BALLYHOO was a popular magazine of the 1930s, which set the precedent for MAD magazine twenty years later. BALLYHOO used fake ads and top cartoonists. It was published by George Delacorte, who founded Dell Publishing.
David Miller provided these scans. He didn't indicate what issues what cartoons and ad parodies came from, but said they are from 1931 and 1932. This is half of what he sent me, and I'll be showing the rest of them soon.
Thanks for your generosity, Dave! I hadn't seen any of these before, and I'm glad you shared them.
A science fiction issue of the supernatural comic book, WITCHING HOUR, features artist Neal Adams on the cover, and Jeff Jones, Stanley Pitt, and Al Williamson with Carlos Garzon drawing interior stories.
David Miller provided me with these sharp scans from Bill Hume's BABYSAN'S WORLD. Hume made these gently comic observations while in Japan during the occupation. Hume's love for the culture--and women--of Japan is evident.
Dave also told me that Hume died just days ago, on June 27, 2009, at the grand old age of 93. It makes posting these beautiful drawings especially poignant. Here's a website devoted to Hume.
In an email, reader Stevearino said, "Thanks for the links to those Flying Saucer Week postings from last year!!! You showed some of the MARS ATTACKS cards (and thanks for doing it!!), but do you have the rest of the cards you can post??"
Hi-ho, Stevearino, I do. Here's the set, including #55, the synopsis.
A trip to a local thrift store yesterday yielded this Little Golden Book, a small treasure amongst the dross of people's giveaways and leavings. Finds like this, which were once common, are now more rare thanks to eBay, and book dealers who go through the bookshelves of thrift stores with an eye to resale. Luckily the dealers in my area often overlook children's books, and especially the ubiquitous Little Golden Books. I flip through stacks of them, and every once in a while come away with something like this, a book lovingly kept over 50 years, then finally surrendered to a charity so I could buy it for 25¢, and bring it to you.
Pencil artwork is by the great Harvey Eisenberg, painted by Samuel Armstrong.
George Price was a superb line artist and gifted cartoonist who worked well into his eighties, providing cartoons for THE NEW YORKER magazine. This selection is from THE NEW YORKER ALBUM 1955-1965.
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