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The Savage Earth, Chapter 11, page 2, 1970, Comic Art
The Savage Earth, Chapter 11, page 2, 1970
Owner: Steven Kloepfer

Comment posted on 7/10/2025
<> Shemp said:

Beautiful. Don Newton a master artist and storyteller. Loved reading the story. Thanks for sharing.  Awesome!


You are welcome. 

Jungle Comics #146, page 5, Fiction House, 1952, Comic Art
Jungle Comics #146, page 5, Fiction House, 1952
Owner: Steven Kloepfer

Comment posted on 3/20/2025
Marcus Wai said:

Great quality illustration artwork!  They really took the jungle girl artform seriously at Fiction House. 


Fiction House did very well by all kinds of girls, from the jungle to the skies, from outer space to the Wild West, with some contemporary spies and detectives thrown in. They certainly had the artists for it. 

The Queen's Necklace, Classics Illustrated #165, page 24, 1962, Comic Art
The Queen's Necklace, Classics Illustrated #165, page 24, 1962
Owner: Steven Kloepfer

Comment posted on 3/18/2025
Marcus Wai said:

The artwork by Morrow is worthy of the material.  Wig game is strong.  The lettering leaves you cold as if they were robots or it's supposed to be funny like from MAD or Cracked magazine.


It looks like it was done with the Leroy Lettering Machine, similar to how EC comics were lettered, but without bold or italic fonts, probably to save time. 

Jerry Grandenetti, Dr. Drew, Rangers Comics #52, page 14, 1950, Comic Art
Jerry Grandenetti, Dr. Drew, Rangers Comics #52, page 14, 1950
Owner: Steven Kloepfer

Comment posted on 3/18/2025
Marcus Wai said:

Is that Bob Hope in panel 2?


Not Hope. I think he is broadly based on Bela Lugosi. 

Jerry Grandenetti, Dr. Drew, Rangers Comics, page 16, 1950, Comic Art
Jerry Grandenetti, Dr. Drew, Rangers Comics, page 16, 1950
Owner: Steven Kloepfer

Comment posted on 3/18/2025
Marcus Wai said:

Definitely rare to see Grandenetti art like this that is so intricate.  He's  bit more crude and forceful by the time he went to DC for horror and war stories.


Much more. His style actually changed radically on the Dr. Drew series. The early stories featured Grandenetti at the high of his Eisnerish period. At that time, he could mimic Eisner so well on The Spirit that years later Eisner could not tell what he did v. what Grandenetti did!
The early Dr. Drew art, like this page, exemplify Grandenetti's Eisner impression. In later stories, Grandenetti radically changed his style, with some Wood influence, on the way to his early DC war style, on strips like Mademoiselle Marie and Gunner & Sarge. 
While I like some - but not all - of his DC work, my favorite Grandenetti remains his early Fiction House work, especially Dr. Drew, which was great storytelling and atmosphere. He also did a nice Senorita Rio story.

The Savage Earth, Chapter 6, page 1, 1968, Comic Art
The Savage Earth, Chapter 6, page 1, 1968
Owner: Steven Kloepfer

Comment posted on 3/13/2025
Ruben DaCollector said:

Yet another example of Don Newton’s early mastery before his professional comics career took off. Do you own his entire run?The Sunday strip style layout gives it a cinematic feel, allowing the storytelling to breathe while showcasing Newton’s already polished sense of composition. His use of light and shadow creates depth and drama and hints at the strong storytelling instincts that would later define his work.


A correction: It turns out I do have the second page of chapter 5, which I just posted.  And it looks like I do have the complete story. More to come. 

The Savage Earth, Chapter 6, page 1, 1968, Comic Art
The Savage Earth, Chapter 6, page 1, 1968
Owner: Steven Kloepfer

Comment posted on 3/13/2025
Ruben DaCollector said:

Yet another example of Don Newton’s early mastery before his professional comics career took off. Do you own his entire run?The Sunday strip style layout gives it a cinematic feel, allowing the storytelling to breathe while showcasing Newton’s already polished sense of composition. His use of light and shadow creates depth and drama and hints at the strong storytelling instincts that would later define his work.


I have all but one page, the second page of Chapter 5. I plan to post everything this week, time permitting. 

The Savage Earth, Chapter 4 1968, Comic Art
The Savage Earth, Chapter 4 1968
Owner: Steven Kloepfer

Comment posted on 3/12/2025
Mark Yanko said:

I should've mentioned that I particularly like the Eisner-esque use of type in the first panel on this example. In a way, as nice as Don's DC work was, I can't help but feel that some of his real potential was actually a little constrained by the demands of producing entire comic book stories with tight deadlines, combined with the crummy plastic plate printing that companies began to use in the '70s. Artists began to not bother with expressively fine lines at this time, and it seems that brush work got less subtle and refined. Are any of these for sale?


Not at this time. I have the entire series and will be posting the rest this week.

Deadman #1, page 23, 1985, Comic Art
Deadman #1, page 23, 1985
Owner: Steven Kloepfer

Comment posted on 3/5/2025
Marcus Wai said:

Awesome origin retold page.  Garcia-Lopez's finest panel page work was in this series having so many panels of pure illustration and action overflowing.  All done so slick that even Deadman wants to look at it despite the painful outcome for Boston Brand.  


Boston Brand could never take advice - in life or in death. 

Showcase #100, page 35, 1978, Comic Art
Showcase #100, page 35, 1978
Owner: Steven Kloepfer

Comment posted on 3/5/2025
Miki Annamanthadoo said:
Classic Staton art! I particularly like his take on Angel!

I always wanted him to draw an Angel & the Ape series but it never happened. He drew a fantastic Daphne in Scooby-Doo comics as well. 

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