"Smilin' Melvn!" - Wally Wood - Mad Mondays!

You know...I may do some more digging and see what all I can find. If I hadn't already started this "Mad Monday's thingie, I would do a "Wood Wednesday". There's NOTHING I don't like about this guys stuff!

Not to worry though, our last story from "Mad" the COMIC BOOK #7 from 1953 is a dandy Wally Wood and Harvey Kurtzman collaboration. They take on classic comic strip (and by this time movie serial hero) "Smilin' Jack" with their own "Smilin' Melvin!".

Dig in!

Up next week: You guessed it, Mad #8!

Talk to you soon.

Nemo #7: Clare Briggs' "Danny Dreamer" and Zack Mosley's "Smilin' Jack"

"Nemo: the Classic Comics Library" fills out it's first anniversary issue #7 with a few of it's regular features and a spotlight on a classic adventure strip.

"Smilin' Jack" by Zack Mosley was an aviator strip of the 1930's and 40's. It had radio, movie serial and comic book spin-offs and was really quite popular if not generally overlooked by a great number of comic strip historians.

A very fun and energetic strip that as "Nemo" points out, was infused with great fun by a man who loved writing and drawing it.

Continuing it's series of "Fantasy in the Comics", Nemo takes a good look at Clare Briggs and some of his work including "Danny Dreamer".

Talk to you soon!