tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25254614.post585269190505749595..comments2024-03-23T23:46:29.024-07:00Comments on The Fabuleous Fifties: Ger Apeldoornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03633862833036214748noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25254614.post-31905087319865464792022-04-29T11:09:58.135-07:002022-04-29T11:09:58.135-07:00Rick Fletcher, assistant.
Chester Gould, creator.
...Rick Fletcher, assistant.<br />Chester Gould, creator.<br />Al Valanis, police expert.<br />Ray Gould, letterer.<br /><br />Hap? I'm not sure... I'm laughing because it might be his dog that was always in the studio lolAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14612638281920402164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25254614.post-80361874472794797122011-11-07T10:41:54.903-08:002011-11-07T10:41:54.903-08:00To rnigma: I remember both of those, but wasn'...To rnigma: I remember both of those, but wasn't it the other way? Vera Alldid did "Invisible Tribe", and the five-man team did "Sawdust", the one full of specks which did look like fleas but I think they really were sawdust shavings. They were both rather clever.<br />Just my two cents.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00827076515329274214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25254614.post-29071298183021430002011-09-01T04:24:12.338-07:002011-09-01T04:24:12.338-07:00It says here (the Dick Tracy Encyclopedia via the ...It says here (the Dick Tracy Encyclopedia via the Dick Tracy Yahoo group) that "The Gravies" ran as a Sunday strip from December 2, 1956 to January 26, 1964.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14702136958579137033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25254614.post-14103236664661679312011-08-30T08:13:15.609-07:002011-08-30T08:13:15.609-07:00Yes, that's it! There were two of them!Yes, that's it! There were two of them!Ger Apeldoornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03633862833036214748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25254614.post-50183616500526935262011-08-30T07:53:55.424-07:002011-08-30T07:53:55.424-07:00Rick Fletcher (art assistant), Ray Gould (letterer...Rick Fletcher (art assistant), Ray Gould (letterer/Chet's brother) and Al Valanis (writing assistant)... not sure of who Jack was. The "Invisible Tribe"- the strip within-a-strip featured in "Dick Tracy" - was credited to "Chet, Al, Rick, Ray and Hap."<br />The strip with fleas you are thinking of is perhaps "Sawdust" - the comic that Vera Alldid (the cartoonist character that married Sparkle Plenty) drew.rnigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01370724366178429029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25254614.post-59159786905612967142011-08-30T04:19:36.833-07:002011-08-30T04:19:36.833-07:00Gould's assistant's name was Rick Fletcher...Gould's assistant's name was <b>Rick Fletcher,</b> not Dick...LUD!https://www.blogger.com/profile/15105421201321108389noreply@blogger.com