I’ve mentioned Basil Wolverton’s Culture Corner, which ran in Whiz Comics from 1945 to 1952, a few times in the past. Now Dinosaur Gardens has collected quite a few (all ?) of these delightfully absurd strips in one handy pdf or cbz format. Cool !
(tip of the hat to Mike)
Tying up some of my previous posts, here are some ephemera from Whiz Comics # 79 from 1949, which was just made available in a masterfully scanned version. They include : comic cards featuring the Captains Marvel and Midnight (above), some advice on etiquette by Basil Wolverton from the Culture Corner series, an ad for Captain Marvel merchandise and another one of those RC ads. Enjoy (and say thanks to the scanner) !
In the later issues of Whiz Comics, Basil Wolverton had a recurring feature called Culture Corner, dispensing advise on how to behave in his own trademark style of hyperbolic art and absurd narration. These two examples were published in Whiz # 74 and 76, respectively.
More of the same, at Fortress Of Fortune.
(artwork © Basil Wolverton estate)
On Golden Age Comic Book Stories, Door Tree presents Shock Shannon, a discontinued newspaper strip by Basil Wolverton from the 1930’s. Also check out the other samples of vintage Wolverton art that’s currently features on Door Tree’s blog.
In the early 1950’s, cartoonist Basil Wolverton was asked to come up with some horrific illustrations of what the Apocalypse will be like. According to Monte Wolverton, Basil’s son and a topical cartoonist in his own right, color versions of these images will be published later this year in a collected edition along with three hundred other Biblical illustrations.
Judging from the versions on the Wolvertoon site, this is something to look forward to. In the mean time, we still have the original black & white version (more after the break).
(artwork © Basil Wolverton estate)
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