tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778777435910011284.post5482854049632761477..comments2024-01-15T11:23:55.427-08:00Comments on Screwball Comics: Roots of Screwball: The Lost 1904-06 Gus Mager Sundays (Part One)Paul C.Tumeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398929835829679477noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778777435910011284.post-30053130348023688252013-02-10T17:25:38.889-08:002013-02-10T17:25:38.889-08:00Corey, thanks for your comment. I always appreciat...Corey, thanks for your comment. I always appreciate it when someone takes the time to comment. You hit the nail on the head in writing about the fallen animal poses -- they are what a young boy might visualize, but they also are cartoony -- and maybe that's what's so interesting about this series -- how it seems to be showing us how much comics and childhood fantasies have in common. "Innocent and morbid at once" -- yes! -- well put! Paul C.Tumeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05398929835829679477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778777435910011284.post-37839096775387904582013-02-10T17:23:19.264-08:002013-02-10T17:23:19.264-08:00Frank, thanks for your insightful comment. I agree...Frank, thanks for your insightful comment. I agree that Mager's lost Sundays are noteworthy early achievements in stylization. It's too bad he didn't keep going down this path -- he was so close to doing something remarkable, but instead had a popular hit and rode that horse (who could blame the guy?).Paul C.Tumeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05398929835829679477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778777435910011284.post-47473038077992732972013-02-09T13:40:37.917-08:002013-02-09T13:40:37.917-08:00Yes, the WHAT LITTLE JOHNNY WANTED work is way ahe...Yes, the WHAT LITTLE JOHNNY WANTED work is way ahead of it's time. <br /><br />I love how the defeated animals are drawn in a way that could be read as either toppled figurine or cartoon rigamortis. Either way, it really captures how a child might organize a play death toll. It's somehow innocent and morbid all at once. <br /><br />Thanks Paul. I look forward to the next installment.<br /> <br /><br /> coreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06437401618064469178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778777435910011284.post-75812999640656766672013-01-31T08:55:48.676-08:002013-01-31T08:55:48.676-08:00The "Monk" stuff doesn't do much for...The "Monk" stuff doesn't do much for me, but those super-stylized WHAT LITTLE JOHNNY WANTED strips are remarkable achievements in stylization and use of the comics form--when his peers were managing barely better than caveman scrawls. <br /><br />Very informative essay--fascinating to learn more about these cartoonists I've known of for so long... thanks!Frank M. Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673579882180372546noreply@blogger.com