tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.comments2023-07-27T18:00:20.383-07:00Cole's ComicsPaul C.Tumeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398929835829679477noreply@blogger.comBlogger318125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-77031256150755895852019-11-04T16:23:51.241-08:002019-11-04T16:23:51.241-08:00The first story in Punch Comics #1 is about Mr. E,...The first story in Punch Comics #1 is about Mr. E, who got his powers from 'the strange god, King Kolah, remnant of an extinct civilization...' Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-90074821952809532572019-07-12T02:25:48.095-07:002019-07-12T02:25:48.095-07:00Very interesting comments and analysis... Great ar...Very interesting comments and analysis... Great art and stories from Jack Cole's treasure chest of work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-54334806762598835932018-05-18T03:54:54.389-07:002018-05-18T03:54:54.389-07:00I have your book of course and (spoiler alert) I v...I have your book of course and (spoiler alert) I voted for it! I am glad we were not in the same category (as I am with Paul Gravett). I also voted for Frank Young's book and I am glad I didn't have to choose between you.Ger Apeldoornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03633862833036214748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-56202825803303069712018-04-29T11:14:01.458-07:002018-04-29T11:14:01.458-07:00Thanks Ger -- I am delighted to receive an Eisner ...Thanks Ger -- I am delighted to receive an Eisner nomination for co-editing the Sunday Press book FOOLISH QUESTIONS AND OTHER ODD OBSERVATIONS BY RUBE GOLDBERG with Peter Maresca. Congrats on your book, BEHAVING MADLY, also getting a nomination! I probably won't make it this year to San Diego -- too busy writing a book!Paul C.Tumeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05398929835829679477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-88662642401566591472018-04-26T14:00:19.857-07:002018-04-26T14:00:19.857-07:00Congratulations on the nomination, Paul. Will you ...Congratulations on the nomination, Paul. Will you be going this year?Ger Apeldoornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03633862833036214748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-34340008226021281332018-03-12T12:58:07.514-07:002018-03-12T12:58:07.514-07:00Question, is there any chance that Cole DIDN'T...Question, is there any chance that Cole DIDN'T write this story? The art certainly looks like him, but the story seems oddly-spotty in relation to his earlier Midnight stories. Also, would you say this is the first example of Midnight's turning into more of a comedic type character than the more serious crime-fighter tone of the earlier stories?Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16168683269565450013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-17113306104251882362018-01-16T08:10:16.879-08:002018-01-16T08:10:16.879-08:00Jack Cole was so ahead of his time. His stuff is s...Jack Cole was so ahead of his time. His stuff is still mind blowing today.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10501634199463949051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-68124820303929413952017-09-18T10:59:20.762-07:002017-09-18T10:59:20.762-07:00Follow-up question. Smash Comics #27 left me with...Follow-up question. Smash Comics #27 left me with some questions about possible political themes in Cole's early Midnight comics. If you have time to give it a read, I'd appreciate your feedback/insight: http://springroadsuperheroreview.blogspot.com/2017/09/what-were-midnights-and-jack-coles.htmlJustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16168683269565450013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-3057725261197471552017-05-29T06:14:07.894-07:002017-05-29T06:14:07.894-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16168683269565450013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-63323633827369278672017-05-28T22:44:43.321-07:002017-05-28T22:44:43.321-07:00Justin: Yes, Cole started Midnight very early in h...Justin: Yes, Cole started Midnight very early in his career, before he even created Plastic Man. After a couple dozen stories, Plas took off and he left the series. After a four-year stretch (if you’ll pardon the pun), Jack Cole returned to MIDNIGHT for a glorious run of 19 stories -- and these have a very different feel. His Plas stories also go through several distinct phases, including a horror phase towards the end!Paul C.Tumeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05398929835829679477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-21851144737188087062017-05-28T18:31:32.581-07:002017-05-28T18:31:32.581-07:00I've recently started reading through Midnight...I've recently started reading through Midnight's stories from the beginning, and this one definitely has a different--far more comical style--than what came before.<br /><br />Am I right I'm guessing that Cole went through some distinct phases in the development of Midnight?Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16168683269565450013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-65889427769677248662017-04-11T05:07:57.198-07:002017-04-11T05:07:57.198-07:00A nice article here with some useful tips for thos...A nice article here with some useful tips for those who are not used-to comment that frequently. Thanks for this helpful information I agree with all points you have given to us. I will follow all of them.<br /><a href="http://theeldorado.in/office-interiors-in-chennai.php" rel="nofollow">Office Interiors in Chennai</a><br /><a href="http://theeldorado.in/home-interior-decorators-in-chennai.php" rel="nofollow">Home Interior Decorators in Chennai</a>Mahalya sreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05438356551033222383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-80282433299708495662017-03-23T06:38:54.657-07:002017-03-23T06:38:54.657-07:00After reading Cole's last Betsy and Me of 8-10...After reading Cole's last Betsy and Me of 8-10-1958 it's evident that he was suffering a deep depression. The character is forcing his way through his days with a pasted on smile, as more and more is demanded of him. Most haunting is the third to last panel when he has the EXIT sign with a small arrow above it. As one who has felt this creeping dread, the desperation is all in there. Thanks for archiving his work, by proxy you archive his life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-16342526943591086002017-02-28T11:33:50.547-08:002017-02-28T11:33:50.547-08:00I tried to follow the link to your analysis of the...I tried to follow the link to your analysis of the first three Midnight stories, but it wouldn't work. <br /><br />I'm particularly interested in your take on the first episode. Specifically, do you interpret it as containing an "origin story"? Notwithstanding the character bio presented in D.C.'s 1988 Who's Who update, I think there's a number of problems with trying to interpret Smash #18 as Midnight's origin tale.