tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25254614.post1188016745562955794..comments2024-03-23T23:46:29.024-07:00Comments on The Fabuleous Fifties: UnfriendedGer Apeldoornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03633862833036214748noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25254614.post-88572877792203053462021-10-12T13:14:44.217-07:002021-10-12T13:14:44.217-07:00Hi, Jim. I eecorgnize your name and know some of y...Hi, Jim. I eecorgnize your name and know some of your work. I am really not into superheroes, but I was a big fan of all the Big Books and when I researched your name I saw you did some work for those as well. I know about the Bernt Toast Gang from various fanzines, but mostly from my old friend Mike Lynch. I met Mike forty years ago, when he traveled through Europe and stayed at my place. I wish I had met all those guys in the gang, Creig Flessel and Bob Lubbers. If you look through the blog you will see I wrote a lot about Lubbers as well. And of course about Johnstone and Cushing, wher Flessel worked. Man, what I could have asked him. No one has ever really done a history of that company and there are so much questions. If you ever heard any stories about that period, I'd love to exchange information. I'd love that anyway, I am always pleased when creators or their family contact me. If you have the time, please contact me on Facebook or here (I could probably leave my email address here as well, although I prefer to do it for a short time and then take it back again).Ger Apeldoornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03633862833036214748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25254614.post-1644642148407251682021-10-11T12:00:53.197-07:002021-10-11T12:00:53.197-07:00Hi Ger,
Just came across your blog moments ago. I&...Hi Ger,<br />Just came across your blog moments ago. I'm Jim Fern, long time but lesser known comic book artist. I am member of the group of Cartoonists in New York, The Berndt Toast Gang, along with Creig Flessel. I knew Creig briefly before I moved away to Florida and he wound up in California with Family. I last saw him in 2003 at our National Cartoonist Society awards weekend. <br />Just came across your wonderful posts with Creig's art from David Crane. What a treasure to find!<br />Our Berndt Toast Gang group coordinator, Adrian Sinnott, has a pen that Creig gave him that was one Creig used for cartooning. <br />Bob Lubbers was a part of our group. We had so many greats in NY who were part of the "Gang". One of my good friends, Joe Giella, is still going strong at 93. Thanks for posting the work of these great pioneers in cartoon art.<br />the Rush of Drawing Comic Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12943280926339722814noreply@blogger.com