tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post8758897296020451521..comments2024-01-01T21:31:27.654-08:00Comments on UNCLE EDDIE'S THEORY CORNER: UNPUBLISHED WOLVERTONEddie Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729949238666234774noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-54565396288540204092011-03-11T18:07:31.588-08:002011-03-11T18:07:31.588-08:00Wolverton had an amazing ability which Armstrong u...Wolverton had an amazing ability which Armstrong used to help him make another publication—1975 In Prophecy—a highly effective recruiting tool for his End Time cult. Wolverton actually signed the incorporation papers of The Worldwide Church of God in 1946).<br /> <br />My Wolverton Bible is on the way but I'd love to find an original copy of his doomsday mag too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-84544117145882842332009-05-22T21:22:52.805-07:002009-05-22T21:22:52.805-07:00Eddie,
I salute you! This is an extreme act of be...Eddie,<br /><br />I salute you! This is an extreme act of benevolence for the followers of your blog. I take back all the bad things I've said about you in the past, especially the really nasty things uttered behind your back.J. J. Hunseckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04067327948394872768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-58199163093502458602009-05-22T13:23:58.897-07:002009-05-22T13:23:58.897-07:00I love Wolverton's humourous stuff (so inventive)....I love Wolverton's humourous stuff (so inventive). But I'm not too keen on his (serious) stuff.<br /><br />These "out-takes" are very interesting.Jack G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11582354325563283998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-34608241952457964422009-05-22T11:46:42.994-07:002009-05-22T11:46:42.994-07:00Mentler is like a commercial version of Francis Ba...Mentler is like a commercial version of Francis Bacon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-61008112067042716852009-05-21T07:42:58.788-07:002009-05-21T07:42:58.788-07:00Anon: I looked up Mentler. He's a good painter of ...Anon: I looked up Mentler. He's a good painter of figures...but better than Wolverton?<br /><br />Trevor: Better look at the book before you buy it. The funny drawings are only in a very small chapter in the back.Eddie Fitzgeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07729949238666234774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-54471650022405708322009-05-20T21:36:21.375-07:002009-05-20T21:36:21.375-07:00Michael Mentler is betterMichael Mentler is betterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-82361811053223107812009-05-20T18:28:13.257-07:002009-05-20T18:28:13.257-07:00Holy crap, I have to buy this right now!
Thanks E...Holy crap, I have to buy this right now!<br /><br />Thanks Eddie!<br /><br />- trevor.Trevor Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08554109671909765241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-24937829364595784102009-05-20T15:27:14.122-07:002009-05-20T15:27:14.122-07:00Wow! Thanks for this post, Eddie! I like his Bible...Wow! Thanks for this post, Eddie! I like his Bible illustrations too, and I've been considering getting that book---I definitely will get it now that I've seen there's cartoony goodness in it as well!<br /><br />I'm such a huge Wolverton fan that I even named my cat Basil. I found her as a stray kitten the day I went to the Basil Wolverton exhibit in Santa Ana last year.Shawn Dickinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12489620525595098628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-45845918174854649022009-05-20T15:18:35.693-07:002009-05-20T15:18:35.693-07:00The things he did with line and mass were sheer ge...The things he did with line and mass were sheer genius. Not just ahead of his time but unique.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-12912369574209163552009-05-20T13:57:51.251-07:002009-05-20T13:57:51.251-07:00I think it's the coolest thing in the world that B...I think it's the coolest thing in the world that Basil drew like this and was still a preacher.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-77261587180179498152009-05-20T06:31:12.586-07:002009-05-20T06:31:12.586-07:00No wonder they weren't published, if the congregat...No wonder they weren't published, if the congregation had seen themselves like that, they would have jumped poor Basil! I really like the first 2 about proper etiquette. "Don't pass the gravy, throw it!"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02975751161143205872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-77988520249359836132009-05-20T04:16:31.815-07:002009-05-20T04:16:31.815-07:00WOW his caricatures are so funny! Each of his dra...WOW his caricatures are so funny! Each of his drawings are just hilarious and rings distant bells of recognition of different variations on humanity's theme. And hilarious etiquette lessons! I have to go find some more of this guy.Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00398177541958925740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28525168.post-18963238541611598532009-05-20T00:49:21.172-07:002009-05-20T00:49:21.172-07:00There was an exhibit in Portland of a lot of those...There was an exhibit in Portland of a lot of those Bible illustrations last year, the originals are enormous and absolutely amazing. I'm a late convert to Wolverton's stuff, but I can't get enough of it now!clayholiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09833025639050222230noreply@blogger.com