Monday, January 11, 2016

TWIN EARTHS — Science fiction comic strip — third dailies sequence, 1953

TWIN EARTHS is a comic strip that appeared in newspapers from 1952 to 1963. It was created by Oskar Lebeck (1903-1966) and Alden McWilliams (1916-1993). This is the third series of dailies, originally published from January 19, 1953 to May 16, 1953.

You can find the first daily sequence at Hairy Green Eyeball 3 here.

Daily Sequence two is here.

Many thanks to the anonymous scanner who made these classic strips available online.

Copyright © 1953 United Features Syndicate





















































Monday, January 4, 2016

25 hardboiled UK paperback covers by Heade

Not much is known of cover artist Reginald Heade. This source, "Behind the Cover, Reginald Heade", tells us Heade was born Reginald Cyril Webb in 1901, and died in 1957.

His work stands out as some of the slickest and sexiest cover art on either side of the Atlantic. You will find more covers by clicking on the "Behind the Cover, Reginald Heade" link above.