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| In early 1949 legendary cartoonist Will
Eisner started a comic book publishing company. He published
only two books: Kewpies and Baseball Comics, and
then pulled the rug on the enterprise. In 1991 Kitchen Sink reprinted
the very rare original Baseball Comics (over $500 Overstreet)
in full color, on a much better paper stock, and with
a heavy card stock cover. Eisner, aided by writer Jules Feiffer
and artists Tex Blaisdell and Jerry Grandenetti
were the creative team on the lead story, "Rube Rooky"
and a real-life 1926 wacky story about the Dodgers' Babe Herman.
Eisner had N.Y. Daily News sportswtiter Hy Turkin predict
the "Top Rookies of 1949" in the original comic. Added
bonus: KSP included (bound into the centerfold) four
newly-designed removable baseball cards of the '49
rookies, drawn by Kings in Disguise artist Dan Burr
featuring Alvin Dark, Richie Ashburn, Gene Woodling
and Eisner's fictional Rube Rooky character. These
4 baseball cards were available no where else, so if you are
(or know) a card collector, these may actually be more desirable
than the comic. |
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Baseball Comics # 1
| In early 1949 legendary cartoonist Will
Eisner started a comic book publishing company. He published
only two books: Kewpies and Baseball Comics, and
then pulled the rug on the enterprise. In 1991 Kitchen Sink reprinted
the very rare original Baseball Comics (over $500 Overstreet)
in full color, on a much better paper stock, and with
a heavy card stock cover. Eisner, aided by writer Jules Feiffer
and artists Tex Blaisdell and Jerry Grandenetti
were the creative team on the lead story, "Rube Rooky"
and a real-life 1926 wacky story about the Dodgers' Babe Herman.
Eisner had N.Y. Daily News sportswtiter Hy Turkin predict
the "Top Rookies of 1949" in the original comic. Added
bonus: KSP included (bound into the centerfold) four
newly-designed removable baseball cards of the '49
rookies, drawn by Kings in Disguise artist Dan Burr
featuring Alvin Dark, Richie Ashburn, Gene Woodling
and Eisner's fictional Rube Rooky character. These
4 baseball cards were available no where else, so if you are
(or know) a card collector, these may actually be more desirable
than the comic. |
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