FRANK FRAZETTA's Looie Lazybones in "A Package Fer Pappy" (1948)
Almanack readers met Mr. Frazetta's Abner wannabe last year right HERE. Well, he's back, and ignorant as ever. This one's from Thrilling Adventures #69, Dec. 1948, as uploaded to ComicBookPlus by...
View ArticleHAMMETT HERIALD-TRIBUNE: The Maltese Falcon (1941) Part 4
Montreal Gazette, Oct. 31, 1941Montreal Gazette, Oct. 31, 1941Vancouver Sun, Nov. 1, 1941Chicago Tribune, Nov. 11, 1941Miami News, Nov. 12, 1941Winnipeg Tribune, Nov. 14, 1941Los Angeles Times, Nov....
View ArticleGraham Ingels and GUNFIGHTER meet "The Secret Strangler" (1950)
Here's the original art of a wild and wooly tale from Gunfighter #14, Mar-Apr 1950. Graham Ingels rocks.
View ArticleHAMMETT HERALD-TRIBUNE: The Thin Man Radio Show (1941) Part 2
Minneapolis Star-Tribune, July 2, 1941Minneapolis Star-Tribune, July 16, 1941Shreveport Times, July 16, 1941Minneapolis Star-Tribune, July 23, 1941Honolulu Advertiser, Aug. 4, 1941St. Louis...
View ArticleForgotten Stories: "GAY FALCON" by Michael Arlen (1940, 1945)
We take time out from our regularly scheduled review of EQMM covers and contents to present this story of interest from the March 1945 issue of that mag. "Gay Falcon," according to their...
View ArticleJOHN CARTER OF MARS in The Funnies (1939)
John Carter made his first comic book appearance in The Funnies #30, back in 1939. The art is credited to Jim Gary. I found it on ComicBookPlus a year or two ago, but it has since been removed, no...
View ArticleHAMMETT HERALD-TRIBUNE: Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) Part 2
Harrisburg Telegraph, Nov. 26, 1941Harrisburg Telegraph, Nov. 26, 1941Wilmington Morning News, Nov. 27, 1941Minneapolis Star, Nov. 27, 1941Muncie Star, Nov. 30, 1941Washington Missourian, Dec. 11,...
View ArticleRAMBLE HOUSE Books by Francis M. Nevins
My friend Larry Paschelke (who, in case it slipped your mind, is our benefactor in our weekly EQMM presentations) has long been an admirer of the critical work of Francis M. Nevins, and Anthony...
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