Comics: Comic Book Trademarks, Part 4

 

Images from the 1942 Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office

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American Printer, January 5, 1921

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Creator: Bob Gill, 1931–2021

Robert Charles Gill

January 17, 1931, Brooklyn, New York – November 9, 2021, Brooklyn, New York

1940 United States Federal Census

Name: Robert Gill

Age: 9

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1931

Gender: Male

Race: White

Birthplace: New York

Marital Status: Single

Relation to Head of House: Grandson

Home in 1940: New York, Kings, New York

Street: 1324 Carroll Street

Farm: No

Inferred Residence in 1935: New York, Kings, New York

Residence in 1935: New York

Resident on farm in 1935: No

Sheet Number: 1B

Attended School or College: Yes

Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 3rd grade

Weeks Worked in 1939: 0

Income: 0

Income Other Sources: No

Name/Age

Morris Gothelf, 67

Freida Gill, 39

Robert Gill, 9

New York Passenger List

Name: Robert Gill

Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York

Departure Port: Southampton, England

Arrival Date: February 15, 1954

Arrival Port: New York, New York

Ship Name: Queen Elizabeth

Graphic design: visual comparisons

Alan Fletcher, Colin Forbes, Bob Gill

Reinhold Publishing Company, 1964

Bob Gill, right

Illustration: aspects and directions

Bob Gill & John Lewis

Reinhold Publishing Company, 1964

Bob Gill, right

Further Reading

Pentagram

The New York Times, November 16, 2021

Art Directors Club

It’s Nice That

Eye Magazine

School of Visual Arts

Design Observer

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Comics: Lunar Eclipse

Lunar Distribution

Eclipse Comics; trademark by Tom Orzechowski

Partial Lunar Eclipse November 19, 2021

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Comics: Harvey Kurtzman and George Mandel Cartoons in Yank Magazine

November 16, 1945

Reprinted in Ex-CBI Roundup, January 1981

November 23, 1945

December 7, 1945

April 27, 1945

December 28, 1945

November 11 is Veterans Day. 

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Lettering: Richard Hudnut and Helena Rubenstein Trademarks

Designer unknown

Alan Peckolick, designer, 1974

Tom Carnase, letterer

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George Mandel Cartoons in Yank Magazine)

Inspiration: The Reflection

Will Bradley, The Inland Printer, July 1894

Mike Hinge, Algol, Summer 1975

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