Johnny Quick
As far as I know, these comic pages were either pencilled, inked or both by my father, Mort Meskin. If you see any errrors, please contact Peter Meskin at [email protected] More images will be added.
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This is one of my favorites. I've always thought of this image as my father's office. As far as I know, Dad never had a private office like you see here, just a small room in our apartment in Brooklyn. He did have an easel something like this with an attached light, inks, pens and brushes all over. Some white out and an art gum eraser or two. I still have some of his brushes sitting on an easel in my home.
You can see one of Dad's pen names on the glass door, Mort Morton, Jr.
So, here's my Dad, working away just like I always remember him when one of his characters, Tubby Watts, Johnny Quick's sidekick, comes knocking on the door to make a complaint about being unappreciated.
An actual Johnny Quick cover that Dad drew is hanging on the wall, along with a "Buy War Bonds and Stamps" poster and portraits of Johnny and Tubby. A note stuck under the lamp says "By Mort Morton and Cliff." (Someone will have to tell me who Cliff was.)
You can see one of Dad's pen names on the glass door, Mort Morton, Jr.
So, here's my Dad, working away just like I always remember him when one of his characters, Tubby Watts, Johnny Quick's sidekick, comes knocking on the door to make a complaint about being unappreciated.
An actual Johnny Quick cover that Dad drew is hanging on the wall, along with a "Buy War Bonds and Stamps" poster and portraits of Johnny and Tubby. A note stuck under the lamp says "By Mort Morton and Cliff." (Someone will have to tell me who Cliff was.)
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It might just be me, but I've always associated this page with Norman Rockwell's Triple Self Portrait. It somehow has the same flavor of the artist looking at himself, picturing himself as he sits at his easel. The artist as a subject...as art. Whoever the writer was for this Johnny Quick episode was a very clever guy. |
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Johnny Quick
I always though Dad's art in Johhny Quick was wonderful: inventive, detailed, complex and bright. With that bright smile of his, Johnny always seemed to love what he was doing. He was one of my favorite Super Heroes, ranking right up there with Superman and Batman. He also seemed more accessable and human with the comic relief of his sidekick, Tubby Watts. I think all of the pages are Dad's, but if you notice a Mort Weisinger or George Roussos here, please let me know: [email protected]
