Byrne-ing to Read: Charlton Prose Fillers by Mike Pellowski and John Byrne

Dig it, Groove-ophiles. Ol' Groove is pretty sure we've made it perfectly clear that we dig, love, groove to, get turned on by, and enjoy planting our peepers on the awesome artistry of John Byrne. We've dug up some art that you might not be aware of...and Mr. Byrne might want to forget. But hey, everyone's gotta start somewhere, and no matter how rough or crude the following illos may seem, Ol' Groove sees sparks of originality, an unmatched enthusiasm, a fun style, and a superstar-diamond-in-the-rough...

From The Flintstones #37 (February 1975):

From Valley of the Dinosaurs #3 (April 1975):

From Korg, 70,000 B.C. #2 (May 1975):

Hmmm. All from Stone Age-based comics. Coincidence...?

Sunday Funnies: The Flintstones Solve "The Sunken Stone Mystery"

Ready to get your giggles on , Groove-ophiles? Let's have a visit with the "modern stone-age family" supreme the Flintstones! Here's a fun little tale from Dell's March of Comics #327 (1969) called "The Sunken Stone Mystery". Enjoy!

Sunday Funnies: The Flintstones "Fred the Barbarian"

Can you believe that, for a time (1977-79), Marvel Comics published the Hanna-Barbera characters? 'Tis true! Who but Marvel could come up with a story like..."Fred the Barbarian!" (From Flintstones #3, November 1977)? Dig it!

Sunday Funnies: The Flintstones

Back in the Groovy Age, every kid watched the Flintstones. We loved Fred, Barney and the gang. We loved 'em so much that the Flintstones actually ran under three different publishers back then! They started at Gold Key, flourished at Charlton, and finished out the decade at Marvel.

I hope you dig this sampling of Charlton's version of our favorite stone age family from the Flintstones and Pebbles #31 (May, 1974). Yabba-dabba-doo!

(Click to enlarge 'em, ya bonehead!)