A Little Slice Of Magic

Monday Cartoon Day.

It's been a while ince I showed one n my series of Philidelphia Record's Fun Books, the tabloid sized Sunday section that was produced soley for the Record to go around their (oversized) publication of Will Eisner's The Spirit. With Bil Keane, cartoon games, Marshall Brickman and Mandrake the magican - what's not to like? More if you follow the link.

Come All You Merry Mirthmakers

Monday Cartoon Day.

I have been clearing out my cartoon magazine collection so I can start selling them on Ebay. But before I can share all those scans with you, I really want to finish this run of the Philidelphia Record. I am still surprised I have never see them before. There must be over 150 of them - so who has them all? Yes, that is later Small Society artist Marshall Brickman on Pic Trix.

Takling The Spirit Out Of It

Monday Cartoon Day.

Recently, I bought a lot of Philidelphia Record Fun Books which I will be sharing on Mondays over the next few weeks. The Fun Book was an eight page oversized tabloid section, that was folded around an equally oversized version of Will Eisner's The Spirit. It had a couple of syndicated pages (including Mandrake and the games page Fun World), but some of it was done especially by Record staffers, such as Bil Keane. Keane did Silly Philly, Mirth Quakers and quite a lot of covers. Another later famous artist included was Marshall Brickman. I am starting with my earliest, from 194.

I just added the third page, which I had forgotten to scan. Funny to see somehting so similar to the later road maps Bil Keane would use in his Family Circle Sundays,