Comments on: SCHNAPP, DONENFELD and the PULPS Part 4 http://kleinletters.com/Blog/schnapp-donenfeld-and-the-pulps-part-4/ Todd Klein on lettering, literature and more Sat, 25 May 2013 21:42:24 +0000 hourly 1 By: Todd http://kleinletters.com/Blog/schnapp-donenfeld-and-the-pulps-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-32718 Todd Wed, 08 Aug 2012 16:52:58 +0000 http://kleinletters.com/Blog/?p=21019#comment-32718 Thanks, but it’s always accessible right here. Always in print. Always free.

]]> By: Allen http://kleinletters.com/Blog/schnapp-donenfeld-and-the-pulps-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-32717 Allen Wed, 08 Aug 2012 16:48:48 +0000 http://kleinletters.com/Blog/?p=21019#comment-32717 I think that this would be a wonderful article for Alter Ego, or some other publication to reprint.

Thank you for this.

]]> By: Jim Kosmicki http://kleinletters.com/Blog/schnapp-donenfeld-and-the-pulps-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-32638 Jim Kosmicki Mon, 06 Aug 2012 19:18:24 +0000 http://kleinletters.com/Blog/?p=21019#comment-32638 I haven’t read the first three sections of this yet, but just in this entry, you’ve made connections between Trojan Publishing (the 50′s comics company) and Leader News (which was EC’s distributor that went out of business, throwing them into a difficult publishing situation that was one of the huge business obstacles that Bill Gaines faced in keeping EC in business) and the Donenfeld/NPP family of businesses. The early comics business was so intertwined – it’s like one of those old Rock Family Trees where the different versions of the band keep breaking up and forming new bands, except with distributors and comic book publishers instead.

]]> By: Robby Reed http://kleinletters.com/Blog/schnapp-donenfeld-and-the-pulps-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-32600 Robby Reed Sun, 05 Aug 2012 19:41:51 +0000 http://kleinletters.com/Blog/?p=21019#comment-32600 Excellent series Todd — I’m sad to see it end! Somewhere out there is a photograph of Ira, and one day we will find it!

]]> By: Todd http://kleinletters.com/Blog/schnapp-donenfeld-and-the-pulps-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-32487 Todd Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:41:36 +0000 http://kleinletters.com/Blog/?p=21019#comment-32487 It’s slightly similar, but not very. I don’t know who designed the LEADING COMICS logo, but there are some aspects to it that suggest to me it wasn’t Ira Schnapp. The way the A sticks up above the other letters, the fact that the L has such a thick horizontal stroke, for instance. And I know he didn’t design that COMICS, it came well before Ira was doing DC logos.

]]> By: Jim Ladd http://kleinletters.com/Blog/schnapp-donenfeld-and-the-pulps-part-4/comment-page-1/#comment-32486 Jim Ladd Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:32:07 +0000 http://kleinletters.com/Blog/?p=21019#comment-32486 Todd, the “Leading” on the Leading Love pulp seems reminiscent of Leading Comics, one of DC’s Golden age titles, which makes sense…

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