These are all humor comics and they are strange but funny. This 144page softcover collection edited by craig yoe features some of the nuttiest comics. Gordon boody rogers was born in hobart, indian territory, oklahoma on september 8, 1904, according to wikipedia. This book collects some comic books written and drawn by boody rogers between 1948 and 1950. There is a case to be made for the regionalism of humor in comic strips. Fantagraphics has just released an anthology of one of the wackiest comic book artists and writers ever, boody rogers.
Comics archivist, scholar, fan, collector and allaround knowledgable maniac craig yoe has been releasing a tsunami of delightful books over the past year or so, and among my favorites is the recent boody. Dan nadel, the comics journal author, art out of time, among other excellent comic book books follow by email. Boody rogers weird and wonderful babe comic book boing. Gordon boody rogers isnt the most famous cartoonist in comic book history. Boody gilbertson 19222015, american professional basketball player. Rogers was still doing a comic book titled babe for crestwoodprize comics young romance, fighting american, and sparky was last seen in a crowd scene in that title, in 1950. Free file downloads, online comic viewer, plus a helpful, knowledgeable community. Rogers had been active since the 1920s, working mainly on syndicated comics, and drawing gag cartoons for magazines like life, judge, colliers and the saturday evening post. Presenting the firstever collection of golden age comic book visionary boody rogers s wacky, weird, wild and sexy yarns, culled from the pages of such forgotten classics as babe, darling of the hills and sparky watts. Rogers created sparky watts as a comic strip in the early 40s and then as a comic book feature for columbia. This 144page softcover collection edited by craig yoe features some of the nuttiest comics youll ever read. According to his autobiography, homeless bound, the rogers family moved frequently, to wherever his father opened a cafe.
Bizarre, wacky, weird, wild and sexy these are just a few of the adjectives that describe the cartooning of boody rogers. It all begins with a career spanning fun and fascinating interview with the late rogers, by editor craig yoe. Rogers september 8, 1904, hobart, oklahoma february 6, 1996, better known as boody rogers, was an american comic strip and comic book cartoonist who created the superhero parody sparky watts. Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. Azariah boody 18151885, american politician and a member of the united states house of representatives from new york. Boody rogers produced many of his strips in the 30s and 40s before comics had an underground flag to rally under and when the comic arts still, for. The main characters here are babe a hillbilly girl and sparky watts a superpowered guy. More details about this comic may be available in their page here disclaimer. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. In the late 1920s and through the 1930s, rogers illustrated newspaper. Before there were underground comics, boody rogers dug deep into breaking the rules.
Fans of boody rogers golden age comicbook stories span generations of cartoonists, from robert williams to art spiegelman to johnny ryan. Craig yoe a collection of boody rogers comics originally published between 1948 and 1950 featuring his best sparky watts, babe, and dudley stories. Rogers defiantly was ahead of his time, demonstrating more zeal. Before there were underground comics, boody rogers dug. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your. Spiegelman printed rogers s work in raw magazine and recently it also appeared in the anthology book art out of time. Boody rogers 19041996, american comic strip and comic book cartoonist. Rogers continued cartooning, off and on, for decades, but never returned to comic books after the early 1950s. This golden age comic book was published by columbia comics group in 1944. If you have come to this site to find pirated or illegal material, you will be disappointed.
Boody rogers was a golden age comic book artist whose work was as bizarre as any underground comic that followed decades later. Spiegelman printed rogers work in raw magazine and recently it also appeared in the anthology book art out of time. During his career, rogers assisted zack mosley on smilin jack, and created his own nationally published comics hillbilly babe and sparky watts. Fans of boody rogers s golden age comic book stories span generations of cartoonists, from robert williams to art spiegelman to johnny ryan. Perhaps southern humor comics are as unfunny to a scottish cartoonist as some of the british humor comics are to me. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading boody. Columbia comics folded in 1949, taking sparky watts with it. If anyone is a comicbook pioneer, its boody rogers.
