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Street Scene: Larsen's Frostop
•U T A H•858 East St. George Boulevard, St. George (New post on Monday: ACBA Newsletter #30 and 31)
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Comics: ACBA Newsletter #30 & 31
April/May 1975The Academy of Comic Book Arts Related PostsACBA News #15ACBA News #17ACBA News #20ACBA Newsletter #21ACBA Newsletter #24 & 25ACBA Newsletter #26 & 27ACBA Newsletter #28 ACBA...
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Comics: Howard James, Black Comics Artist
Howard B. J. James was a black artist who had a brief career during the Golden Age of Comics. He was born on October 3, 1921, in Brooklyn, New York, according to the New York, New York Birth Index at...
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Creator: Gerard Huerta, Lettering Artist
Logo and title letteringInitials G and H in the triangles Gerard Huerta Design (Next post on Monday: Leo Wurtzel, Artist and Letterer)
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Comics: Leo Wurtzel, Artist and Letterer
Leo Wurtzel was born on January 3, 1920, in Manhattan, New York, New York according to the New York, New York, Birth Index at Ancestry.com, and his World War II draft card. His parents were David...
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Comics: What, Me Worry?
Tonawanda Evening News (New York), February 11, 1952 ‘Forget Your Worries Day’ Has Sponsors Fretting Over March 19New York (UP)—Three fellows with furrowed brows have just set themselves up as the...
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Inspiration: The Peacock
Aubrey Beardsley, 1894Albert Angus Turbayne, 1896 Mike Hinge, 1964Wes Wilson, 1967(Next post on Monday: Lettering in Steranko’s Comixscene and Mediascene)
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Lettering in Steranko’s Comixscene and Mediascene
(Next post on Monday: Searching for George Hermanand Finding Ray Herman, the Right One)
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Comics: Searching for George Herman and Finding Ray Herman, the Right One
George Herman was the twin brother of Ray who was a comics editor, writer, publisher and businesswoman. Both of them are in Who’s Who of American Comic Books 1928–1999. According to Who’s Who George...
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Comics: A Timely Move Begets a Timely Name
Martin Goodman was the owner of Timely Comics which became Marvel Comics. The Wikipedia profile of Goodman charts his business locations from Lower Manhattan to Midtown Manhattan. Goodman’s business...
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Anatomy of a Logo: Wolfpack
The Wolfpack logo was created for Marvel Comics. An entry in my 1987 appointment book said I spoke to Ann Nocenti on Thursday, June 18, to meet the following day about two logos.At 11 am, Friday, June...
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Typography and Lettering: 1875–1876 Lakeside Annual Directory
Chicago, IllinoisSelected Pages(Next post on Monday: Milton Cohen, Artist and Letterer)
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Comics: Milton Cohen, Artist and Letterer
Milton Cohen was born on May 3, 1920, in Brooklyn, New York, according to his World War II draft card. His parents were Samuel Cohen and Jennie Heid who married in 1919. In the 1920 U.S. Federal...
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Typography: The 1928 Gopher Yearbook
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Next post on Monday: Searching for Tarpé Mills and Discovering Her Secret Identity)
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Comics: Searching for Tarpé Mills and Discovering Her “Secret Identity”
A biography of June Tarpé Mills said she was born on February 25, 1918, in Brooklyn, New York. However, the New York, New York Birth Index, at Ancestry.com, does not have anyone named June Mills or...
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Typography: Technology Magazine
As far as I know there were only three issues of Technology, a bimonthly magazine. The first issue was dated November/December 1981. The logo has the look of a Palatino font. The fonts used on the...
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Comics: Searching for Pauline Loth
Pauline Loth was born around 1916 in either New York or Connecticut. There is no record of her in the New York, New York Birth Index at Ancestry.com. She was the youngest of two daughters born to...
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Typography: The 1929 Gopher Yearbook
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MinnesotaRelated PostThe 1928 Gopher Yearbook(Next post on Monday: Daisy Swayze, Letterer)
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Comics: Daisy Swayze, Letterer
Women in ComicsDaisy Swayze was born around 1907 in Monroe, Louisiana, based on the 1910 U.S. Federal Census enumeration which said she was three years old. Her birth year increases in subsequent...
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Under Cover: Kunen Books
The PublisherKunen Publishers, Inc. worked with Harvey Kurtzman, René Goscinny, Fred Ottenheimer, Evelyn and Dellwyn Cunningham, and Elliot Liebow to produce several children’s books between 1946 and...
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