Monster on the streets of Duluth.

Duluth, Minnesota parade 1926. “An off center wheel in the rear moved the tail in a grotesque fashion while an operator within open and shut the huge teethed jaws”. Original press photo 1926 Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb #monsters. #dragon. #vintagephoto. #parade. #dulltooldimbulb #duluth.

Harold Maxwell Outsider Artist of Pinups and Burlesque c. 1955

Harold Maxwell first appeared, I believe, at Brimfield, the legendary slog in the mud for Antiques. I don’t know how many of these bizarre portraits were created, but I have four and found 5 or 6 already appearing on auction sites, and a few which have sold. One listing says Ohio. One friend says Michigan. I find nothing with facts on the web before 2024. Harold Maxwell works are large, most of mine are 22 x 24. The black and white pieces are apparently India ink and I would say the color ones are poster paint. Bright and vibrant although the cheap cardboard paper stock is yellowing. So far they are all signed and most dated 1955. That was the year pinup and men’s magazines exploded…the top racks at magazine shops were full of them, so maybe these were based on actual performers. I’d call these show girls from burlesque as much as pinups. Frankly, not the most alluring. In fact downright weird. It was a hobby. Is he an outsider artist? Well he is eccentric with a consistent vision and also appears a bit compulsive but he likely had training. Your call. Group of Howard Maxwell paintings of women, circa 1955. Four collection Jim Linderman, The others are currently offered for sale on auction sites. I try to do an annual Outsider Art Fair post and many are found on Dull Tool Dim Bulb at: https://dulltooldimbulb.blogspot.com/search?q=outsider+art+show

Pair of Vintage Hand Made Folk Art Puppets from Paper - Mache

Handmade 1950s Folk Art Puppets with moving extremities and mouths. Folk Art. Collection Jim Linderman Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Wood Carved Mule Factory of Mr. Webb in Missouri Folk Art

H. P. Webb does some quality control at his Mule Factory in Missouri. Real Photo Postcard c. 1940 Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Las Vegas Kim the Risque Texas Postcard King of the 1930s

Little Lithographs of Las Vegas Kim Texas Cowboy Art Postcards of J. Edgar Kimsey Cowboy Artist Las Vegas Kim aka J. Edgar Kimsey Postcards from the American West. Las Vegas Kim was a real cowboy artist active in the 1930s. J. Edgar Kimsey was also the postmaster of the small town of Texon, Texas. He was more specifically a cowboy postcard artist of sorts…and that is one with a ribald, romping nature too. The West was his place and time. As reflected in his work, he was a bull rider too. The cards themselves are beautiful little relics of Texas past with an unusual primitive printing technique like a lithograph. The cards appear to have been tinted by hand, but aren't. It is also nice to know Mr. Kimsey had a risqué side. Several of the postcards here were shared by the Fire House Museum of Crowell, Texas online years ago. There are a few mentions of Mr. Kimsey online. One is in the book Texon: Legacy of an Oil Town. and I remember a longer, more complete post online years ago. However, ANY search with "kim" in it is going to give you a passel of Kim from Las Vegas you probably aren't searching for. Group of Las Vegas Kim postcards, c. 1935 - 1939. Collection Jim Linderman and from the collection of the Fire House Museum of Crowell website.

Antique Folk Art Handmade Mickey Mouse Figure collection Jim Linderman

Great paint on this Mickey Mouse standing figure for the yard. Circa 1940 or so, so an early Mickey. Both Sides Shown Great paint and wear. Mickey Mouse standing yard figure c. 1940. Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Unusual Make Do Antique Child's Hand Painted Blocks Folk Art Toy

A rare group of hand-painted child’s blocks from Oklahoma, circa 1930-1940. One can easily imagine a mother painting these wood scraps to entertain her child. Homemade toys that have been kept for decades. These are painted on both sides and could have been a collaborative project with the kids, these fall under the category of humbling. Dark patina. Folk Art homemade educational block for a child or two, Oklahoma circa 1930 ish. Collection Jim Linderman Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Leroy Person Carved Table Early Southern Black Folk Art

Leroy Person. Handmade Table with incised wood on legs and the supports. Unpainted. c.1960 - 1970. Mr. Person’s early work was etched on the wooden trim of his house and carvings on his fence surrounding it. He also began making rudimentary furniture such as this table. Much has been made of the Africanisms found on his objects. I believe he was later given paint by an encouraging patron, and his latest works were made rubbing crayons into his carvings. He was an obsessive worker. Dull Tool Dim Bulb Archives. Table approx. 32 inches square. Private Collection #africanamericanart #blackfolkart #northcarolina. #dulltooldimbulb #leroyperson

