What it is, Groove-ophiles! Today we're gonna plant our peepers on a rare treat--Alex Toth illustrating Steve Ditko's
The Question from
Charlton Bullseye #5 (Summer 1976). The untitled story, plotted by Roger Stern and scripted by Michael Uslan, no matter how good it may be, is only an excuse for us to admire the artistic prowess of a true master of the medium. How did the CPL Gang (
Bullseye's publisher) manage to snag Alex Toth for their fanzine? In an interview with John Cooke in
Comic Book Artist #12, CPL editor Roger Stern answered that very...er...question...
"Dumb luck, I guess. Somehow, we'd gotten Toth's
address and sent him a complimentary copy of CPL. Then, we managed
to get him to draw a cover for issue # 11. When Bob (Layton) launched Charlton
Bullseye, one of the things we both really wanted to do was run a
new Question story—and since we weren't sure how to get
in touch with Steve Ditko, we hit on the idea of asking Toth. I think
Bob called him. Anyway, Toth said yes."
Dumb luck rocks, dunnit? Check it out!
OMG! This is so amazing! Why have I never seen this before? I find it ironic that most editors considered him too designey for superheroes, but I see about a half dozen top artists today copping his style...
ReplyDeleteI scored a complete run of the Bullseye issues years ago.
ReplyDeleteThere's some great stuff in them, this included.