Go, Read: Miami Herald Profile Of Allen Bellman

This is a pretty standard profile of the Golden Age mainstream comic book illustrator Allen Bellman, an artist rediscovered by the historian Michael Vassallo. I'm not sure you'll get a whole lot out of it you haven't experienced in any number of other places, particularly when San Diego con rolls into calendar view. Still, it's nice to be reminded every now and then how much the recognition of their work means to a lot of artists, particularly it seems to those whose life eventually went in another direction.

I remember when I used to see Will Eisner at conventions. Eisner exists in an exponentially greater weight class, of course, but what struck me when I saw him is how much he seemed to enjoy this late career he forged, right down to the give-and-take at comics shows. Bellman's not an active cartoonist right now beyond, it seems, some recreations, but the pleasure and purpose he derives out of the modest, renewed interest in his one-time career seems similar. I wish this kind of interest were more widespread and was forceful enough to penetrate the fabric of commercial malfeasance that in many cases grew up around the medium so many decades ago (and which has remained there for many of the years after that), but someone being made happy by something a bit more restrained in scope shouldn't be dismissed. I'm happy for that guy's happiness.
 
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