The Famous Mouth Artist of Texas Nyla Gladine Thompson Texas Art BOOK by Jim Linderman

My new book is NYLA GLADINE THOMPSON: The Famous Texas Mouth Artist. It is a remarkable story, She was a victim of infant polio, and taught herself to paint while paralyzed with a brush in her mouth. 8 x 11 and 40 pages. With 40 original paintings from my collection and her first biography. The printed softcover book has 40 pages. The much more affordable Ebook will be available shortly. A brief excerpt is here and a link to purchase. Only the hardcopy is available, the more affordable ebook will be soon. Nyla Gladine Thompson was born in 1928, the daughter of Lillie and Pum Roy Thompson. The family were tenant farmers from near Glen Flora, Texas. They were not wealthy and there was a Depression around the corner. She was struck with infantile polio nine years later in 1937. She lost the use of her legs, arms, and most of her torso up to her neck. It was unknown if she would survive. She retained a small bit of utility in one hand but was confined to a wheelchair and held in by straps for the rest of her life. Then after seeing a friend's watercolor set it was with great determination she also began to paint and completed her first reasonable result in 1938. She found it was possible to hold a paint brush in her mouth which she was able to direct with the slight available movements of her head. It was slow, tedious work. The early works were tentative, crude and often marked with unusual but distinctive pecked strikes at the paper. At the age of 13 in 1940 she had painted enough to have been written about in an AP wire story which ran in a hundred or more local newspapers across the country. The story notes all her brushwork was done with the tool in her mouth. It also notes the young artist was making a quilt by holding one handle of the scissors in her teeth and the other in her "uncertain" right hand. This disability is visible by the misshapen hand in the photo of the artist at work shown on the cover. She became famous by overcoming her disability and becoming a master painter, many which were turned into postcards in the 1950s. https://www.blurb.com/b/12353852-nyla-gladine-thompson-the-mouth-artist-of-texas

Antique American Folk Art carved Man in a top hat letter opener Uncle Sam Collection Jim Linderman

Antique American Folk Art carved Man in a top hat letter opener. Original Paint. Collection Jim Linderman Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Six startled women Outsider Art Drawings by "Miss Daisy"

SIX STARTLED WOMEN! Drawings by an anonymous west coast shut-in at this point known only as Ms. Daisy. Each is 9" x 12" and there are hundreds. Each drawing has the date created on the reverse and most have a weather report! (Cloudy today, sunny and hot, smog, etc…) She lived into her 90s, and while institutionalized drew one every few days from 1952 until tapering off in the 1960s. Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Large Carved Folk Art Articulated Dancing Man in original paint dated 1957 Collection Jim Linderman

Giant (goofy) articulated figure! 20 inches tall with original paint Made in 1957 as a gift Large articulated figure collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb the Blog

