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Originally Posted by Exhibitman
What was his name?
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Irv Spector. I have a blog dedicated to his stuff, although I've neglected it for quite awhile:
http://irvspector.blogspot.com/ If you search the blog under
Muggy Doo you can pop up some of the comics.
Also, you might get a kick out of (search for and scroll down)
Abner the Baseball, an animated cartoon that was Paramount's entry for a Best Animated Film Oscar (didn't make the nominee final list) but you get Mantle, Berra, et al.
But really, he was an animator and in the decade I cited there were a lot of animators in the NY Army Signal Corp that moonlighted and went on to do it as extra cash. Timely/Atlas, and then some other smaller publishers. He started his animation career in 1930 and you can see some of his early work in B&W Fleisher, like Popeyes and stuff. Every year you can still see his additional story writing credit in 1966's How The Grinch Stole Christmas. I dunno, dig deep instead of me explaining everything -- that's what the blog is for. (my bad)! The only reason I mention animation is that I collect that too LOL