Friends of THWAK - CFAAPA

There are collectors for every genre you can think of including those who love to acquire original art drawn by their favorite comic book and magazine artists and painters. There is one such group based here in the Atlanta area and their publication Comic and Fantasy Art Amateur Press Association (CFAAPA) a very limited/exclusive membership is truly amazing. Each issue is dedicated to a different genre of art and its members (from around the country) each contribute their own entries which are then edited and compiled here locally. The publication only comes out 3 times a year and provides serious fans and collectors the opportunity to discuss topics, ideas and opinions relative to the comic and fantasy original art history and marketplace. This group also sets up and displays many original works every year at Dragon Con, many a fan has been blown away while looking at an original Frazetta, Wood or Davis piece. I know I have!

Issue #63 from July 2004 was dedicated to my favorite genre "Humor Magazines" and starts off with a huge BANG! a wonderful Don Martin penciled, Jack Bender inked and Dave Newton colored illustration. This particular image originally appeared as the front man in a 1975 poster for the band FREE FARE in Concert. Incidentally I am fortunate enough to have this original poster as well as another one entitled FREEDOM JAM also from this time period.

Dave Newton (THWAK/CRACKED/JOKESTER) does a great job of a introducing the issue with a History of Satire Magazines. What follows is a fantastic assortment of articles and images of various humor magazine art, prelims, including material from Kelly Freas, Jack Davis, Spumco art, EC inspired dungeon scene by XNO, Will Elder, Sergio Aragones, Harvy Kurtzman, Antonio Prohias, Bruce Bolinger, John Severin, Wally Wood, Russ Heath and culminating in an excellent interview with Jack Bender who inked Don Martin's NUTHEADS panels and various other posters and paperback covers as well a a few CRACKED pages.

For more on this great zine check out
http://cfa-apa.blogspot.com/2007/09/cfa-apa-70-alex-toth.html