January 2011
82 posts
News of Yore 1908: News Round-Up →
(All items from The Fourth Estate) July 11 Augustus O’Shaughnessy, who until recently was an illustrator on the staff of the Chicago Daily News, has opened a studio in the Fine Art Building,…
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Another Brick in the Wall Monday Cartoon Day. In 1966 cartoonist Morrie Brickman created the first comic strip designed to go on the editorial page, The Small Society. Taking i’s lead from…
Jim Ivey's Sunday Comics →
Superman - 1946 →
ilovecomix updated gallery ‘Superman - 1946’
D#059 - The Haunted Farm →
Teofobicus strikes again! Another great scan from our spanish friend in a story somewhat reminiscent of Pleasant Valley. Enjoy! Number of comics in the archive: 103 Next upload:…
Teenie Weenies - 1943 →
ilovecomix updated gallery ‘Teenie Weenies - 1943’
Herriman Saturday →
Friday, January 10 1908 — the Los Angeles Examiner, and Californians in general, are flabbergasted when former San Francisco mayor Eugene Schmitz’s extortion conviction is nullified on…
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Italy’s Don Martin Saturday Jacovitti Day. Recently I have been rediscovering the work of Italian artist Benito Jacovitti. His very funny strip Cocco Bill in the Dutch comic weekly Pep, which I…
Tiny Tim - 1943 →
ilovecomix updated gallery ‘Tiny Tim - 1943’
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Platfoot Kurtzman Friday Comic Book Day. These are not unknown, but I had never seen them before in full: two short stories by Harvey Kurtzman for Police Comics #24 and #25. He sort of adated…
Obscurity of the Day: Petting Patty →
Here’s Jefferson Machamer’s Petting Patty, a strip that may have set itself up for failure due to its rather risque title. For those who aren’t familiar with the old-fashioned term…
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Not Quite All Saints Thursday Story Strip Day. Here another installment in what I can only assume is the first John Spranger story for The Saint. It’s a bit dark, but at least you’ll have…
Barney Google - 1924 →
ilovecomix updated gallery ‘Barney Google - 1924’
Gumps - 1932 →
ilovecomix updated gallery ‘Gumps - 1932’
Mandrake the Magician - D014 - Blozz the Champion... →
ilovecomix updated gallery ‘Mandrake the Magician - D014 - Blozz the Champion (07/11/38 - 09/10/38)’
Obscurity of the Day: Mr. Lose-Out →
We learned that Roland J. Scott did an early feature titled Mr. Lose-Out in this post by Alex Jay, and my plea for a sample or more information about this feature, of which I was…
Barney Google - 1930 →
ilovecomix updated gallery ‘Barney Google - 1930’
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Ten-hut! Tuesday Comic Strip Day. Going through my scan files I saw I have not shared any Sunday Beetle Bailey strips with you lately. And I have quite a few. I will start today with the later…
Red Ryder - 1939 →
ilovecomix updated gallery ‘Red Ryder - 1939’
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Krazy Kartoons Monday Cartoon Day. Now here is a cartoon I wouldn’t mind seeing collected. I have awhole month of it soemwhere upstairs, but that is in a bound volume of a newspaper and I wouldn’t…
Mickey Finn - 1939 →
ilovecomix updated gallery ‘Mickey Finn - 1939’
Fritzi Ritz - 1939 →
ilovecomix updated gallery ‘Fritzi Ritz - 1939’
News of Yore 1922: Young Cartoonist Struck Dead →
[Alex Jay contributes this piece about cartoonist Cy Long who was killed by a lightning strike shortly after the syndication of his first newspaper feature, Mose Bones, began. While Mr. Long…
Dick Tracy - 1939 →
ilovecomix updated gallery ‘Dick Tracy - 1939’
D#014 - Blozz The Champion →
This is an “easy” one. Available elsewhere on the web. But still, here you have the chance to read it in it’s original format. Number of comics in the archive: 101 Next upload: D#105 -…
Jim Ivey's Sunday Comics →
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The Thin Black Line Sunday Meskin Measures. We go from one extreem to another on The Vigilante. After the lush and thick lines of Joe Kubert a couple of weeks ago, this weeks installment is inked…
Corky - 1939 →
ilovecomix updated gallery ‘Corky - 1939’
Herriman Saturday →
Sunday, January 5 1908 — Herriman apparently can’t settle on an idea for today’s cartoon, so he gives us four, all stating the same point about the same subject. The point being that…
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The Eyes Have It Saturday Leftover Day. I mentioned yesterday that Ross Andru made a surprise appearance in Comic Media’s Death Valley, which on the whole was usually filled by a young Don Heck….
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What the Morisi—! Friday Comic Book Day. For a short time in the midfifties, they even looked alike a lot. Both were working at Comic Media, where Don Heck seems to have had his start. I really…
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www.barnaclepress.com. Like early turn of the century comic strips. Barnacle Press dabbles in very very early comics, mostly from the late 1800’s to the early 1920’s
Comic Reporter wraps up 20 Holiday interviews →
Comics Reporter Tom Spurgeon has posted the last of his 20 part holiday interview series. He does it every year and from experience – these kinds of things take A LOT of effort to coordinate,…
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Gag Order Tuesday Comic Strip Day. I found these Bound and Gagged by Dana Summers cartoons online somewhere, but they were too funny not to share.
Biography of R.J. Scott by Alex Jay →
Roland Jack Scott was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on September 1, 1886. He was the son of John and Mary E. Scott. In the 1900 U.S. Federal Census the family lived at 309 Bright Street, in…
Comic retailer happy with Giffords shooting →
Comics Alliance reports that in a blog post entited, “1 down, 534 to go” Travis Corcoran, the president of Heavy Ink (online comic book retailer) rejoiced in the shooting in Tucson, AZ that injured…
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The New Calvin Monday Cartoon Day. For a short period in the nineties, every new sitcom went to a stand-up comedian and every new newspaper strip went to a political cartoonist. There was Mixed…
Fitzsimmons apologizes for remarks made on CNN →
Saturday, I posted a response by Arizona Daily Star editorial cartoonist David Fitzsimmons regarding that day’s shooting in Tucson that has placed Congress woman Gabrielle Gifford in the hospital,…
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The Rainbow at the End of the Pot of Gold Sunday Meskin Measures.
D#018 - Mandrake in Cockaigne →
They don’t come any better than this. One of my all-time favorite Mandrake adventure. Definitely on my top ten list. Number of comics in the archive: 97 Next upload: S#111 - The Mystery…
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Duck and Cover Sunday Internet Rarity. I am not usually one to pnch other people’s blog entries, but for Walt Kelly I make an exception. Here is a one page ad made for the August 1946 issue of…
Jim Ivey's Sunday Comics →
And I second the motion — Keith Knight’s The Knight Life, thInk, and K Chronicles are some of the best comics out there. Every time a new book comes out it gets bumped right to the…
David Fitzsimmons interviewed by CNN regarding... →
Arizona Daily Star editorial cartoonist David Fitzsimmons was interviewed by CNN on the shooting of Congressman Giffords. Daryl Cagle has quotes from the interview: The right in Arizona, and I’m…
Herriman Saturday →
Thursday, January 2 1908 — the top cartoon shows the result of the Abe Attell - Owen Moran featherweight title fight of the prior day — a draw. Atell and Moran would…