In
2006 I had the qualified pleasure to meet George Tuska. I use the
term ‘qualified’ for two reasons. First, Mr. Tuska was 90 years
old and his hearing was almost gone. Whenever I’ve met the artists
whose work I loved as a boy, I normally make it a point to thank them
for all the pleasure that their talents have given me. In this case,
that seemed impossible and our encounter resulted in an autograph,
but not much more. Here he was at that HeroesCon show.
The
other reason I use ‘qualified’ is because of my own ignorance.
I’ve always associated the man with his Silver & Bronze Age
work, particularly with Iron Man. But in the last few years I’ve
encountered more and more of his Golden Age jobs. Tuska was there at
the very beginning of the comic book and helped invent the form. This
has raised his status for me and I now regret that I didn’t put
more effort into trying to offer those words of thanks to him.
Like
all of the cartoonists of that bygone era, George could be called
upon to work in any genre his employer called for. This of course
included Romance stories. His tenure in the milieu is pretty modest
and less than a dozen jobs are cited by him at the GCD. But these two
pieces for Standard Comics NEW ROMANCES are top notch.
Pat
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