Sunday, April 1, 2012

Humpty Dumpty's April Fools

April Fool's art and story fun from two issues of Humpty Dumpty Magazine (April 1962 and April 1967), with the 1962 issue sporting a typically gorgeous Dan Lawler cover. The rest of the highlights are graced with art by my favorite HD artist, Albert Aquino... his stylized approach to kid's illustration defines everything I love about these magazines from the era. As an added bonus you get a couple pages re-colored by me as a 5 year old brat.














4 comments:

  1. These are fun illustrations. You always did color outside the lines, karswell!

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  2. The April Fool Illness art is pretty great. I'm pretty sure I'd have wanted to collaborate with that guy, too.

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  3. >You always did color outside the lines, karswell!

    Just try to stop me!

    >I'm pretty sure I'd have wanted to collaborate with that guy, too

    Haha! Great, I'll put that on my resume-- "collaborated with Albert Aquino at age 5." Hell, if that's true, then I collaborated with anyone that ever illustrated for a coloring book or black and white Warren or Eerie Pub mag in the 70s!

    Thanks for the comments, I'm gonna post a few more Humpty Dumpty pages here in a few...

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  4. Thanks for the trip back! I'm fascinated with anything 1962. I remember the Lawler covers with that giant, smiling Humpty. I don't think I ever colored in the magazines, but I'll bet one of my younger brothers did.

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