Go, Look: Alex Schomburg



This cover makes me laugh because it looks like the one girl in back realizes electing this scary thug may not be the best idea anyone ever had.

According to one source, Alex Schomburg would have been 101 years old today. Schomburg was perhaps the World War II-era comic book cover artist in all the ways that were cool (bold images, churning action, lurid colors) and all the ways that make you go "yikes!" (horrifying violence, racist caricature) This site has a lot of covers, including a reasonably extensive Standard gallery.
 
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