Art by Bill Ely (March 1956) and Edward Valigursky (December 1956)

Where Do You Get Your Ideas?

Where do you get your ideas? Well, if you are drawing comics in the 1950s, you borrow them. From the Pulps.

Art by Win Mortimer and Charles Paris 1951
Art by Margaret Brundage 1933
Art by Ruben Moreira 1957
Art by Norman Saunders 1939
Art by Dick Dillin and Sheldon Moldoff 1962
Art by Bob Brown 1958
Art by Charles Schneeman 1938
Art by Dick Dillon and Sheldon Moldoff 1960
Art by H. W. Wesso 1932
Art by Nick Cardy 1957
Art by H. W. Wesso 1932
Art by Dick Dillin and Sheldon Moldoff 1960
Art by Frank R. Paul 1935
Art by Ruben Moreira 1954
Art by Emmet Watson 1937
Art by Bob Brown 1958
Art by Murphy Anderson 1953
Art by William Timmins 1947
Art by Ruben Moreira 1957
Art by Frank Kelly Freas 1955
Art by Gil Kane 1951
Art by Allen Anderson 1951
Art by Murphy Anderson 1954
Art by Frank R. Paul 1930
Art by Gil Kane and Bernard Sachs 1955
Art by Howard V. Brown 1939
Art by Murphy Anderson 1952
Art by Howard V. Brown 1939
Art by Murphy Anderson and Joe Giella 1954
Art by Frank R. Paul 1931
Art by Gil Kane 1959
Art by Earle K. Bergey 1942

Here’s a case where the comic came first. House of Mystery #44 (November 1955) appeared seven years before Fantastic (February 1962).

Art by Ruben Moreira 1955
Art by Leo Summers 1962

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2 Comments Posted

  1. Take a look at Marvel. Stan Lee took every character he ever created from the pulp. I called a radio show in the 90’s when he was being interview and complemented him on the X-Men cartoon, but when I segued into asking about his influence from the pulps . . . “click”

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