tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151853458127076869.post3696761376816252968..comments2024-03-20T05:48:20.151-04:00Comments on Tenth Letter of the Alphabet: Under Cover: Kunen BooksAlex Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15961079895014060773noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151853458127076869.post-7374240100665250702021-10-27T09:39:10.030-04:002021-10-27T09:39:10.030-04:00Thanks, Jake. I updated the post with your informa...Thanks, Jake. I updated the post with your information. Alex Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15961079895014060773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151853458127076869.post-77985859992554135772021-10-24T17:31:18.657-04:002021-10-24T17:31:18.657-04:00Hi Alex. I suspect Fred Ottenheimer and Harvey Kut...Hi Alex. I suspect Fred Ottenheimer and Harvey Kutzman’s paths crossed, when both did work for Lou Ferstadt, before their service in WW2. See: Four Favorites #10 (May 1943). Altho the Grand Comics Database credits the cover art to Jim Mooney, if one looks at the grisly cover there are very small initials close to the spine which are "H.K." with "F.O." below. This would indicate Harvey Kurtzman as the penciler and, I suspect, Fred Ottenheimer as the inker.<br /><br />https://www.comics.org/issue/2923/<br /><br />Furthermore, the "Magno and Davey" story in this issue is signed H. Kurtzman and the "Lash Lightning" story splash panel (Page 18, lower left) is signed F.O. F.O. = Fred Ottenheimer!<br /><br />https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/preview/index.php?did=11718&page=18. <br /><br />In 1943 both men would have been in their late teens, 18 or 19 years old.<br /><br />Jake OsterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7151853458127076869.post-78889948235015281752021-07-07T02:49:31.598-04:002021-07-07T02:49:31.598-04:00Thbaks, this is amazing. I did noit know about the...Thbaks, this is amazing. I did noit know about the Goscinny covers. We should talk. When I interviewed Al Jaffee with Craig Yoe in 2016 or so, we talked about his work in the forties. He mentioned meeting Ottenheimer early on and becoming good friends. I guess that is where I got the notion that he knew him at school (and hence the Kurtzman connection. But that may have been later. Anyway, Jaffee told us they worked together a lot. Ottenheimer always had a new idea, which they would get enthousiastic about. Al mentioned working on an idea for a give-away circus comic book, they worked on al night. He also talked about working all night on another project (or was it the same one?) with a bunch of guys and not selling it the next day. Craig loves Ottenheimers style and I dug into it some more for him. It seems Maurice de Bevere (Morris) hooked uop with Ottenheimer when he was the only French guy to stay in New York in 1952. Some French researchers found out he even stayed at Ottenheimer's place for a while, before moving out to another part of the US. That is probably where he got to do his 1954 choldren's book, published by Ottenheimer (who left comics when he took over his family's publishing house - ending up publishing the Flintstones children's books, for one). I also found that Ottenheimer did tons of fillers (one or even a half page to two pages) for Fawcett. Always western stuff, which makes me wonder if Morris collaborated. Never signed. I think I have a bunch of them on my blog, unsigned but confirmed to be Ottenheimer by Craig, or certainly in a folder here. Contact me at geapelde@upcmail.nl. Maybe we can join up some of these research projects.Ger Apeldoornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03633862833036214748noreply@blogger.com