Volume 11, Number 12

Vol. 11, No. 12
December 2000
whole number 132

2000 pages 093-098

One of the regular traditions of the newsletter is the December issue, closing out each volume, contains some work by Sheldon Mayer. That's been the case with every December issue I have access to since Volume 5, it might have started before that. 

It probably helps that two of the unpublished Mayer projects that Snyder has access to are a Rudolph the Reindeer story and the layouts to a second bible adaptation about the life of Jesus (to be finished by Nestor Redondo, like the published first Old Testament volume was). And Sugar & Spike had a lot of holiday themed stories as well.

 

This time the focus is on the unrealized THE SUGAR AND SPIKE POCKET TREASURY Mayer was working on in 1971, with a table of contents, a sample page (modified from the original publication, so a 4-page story would be a 9-page story in the reprint) and a proposed cover. There are also a few 1971 letters from Mayer to production chief Jack Adler and publisher Carmine Infantino about the project (the type of colouring he wants and the cover layout) and a short then-recent note from Infantino about shelving the book. A shame, Mayer was very much ahead of his time in terms of packaging reprints of comics.

Volume 11, Number 11

Vol. 11, No. 11
November 2000
whole number 131
2000 pages 000-xxx

Volume 11, Number 10

Vol. 11, No. 10
October 2000
whole number 130
2000 pages 000-xxx

Volume 11, Number 9

Vol. 11, No. 9
September 2000
whole number 129

2000 pages 077-084 (8 pages)

Warren Sattler is up front this issue, with a new illustration of the character he did with Joe Gill in the 1970s for Charlton, YANG. He singles that out as the work he was most satisfied with in a long career, as it harkened back to the adventure strips of his youth that made him fall in love with cartooning. 

There's also a sample of the long running Grubby comic strip Sattler did and a cute bit of super-hero art, a few samples of Barnaby from 1961 (one of the strips Sattler ghosted) and an appreciation by Jerry DeFuccio. 

Joe Simon has a short note about Red Raven and swiping.

We also get a few pages of Charlton's SUNSET CARSON comic from the 1950s, with Mario DeMarco writing about his work on the feature and other aspects of his career. 

Joe Gill also writes about the pace of writing for Charlton.

Steve Ditko closes the issue with the "The Rationalizers", the third and final part of his series on "The 'Stolen Art Page' Problem", later reprinted in Avenging World [2002].. 

"It is actually a negative claiming to be a superior positive, but endless zeroes still add up to nothing." -- Steve Ditko

Volume 11, Number 8

Vol. 11, No. 8
August 2000
whole number 128
2000 pages 071-076 (6 pages)

Dick Sprang Batman original art (front page)

Under the Gun: letters from Don Mangus, Robert Kanigher, Jerry DeFuccio, Mario DeMarco and Jim Amash

Dick Sprang 1945 account page

Smokey and Me by Carol Newman  an account on receiving the Gold Smokey Award from the National Foresters Association

The "Stolen Art Page" Problem and the Error of Non-Principled Thinking 2. The Context by Steve Ditko (back page)

-- Indexed by: Nick Caputo

Volume 11, Number 7

Vol. 11, No. 7
July 2000
whole number 127
2000 pages 053-070 (18 pages)

Illustration by Jerry De Fuccio and Mark Heike (Front page)

Under the Gun: letter from Jerry De Fuccio (includes a John Putnam illustration)

Happy Birthday by Warren Sattler Greetings to Jerry De Fuccio

Heike by Bill Black piece on Mark Heike

Jerry De Fuccio by Alex Toth

St. Peter and a Few Friends by Jerry De Fuccio includes numerous Golf Tournament illustrations by De Fuccio and Paul Coker, Frank Borth and Warren Sattler

Letter to De Fuccio from Percy Crosby and an original page of Skippy

The "Stolen Art Page"  Problem and the Error of Non-Principled Thinking by Steve Ditko

Essay by Ditko on back page includes cover for the unpublished The Tsk! Tsk! Forum

-- Indexed by: Nick Caputo

Volume 11, Number 6

Vol. 11, No. 6
June 2000
whole number 126
2000 pages 043-052 (10 pages)

   

Flash and the Carrots by Robert Kanigher essay by RK on writing the Flash Gordon comic strip

