The great ugly artist Basil Wolverton playing at straight–as here on Spacehawk–seems almost a waste but there is, after all, a certain Fletcher Hanks quality to it.

http://pappysgoldenage.blogspot.com/2010/11/number-852-blazing-death-i-dont-know-if.html

Over at the Dojo, Ol’ Rip offers up a nice covers tribute to veteran Charlton, Archie and Marvel humor artist, letterer and colorist Jon D’Agostino who passed away yesterday.

http://ripjaggerdojo.blogspot.com/2010/11/jon-dagostino-rip.html

National Comics–with its proverbial gorilla fetish– probably kicked itself all through the Silver Age for not thinking of licensing Konga, the giant gorilla from the movie of the same name. Instead, Charlton Comics did so.

http://www.thecharltonstory.com/2010/11/return-of-konga.html

Finally today, artist William Overgard’s exquisite over-the-top Steve Canyon parody highlights a post from St John’s fifties Mad knock-off title, Whack that also includes Kubert and Maurer parodying their own 3-D comics.

http://themagicwhistle.blogspot.com/2010/11/whack-2-2-of-3.html