Rather a fast job, but still nice work from Meskin. I miss the days when one could make a concept futuristic by sticking "space" onto the front. Space-goofy, space wrecker, spaceball...
I am a big fan of this strip and this genre and will come back to it from time to time. I have more of Ray Bailey's comic strip version (which I think would be an excellent candidate for a comple reprint series), but there is also Norman Maurer's Rocky X (which you can find at several places on the web) and more.
By the way, do you read Cebutus in French or Dutch?
I first saw Cubitus in French when I was in college, and read many episodes (not very well, either!) My favorite story was Alerte au Pedalosaure, which I used to read to my kids (in English)when they were tots.
I really appreciate your posting the Tom Corbett strips. Like you, I enjoy 1950s space comics and shows. When I was quite young I read the series of Tom Corbett novels (illustrated by comic artist/illustrator Lou Glanzman).
I own a tape of one episode of the TV show, and I'll tell you...the budget on the comics was much larger!
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Rather a fast job, but still nice work from Meskin. I miss the days when one could make a concept futuristic by sticking "space" onto the front. Space-goofy, space wrecker, spaceball...
Thanks for posting these wonderful stories.
Big Smurf,
I am a big fan of this strip and this genre and will come back to it from time to time. I have more of Ray Bailey's comic strip version (which I think would be an excellent candidate for a comple reprint series), but there is also Norman Maurer's Rocky X (which you can find at several places on the web) and more.
By the way, do you read Cebutus in French or Dutch?
That should be Cubitus, of course. I used to read this in Dutch when I was a kid.
I first saw Cubitus in French when I was in college, and read many episodes (not very well, either!) My favorite story was Alerte au Pedalosaure, which I used to read to my kids (in English)when they were tots.
I really appreciate your posting the Tom Corbett strips. Like you, I enjoy 1950s space comics and shows. When I was quite young I read the series of Tom Corbett novels (illustrated by comic artist/illustrator Lou Glanzman).
I own a tape of one episode of the TV show, and I'll tell you...the budget on the comics was much larger!
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