Saturday, October 23, 2010

Saturday's Cover Artist; William Reusswig

Sports Afield October 1946
Artist: William Reusswig

Frank William Reusswig was born in Somerville, New Jersey into a family of German ancestry. He studied at Amherst College and did his first illustration assignments for magazines like like Colliers, Cosmopolitan, Redbook, Saturday Evening Post and Country Gentleman. After severing in World War II, he sold freelance illustrations to men's adventure magazines like True, Argosy, Sports Afield and Outdoor Life. He also made a comic adaptations of novels for the newspaper section by King Features and the Book-of-the-Month Club (a.o. 'Paris Underground'). Reusswig married author and illustrator Martha Sawyers, with whom he traveled around the world and produced several books about the Far East.
Source:  Lambiek Comiclopedia

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Sunday Testimonial 1922


Appeared in National Sportsman 1922
"Dr. Beil now acknowledges that golf is a weak sister compared with shooting over decoys"




Saturday, October 16, 2010

Saturday's Cover Artist: Arthur Fuller

Field & Stream
July 1938

Arthur D. Fuller (1889-1966). Arthur D. Fuller was a major contributor to Field & Stream, painting covers for the magazine for many years. A skillful artist who had studied with Harvey Dunn, he was able to express on canvas his love of the outdoors, and with his keen eye and painterly style, he shared it with millions. He was equally adept in other subject matter, and his work appeared in many of the major publications, such as McCall's, The Saturday Evening Post, and Collier's.