Sad Sack and fan stuff
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scans_dailyI went to this weekend's local comic book sales convention, Springcon (held in the State Fair grandstand) and had a good time. I picked up several books and items with the purpose of creating a raffle basket for my company's United Way drive, plus some stuff for myself. (Sadly the Three Caballeros poster signed for me by Don Rosa is too big to scan.)
In the cheap bins, though, I found something that many of our younger members may be unfamiliar with.
Sad Sack, short for the military term "sad sack of shit", was created by George Baker as a pantomime comic strip during World War Two. It was quite popular, and eventually Mr. Baker licensed the property to Harvey Comics, which ran comic books based on it for decades. It did very well for Harvey, as evidenced by the franchise supporting a half-dozen titles a month.
Sadly, by 1976, when this issue of "Sad Sack and the Sarge" #117 was printed, George Baker had passed away, so only that little bit in the upper left corner of the cover is his artwork.
A couple of inside glimpses, and some unrelated pieces picked up at the convention, behind the cut.
Let's start off with a public service announcement.
This story may remind you a lot of Beetle Bailey, which uses similar military humor.
But Sad Sack has more of a tendency towards hilarious violence (1 1/2 pages of 5)
Captain Softseat delegates the search for a hero to Sargeant Circle, who comes up with a hare-brained scheme to have Sad Sack save the camp from a (dud) bomb. Except that it's not a dud after all.
And another, less high-minded ad from the issue...
And now, something that's at least partially foricon_uk, a print I purchased from Paul Taylor, creator of the webcomic "Wapsi Square."
And a commissioned sketch of Uptown Girl, star of the small-press comic book of the same name by Bob Lipski, this drawn by Joel Vollmer.
Yes, her head is really that round.
Your thoughts and comments?
SKJAM!
In the cheap bins, though, I found something that many of our younger members may be unfamiliar with.
Sad Sack, short for the military term "sad sack of shit", was created by George Baker as a pantomime comic strip during World War Two. It was quite popular, and eventually Mr. Baker licensed the property to Harvey Comics, which ran comic books based on it for decades. It did very well for Harvey, as evidenced by the franchise supporting a half-dozen titles a month.
Sadly, by 1976, when this issue of "Sad Sack and the Sarge" #117 was printed, George Baker had passed away, so only that little bit in the upper left corner of the cover is his artwork.
A couple of inside glimpses, and some unrelated pieces picked up at the convention, behind the cut.
Let's start off with a public service announcement.
This story may remind you a lot of Beetle Bailey, which uses similar military humor.
But Sad Sack has more of a tendency towards hilarious violence (1 1/2 pages of 5)
Captain Softseat delegates the search for a hero to Sargeant Circle, who comes up with a hare-brained scheme to have Sad Sack save the camp from a (dud) bomb. Except that it's not a dud after all.
And another, less high-minded ad from the issue...
And now, something that's at least partially for
icon_uk, a print I purchased from Paul Taylor, creator of the webcomic "Wapsi Square."And a commissioned sketch of Uptown Girl, star of the small-press comic book of the same name by Bob Lipski, this drawn by Joel Vollmer.
Yes, her head is really that round.
Your thoughts and comments?
SKJAM!
