One of the most wonderful birds you’d ever meet.
| Location | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Cat | Chika |
| Website | https://ohdannyboy.blogspot.com/ |
| Website | http://australiancomicsdb.com.au/ |
Daniel Best - Author ✅
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Author, researcher, historian, cinema, music & comic-book junkie, ABC alumni (albeit briefly). Public speaker. 4x Rondo Award nominee. I have authored 12 books over the past 20 years, for a number of publishers, including The Guyra Ghost Mystery, Monster: The Story of Len Lawson and Australian Gothic: The Untold Story of the 1929-’31 Dracula Stage Tour Down Under (to name but three). And more magazine articles and on-line material than I can remember. My views are my own. DMs open.
I signed a contract for this book just the other week. I’ve been working on it for the past two years. Not a single Australian publisher was interested in the story of the first Aussie Hollywood star. And Louise’s life was nothing short of amazing.
Louise Lovely. Australia’s First Hollywood Movie Star.
"I only want the Women's Weeklys with The Phantom in it."
Heard that before? Well, when you hear it again, slap that fool. For, you see, in 1949, the Women's Weekly became one of the few places in the world to publish Siegel and Shuster's Funnyman, along with the ongoing strip, Mandrake by Lee Falk.
Funnyman was the follow-up to the pairs more famous Superman, and marked the last time they’d work together.
While Funnyman was a failure, Mandrake wasn't. But, while Mandrake is well known, these adventures of Funnyman are hard to get, outside of a reprint or two, and a book that most people don't know about.
So, when you see a copy of the Women's Weekly, like I did yesterday, check them for Funnyman and Mandrake before you walk on past. You might find what I did - the second Funnyman in Australia.
These are what lurks in the Women's Weekly, dated 9 July, 1949. Funnyman had it's debut the week before. I now have six of these elusive strips in physical form, along with six Mandrakes and a few assorted gag strips. Not the original art, obviously, but the physical, straight from the brittle, falling to pieces, 73 years old magazines.
(And you can read the whole series at: https://ohdannyboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/siegel-shusters-funnyman-in-australia.html)
Heard that before? Well, when you hear it again, slap that fool. For, you see, in 1949, the Women's Weekly became one of the few places in the world to publish Siegel and Shuster's Funnyman, along with the ongoing strip, Mandrake by Lee Falk.
Funnyman was the follow-up to the pairs more famous Superman, and marked the last time they’d work together.
While Funnyman was a failure, Mandrake wasn't. But, while Mandrake is well known, these adventures of Funnyman are hard to get, outside of a reprint or two, and a book that most people don't know about.
So, when you see a copy of the Women's Weekly, like I did yesterday, check them for Funnyman and Mandrake before you walk on past. You might find what I did - the second Funnyman in Australia.
These are what lurks in the Women's Weekly, dated 9 July, 1949. Funnyman had it's debut the week before. I now have six of these elusive strips in physical form, along with six Mandrakes and a few assorted gag strips. Not the original art, obviously, but the physical, straight from the brittle, falling to pieces, 73 years old magazines.
(And you can read the whole series at: https://ohdannyboy.blogspot.com/2011/11/siegel-shusters-funnyman-in-australia.html)
Two posters, similar poses, one book. Personally I expected more from this book that I got, but, hey, it it is what it is. Frankly, McFarlane should have drawn the lot, but he doesn’t draw that much anymore, which is a shame. I prefer seeing his pencils rather than his inks over another artist, especially one who pencils as tightly as Capullo.
Your daily Chika. He’s a happy cat. He had some outdoor time this afternoon, and now he’s resting up for his midnight play time.
Your evening Chika. He’s chilling and wants everyone to marvel at his beauty. He says, “Lat your cat. Now look at me. You wish your cat was me.”
Chika is not surprised that he’s becoming a celebrity cat. If anything, he thinks everyone is a bit daft for not noticing him sooner.
Amazingly enough, working with a heavy, sleeping cat on your lap does wonders for your posture. You cannot slump, you have to sit upright and work properly.
Well done, Chika, you great lump of fur and teeth.