I enjoy watching people who are passionate about their comic collections even if it not my cup a tea. And you always learn more about comics from the past.
I love western comics, funny you showed two gun kid #49, as I inherited two gun kid #50 vf, love all the information always a pleasure to see great comics,thank you for sharing
One of my old co-workers knew Joe Maneely when the worked together in Philadelphia newspapers in the early ‘50s. My friend is in his early 90s now and he tells me Maneely died falling off a train on his way back from New York.
Is your old co-worker still alive? That would have been the Philadelphia Bulletin and would have been 1947-48, following Maneely’s art school training at Hussian. I’m Maneely’s biographer and a compilation of his work has been just published.
Do you think he’d be interested in speaking to me about Joe? I obviously don’t want to bother someone but if he’d be interested, I’d live to. There is scant anyone alive who knew Joe. Please take a look at my just published book on Joe, Atlas Artist edition Vol. 1: Joe Maneely.
That is a great Joe Maneely cover on the "Kid Slade, Gunfighter" is fantastic. The world lost a great comic artist when Joe Maneely tragically died at the age of 32 years old... only two years after this cover.
thanks for the video on western comics,...i started making a list of my fave covers, but realized it d be too long.......so nope. in the 60s i read kid colt and rawhide kid alot, .....i also liked turok and tomahawk, both somewhat quasi westerns i guess? the artists who drew them were great: kirby, ayers, giolitti, fred ray, bob brown, but i especially liked jack keller on kid colt and rawhide kid his art always felt so gritty?,.....later drew charlton hot rod titles,.... the graytone process used by dc lots in the 50s/60s, is always cool, and many west books from 50s have cool subjective color palettes
I am always looking for copies of the war greytones. They are literal ghosts. The western/war episodes with Mick were unreal. He may have one of the best collections of those genres in existence.
A genre I ignored in my youth, among other genres. Seeing these books and hearing the stories behind them have given me an appreciation of them and wow... the art work really is so different from the superhero genre but still amazing in its own right. Great video and thanks to Mick for showing and talking about his collection.
I’ve been focusing my back issue collecting on Atlas westerns for the past 3-4 months so this was right up my alley. Seeing high grade Atlas westerns makes me salivate, but I’ve had to settle for lower grade copies on my budget. I subscribe to the adage “low grade is better than no grade.” I’ve been trying to get at least 1-2 issues of every western series Atlas ever did, but I’ve amassed a fairly impressive run on Kid Colt, going all the way to the last issue in ‘79. I JUST received a Kid Slade 7 in the mail two days ago in about a VG. Close to finishing the Matt Slade/Kid Slade run. That Wild Western 44 has a beautiful bright yellow cover and is on my want list for sure, but even lower grade on that is out of my price range. Carmine Infantino inked his own work on Detective Chimp in Rex the Wonder Dog.
I enjoy watching people who are passionate about their comic collections even if it not my cup a tea. And you always learn more about comics from the past.
I love western comics, funny you showed two gun kid #49, as I inherited two gun kid #50 vf, love all the information always a pleasure to see great comics,thank you for sharing
One of my old co-workers knew Joe Maneely when the worked together in Philadelphia newspapers in the early ‘50s. My friend is in his early 90s now and he tells me Maneely died falling off a train on his way back from New York.
Is your old co-worker still alive? That would have been the Philadelphia Bulletin and would have been 1947-48, following Maneely’s art school training at Hussian. I’m Maneely’s biographer and a compilation of his work has been just published.
@@michaelvassallo446 yes, he is. He’s over 90 now
Do you think he’d be interested in speaking to me about Joe? I obviously don’t want to bother someone but if he’d be interested, I’d live to. There is scant anyone alive who knew Joe. Please take a look at my just published book on Joe, Atlas Artist edition Vol. 1: Joe Maneely.
The reason I ask is I’m currently writing an art biography on Joe, with the blessing of his youngest daughter.
@@michaelvassallo446 I’m sure he’d love to talk. But I don’t want to post my contact info here publicly. Ideas?
These are great under appreciated books. A great reminder of how many good comics are out there! Can’t wait to see his war books!
That is a great Joe Maneely cover on the "Kid Slade, Gunfighter" is fantastic. The world lost a great comic artist when Joe Maneely tragically died at the age of 32 years old... only two years after this cover.
That was cool 😎 I love this kind of content
thanks for the video on western comics,...i started making a list of my fave covers, but realized it d be too long.......so nope.
in the 60s i read kid colt and rawhide kid alot, .....i also liked turok and tomahawk, both somewhat quasi westerns i guess?
the artists who drew them were great: kirby, ayers, giolitti, fred ray, bob brown, but i especially liked jack keller on kid colt and rawhide kid his art always felt so gritty?,.....later drew charlton hot rod titles,....
the graytone process used by dc lots in the 50s/60s, is always cool, and many west books from 50s have cool subjective color palettes
I am always looking for copies of the war greytones. They are literal ghosts. The western/war episodes with Mick were unreal. He may have one of the best collections of those genres in existence.
These are becoming my favorite shows on you tube 🤙🏽 your guests including yourself are very knowledgeable
I agree!
Beautiful books, probably the Two Gun Kid #49 or the Wild Western
A genre I ignored in my youth, among other genres. Seeing these books and hearing the stories behind them have given me an appreciation of them and wow... the art work really is so different from the superhero genre but still amazing in its own right. Great video and thanks to Mick for showing and talking about his collection.
I’ve been focusing my back issue collecting on Atlas westerns for the past 3-4 months so this was right up my alley. Seeing high grade Atlas westerns makes me salivate, but I’ve had to settle for lower grade copies on my budget. I subscribe to the adage “low grade is better than no grade.” I’ve been trying to get at least 1-2 issues of every western series Atlas ever did, but I’ve amassed a fairly impressive run on Kid Colt, going all the way to the last issue in ‘79.
I JUST received a Kid Slade 7 in the mail two days ago in about a VG. Close to finishing the Matt Slade/Kid Slade run.
That Wild Western 44 has a beautiful bright yellow cover and is on my want list for sure, but even lower grade on that is out of my price range.
Carmine Infantino inked his own work on Detective Chimp in Rex the Wonder Dog.
These books are really stunning in grade, which is usually about a 7.0. Some of these covers are just as good as it gets!
great as always! please keep making videos
Thank you Matthew! We have tons of great stuff in store!
i always wonder why americans dont know about blueberry i think he would blow your minds