WOW! Talk about historic finds! DC Comics just tweeted this historic photo from a comics industry Christmas party from 70 years ago. While there is a slight Shining view to it (is that Hank Kanalz I see in the back?), it's also an amazing view into the Golden Age. After it was tweeted DC Comics was kind enough to send me a high res scan which I am sharing with you so all the comics historians out there can pour over it. There is a handwritten guest list as well, but its provenance isn't known so I am not posting it.
7 Comments on WOW: DC’s Christmas Party from 1945 is a window into the Golden Age, last added: 12/20/2015
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I’m glad to hear that an Archive team was put together. I hope they manage to find the CCA archives somewhere in there!
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2014/04/where-are-the-archives-of-the-comics-code-authority/
This is wonderful! Thanks for posting the smaller scan. I understand the full-resolution version is too big to post here, but is there a link to somewhere else that it can be found?
Their fashion is incredible – suits for the men and elegant outfits with hats for the ladies. They look like they’re having a great time.
I’m not sure what the hubub is about the ” lost” 1939 96-page WORLD’S FAIR comic. There are other copies around, and DC even reprinted the entire issue in the Archives: http://www.comics.org/issue/297576/ .
Heidi M. wrote: “The men of DC must have invited all of their mothers, girlfriends and wives. Or maybe some of them even worked in comics during the War years?”
Yes, a lot of women were hired as writers and artists during WWII. When the men came back, most of them lost their jobs, which happened in every industry.
I’d imagine that some of DC’s young male employees were still in uniform at this point (only four months after Japan’s surrender).
Wow! Kudos to DC for this. And for sharing here!
This was right after DC and All-American Merged operations completely after a split for a year.