tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683277093797025016.post2594402877936588909..comments2023-04-14T11:50:42.391-04:00Comments on HOORAY FOR WALLY WOOD!: Wood Tribute TBG Cover-1976Bookstevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683277093797025016.post-15666808507685819332010-01-02T12:48:09.294-05:002010-01-02T12:48:09.294-05:00Hah! Almost immediately after George so kindly pro...Hah! Almost immediately after George so kindly providd the solution to that mystery, I come across Russ Maheras' complete guide to TBG covers through 1981. You can check it out here: <br />http://cbgxtra.com/Default.aspx?tabid=1433Bookstevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683277093797025016.post-78559486568173532922010-01-02T12:43:12.520-05:002010-01-02T12:43:12.520-05:00Mystery solved!
George Hagenauer writes "It...Mystery solved! <br /><br />George Hagenauer writes "It is Elton Dorval , Wisconsin Commercial artist, friend of Milt Caniff who also contributed a lot of art to fanzines- he did several Wood Tributes - I am currently doing an article on Elton's brief relationship with Wood for CBG- based on letters I found in Elton's estate this year."Bookstevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683277093797025016.post-8763540109546445492009-12-19T03:03:52.099-05:002009-12-19T03:03:52.099-05:00I meant, he could mimic styles... the same way Ric...I meant, he could mimic styles... the same way Rich Buckler etc... Hmm. The plot thickens about who this Ed could be !Runs.with.Feralshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15633149475126315592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683277093797025016.post-85675347366618040202009-12-18T22:53:16.940-05:002009-12-18T22:53:16.940-05:00Ah! Thanks for enlightening this comic fan! So man...Ah! Thanks for enlightening this comic fan! So many great publications, i am fairly ignorant of this one...see how red my face is? maybe its eddie van halen? ha - joke...bad...joke...THE APOCOLYTEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13835797417138325832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683277093797025016.post-1345392406218242412009-12-18T06:19:52.504-05:002009-12-18T06:19:52.504-05:00Don't think it was Ed Hannigan as he was a pro...Don't think it was Ed Hannigan as he was a pro at the time and TBG usually used fan art covers. Ed's on Facebook, however so perhaps we should ask him. TBG, btw, was The Buyers' Guide for Comic Fandom, a weekly newspaper begun by Alan Light in the early 1970's as an adzine. Eventually, it became THE rallying point for fans with articles, comics reprints, historical pieces, columns, news, etc. It was sort of like a once a week Internet in tabloid format. Light sold the paper to Krause a decade or so later and it continued (and expanded) under the stewardship of legendary fans Don and Maggie Thompson as the Comics Buyers Guide (CBG). In the past decade CBG switched to magazine format but still continues today under Maggie.Bookstevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683277093797025016.post-52883350361510250562009-12-18T03:42:04.751-05:002009-12-18T03:42:04.751-05:00Interesting! Whoever did it captured the flavor of...Interesting! Whoever did it captured the flavor of Woody for sure. Perhaps Lysdexicuss has something, but i can't recall too much about Ed Hannigan. If he could mimic Sutton and others, then maybe yeah...Sutton himself was quite a Wood mimic at times himself. What was this from again? I'm sorry I don't know what TBG is...THE APOCOLYTEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13835797417138325832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683277093797025016.post-24219087772361754462009-12-17T17:18:58.750-05:002009-12-17T17:18:58.750-05:00Could be Ed Hannigan... he was a great penciller, ...Could be Ed Hannigan... he was a great penciller, and a chameleon of sorts. He could mimic styles like Rich Buckler, Herb Trimpe, Tom Sutton, and a few others.Runs.with.Feralshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15633149475126315592noreply@blogger.com