We’ve mentioned before that Mr. Slate was not Fred’s boss in the comics for reasons, I suppose, have been lost to time.
Barney and Betty get the month off.
Three of the comics have the same Flintstones logo, while the fourth has the name hanging down on a sign.
July 5, 1970.
July 12, 1970.
July 19, 1970.
July 26, 1970.
Materials 100% Gene Hazelton.
ReplyDeleteInked by Lee Hooper (who was from Disney).
I never liked the way Wilma was drawn in the strips...even as a kid it bugged me.
ReplyDeleteFred looks off-model too. His 5:00 clock shadow isn't drawn on his face. He does look younger without it. 🪒
DeleteYeah, Anon, Gene Hazelton started drawing him that way in the '70s. I don't know why he changed the design.
DeleteHazelton might have been following the lead of Roger Armstrong, who began rendering a muzzle-less, somewhat trimmer Fred in the Gold Key comic book series beginning with the August '69 issue and continuing for a year after which the property was transferred to Charlton Comics. There the "classic" Fred model resumed, more or less.
DeleteI think it's great! Nice drawings. And the typography of the title looks cool! I didn't expect someone to draw that well in 1970...hehe.
ReplyDeleteDrawn by a legend named Gene Hazelton.
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