<br />(If interested, I've made a post about this on my own blog.) <br /><br />To your knowledge, did Cole ever produce more of an origin story--even an unpublished one--for Midnight?Justinhttp://springroadsuperheroreview.blogspot.com/2017/02/smash-comics-18-origin-of-midnight.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-14387102045702302182017-01-31T21:42:38.749-08:002017-01-31T21:42:38.749-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-33287304801572112852016-07-20T01:57:20.776-07:002016-07-20T01:57:20.776-07:00Have you seen the second story in #2? I thought th...Have you seen the second story in #2? I thought the cover was by Cole, but when I look at the stroy itself it has many of his qualities as well.Ger Apeldoornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03633862833036214748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-76487475725276433942016-06-11T17:40:06.495-07:002016-06-11T17:40:06.495-07:00TO find values on collectibles check and see if th...TO find values on collectibles check and see if they have been sold at ebay or etsy... that will give you an idea. I don't think the Cole highball glasses are worth a great deal... I've seen them go for about $20 a set.Paul C.Tumeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05398929835829679477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-5490620344475570402016-06-11T15:18:18.692-07:002016-06-11T15:18:18.692-07:00I found a set of 5 highball glasses in pristine co...I found a set of 5 highball glasses in pristine condition of Cole's "women" series for playboy. How do I know what they are worth?noonespecialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04410175219495163319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-20026120572548547002016-02-23T11:38:50.281-08:002016-02-23T11:38:50.281-08:00me toome tooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-8030435851064119112016-02-23T11:37:57.497-08:002016-02-23T11:37:57.497-08:00AmazingAmazingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-81280761813137972762015-10-09T08:30:48.377-07:002015-10-09T08:30:48.377-07:00I'm looking for a cartoon with the caption put...I'm looking for a cartoon with the caption put your clothes on lady you are scaring the horesesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-55712725524909874452015-09-18T14:01:26.706-07:002015-09-18T14:01:26.706-07:00Thanks for your kind comment. That's a good qu...Thanks for your kind comment. That's a good question about original Jack Cole Plastic Man art. It's possible there might be a tiny bit stashed in a collector's archive -- but I have never ever seen any evidence of this. COle did Plas for Qualitry Comics, which was owned and run by Everett "Busy" Arnold, who was said to have destroyed the original art to his books to prevent it from being stolen and published by competitors. This is a sign of how little they valued the original art for comic books in those days. It's said that Arnold would cut the pages up with scissors and throw them away in front of his artists! I don't know if any of that is true, but it makes for a colorful story and could possibly explain why not a single page of Jack Cole Plastic Man art has ever surfaced. Now -- a few years ago, Quality artist and editor Gill Fox (a friend of Cole's) in his old age sold several pieces of his own original art from Quality that he had managed to spirit away and kept for decades. I suspect that Jack Cole very likely kept a lot of his originals including Plastic Man -- but he had a flood in the early 1950s that apparently destroyed most of his archives and art. A few years later, when he took his life, his wife refused to have anything to do with promoting her late husband's work and vanished, possibly with some of Cole's art -- but that is pure speculation. This would make a good blog post -- there's more to tell. Anyway, thanks! Somewhere on this blog I posted the original hand-colored page to a Silver Streak story -- Paul C.Tumeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05398929835829679477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-72219805351647489712015-09-18T13:48:48.664-07:002015-09-18T13:48:48.664-07:00This is such an amazing site--thank you so much!! ...This is such an amazing site--thank you so much!! So much to go through, but I have a very basic question (and if this is covered in an article, please point me to it):<br /><br />Is there any original Cole Plastic Man art in existence? If so where, and is it viewable?siduri42https://www.blogger.com/profile/00933127660100191220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-33908745577112848752015-08-31T00:31:49.370-07:002015-08-31T00:31:49.370-07:00I agree that this is a Cole piece, the composition...I agree that this is a Cole piece, the composition of the page is too spastic and integrated to be anybody else. I've noticed that the other guys who drew Plas comics all had very open panels with a lot less in each panel and more space dedicated to each on the page. While other inkers don't seem to get the shadows quite right and leave the characters looking as if they were floating in a fake world. This looks like some of the early Police comics issues and like the later horror comics that Cole did. Julianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3024420441109756132.post-69365966653189170322015-06-23T07:51:19.176-07:002015-06-23T07:51:19.176-07:00This story was reprinted in a 1960s Plastic Man co...This story was reprinted in a 1960s Plastic Man comic book,which reprinted the contents of Police # 95(but not the same cover).There are two other Plastic Man reprint comics of the 1960s that I have-and they also reprint old classics from the late 1940s. Richard Rankehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09117175619228209421noreply@blogger.com