Sunday, June 14, 2015

It's A Gang Bang World

A great oddity from Standard's Crime World #5 from 1952. Is it by Mort Meskin? Do I see Carmine Infantino in there? Are there flashes of Joe Kubert? Jim Vandeboncoeur, who provided the comic to be scanned by the Digital Comics Museum, identifies Jerry Grandinetti, fresh off doing The Secret Files of Dr. Drew, now a great book by my friend Michael T. Gilbert.



Later in the fifties he started working for DC, where his work also resembled that of Kubert and Infantino as well as having a life all of his own.

1 comment:

Alberto said...

Ger:


This is Jerry Grandnetti all right. Same style as that he used on the Sunday Spirit sections he did in 1951-52. On those he was using Al Hollingsworth as an inker, I don't know if he was inking by himself here.


Anyhow, I have discussed the Dr. Drew issue with Michael T., and I think we agreed that the early (and best) Drew stories were in fact either penciled by Will Eisner or Abe Kanegson, as the style in the latter ones is completely different and much, much less attractive.


Best,
Alberto