SUNDAY FUNNIES WITH KERRY CALLEN!
By KERRY CALLEN
This week’s art is a take-off of 1940’s All-Star Comics #3, a famous cover by E.E. Hibbard that’s been parodied many times. (Hibbard’s birthday was Friday, as it happens.)
It’s a fun image, but I had never drawn a version. I was happy to receive a commission request to switch a few characters, and add specific dialogue.
Normally I would share the original cover to All-Star Comics #3, but I’m choosing to show the tabloid-size reprint that came out in 1975, Famous First Edition #F-7:
As a kid I LOVED this book. It contained various stories written and drawn by various writers and artists.I didn’t really know the comics were reprints from the Golden Age. I knew they looked and felt different, but wasn’t exactly sure why. They reminded me of the back-up stories in DC’s 100-page comics, also Golden Age reprints. I eventually figured it out.
By the way, DC must have loved this cover image. It also appears as the splash page inside, a house ad, as well as an editorial page at the end of the book!
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Want a commission? Send an email to KerryCallenArt@gmail.com. You can also find other work at linktr.ee/kerrycallen.
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MORE
— When HOMER SIMPSON Stepped in for Gold Key’s MIGHTY SAMSON. Click here.
— When BATGIRL Crashed BATMAN and ROBIN’s Famous 1966 Portrait. Click here.
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KERRY CALLEN spent much of his career as an artist and art director, developing product for Hallmark, but has also dabbled in comics for many years. As a freelancer, he creates work for a range of needs, spanning from Mad Magazine to children illustrations. He has two graphic novels available on Amazon worldwide, Halo and Sprocket: The Definitive Collection, as well as Dirtnap: Mystic Spit.
