Thursday, August 25, 2016

The Boys from Derby: "A Winner's Curse" by Unknown and Howard

Hooowoooooooooo's it goin', Groove-ophiles! Whaddya say we dig on a superior Wayne Howard art job (who wrote it? Mort Todd, can ya enlighten us?) from Ghost Manor Vol. 2, #4 (February 1972)? Yeah, Ol' Groove thought that might grab ya! Guess you could call it..."A Winner's Curse!"







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6 comments:

  1. M. BouffantAugust 25, 2016 at 12:05 AM

    Quite an "homage" to Wally Wood there.

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  2. BillyAugust 25, 2016 at 11:17 AM

    "Never draw anything you can copy, never copy anything you can trace, never trace anything you can cut out and paste up."
    - Wallace Wood

    He used to be one of Wood's assistants, and it seems he taught him a little too well.

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  3. JMR777August 25, 2016 at 5:53 PM

    Copy job or not, I never read a Charlton horror tale that I didn't like, or find some reason to like it.

    Charlton might have turned out grade B horror, but grade B horror is sometimes more fun and entertaining than top of the line horror.

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  4. keythd23August 28, 2016 at 9:40 AM

    I find it odd that except for a few inking jobs at Marvel, Wayne Howard disappeared after the dissolution of Charlton. Anybody know what happened to him? He would have been a great addition to the House of Ideas, bringing a Wood-like finish to whosever pencils he was inking.

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  5. RickAugust 30, 2016 at 12:13 PM

    I bought Howard's stuff because of its resemblance to Wood's work. It certainly does not hold up. It looks rather amateurish now.

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