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Wallace Polsom
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Collage maker. Art lover. “Any sufficiently advanced art form is indistinguishable from child’s play.” — 03 Jul 2021 https://wallacepolsom.com/
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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · Apr 13
Note to potential new followers: I block what I view as “X-rated” accounts, because I don’t want my name on re-posts appearing in such contexts, but I do post art that others, perhaps, might view as “R-rated.” Which is to say, please do your research, i.e., browse the archive, before you sign up.
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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 56m
1. Frontline Combat #5 (March-April 1952), with cover art by Harvey Kurtzman.
2. Silverprint proof of the cover of Frontline Combat #5, printed same size as the published comic, hand-coloured by Kurtzman for use as a printer’s guide.
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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 1h
Four more “Hey Look” comic strips by Harvey Kurtzman.
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Four “Hey Look” comic strips by Harvey Kurtzman.
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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · Apr 7
Harvey Kurtzman, “Vienna: Three Views,” Esquire, June, 1960. “Life in the Imperial Palace of the Hapsburgs as inspired by Gay, Romantic Vienna and Columbia Pictures.”
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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · Mar 6
SF/F illustration art by Harry Borgman (b. 1928).
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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 1h
Night and day!
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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 1h
Gotta keep in mind that Kurtzman and Elder’s Little Annie Fanny was never hip, never funny. But Kurtzman’s watercolour layouts are terrific, and anyone who is able to collect them all & publish them has my money!

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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 1h
Side-by-side comparisons of Harvey Kurtzman’s full-colour layouts for the story, “Little Annie Fanny: Muscle Builders, Part I,” Playboy, December 1977, and Will Elder’s finished art. Post 3 (of 3).
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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 1h
Side-by-side comparisons of Harvey Kurtzman’s full-colour layouts for the story, “Little Annie Fanny: Muscle Builders, Part I,” Playboy, December 1977, and Will Elder’s finished art. Post 2 (of 3).
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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 1h
Side-by-side comparisons of Harvey Kurtzman’s full-colour layouts for the story, “Little Annie Fanny: Muscle Builders, Part I,” Playboy, December 1977, and Will Elder’s finished art. Post 1 (of 3).
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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 1h
Two mermaid sketches by Harvey Kurtzman (1924-1993). I don’t own these; I just rescued the scans from one of those auction sites back in 2008.
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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 1h
Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies #76 (February 1948), with cover art by Dan Gormley.
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Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies #110 (December 1950), with cover art by Dan Gormley.
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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 2h
1. What I found.
2. What I posted. Wasn’t trying to make it perfect; just presentable.
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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 3h
Have lost count of the number of times I’ve referenced “The Nest-Egg Principle” over the years.
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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · Jan 31
1. Julius Kronberg, “Nymph and Fauns” (1875), oil on canvas, 130 x 269 cm.
2. Anders Zorn, “The Love Nymph” (1885), watercolour and gouache on paper, 64.5 x 106.5 cm.
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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 4h
Original art — gouache on board, 28.9 x 37.8 cm — by Jon Whitcomb (1906-1988) for the cover of Collier’s, June 15, 1946.
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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 4h
Another “Be Happy — Go Lucky” ad. Look Magazine, vol. 16, no. 3 (January 29, 1952), p. 16. Seems the artist for these ads was (probably) Jack Wittrup (1912-1987). Guy certainly knew how to paint an attractive gal.
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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 5h
Half-sheet poster for the movie, “Dial M for Murder” (1954), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Ray Milland and Grace Kelly. Poster design/art by William Gold (1921-2018).
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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 5h
Poster for the movie, “Dial M for Murder” (1954), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Ray Milland and Grace Kelly. Poster design/art by William Gold (1921-2018).
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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 6h
Poster for the movie, “Lost in America” (1985), directed by Albert Brooks, starring Albert Brooks and Julie Hagerty. Poster art by Birney Lettick.
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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 6h
Ghosting suggests it’s an ad scan from a newspaper or magazine source.
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