Thursday, September 15, 2011

Strange Science by Virgil Finlay


With these examples of his art the master pulp/fantasy/science fiction illustrator Virgil Finlay shows how incredibly talented he was. You can find more illustrations here.

From STRANGE SCIENCE, published by Underwood-Miller, 1992.

Copyright © 1992 Lail Finlay Hernandez




















Thursday, September 8, 2011

Al Capp's Li'l Abner Meets Wolf Gal in Wolf Valley, part 2

Here is part 2 of the 1960 Li'l Abner sequence, which I began on Monday.

Copyright © 1960 United Feature Syndicate, Inc.


















Monday, September 5, 2011

Al Capp's Li'l Abner meets Wolf Gal in Wolf Valley, part 1

This week, a two-part sequence from Al Capp's brilliant LI'L ABNER. It's a story that begins with an attack on by animals on "hoomanity," and ends up with the government interfering in the marriage of Li'l Abner and Daisy Mae for the public good! In the meantime the old devil sex rears its head with the incredible Wolf Gal. She has set her sights on Li'l Abner, married or not.

This is part one, which appeared in newspapers February 4 to March 19, 1960. Come back Thursday for the second part of the story from this classic comic strip.More Capp here and here.

Copyright © 1960 United Feature Syndicate, Inc.



















Part 2 on Thursday.