Reed Crandall: Illustrator of the Comics
establishment, according to Cuidera, and a good place to get a sandwich or burger. During these sojourns, Cuidera also soon learned that Reed was not a happy man due to domestic discord with Martha. And things were only getting worse.
When Arnold started his line of romance comics, Cuidera penciled and inked a number of stories and covers by himself. Because of his Pratt Institute training in layout and design, at times he also was involved with the final design and logo paste-up work on covers and splash pages. Reed and Chuck often went to lunch together or for drinks after work at the Seymore Cafe, located right across the street from the company. This cafe was Busy Arnold’s favorite drinking
Shortly after Reed’s Montauk visit with Borth, Cuidera received an urgent phone call from Reed. He and Martha were splitting up and Reed needed to get out of Huntington Beach right away. Cuidera dropped what he was doing and drove his black Mercury convertible out to Long Island and loaded up
This page: At top is Frank Borth in his Montauk, Long Island, studio around 1948 working on his syndicated educational-adventure daily newspaper feature, Ken Stuart. The comic strip ran from 1947 to 1950 and was distributed by the Frank Jay Markey Syndicate. Above left is an original daily strip, and, above right, the Ken Stuart one-shot reprint comic book, Publication Enterprises, 1949. Next page: Quartet of Modern Comics covers.
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including Candy, Marmaduke Mouse, and Eggbert.