Turtle Quilt

Turtle Quilt 20th century Collection Jim Linderman Dull Tool Dim Bulb the Blog

Niuglo the mystery photographer for VEA Magazine from Mexico

A scarce photo of Niuglo, the obscure Mexican photographer! I was so glad to find it. I check in on Niuglo every few years to see what’s been learned, but he is still largely a mystery. The staff photographer of Pin up magazine VEA remains an unrecognized master. In a cover photograph from 1954, he places a model next to a massive antique camera. He appears to have been staff photographer for VEA magazine from 1941 to 1954. He also sold work to other places. Niuglo is likely a palindrome of his surname Olguin. He also MAY have produced and sold postcards of beautiful Mexican Women poses, possibly at tourist shops and through the mail. I wish I could confirm this. In the last few years there have been a few brief mentions of Niuglo in scholarly publications   VEA is a pretty hard magazine to find copies of these days. It ran in the 1940s and 1950s, and when you figure in acid-based paper, few are left. Do not confuse it with Vea the Puerto Rican gossip magazine, or Vea which came from Chile. VEA was a weekly pulp periodical which ran for years but was apparently often in trouble with the law, largely due to Niuglo’s spicy photos. The magazine was a mix of news, bullfighting reports, pulp fiction, novellas and more. Flipping through them makes me love Mexico. As our new leader forces a tariff on one of our allies, I love them even more. He even thinks he can steal the Gulf of Mexico simply by saying so, He is wrong. We’ve been allies for centuries. He doesn’t know how to treat allies and that is obvious.  VEA is scarce, but someone is paying attention. These are worthy of saving. Scholar Ageeth Sluis recently wrote “Projecting Pornography and Mapping Modernity in Mexico City” for the Journal of Urban History which drew upon the images in VEA. A portion of the abstract reads:  “By analyzing depictions of female nudity as conversant with urban landscapes in the banned magazine Vea, the author argues that pornography connected Mexico City to transnational ideas of the early twentieth century that held that sexually liberated women were part and parcel of cosmopolitan modernity. Vea exemplified and fueled concerns over “public women” and helps scholars understand larger debates on the gendered effects of revolution, urbanization, and transnational currents of global modernity.”  A group of original negatives of erotic images which have been attributed to Niuglo were discovered in 1996 and exhibited (in 2002) by photographer Merrick Morton at the Fototeka Gallery in Los Angeles. Attributed might be too strong a word, as it was speculation, and there were several other “house” photographers doing similar work for VEA. The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston owns two copies and one day I’ll pass mine along. In an issue of Vea, Niuglo ran an ad which ran (in Spanish) “Niuglo is asking for a capitalist partner to open a large-scale photography studio! Please write to…NIUGLO Article 123 no.22. Mexico City Serious Matter…Sure Business.” I hope it worked out. In one issue of VEA I read “…the sound of the camera penetrates the secrets of a woman’s soul…this psychological paroxysm when passion burns the female soul that shows itself like her tempted body,” In recent years, LUNA CORNEA ran a good piece and there have been a few other mentions…but Niuglo remans A phantom with a big camera. Issues of VEA magazine with Niuglo Covers collection Jim Linderman and other private collections.

The Dull Tool Dim Bulb Office 2025 Folk Art Collection

The Dull Tool Dim Bulb Office 2025 Folk Art Collection

Antique Whirligig Figure in original paint collection Jim Linderman Folk Art Carving

An antique whirligig fragment of a particularly less than beautiful man. Folk art carving, Original paint, human hair, red,white and blue. Circa 1930 - 1940 collection Jim Linderman Dull Tool Dim Builb

Young Woman's drawings in a practice notebook c. 1877 Schoolgirl Art of impressive skill

Some highlights from a practice notebook of a schoolgirl. I use “delightful” sparingly but it is appropriate here. Some are full pages, two cropped. The notes indicate the booklet is for “History Maps, Agricultural Figures and Physiology Figures…and mind you, this wasn’t even handed in. They were produced from 1876-1877 by a young woman. A prize, and humbling. Note the map is likely not included, not required and not shown in Florida any longer. Child’s workbook/notebook 1877 Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Anonymous was a Woman an essential and beautiful book

First published in 1975, "Anonymous was a Woman" is one of my favorite titles and one I frequently mention. As if women didn't have enough to do during the 18th and 19th centuries, they often took the time to make it beautiful as well. Easy to find affordable (and I mean really, really cheap) on Amazon. I see used copies there for less than ten bucks. A beautiful book and the best book title for a book on Folk Art ever! Anonymous was a Woman by Mirra Bank (Author), Phyllis Rose (Preface). "In print since it was first published in 1979, this book is a glorious collection of American folk art by "ordinary" women of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Filled with beautiful four-color reproductions of samplers, quilts, paintings, and needle-pictures along with excerpts from diaries and letters, sampler verse, books, and magazines of the period, Anonymous Was a Woman celebrates the daily experiences and inner lives of women who, in acts of love and duty, created many masterpieces of American folk art."

A Folk Art Carving of a Couple "coupled" Antique Risque Motion Toy

A Folk Art Carving of a Couple "coupled" Antique Risque Motion Toy collection Jim Linderman Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Folk Art Handmade Original Paint Greenhouse Sign Retro Vintage

Hand Painted Sign for Star Greenhouses Big Rapids, MI. Hand cut letters and stars, original paint. Approx. Five feet long. Circa 1950 - 1960? Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb #folkart. #handpainted. #sign. #Vintage.

Painted by Hand Envelope Cachet works which correspond to each city from which they originate! Unusual Art

I firmly believe everyone should have a hobby, and this gent certainly did. In every town he would stop and paint the a work to represent it.In Battle he puts two fellows going at it with guns.In Lilly one would grows. Redwing? A painting of a black bird with redwings. Farmer got a farmer, and as you can see Bigbow was given just that. He would address them to himself, drop them at the local postoffice to have their stamps cancelled…and when his trip ended he would receive them courtesy the U. S. Postal Service.

