Wolverton -- "1975 in Prophecy"

1975 as seen from these 1956 illustrations of Herbert Armstrong's pamphlet. You can find more of these here and Monte Wolverton's discussion of his father's religious works here (at the bottom of the page).

Basil Wolverton's favorite subjects...

...were scenes from the Bible. Go figure.

More Wolverton

It's Wolverton -- "Weird" is redundant

Before DC's Plop! Before the head shop posters or Mad Magazine or even his winning entry in Al Capp's Lena the Hyena contest (judged by Boris Karloff, Salvador Dali and Frank Sinatra), Basil Wolverton was producing some of the most beautifully strange and strangely beautiful comics ever seen.

Wolverton's sense of narrative logic was always... well, let's just call it unusual. Sometimes, though, the lapses created the perfect dreamlike quality to match the images.

Avatar -- the Prequel

Vin Sullivan's Magazine Enterprises published some of the best looking comics of the Golden Age from Ghost Rider to Thun'da. ME was where Frank Frazetta came into his own, particularly with the beautifully drawn White Indian.

As the title implies, the series was the story of a colonist who had been adopted by a native American tribe (already an old trope in 1949). The handling was respectful and the creators' sympathies were clearly with the hero's adopted people.

Checklist for a Plastic Man story

Inspired comic premise?

Grotesque caricatures?

Disturbingly violent slapstick?

Cross-dressing?

Looks like we're good to go.

New Stuff -- Robots! Robots! Robots!

The speaker and the coat rack with the bucket are regulars. The rest are up to you. (click for the full image)