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Magazine Article
FRAMING CREATURES
2007
Overview
Little else is known about this nearly forgotten cartoonist, and he might well have been lost to the ages if not for the obsession of the comics artists and fans who have kept the memory of many such marginal figures alive (see Dan Nadel’s Art Out of Time: Unknown Comics Visionaries, 1900–1969 for an excellent overview of this alternate lineage of American comics history, as well as a Hanks tale not in the present volume). [...]an unusual number of the villains—whether gangsters, nihilist millionaires, or alien fiends—are not after money or power; instead, they want nothing less than the complete destruction of civilization (the book’s title aptly expresses the goal of these evildoers). The book consists almost solely of the stories, which generally alternate between Stardust’s and Fantomah’s (Big Red McLane and Buzz Crandall star in one story apiece), and this simplicity is refreshing in comparison with recent reprints that are overstuffed with essays, scrapbook photos, and examples of the artists’ “fine” art.
Publisher
Artforum Inc
