Breeze Lawson – Sky Sheriff
History
Original Pencils:
Edmond Good
Original Inks:
Edmond Good
Source:
D.S. Publishing
Origin Date:
Summer 1948
Illustration Details
Typically I’ve been doing covers and inside covers because contending with the dots makes it more difficult. But the strokes on the were press heavy so it made a little more easier. I wouldn’t say this was my best work but practices is practice. I also liked the logo styling so I re-inked and colored it too,
Edmond Good
After shadowing artists on various titles at Bell Features, Cy Bell impressed with Ed’s work ethic and natural affinity toward color theory and good design, promoted Good to Art Director. A year later in 1942, the comic industry continued to suffer through anemic sales on traditional titles and Bell hired Adrian Dingle (Triumph Comics, No. 7 May/June 1942) to replace Good as director.
One of Good’s earliest contributions to the ten cent cover was a male character he helped develop named Rex Baxter; the series was one of the longest running of the Canadian Sign/Bell Features titles. During this time Good simultaneously moonlighted for various publishers, mainly pulp fiction titles such as Thrilling Detective Stories. Other notable titles Good either co-authored or created under Bell were Dagar Desert Hawk, Sky Ranger, Ghost Breaker and Magnet.
Near the end of 1943, Edmond relocated to upstate New York, settling in at a position for Adventure Comics and as a splash page/cover artist for Thrilling Comics in what would be considered his most notable role as a professional artist for the AP Newsfeatures stripScorchy Smith.
In 1955 Good left his position at AP Features to start his own comic agency Good Comics which produced Johnny Law and Sky Ranger, both of which were met with poor commercial success.
Jerry Bails Who’s Who In Comics listed Good as Art director of Tupperware Incorporated until his retirement in 1974, he was known to frequent Comic Cons in the East U.S. well into his late seventies.
