also packaging his spirit stories by then). Grandenetti, who at that time drew for the Spirit as well, was instructed to give the series Eisner's trademark style. This he did so well, that recently some people (including the master art spotter John Vandebonceur) have been saying that the majority of those stories were actually by Eisner himself and not by Grandenetti. Proof of this is the fact that the later stories that Grandenetti drew in his own style, look nothing like and nothing as mature as the earlier ones. To add fuel to the debate, here is an early Dr. Drew (in the Eisner style), later one he did n his own style (already showing the Joe Kubert influence that would show up at DC later in the fifties) and a romance story Grandenetti did on his own a couple of years before that.
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