Another thought about Lew Sayre Schwartz. He worked for Bob Kane for seven years and subsequently was partner in the animation/design firm of Ferro, Mogubgub and Schwartz. He's the only person in that sentence without a Wikipedia entry. Lew was a very self-effacing guy and a couple of those other names certainly weren't. Anyway, there's a job for somebody. Duncan Jones recently observed that it's not the victors who write history after all, but the Wikipedia updaters.
Thursday, 23 June 2011
amazon USA
amazon UK
amazon USA amazon UK
click through
AVAILABLE FROM TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS:
ALEC: THE YEARS HAVE PANTS
amazon
download
FROM TOP SHELF and KNOCKABOUT:
FROM HELL
amazonUK amazonUS itunes
The Playwright
amazonUS amazonUK
FROM FIRST SECOND BOOKS:
The Fate of The Artist
amazon
The Amazing Remarkable Monsieur Leotard
amazon
FROM KNOCKABOUT:
A Disease of Language
amazonUK
FROM ASTIBERRI:
buy
Bacchus in Italy buy
Alec in France buy
The Black Diamond Detective Agency
The Order of Beasts
(in translation:)
From Hell in Spain
From Hell in Italy
A Disease of Language in Italy
Comics Reporter
john Coulthart
Brett Warnock
Neil Gaiman
Leif Peng
Mia Wolff
Eric Skillman
Allan Holtz
Pete Mullins
photo hoax #1
photo hoax #2
literary portraits
hemingway
snake dancer#1
snake dancer #2
t-shirt
tower bridge
manifesto
santa
Depp
snooter
60 Bacchus covers
11 From Hell covers
From hell big hat cover
22 Dark Horse covers
6 Harrier Deadface cov.
2 Harrier Bacchus covers
Gag cover
batman1
batman2
silverfish
Wagga
The Cheque, Mate
Little Italy
Snakes and Ladders
Birth caul
!HonK!
Egomania #1
Egomania#2
Ace Rock'n'Roll club
click
amazon USA amazon UK
click through
AVAILABLE FROM TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS:
ALEC: THE YEARS HAVE PANTS
amazon
download
FROM TOP SHELF and KNOCKABOUT:
FROM HELL
amazonUK amazonUS itunes
The Playwright
amazonUS amazonUK
FROM FIRST SECOND BOOKS:
The Fate of The Artist
amazon
The Amazing Remarkable Monsieur Leotard
amazon
FROM KNOCKABOUT:
A Disease of Language
amazonUK
FROM ASTIBERRI:
buy
Bacchus in Italy buy
Alec in France buy
other books
- new books, old books
- his own books
- classic comic strips
- comic book craft
- music
- art
- the great Illustrators
- screen
- writers
- genre fiction
- court sketching
- travels
- sights
- dates
- people
- heavy stuff
- light stuff browse
art for sale
The Beguilingposts by category
blather elsewhere
- Guest Blog at First Second
- Guest Blog at Powell's
- slide show q&a
- good 2001 interview
- '06 interview at Comicsreporter
- audio at Inkstuds '07
- audio at inkstuds '08
- video at Bookslut
- Youtube snippet 1
- Youtube snippet 2
- Index of works
- wayback when
good blogs
Subscribe to
Posts [Atom]
11 Comments:
¡Hola, Eddie!
Un abrazo, amigo.
Hey there! Welcome back to the blogosphere Mr Campbell.
Alison.
Missed your blog, but from a selfish perspective, if you have been spending your time drawing COMICS, it is probably a better deal...
Hi Eddie, go look at what Warren Ellis' found today:
http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=12970
:^)
d
I haven't touched Wikipedia in a long time, but you guilted me into it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Schwartz
All the best, Steve
Addendum to last comment:
You've probably read the stuff in The Saint: A Complete History in Print, Radio, Film and Television of Leslie Charteris' Robin Hood of Modern Crime, Simon Templar 1928-1992 but I did love that Schwartz was reported to have said he would draw hands anyway he god-damn pleased unless Charteris wanted to draw them himself, at which time Schwartz would take a course in journalism in self-defense.
Steve Block, you are a fine fellow!
The entry read nicely. we can fine-tune any details later. well done. I've let Lew's family know you've taken care of that.
and no, I haven't read that about Lew in The Saint book. I'll have to find that now.
thanks for pointing at it!
Eddie
I've expanded it as best I can from what I can find online and of course your very fine Egomania #1 which I had to get down from the loft and made me realise the roof is still leaking. Sayre comes off badly in the Saint book, which is arguably going to be biased towards Chanteris, but gets to give some of his own side of the story in the Alter Ego interview, and between the two you get the general idea the two didn't get on and a parting of the ways suited everyone.
On the Wikipedia entry, I've seen various dates mentioned online for the sad event, so if I have put the wrong one in, please excuse the inexcusable.
Steve, in the last few days I've discovered a couple of things, that Lew's son Jed is in the design, animation and digital effects business. There's a show reel here of flying logos and some great award winning visuals produced by his company.:
http://www.jedschwartz.com/JSPhome/jsp01.html
furthermore, Jed's son Christian has won awards for his type design and already has a wikipedia page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Schwartz
best
Eddie
ps. Hola to Nino, my dear old pal and first commenter on the revived blog
I've put in about his son and grandson too, ta Eddie.
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home