Wednesday, 10 July 2019

Flintstones Weekend Comics, July 1970

Dino gets a showcase in the comics this month 49 years ago. Three of the four comics are house-bound, the last moves to the golf course.

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.
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7 comments:

  1. rodineisilveira10 July 2019 at 16:29

    Materials 100% Gene Hazelton.
    Inked by Lee Hooper (who was from Disney).

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  2. busby195910 July 2019 at 17:29

    I never liked the way Wilma was drawn in the strips...even as a kid it bugged me.

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    1. Anonymous12 January 2024 at 20:00

      Fred looks off-model too. His 5:00 clock shadow isn't drawn on his face. He does look younger without it. 🪒

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    2. Yowp16 January 2024 at 22:07

      Yeah, Anon, Gene Hazelton started drawing him that way in the '70s. I don't know why he changed the design.

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    3. top_cat_james17 January 2024 at 15:23

      Hazelton 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.

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  3. J Scribbles12 July 2019 at 02:45

    I 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.

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