Panel from "A Real Halloween Goblin" in Sugar and Spike #55 (October-November 1964); script, pencils, and inks by Sheldon Mayer
Friday, October 03, 2014
A Sugar and Spike Halloween, Night 3: D&D is not healthy for children and other living beings
Panel from "A Real Halloween Goblin" in Sugar and Spike #55 (October-November 1964); script, pencils, and inks by Sheldon Mayer
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Whoever the letterer is on this is my new hero.
Ron, I've always thought Sheldon Mayer lettered his own work but I don't have any confirmation on that.
(Blam, you know so much more about letterers on DC books -- do you know?)
I guess I've always assumed that Mayer lettered most of his own stuff, including S&S, although a quick check of the GCD shows only early lettering credits to him on that series (which doesn't mean the later work wasn't his, as such uncredited work often only gets added when knowledgable indexers fill things in later). Among other things, I believe that Mayer had pretty much carte blanche to do his stuff, so it wouldn't make sense for him to submit pages to DC for lettering by someone else only to have them returned to him for inks. The lettering also doesn't particularly look like the work of anyone else.
FWIW, I just fired off a message on the GCD E-mail list to see if there's any consensus (or better yet any knowledge of documentation).
Now I have to frame this laptop. What kind of material says "OMG! Bully asked for my expertise!"?
A reply has come in from someone who posted the question to a Facebook page/group devoted to Meyer: He inked the balloons but did not do the actual letters himself. This per Mark Evanier and Cartoon Brew's Jerry Beck. So we have some neat info but still don't know who Ron's new hero is — Gaspar Saladino moving into the position of strongest possibility, I think, in terms of the time frame and his versatility.
Thanks for the exemplary research, Blam! Please add to your collection another Bully-Prize! (Seriously, your additions are always very valuable and I thank ya!)
The lettering and also some of the art in those panels has something of a Jack Mendelsohn feel.
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