Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Cowboy Viewmaster Ad-1951


Don Heck's Virginian


As posted on Facebook's Don Heck Appreciation Page by Mark Ellis, this is from an unfinished graphic novel adaptation of THE VIRGINIAN.

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Tom Tyler


Although perhaps best remembered as the stalwart serial hero version of CAPTAIN MARVEL or the masked jungle ghost, THE PHANTOM, Tom Tyler had a long career as both good guys and bad guys in B westerns. 

Friday, March 6, 2015

Pistol Packin' Nitwits-1945


This western comedy was the final film of the great silent film comic Harry Langdon who, in later films, was teamed with early talkie comic El Brendel in the same way that Buster Keaton was earlier teamed with Jimmy Durante.

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Durango's Western Dictionary Part 1


This helpful update on cowboy colloquialisms ran in issues of THE DURANGO KID in the 1950s.