tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25254614.post4773280214907126110..comments2024-03-23T23:46:29.024-07:00Comments on The Fabuleous Fifties: Right Around The What?Ger Apeldoornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03633862833036214748noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25254614.post-23152767229858181862014-03-04T23:39:17.549-08:002014-03-04T23:39:17.549-08:00Well, apparently it is Neal Adams the comic book a...Well, apparently it is Neal Adams the comic book artist. Here he is in another recent interview: "was not the original creator of it. There was another guy that created it, but the guy got too old and couldn't do it anymore. They had a contest to see who could do the strip, and Mr. Allen signed aliases because he didn't want people to know who he was. He was the assistant on the strip, and so [the samples that he showed] to continue the strip were better than anybody's. In spite of the fact that he was black, they let him do the strip, but they never took photos of him, they never printed photos. I never saw anything at the cartoonists' society that talked about a black comic strip guy -- never. So he persevered through shit and everything to succeed and to do what he did, and then he became a teacher."Ger Apeldoornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03633862833036214748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25254614.post-77879002903289343872014-03-04T23:30:52.360-08:002014-03-04T23:30:52.360-08:00In 2002 a Neal Adams asked this question on Google...In 2002 a Neal Adams asked this question on Google Questions: "circumstances that led to the strip being taken over by Charles Allen,<br />(a.k.a. Colin Allen). F.Y.I. Charles Allen was my teacher (cartooning)<br />in the High School of Industrial Arts in the late 50’s. Besides being<br />a great teacher he was black, and did a comic strip. A mainstream<br />comic strip. Think about that. Know your current history? Charles<br />Allen did the impossible!" Two interesting sidelines: was Colin Allen black and did someone else start What a Family!? An of course, is thos Neal Adams, the comic artist?Ger Apeldoornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03633862833036214748noreply@blogger.com