Saturday, August 14, 2010

Mekano in "The Origin of Mekano" (Nedor;1944)
















Okay, for those of you who have the intestinal fortitude to tear your eyes away from Sofia Vergara, here's the final "Nedor-A-Weekend" story post taken from Wonder Comics #1 (May 1944), with art by the great Bob Oksner. This fun robot tale also neatly wraps up my impromptu "scientifiction" theme week.

Mekano was a one-shot character who never appeared after this issue, but I've always thought the character was interesting. The robots creator shares a name with a Marvel Comics hero from the 1970's who is better known as .... Black Goliath! A few years ago a buddy of mine made a terrific animated short for me using Mekano, and I'm hoping to post that in the Catacombs soon, so keep your fingers crossed. It's pretty cool!

"Nedor-A-Weekend" will continue next Saturday, but I haven't decided what stories are coming up next. Stay tuned!

5 comments:

Mykal Banta said...

Chuck: I just love Oksner's stuff. Such a beautiful, graceful line. He seemed to stand in that sweet spot between "realistic" and "cartoony." You've inspired me! Time to search through my collection.

Mykal Banta said...

Can I go back to looking at Sofia now?

Chuck Wells said...

You are more than welcome to join me in the lovely gallery one post down, Mykal.

Darci said...

Jerry Bails Who's Who lists Al Camy's full name was Al Cammarata.
Hope this helps,
Darci

Chuck Wells said...

Thanks for the info!