tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post5573781857549771425..comments2024-03-25T11:21:33.915-04:00Comments on Diversions of the Groovy Kind: If You Blinked You Missed: Skywald Publications' ZangarThe Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-50777508455207486582015-07-21T00:36:52.172-04:002015-07-21T00:36:52.172-04:00I didn't notice until you posted all his appea...I didn't notice until you posted all his appearances together, but in issue 1 Zangar is Bob Gordon and in issue 2 he's Bob Manning?Darcihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01598465647270663106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-62188760929291129062009-02-17T13:39:00.000-05:002009-02-17T13:39:00.000-05:00Groove,I agree with you that the inkers on the 2nd...Groove,<BR/><BR/>I agree with you that the inkers on the 2nd and 3rd stories are Colletta and Giacoia. I'm not certain about the first issue, perhaps Katz inked himself on that story.<BR/><BR/>Nick CaputoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-41696246251110510322009-02-13T17:18:00.000-05:002009-02-13T17:18:00.000-05:00I got a real Ditko vibe from the first ish, myself...I got a real Ditko vibe from the first ish, myself; dunno if Katz was experimenting or what, there. I have been trying to track down inking credits for those mags. I know the second one was inked by Vinnie Colletta. The third one looks like Frank Giacoia to me. <BR/><BR/>And I agree, with ya ~P~ they're not half bad! You'll be seeing the Heap and all those westerns popping up here in the future.<BR/><BR/>YOu have a point about Katz's art, Booksteve; the detail Katz put into the art on First Kingdom is challenging to say the least!The Groovy Agenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-45964918125290659072009-02-13T03:14:00.000-05:002009-02-13T03:14:00.000-05:00Yeah, Jack Katz is another artist I could never wa...Yeah, Jack Katz is another artist I could never warm up to. Here at least his style seems like an amalgam of everybody working at Marvel during that same period. On FIRST KINGDOM, it was so busy and stylized that I had trouble plowing through the whole damn thing. I did finish reading it but I can't tell you a thing about it now.Bookstevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-39058686549815267832009-02-12T09:56:00.000-05:002009-02-12T09:56:00.000-05:00Hey!These aren't half bad!Zangar is a bit loopy th...Hey!<BR/>These aren't half bad!<BR/><BR/>Zangar is a bit loopy there when he's trying to figure out who he is...and I won't go into the "I need a weapon! Oh, lookie, a dead guy holding a knife! AND some fine lookin' BLING!" and proceeding to grave-rob. The weapon, sure. I'll give him that.<BR/>But then he purloins the dead's artifacts for his own... bad Zangar. BAD!<BR/><BR/>The first issue almost looks like it was drawn by Marie Severin (with maybe some Carmine Infantino inks).<BR/>2nd issue the artwork got much crisper.<BR/>3rd seemed to go back to an almost Severin-style elements.<BR/><BR/>No credits on these, huh?<BR/>I can only imagine it was to protect the "day jobs" of pros who were moonlighting.<BR/><BR/>Not bad.<BR/>Not bad at all, really.~P~https://www.blogger.com/profile/09299078564477985626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-90101456980257169622009-02-12T09:42:00.000-05:002009-02-12T09:42:00.000-05:00Irregardless of the content, that Skywald "lamppos...Irregardless of the content, that Skywald "lamppost" call-out icon is rad.<BR/><BR/>I recall the one for THE HEAP now that I think about it.<BR/><BR/>A classy touch.~P~https://www.blogger.com/profile/09299078564477985626noreply@blogger.com