Occupying Chambersburg panel by Fred Ray

Under the Gun: letters from Manuel Auad, Fred Ray, Nick Caputo, Carmine Infantino, Don Mangus, Daniel Tesmoingt, Tom Christopher, Link Yanko, Tim Barnes and Jerry De Fuccio. Includes an illustration and comment by Irwin Hasen

Tomahawk original art page by Fred Ray

A Tribute to Fred Ray by Jack Burnley

The Story of the Alamo Illustration by Fred Ray

A Fred Ray Civil War Index by Don Mangus includes Gettysburg illo

The Comics Mail Order page includes cover for the never-published The Tsk! Tsk! Forum by Ditko

Static promo (back page)

-- Indexed by: Nick Caputo

Volume 11, Number 6 - Extra Tags

 Vol. 11, No. 6

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Volume 11, Number 5

Vol. 11, No. 5
May 2000
whole number 125
2000 pages 035-042 (8 pages)

The Self-Proclaimed by Steve Ditko commentary on "divine rights" (front page)

Promo for Mr. A. with calling card by Ditko 

Under the Gun: letters from Steve Ditko, Matt Murphy, Gary Usher, Ted Latner, Sam Catalino, Link Yanco, Don Mangus and Nick Caputo

Charlie by Joe Gill: an appreciation of Charles Nicholas 

Original art page by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia from Hot Rods and Racing Cars # 68

Static promo by Ditko (back page)

-- Indexed by: Nick Caputo

Volume 11, Number 4

Vol. 11, No. 4
April 2000
whole number 124
2000 pages 027-034 (8 pages)

Nightmaster illustration by Jerry Grandenetti (front page)

Under the Gun: letters by Don Mangus, Dave Rawlings, Sam Catalino, Michael Ambrose

Jerry Grandenetti interview by Dylan Williams includes illustrations

Tsk! Tsk! H # 1 Has the age of the Anti-Hero become the age of the Anti-Self? (back page)

-- Indexed by: Nick Caputo

Volume 11, Number 3

Vol. 11, No. 3
March 2000
whole number 123
2000 pages 017-026 (10 pages)

The entire issue is a tribute to Pat Boyette

Aaron P. Boyette 1923-2000 includes photo of Boyette (front page)

Samples of Bruce Lee comic strip by Pat Boyette and Fred Himes

Under the Gun: letters by Nick Caputo, Sam Catalino, Ted Latner, Ray Bottorff and Carol Wessler

4 Haiku for APB by Don Mangus

Dignity by Joe Gill 

Pat by Jim Amash (includes illustration)

The Best is Yet to Come by Pat Boyette Memoir by Boyette includes illustration 

Tsk! Tsk! # SA 1 Stolen Art Pages by Ditko (back cover)

-- Indexed by: Nick Caputo

Volume 11, Number 2

Vol. 11, No. 2
February 2000
whole number 122
2000 pages 009-016 (8 pages)

All in the Mall strips by Paul Newman and Mike Mikula (front page)

2nd Mr. A. promo by Ditko (similar to first one)

Under the Gun: letters by Alvin Schwartz, Jerry De Fuccio, Mort Leav, Gary Usher, Carol Newman and Stan Goldberg

Cage Without Bars: poem by Robert Kanigher

Mendy strip by Stan Goldberg

2nd Mocker Promo by Ditko

Tsk! Tsk! SA # 1 The Unearned by Ditko commentary and art on stolen art  (back page)

-- Indexed by: Nick Caputo

Volume 11, Number 1

Vol. 11, No. 1
January 2000
whole number 121
2000 pages 001-008 (8 pages)

Fred Rhoads Senator Crock strips (front page)

Mr. A. promo by Ditko (mostly words bouncing around, no image)

Under the Gun: letters by Roy Thomas, Lou Mougin, Jerry De Fuccio, Carl Gaffford, Steve Skeates and Gary Usher

Ramblings by Vince Fago: Fago discusses his career 

A Belated Bow to John Severin by Robert Kanigher

Original art page by John Severin from Savage Tales # 7 (accompanying RK's piece)

Mocker promo by Steve Ditko

Tsk! Tsk!  C # 3 The Fallacy of the half and half Men Ditko editorial with art (back cover)

-- Indexed by: Nick Caputo