An enterprising and as far as I know unique passion. I have five envelopes from five different cities But have no idea how many he produced. I believe it costs some 60 cents to mail a letter now, to any city in the 50 states…but the nearest competitor (Fedex) charges TEN BUCKS! Every few years stupid Republicans try to “privatize” the mail…don’t let them. Mailed envelopes with hand-painted cachets from respective towns. All c. 1950. Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb the Blog.

Three original drawings by Basil Merrett c. 1945 - 1950 Collection Jim Linderman Dull Tool Dim Bulb the Blog Outsider Art Art Brut Christmas

Three hand-drawn Christmas pieces by Basil Merrett drawn while confined at the mental hospital Bedlam in London c. 1950. Other “occupants” at Bedlam include Vincent Van Gogh and Louis Wain (The cat artist). Each approx. 4 x 6 Three original drawings by Basil Merrett c. 1945 - 1950 Collection Jim Linderman Dull Tool Dim Bulb the Blog

Beatnik wannabee anonymous snapshot.

BEATNIKS! Well, beatnik wannabe privileged white folk with a mural, anyway. They must have recently read a Life Magazine expose on the “Beat Generation” and decided to drink too much wine, I’ve always said there was only three real beatniks…Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady and a Times Square thief and Junkie named Herbert Huncke. Look him up. “Beatnik Party” anonymous snapshot c. 1959 Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Bizarre Real Photo Postcard of a group of strange paintings. RPPC

A bizarre real photo postcard seemingly depicting a life gone wrong through 4 paintings. Some allegorical tale of which I do not know.I guess folk art paintings preserved for all in simple mailing format,but this one is unmailed. #realphotopostcard #rppc. #dulltooldimbulb

Calamity Ice Bombs and the Coming Super Man. D.W. Matter Marches from Hell

The Coming World-Wide Calamity was originally published in 1943 and sold for a dime. There isn’t anything remarkable about it except the cover. One thing I’ve noticed about modern zealot evangelicals causing havoc on our school libraries, forcing away diversity progress electing a buffoon? You don’t hear them saying “Love thy neighbor” anymore. The other thing that bothers me? Whenever one of the disasters shown on this ridiculous book cover actually happens it’s God that caused it, not climate change or science or reason or denying fools in office. Sigh. The author, one D. W. “Matter” doesn’t matter at all, except for the notable prediction of 100 pound hailstones! The same drivel occurs in most of these disposable tracts. But I absolutely LOVE the cover. “The Coming World-Wide Calamity by D. W. Matter” 1943(?) not indicated. Artist not identified. collection Jim Linderman

Real Photo Postcard of Uncle Sam. Circa 1920 collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Real Photo Postcard of Uncle Sam. Circa 1920 collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Sewing Card Set hand stitched 1927 Schoolgirl Art

A Sewing Card Set created by 4th Grader Miss Lillian Ethel Wandel in 1927. The set was commercial (although the box indicates only an inventory number) and consisted of a dozen or so pre-punched cards to be hand sewn by the student. Although she hand-stitched the collection appropriately I believe the idea of stringing them together into what is essentially A giant flip book…or as seen here a wall hanger was her own. I have had several pieces from the same unidentified manufacturer over the years. I have duplicates of some, but this is the only set I have seen in this format. Completed sewing card set by Lillian Ethel Wandel 4th Grade dated December 14, 1927 Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Soap Carving of a Prison and Prison Yard made from Ivory Soap c, 1930

Prison (and prison yard) hand-carved from a bar of Ivory Soap. Circa 1930. Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb #soapcarving. #ivorysoap. #prisonart. #folkart.

Captain Hadacol and the Hadacol Bounce 25 cents off token

America still runs on snake oil, but not like the good old days. Every few years, some criminal chemist discovers and markets a concoction which "health" stores and urban delis sell to the bridge and tunnel crowd. Once the FDA figures it out, it's gone. Generally related to caffeine but often far worse. Hadacol was the one which inspired lore and legend. A Southern slop with a potent mixture of B-Vitamins and alcohol from New Orleans. While the instructions were a teaspoon four times a day, it was sold by the glass in after-hours clubs and dry counties. The powerful stuff was invented and marketed by Lousiana State Senator Dudley J. LeBlanc and even sold in pharmacies. The senator was pretty good at promotions. Witness the Captain Hadacol SUPER HERO who appeared in an official comic book. He doesn’t look so good until he pulls himself to the fridge and pulls a draw. Even sullen kids with no pep could benefit from a swig. My Hadacol token here was good for 25 cents off. The drink inspired all manner of celebratory songs, mostly by rockabilly types aimed at white trash. Famously Professor Longhair had the best Hadacol song, and you can find it online.

