13 ROOTIN’ TOOTIN’ ILLUSTRATIONS: A birthday salute to the late artist, who was born 102 years ago, on May 2, 1922… By PETER BOSCH Gad, do I love Doug Wildey’s Western artwork. I can’t recall if I was a fan or even knew who he was before I got the large-size edition of The Movie Cowboy by Doug Wildey from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. in 1971… but I do remember it knocking my socks off! If I didn’t know who he was before it, I sure as shootin’ was a fan of Wildey afterwards. (Why am I talkin’ like some $3-a-day film extra sittin’ on a corral fence watchin’ the hero ride the terrifyin’ Tornado for the first time?) Anyway, back to Doug Wildey (yeehaw!)… He was born May 2, 1922 in Yonkers, New York, as far from the rodeo circuit as one could get. He’s known far and wide for creating and designing Hanna-Barbera’s Jonny Quest. His best remembered comic book tales, however, were those set in the Old West, from his time drawing for Atlas in the 1950s through the Rio stories of the 1980s and 1990s. Enjoy this rare look at some of his best art from The Movie Cowboy publication in which he drew several stars into his work. The book doesn’t identify who’s who — there are pastiches — so if you have an idea on an ID, note it in the comments! Saddle up, pardner! — MORE — 13 GREAT ILLUSTRATIONS: A DOUG WILDEY Birthday Celebration. Click here. — 13 Groovy SATURDAY MORNING TV COMIC-BOOK ADS — From the ’60s to the ’80s. Click...