The Best Of Jack Cole
Illustrated by Jack Cole, published & edited by Greg Theakston. Pure Imagination Publishing, 2006. The Best Of Jack Cole (1914-1958) features 160 pages of comic strip art from this lunatic genius. It takes in several early strips from such obscure titles as Star Rangers Funnies, Keen Detective Funnies, Smash Comics & National Comics. These date from 1938 through 1942.

His long association with Quality Comics, where he created & drew Plastic Man is represented by several minor strips, plus the immortal Plas, himself. The minor strips include Burp The Twerp, Dogtag & Death Patrol, which appeared in Police, Smash & Military Comics. The final segment includes some crime & horror stories from T-Man, Ken Shannon & Web Of Evil.

These are among the last comics strips that Cole drew, before working as a gag cartoonist for Playboy & others, until his untimely death in 1958. Publisher Theakston muses over the term genius in his introduction, where he links Cole to Kirby, Ditko, Alex Toth & Basil Wolverton. Jack Cole deserves this lofty praise, his legacy is testimony to that. 160 pages. Soft Cover Black & White 8" x 11" (203mm x 279mm) ISBN: 1566850320 Highly Recommended.

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Edited by Alex Chum, Jack Cole (Artist). Fantagraphics Books, 2004. The artist Jack Cole (1914-1958) is most famously known for his Comic book work, particularly Plastic Man & the short run but notorious True Crime series. However in 1950, Cole left Comics to work as a cartoonist for Playboy & the satisfying results can be seen here. After an introduction from author Alex Blum, which features some colour illustrations, we are plunged into the humorous cartoons of this highly talented artist. We are also fortunate to see 16 pages worth of work, infused with the warm greys of the original storyboards. For fans of the best in popular American illustration. 104 pages. Hard Cover Part Colour 8" x 11" (20cm x 28cm) Dust Jacket. £14.95 Save £2.45 Recommended.

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