Thanksgiving Drawing from a Scrapbook circa 1940 Collection Jim Linderman

Thanksgiving Drawing from a Scrapbook circa 1940 Collection Jim Linderman

Obsessive Portrait Drawings by Miss Daisy a Shut-in Outsider Artist

Several years ago I received a package of over 200 original drawings by an elderly woman who drew one a day for a long time. Her caretaker provided me the name "Miss Daisy" who passed away. Each depicts a 1970's era woman, the time period she was creating this work. On the reverse of each 8" x ll" drawing the artist wrote the daily weather and often a short note about her day. I've had time to appreciate the slightly obsessive effort as well as the outsider art characteristics. A memorable day the drawings arrived is shown in the above photo, and I have posted several of the works over the years since on this blog.

Bettie Boop and other drawings by Evelyn Anonymous 1935

Some things I scan just because they should be preserved. 7 Drawings by Evelyn Unknown dated 1935 include Betty Boop and some early vamps. Early drawing book by Evelyn 1935 Collection Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Antique carved folk art “jumping man” articulated figure with original leather string

Antique carved folk art “jumping man” articulated figure with original leather string 14” tall c. 1940 collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb #folkart. #dancingtoy. #articulatedfigure. #dulltooldimbulb

Vixen Books of the 1950s. Vintage Sleaze from Greenwich Village and Gil Fox. (en excerpt from Times Square Smut by Jim Linderman)

