Let's Talk Basil Wolverton for 15 Minutes!
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
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It’s great to talk (and look at) Wolverton for 15 minutes (or any number of minutes).
Wolverton for-evah! Finding him in old MADs and Plop! in the early 70s, along with some of the old Topp's cards, freaked me out and kept me coming back. Always incredible.
This was a great video! Can you guys do one on Ted Mckeever?
Basil was ahead of his time with his grotesque art, his art would’ve fit in more in the 1990’s onwards, considering how successful gross out cartoons like Ren and Stimpy were, he also did some horror comics you can really see it in the monster designs and people melting, a lot of cartoonists were influenced by him including John Kricfalusi, Vincent Waller, and Maxwell Atoms to name a few.
John K. has said Basil was a big influence on his style.
I totally exaggerated my caricatures style, based on being inspired by wolverton whom I discovered in the seventies
I've always connected Basil Wolverton and Crumb.
Basil is brilliant! Have you guys ever heard of Ken Reid? A sort of British equivalent to Basil, same era although Ken worked from the 30's to the 80's, maybe check out his 'World Wide Weirdies' or 'Queen of the Seas', He worked for the Beano and many other children's comics
I thought you guys would mention the PLOP! comic books from DC
YES! YES! YES! Basil Wolverton!
Nicely done, fellas. Thanks.
One of my biggest influences since I first discovered his stuff in the Smithsonian Guide To Comic Book Comics in the early 80s
I did indeed find my copy of "gjdrkzlxcbwq" at an underground comix store/head shop on Brady St in Milwaukee WI called "Strickly Uppa Crust" around 1975. I think I was in 9th grade. I was completely blown away by his art and his bizarre style and insane stippling always influenced everything I drew from that moment on. I also loved his covers for Plop! By the way great channel guys! I'm a new subscriber and can't wait to dive in!
I started collecting PLOP! comics because of Basil's covers.
Wolverton really didn't need religion. He was already God.
Wolverton was the man. One of my all time favourites. Try to find a copy of Barflyze as well, totally worth it.
What's the idea behind a comic like red room?
The old fanzine Graphic Story Magazine did a couple of issues on Wolverton (including perhaps the first Wolverton interview) a year or two prior to this and they got much of the art they used from Bray's collection. It was the first time the Bible art was seen outside of their original publication (and the never-published Mickey Mouse art, too, I think). I wonder if the response to it helped put the idea into Bray's head that he could publish his own books.
I meet Crumb in Denmark 2020 where he had a get-together for fans. I asked him about Basil Wolverton and if he was an inspiration. He said he found out about him in the early 1970s, and he had only seen Lena the Hyena before that. he also said that Robin Williams was more familiar with Basil and was the guy that introduced him to Basil's work. He seemed put off by that question. I really don't believe him, way too many coincidences. Also, he smelled really bad, you could smell him from far away. He smelled like a yeast infection. He is the guy that made me find out about Basil, I don't like his comix but I like his art style. Sad he can't admit the obvious. Have any questions about my trip there, just ask.
It's hard to believe Crumb didn't see Mad #11 when it came out.
I think Fantagraphics or might have been Dark Horse made some cheap "Spacehawk" reprints, which was Basil Wolvertons golden age sci-fi series. Its usually dollar-bin - check it out. Highly worth it.
Mr Wolverton illustrated several volumes of “The Bible Story” for the World Wide Church o God-incredible artwork. He was really in his wheelhouse when he would draw the depiction of the pagan gods. Recently, cleaned out my parents house and was specifically looking for those volumes but nowhere to be found.
Great video