The best site for downloading free public domain golden age comic books. Boody rogers retired from comics in 1952 and opened two art supply shops in arizona. It says so right on the back of the book, and by golly, its true. The bizarre comics of boody rogers devoted to this cult comics hero, collecting rogers best sparky watts, babe and dudley stories, as well as much more. Well do a boody call in a later post, but for now, were looking a page that may be one of the nuttiest screwball comics ever made.
Rogers september 8, 1904, hobart, oklahoma february 6, 1996, better known as boody rogers, was an american comic strip and comic book cartoonist who created the superhero parody sparky watts born in hobart, oklahoma, rogers attended the university of arizona, the chicago academy of fine arts and the chicago art institute. If you havent explored the weird world of boody rogers, nows your. There are also a couple of teenage comics included. Boody the bizarre comics of boody rogers tpb 2009 comic. Here at last is a single book devoted to this cult comics hero, collecting rogers s best sparky watts, babe and dudley. This book has 68 pages and was uploaded by narfstar on january 21, 2011. Boody rogers was one of the main contributors to the first american comic book, the funnies. The bizarre comics of boody rogers 2009, fantagraphics, providing a handsome sampler of curious comics by gordon g. Boody rogers, cartoons, comic books, comics, fletcher hanks, illustration. Id never heard of the guy before reading about him on boing boing. Fletcher hanks created comics with a distinctive voice that was messedup with a serious misanthropic strain simmeringand a bizarre sense of retribution. Hes probably not the most influential either, but nearly everyone.
Boody rogers, who studied at the chicago academy of fine arts and the chicago art institute, was one of the main contributors to the first american comic book, the funnies, that started in 1936. Boody rogers hey kids comics wiki fandom powered by wikia. Boody rogers if this site is enjoyable or useful to you, please contribute to its necessary financial support. Rogers 19041996, better known as boody rogers, was an american comic strip and comic book cartoonist who created the superhero parody sparky watts. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format. The comics of boody rogers crack me up but then i am, like boody, a southerner, having been born and raised in louisiana boody was from texas. Hes probably not the most influential either, but nearly. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. Boody rogers produced many of his strips in the 30s and 40s before comics had an underground flag to rally under and when the comic arts still, for the most part, served the readers of. By boody rogers, edited by craig yoe fantagraphics books isbn. Here at last is a single book devoted to this cult comics hero, collecting rogers best sparky watts, babe and dudley stories, as well as much more. Boody rogers, who studied at the chicago academy of fine arts and the chicago art institute, was one of the main contributors to the first american comic book. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4. Im reading his outofprint autobiography now, homeless bound.
The bizarre comics of boody rogers edited by craig yoe bizarre, wacky, weird, wild and sexy these are just a few of the adjectives that describe the cartooning of boody rogers. The one true invention of american comic books is undoubtedly the superhero, but the pervasiveness of that almighty icon has somewhat obscured from the wider world what discerning readers, fans and collectors have always known. Born in hobart, oklahoma, rogers attended the university of arizona, the chicago academy of fine arts and the chicago art institute. The bizarre comics of boody rogers kindle edition by.
Rogers, tiring of the cartooning way of life, ended babe after only 11 issues. The bizarre comics of boody rogers kindle edition by rogers, boody, rogers, boody. Included in paul gravetts 2008 book the worlds weirdest comic books. Artist boody rogers himself was one of the very earliest contributors to comic books, via dells the funnies as far back as 1929. Boody rogers was a golden age comic book visionary. Rogers also illustrated babe and dudley for quality comics feature comics. We only hold comic books and images that are in the public domain. The bizarre comics of boody rogers begins with an epigraph by rogers himself which says, being nutty wasnt necessarily a prerequisite for being a cartoonist, but it surely helped. He gained considerable success with the superhero spoof character sparky watts from 1940 to 1949 temporarily leaving the series while serving in wwii. He also did the evennuttier babe for quality comics. Boody rogers was one of the most amazing, best cartoonists in the history of comics, yet only a few people have ever even heard of him.
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