Another
work week pirouettes into the past as Friday once more arrives,
bringing with it ORIGINAL ART FRIDAY... the singular day of the week
where I share another piece of original, mostly-comic-book related art
with the WORLD!
Today I bring you a lovely page by Ruben Moriera from DC's "The Adventures of Alan Ladd" #5, circia 1950. A quick trip to Wikipedia reveals this Mr. Moriera was a Puerto Rican artist who worked on any number of titles in his career, most notably (AGAIN, per Wikipedia! Don't yell me, Mark Evanier!) co-creating Rip Hunter Time Master with Jack Miller. To my eye, Mr. Moriera was a solid draftsman who told the story without a lot of flash.
But there's more!
It occurs to me that some reading this may not even remember Alan Ladd, one of the more popular actors of the 50's, best known for "Shane." (I was going to say he was one of Hollywood's biggest stars, but apparently he was 5' 6"... not that that's a crime!). He was so popular, in fact, DC Comics decided to publish this unfortunately short-lived title (only 9 issues) "starring" Mr. Ladd.
And these books are really something. The first few issues are literally tales of Alan Ladd, actor, being dragooned into threatening situations. So we're treated to the cartoon Ladd (again, as himself, Hollywood actor) punching out gangsters and pirates and assorted other miscreants. It so tickled my funny bone that I haunted comic conventions for, well, weeks, and managed to get every issue, along this original Moriera page...
But there's more! The Alan Ladd book also inspired my screenplay for 2008's "My Name Is Bruce" (still time to order for Christmas!), starring the inimitable Bruce Campbell. In "Bruce", Bruce Campbell, theoretically playing himself, is kidnapped by a kid who think he can kill a Chinese demon terrorizing in a small Oregon town. However, unlike Alan Ladd, Bruce is a drunken, lecherous goofball who, after reveling in the town's praise -- he believes it's all a birthday prank arranged by his agent -- runs for his life when danger appears. Well, I thought it was funny! And so did Bruce, who shot the entire film in his back yard in Oregon...
And so that's how movie history is made... "ish"...
Today I bring you a lovely page by Ruben Moriera from DC's "The Adventures of Alan Ladd" #5, circia 1950. A quick trip to Wikipedia reveals this Mr. Moriera was a Puerto Rican artist who worked on any number of titles in his career, most notably (AGAIN, per Wikipedia! Don't yell me, Mark Evanier!) co-creating Rip Hunter Time Master with Jack Miller. To my eye, Mr. Moriera was a solid draftsman who told the story without a lot of flash.
But there's more!
It occurs to me that some reading this may not even remember Alan Ladd, one of the more popular actors of the 50's, best known for "Shane." (I was going to say he was one of Hollywood's biggest stars, but apparently he was 5' 6"... not that that's a crime!). He was so popular, in fact, DC Comics decided to publish this unfortunately short-lived title (only 9 issues) "starring" Mr. Ladd.
And these books are really something. The first few issues are literally tales of Alan Ladd, actor, being dragooned into threatening situations. So we're treated to the cartoon Ladd (again, as himself, Hollywood actor) punching out gangsters and pirates and assorted other miscreants. It so tickled my funny bone that I haunted comic conventions for, well, weeks, and managed to get every issue, along this original Moriera page...
But there's more! The Alan Ladd book also inspired my screenplay for 2008's "My Name Is Bruce" (still time to order for Christmas!), starring the inimitable Bruce Campbell. In "Bruce", Bruce Campbell, theoretically playing himself, is kidnapped by a kid who think he can kill a Chinese demon terrorizing in a small Oregon town. However, unlike Alan Ladd, Bruce is a drunken, lecherous goofball who, after reveling in the town's praise -- he believes it's all a birthday prank arranged by his agent -- runs for his life when danger appears. Well, I thought it was funny! And so did Bruce, who shot the entire film in his back yard in Oregon...
And so that's how movie history is made... "ish"...
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