Richard Doxsee's art reminds me more than a little of Ross Andru's and since Andru was also in this issue, I wondered. But I looked him up and he was not Ross. In fact, Doxsee was quite prolific in the early Post-Code years, mainly at Atlas. This story would have been right at home in any of the MAD clones that just about every publisher attempted.
Thanks for this and all the comics here. I desperately need to know which specific Atlas comic Mother Ghoul is from.
ReplyDeleteAh, but I said he worked a lot for Atlas. This was, in fact, done for Story Comics' title MYSTERIOUS ADVENTURES, issue 24.
ReplyDeleteAh! Thanks, I've found it on Digital Comic Museum.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I missed this in my article on Mad comic imiattions in Alter Ego! Story did not have a Ma dimitation out, and the date is a bit late. By 1955 the Mad imitations had disappeared and Mad had moved on. In fact, in late 1955 the first Mad magazine imitations appeared. So that makes me think... could this have been a leftover from some folded comic? And what is Ross Andru doing in this magazine? I'll have to have a look!
ReplyDeleteHate to disappoint you, but that is not Ross Andru on the first story, floating eyes notwithstanding. Since the cover seems to be by Wood imitatop Fleischman (who would use anyone's style) and the fact that I se a huge dose of Kubert towards the end, my guess is Fleischman might have done this one. But the Kubert influence could also point to Al Gordon. I'll have alook at some of the surrounding issues. And hwat is that guys fist doing in the second panel of the first story in a code apporved issue?!
ReplyDeleteIt's getting more and more interesting... Ross Andru ís in Mysterious Adventures #23 with a magnificent horror story, which must have been done after the demise of MikeRoss publications but it can't be an inventury thing, because they didn't do horror. Hy Fleuschman is in there with a Mother Hubbard story which harks back to the EC fairy tale parodies instead of Mad.
ReplyDeleteFinal report... There is a grim fairy tale in #22 as well, also by Fleischmann. Another one by Richard Doxsee in #24 and #25. It looks like these were written as a take-off on the EC stories and for one issue Doxsee turned it into a Mad thing, with background gags and such. After that he returns to the grim fairy tale style. I also found one more Ross Andru story and another one in another book by this publisher. People were really scrambling for jobs that year...
ReplyDeleteSo, important question not asked... who was Richard Doxsee and where did he going after doing funny art for Mad imitations such as Panis and Cracked?
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