Monday, February 25, 2013

Comics: 3-D Comics


2013 is the 60th anniversary of the first 3-D comic book, 
Three Dimension Comics starring Mighty Mouse, #1,
September 1953, published by St. John Publishing.

Three Dimension Comics starringMighty Mouse,
#2, November 1953

Three Stooges, #2, October 1953

Animal Fun 3-D, #1, 1953


The First Christmas, 1953
 

Katy Keene, 1953

Little Eva, #1, October 1953

3-D-ell featuring Rootie Kazootie, #1 1953

Writer’s Digest, August 1953

Ray Zone
1947–2012
Link 1 Link 2

Alter Ego #115
3-D Comics Issue

The Dynamite 3-D Poster Book
Art by Neal Adams

(Next post on Monday: Harvey Kurtzman’s Strange Adventures)

Friday, February 22, 2013

Typography: SPY Magazine


SPY

Drenttel Doyle Partners, Design Directors
October 1986 – February 1987

Alexander Isley, Art Director
March 1987 – June 1988

B.W. Honeycutt, Art Director
September 1988 – November 1991

Christiaan Kuypers, Art Director
December 1991 – July-August 1993

David Kaestle, Consulting Art Director
September 1993 – December 1993-January 1994

Alexander Knowlton, Art Director
February 1994 – March 1994

Robert J. George, Design Director
July-August 1994 – June 1995

Lisa Marie Giordani, Art Director
October 1995 – March 1998

1980s 1990s

My client, Forbidden Planet, advertised in SPY.
Below are postcards and invitations I received.

August 15, 1986

August 20, 1986


January 29, 1987

February 6, 1987

February 11, 1987

February 23, 1987

March 4, 1987

March 13, 1987

March 20, 1987


December 15, 1987

1988


(Next post on Monday: 3-D Comics)