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TOM CORBETT, SPACE CADET Comic Strip Week 2 (1951)
Thanks once again to collector extraordinaire Larry Paschelke, here's the second week of Tom's spacy adventures in the funny papers. If you missed Week 1, that's HERE.
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A DEAD-EYE Western Tale: "Coonskin Davy Crockett" (1951)
Here's another of our occasional adventures featuring the patron saint of this blog, Old Davy himself. This one hails from Dead-Eye Western Vol. 2, No. 4, dated Jun-Jul 1951 (yep, that's pre-Disney),...
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THEMES FROM THE "HIP" by Bud Wattles & His Orchestra (1959)
Here are four tracks from this 1959 LP that put a jazz spin on these TV Western theme songs. The others will appear here soon. Start snapping those fingers, you cowboy cool cats.
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Treasures of Walt Disney's ZORRO
Here's a selection of cool stuff I either had as a kid or acquired as an adult - or both. One of my all-time favorite series.
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TOM CORBETT, SPACE CADET Comic Strip Week 3 (1951)
Thanks again to Larry Paschelke.More to come! See the first two weeks HERE.
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A LOOK AT THE 22nd CENTURY via Severin & Elder (1950)
Here's your sneak peek at the next century, courtesy of a couple of last century's visionaries. This is from Real Life Comics #53, July 1950, as scanned for comicbookplus by "bumble-bee man." Thanks BBM!
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Lawrence Welk plays TV WESTERN THEME SONGS (1958)
We now present four classic cuts from Larry's finest album. More will be trotted out soon. Follow that bouncing ball in your brain and sing along.
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LIFE ON OTHER WORLDS with Murphy Anderson
Three more educational features from the pages of Planet Comics.
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TOM CORBETT, SPACE CADET Comic Strip Week 4 (1951)
More strips clipped from Portland newspapers by young Larry Paschelke. According to online sources, the first six months of the Sunday strip did not follow the continuity than the the dailies. This...
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REED CRANDALL and Ken Shannon in "The Evil Eye of Count Ducrie" (1951)
The pencils on this first adventures from the first issue of Ken Shannon (Oct. 1951) are credited to Reed Crandall. Sadly,, it appears the inks were added by by someone else, but we should be grateful...
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Bud Wattles & His Orchestra play more THEMES FROM THE "HIP"
Four more cowboy tunes for hipsters, from Bud Wattles' 1959 LP "Themes from the Hip." Hear the first four HERE.
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