You might want to check out my other web pages for further examples. Seven Edgar Rice Burroughs books by Canaveral Press were probably his last hurrah. The early 1960s saw the last of Blaine's work in published illustration. Use of two penline widths can be found in both early and late work, particularly in chapter heading drawings such as this from the early 1950s.Ī few times he used color with his pen and ink work by utilizing hand drawn plates of color application to underlay the black lines. Note that there is no signature or attribution marking whatsoever. (From Bushwacking by Hugh Clifford.)Ī few times Blaine went for a more decorative approach, again in the late 1920s. Here is a fine example of his scratchboard (or "woodcut") style, from the late 1920s. The style of the "MB" signature is less typical, but note just above it and to the left is a small pattern of white dots circling another dot - Mahlon's primary method of "signing" his work. It is characterized by a loose, sketchy pen line.įrom The Living Buddha, this is extremely typical of Blaine's main style. Of particular importance is the presence of a dot in the center of a circle of dots (black on white or vice versa), which he often used - even without signature or initials.Īlthough this illustration (from The Tattooed Man by Howard Pease) is among his earliest (1926), it is a style he returned to in the 1950s. These indicators usually are found in the lower corner of the work. If illustration or artwork was produced by Mahlon Blaine - American 1894-1969
vintagelamp, 3 years to post a comment?Ĭreate an account or login in order to post a comment.Roland Trenary wants to help you in determining.The hardcover version is currently discounted on Amazon. He’s a great guy and I’m sure he’d love to sell another copy. The book you want with small graphics from SC is One Eyed Visionary by major Blaine collector/historian Roland Trenary. That version of the book is 464 pages, but the expanded version I want to publish currently stands at 1200+ pages including a color supplement. I didn’t know about them when I published it back in 2009. My book is The Outlandish Art of Mahlon Blaine, but it has no SC cartoons. I had no idea that Blaine did the cartoons. I did not realize it had that many issues. I understand that the New York library has a collection them, but you have to arrange a visit beforehand and you have to view them on site. I’d love to either get this issue, or even a good photocopy. I published a book on Blaine’s artwork and want to publish an expanded version including these. If the magazine went further than that, there may be more. I am a collector of Mahlon Blaine, who had cartoons in issues Volume 1 issues 1 to 6 and Volume 2 issue 1. There is a cartoon in this issue entitled “They Do”.
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