Vixen Press founder Gilbert (Gil) Fox was a Greenwich Village denizen. Mr. Fox had quite a circle of friends. Perhaps no one has paid attention to the Vixen books because they are hardbacks, and the only hardcovers here. Most of the vintage sleaze action is in lurid paperbacks, but this line of spicy stories certainly qualify.Though hardcovers, they are still cheap,tawdry and one hundred percent grade-A certified sleaze. They are also (when and if you can find them) quite affordable since no one cares. Al are now nearly 60 years old, and even harder to find in their book jackets. Gil Fox was one of the most prolific of sleaze writers. From his early books around 1950 to a massive output of Midwood books in the 1960s. He had pseudonyms such as Kim Savage, Peter Willow, Leda Starr, Kimberly Kemp, Dallas Mayo, Paul Russo, Violet Loring and more. Paperback book scholar Lynn Monroe interviewed Gil once, and I hope there are more chats coming. He certainly has stories to share. The interview is essential for any scholar interested in popular culture of the 1950s. Fox was born in 1917, served in the Air Force during the WW2 and married a female swinger whose swing went both ways. Next thing you know, he is living in Greenwich Village and itis 1950. At some point Gil met John Willie (real name was John Alexander Scott Coutts) who published the Bizarre series digests. Willie had his drawings published by Robert Harrison and is even rumored to have been responsible for asking Bettie Page to pose in bondage get-ups. Apocryphal tale, I think. Not long after meeting Willie, Gil Fox began writing his own books for Woodford Press. Fox also wrote for Stanley Malkan. Some time around 1953, Gil set up Vixen Press at 125 Christopher Street in New York City. 125 Christopher Street was also the location of the Alfred Hitchcock's film Rear Window(!) At least before they changed the address to 125 West the Street in the movie. There is an understanding in the film business that murder films use phony addresses for the same reason every big screen telephone number starts with 555.There is no 125 West 9th Street, but Gil's place still sits at 125 Christopher. Today apartments in the building rent for several thousand dollars a month and it remains a pre-war 6-story residential building. You can find real-estate listings online if you would like to relive the glory days of Greenwich Village... but it looks to me like they re-did the floors and I don't see any of Gil's ink stains.It is,however, nice to think of Gil typing while peering into same courtyard as James Stewart and Grace Kelly. Vixen Books was an apartment operation and an outlet for writers other than Gil. Barry Devlin, one of the most prolific Vixen writers, was selling work which was published as Beacon paperbacks at the same time. Another was the mysterious Justin Kent, the pseudonym of a writer who testified against mobster Edward Mishkin in an obscenity case. They apparently put out a book a month. They were likely distributed in the Times Square bookshops, but they were also distributed by Associated Booksellers in Westport, CT. and at least one other outside of the Tri- state area. Several of the copies here have stickers from "Capitol Book Store" in Indiana, so they got out to the Midwest too. No wonder New York City has a bad reputation. The cover price was $2.50. Each title, regardless of who receives credit for writing, has a hoity-toity quote from Shakespeare or an ancient learned philosopher following the title page, and each is dedicated to a dame or a couple. Hmmm. As you would imagine from the titles and covers, the Vixen line was not noted for fine literature. All the books were written as soft-core pornography. Limp-core. The characters drank and had torrid sexual adventures, even if they acted like soap opera scripts of the day. Remember, these were written in the early 1950s. Some have girl on girl action at a time it was most taboo. Plenty of lingerie too, and being taken off slowly. Some of the original Vixen titles were subsequently published as paperbacks with new titles. Moon-kissed by Barry Devlin came out under the title Forbidden Pleasures as a Berkley book. Kim Savage also had a paperback titled Helen's House published by Beacon. Mark Tryon's The Fire That Burns came out as a paperback with the byline "Girls who pose for anything" on the cover. It is more than possible others were republished in paper with entirely new titles and authors credited. For that matter, and for all I know, AL of them were written by Fox, but in particular I have seen a reference somewhere that Kim Savage was Gil Fox, though I am not sure. File under speculation. In the notes to Girls Lie Back Everywhere: The Law of Obscenity and the Assault on Genius by Edward de Grazia (1972) one Vixen book (Sweeter Than Life by Mark Tryon) was called "the forerunner of the sex pulp novels so numerous in the sixties; It contained a prominent lesbian theme and it seems to have had no appreciable literary value. (The book) is described in some detail in Felice Flannery Lewis, Literature, Obscenity and Law (1976) 180-181." Fair enough. There WAS an obscenity case brought against Gil Fox...U.S vs. Gilbert Fox, Vixen Press et al, involving four of the titles. I am not sure the outcome, nor do I know if Mr. Fox spent any time in pokey. I certainly hope not. The list of Vixen books following is the first one compiled as far as I know. The sleeve they came wrapped in is worth as much as the book. Which reminds me..the jacket illustrations are credited to NJD, de Persis, Patrika, Don Rico, who follows, and sometimes nobody. (An excerpt from the book TIMES SQUARE SMUT by Jim Linderman available from Blurb.com Helena's House Kim Savage 1960 Madame Big Barry Devlin 1953 Chains of Silk Barry Devlin 1954 Golf Widow ? 1953 Boss Lady Rick Lucas 1954 No Holds Barred Barry Devlin Carnal Cargo Barry Devlin 1952 Baby Makes Three Kim Savage (Gil Fox?) 1953 Desolate Sands Michael Norday 1955 The Sinning Lens Mark Tryon 1953 Joanne Scott Stone 1955 Mask of Night Michael Norday 1954 Dreamboat Rick Lucas 1955 Lazylegs Kim Savage 1953 Gold-plated Sin Barry Devlin 1953 Fire and Ice Barry Devlin 1952 Complex Mother Rick Lucas 1955 Take tI Off! Mark Tryon 1953 Fast Curve Justin Kent 1953 Bent to Evil Kim Savage 1952 Weekend Kim Savage 1952 Rogues and Riches Rick Lucas 1954 Blaze Scott Stone 1954 Sweet and Twenty Don Morro 1955 The Fire that Burns Mark Tryon 1954 Devil's Web Scott Stone 1955 Other Loves Barry Devlin 1955 Countess Margo Scott Stone 1955 This Paris Barry Devlin 1955 Sweeter than Life Mark Tryon Acapulco Nocturne Barry Devlin 1952 Mavis Justin Kent 1953 Dark Magic Michael Norday 1954 Strange Journey Rick Lucas 1954 On with the Dance Michael Norday 1954 Gold-plated Sin Barry Devlin 1953 Lovers and Madmen Barry Devlin 1953 Hellion Kim Savage 1951 Moon-kissed Barry Devlin 1953

Justin McCarthy “Jitney Jessie the Episode of Bessie the Beautiful Bandit” by Justin McCarthy c. 1920 - 1925

“Jitney Jessie the Episode of Bessie the Beautiful Bandit” by Justin McCarthy c. 1920 - 1925 In a serial format of 13 drawings Justin McCarthy tells the story of Jitney Jessie packing a parachute to foil Bessie the Bold and Beautiful Bandit’s attempt to rob G. Hard Boyle. Jitney Jessie was Hard Boyle’s chauffeur. In these early works, McCarthy apparently used a homemade paste of flour and water to mount them on colored cardboard. Shown is a detail of four drawings and the entire piece. ex-Phyllis Kind. Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb