Comments on: Jack Cole’s “Mantoka”

By: MiddleNameWayne

MiddleNameWayne — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:37:47 +0000

FYI: Cole also did a lot of the Spirit daily strips. There was a 4-issue series reprinting all of its short run several years ago — you may wanna look for #3 & #4.

- mnw aka kwl aka ndj aka etc.

By: Chris or Kris

Chris or Kris — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:46:30 +0000

http://www.flickr.com/photos/heavilybandagedman/486564192/in/set-72157594559063029/

An old bandmate’s scan of enigmatic old comic panels. Lovely stuff.

By: Derrick Bostrom

Derrick Bostrom — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:38:04 +0000

Thanks Chris! I haven’t checked out the Cole Spirt stories. I guess I’ll add all those Spirit books to my “bucket.”

By: Chris Marshall

Chris Marshall — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:48:03 +0000

Excellent post and thanks for the link to Jules Feiffer.
The more I get into the Golden Age the more Cole keeps popping up. Like many I was first exposed to him with his work on Plastic Man. Then when The Spirit Archives came out I was surprised to see him replace Will Eisner while he was away in WWII. I sought more of him and found his Playboy work, funny stuff for sure. I’m now anxious to get his collected edition of “Betsy and Me”.