Friday, May 24, 2013

Making a Splash: R.I.P. Jesse Santos

Sad to report that Ol' Groove recently learned of Jesse Santos'  passing on April 27 at the age of 83. Santos was the artist/co-creator of Gold Key's Groovy Age hits Dagar the Invincible and Dr. Spektor, two books yers trooly totally digs. I thought admiring Santos' swingin' Dagar splash pages would make for a nice tribute, so here ya go, baby!















(Sorry I'm missing the splash for ish 14, but maybe the inclusion of Gold Key Spotlight #6's splash will make up for it?)
Posted by at
Labels: , , , , , , , , ,

5 comments:

  1. Richard WilliamsMay 24, 2013 at 7:56 AM

    Thanks Groove, I missed out on all those Gold Key issues though I do have an issue of Dagar somewhere. His art, in some places, reminds me a bit of Alex Nino but those splash pages really are terrific!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Mike MikulovskyMay 24, 2013 at 7:59 AM

    I'm not really familar with him. But I do remember his art. Did he also draw the Twilight Zone & or Outer Limits comics also? Sad all these super talent people of our youths are leaving us. Sigh! R.I.P. Mr.Santos

    ReplyDelete
  3. AnonymousMay 24, 2013 at 10:13 PM

    Sadly, another master has passed on. RIP Mr Santos!

    - Mike from Trinidad & Tobago.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Percy ByssheMay 27, 2013 at 4:20 PM

    Great tribute - he was a great artist...

    ReplyDelete
  5. phantomloverOctober 26, 2013 at 2:15 PM

    You have so many Dagar comics? Lucky dude!!

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

LinkWithin

Blog Widget by LinkWithin
Special thanks to Mike's Amazing World of Comics and Grand Comics Database for being such fantastic resources for covers, dates, creator info, etc. Thou art treasures true!


Note to "The Man": All images are presumed copyright by the respective copyright holders and are presented here as fair use under applicable laws, man! If you hold the copyright to a work I've posted and would like me to remove it, just drop me an e-mail and it's gone, baby, gone.


All other commentary and insanity copyright GroovyAge, Ltd.

As for the rest of ya, the purpose of this blog is to (re)introduce you to the great comics of the 1970s. If you like what you see, do what I do--go to a comics shop, bookstore, e-Bay or whatever and BUY YOUR OWN!