George Tuska: Original Comic Art

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 George Tuska: Original Comic Art

James Cummins Bookseller

 

     A collection of original comic book and newspaper comic strip art illustrated by legendary comic artist George Tuska is now being offered for sale by James Cummins Bookseller. Tuska specialized in particularly intense action scenes; he illustrated such series as "Iron Man", "Green Lantern", "Teen Titans", "Justice League", "Infinity", and "Power Man", as well as the newspaper strip "World's Greatest Superheroes".

 

      Tuska finished his studies at the National Academy of Design at age 21. In 1939, he joined the graphic studios of Jerry Iger and Will Eisner, where he worked on several comic books, like "Jungle", "Wings", "Planet", "Wonderworld" and "Mystery Men". In the 1940's, as a member of the Chesler Studio, he drew several stories of "Captain Marvel", "Golden Arrow", "Uncle Sam" and "El Carim". Tuska was mobilized during World War II, so he had to postpone his comic activities. After the war, he continued in the comic field with "Crime Does Not Pay", and as the illustrator on "Scorchy Smith". In 1959, he took over the daily and weekly "Buck Rogers" pages, which continued until 1967. In the late 1960s, Tuska started working for Marvel, where he contributed to the series "Ghost Rider", "Planet of the Apes", "X-Men", "Daredevil" and "Iron Man". He continued drawing superhero comics for DC, like "Superman", "Superboy" and "Challengers of the Unknown". In 1978, along with Marty Pasko and Vince Colleta, Tuska started a new version of the daily "Superman" comic strip. Tuska worked on this series until 1982.

      The majority of art held in our [James Cummins Bookseller] collection are Tuska's pencil art of "Teen Titans", "World's Greatest Superheroes", romance, horror, and war comics, and "Green Lantern". The art is dynamic anf truly shows Tuska's skill of versatility on subject matter.

      The following individual pages are just a sampling of Tuska's materials to be had through  James Cummins Bookseller. Passed Time would like to share their sincere appreciation to James Cummins Bookseller, for sharing this informaion with our readers. Thank you. 

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