Fun comic books issue 1

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1st printing. Story, art and cover by Tom Batiuk. Selections from Batiuks long-running comic strip about the dramas and misadventures of Funkys gang of friends at Westview High School. Susan develops a crush on Les; Mrs. Blackburn tries to ban the schools literary magazine; Susan attempts suicide; Les proposes to Lisa; Lisa is injured in a domestic terrorist bombing; Les and Lisas wedding at the groups longtime hangout, Montoni's. 8 1/2-in x 9-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

1st printing. Written by Tom Batiuk. Softcover, 8 1/2-in x 9-in, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Cover by Louis Ferstadt. Stories and art by Louis Ferstadt and Sophie Freedman. One-shot featuring funny-animal comics. Skunky runs a perfume shop, but his latest scent works a little too well. Squeaky the mouse and puppet Woody, who look a lot like Mickey and Pinocchio, must retrieve a little ghost from the town of Foo, according to the magic Jack-in-the-box. Peeps the bird wants to know why he can't swim. Skunky Shopkeeper; It's Fun to Laugh; Pretzel and Picklejuice; Patsy the Circus Cat; Peeps: The Bird Who Wanted to Swim; Laffs; Woody and Squeaky; Wit-nits. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $9.49

1st printing. By Ron Goulart. In this definitive collection, Ron Goulart (author of The Great Comic Book Artists), one of the leading historians of pop culture, documents the evolution of the comic strip from The Yellow Kid to Dilbert. Softcover, 246 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.95.

Features the best newspaper comic strips of the year: Archie, Snuffy Smith, Beetle Bailey, Henry, Blondie, Steve Canyon, Buz Sawyer, The Little King, Hi & Lois, Popeye, & others. Also has a chronological history of the comics from 2000 BC to 1959. Published by Avon, 11" x 8-1/4", softcover, B&W. Cover price $1.00.

24 pages, partial color Cover price $0.10.

Palmer Cox Series. Written and illustrated by Palmer Cox. Tales for children featuring animals. Hardcover, 9 3/4" x 7 1/2", 66 pages, B&W.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.95

Add to cart Near Mint $9.95

1st printing.

Written by Rafael Albuquerque and Rafael Scavone. Art by Eduardo Medeiros. Cover by Rafael Albuquerque and Eduardo Medeiros.

Running from a terrible trauma at home, Lilly magically falls inside her favorite cartoon show. But the bright world of Funny Creek isn't as far from the pains of the real world as she had hoped. A thrilling adventure ensues where Lilly must overcome her troubles and make her way home.

o New OGN by Rafael Albuerqueque.
o Collects the Comixology Originals series in print for the first time!

Softcover, 144 pages, full color.

Cover price $22.99.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $5.50

August cover date. Cover price $0.10.

Octover cover date Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $5.00 View scans

Trade paperback edition in illustrated wrappers. 10 humorous one-act plays. 5.25" x 7.5", 93 pages, text. Cover price $1.00.

1st printing.

By Michelle Ann Abate.

Throughout the first half of the twentieth century, the medium was enjoyed equally by both sexes, and girls were the protagonists of some of the earliest, most successful, and most influential comics. In Funny Girls: Guffaws, Guts, and Gender in Classic American Comics, Michelle Ann Abate examines the important but long-overlooked cadre of young female protagonists in US comics during the first half of the twentieth century. She treats characters ranging from Little Orphan Annie and Nancy to Little Lulu, Little Audrey of the Harvey Girls, and Li'l Tomboy, a group that collectively forms a tradition of funny girls in American comics.

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 208 pages, Text (with B&W Illustrations and photos).

Cover price $30.00.

1st printing. A collection of kaleidoscope columns and Sanders cartoons on the state's most controversial judge! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 88 pages, Text (with B&W Illustrations and photos). Cover price $6.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Jeffrey Brown. Best-known for his autobiographical comics Clumsy and Unlikely, Jeffrey Brown returns with Funny Misshapen Body, his first comic memoir in several years. It chronicles Jeffrey's coming-of-age as a comics artist, from his obsession with superhero comics as a kid to trying to fit in as a cartoonist at the snooty School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Drawn with the trademark simplicity that has made Brown's name in the comics world - drawing the attention of everyone from Ira Glass to USA Today - it also recounts how Brown survived high school, abdominal surgery and the difficulties of living with Crohn's Disease, college, binge drinking, friendships, drug experimentation, coffee shops, and his ultimate decision that comics are just as important as traditional art. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 316 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.00.

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1st printing. Written by Elaine Scott. Photographs by Margaret Miller. This fascinating photo essay takes you behind the scenes with the many people who help get our favorite comic strip characters into the newspapers seven days a week. Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 90 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.00.

Bill Ward art. Adult Jokes and cartoons. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 48 pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Stories by Jerry Siegel, plus a text story by Ray Krank and Gardner Fox. Art by Joe Shuster, Marvin Stein and Dick Ayers. Cover by Marvin Stein. Famous as the "other" superhero created by Siegel and Shuster, who started the whole phenomenon with Superman. TV comedian Larry Davis uses vaudeville-style shenanigans to fight bad guys. When a superhero-style publicity stunt results in the capture of actual criminals, Larry decides to use his comedy as a force for good, and becomes Funnyman. Funnyman's rivals Comicman and Laffman try to outdo Funnyman and catch Flathead Floogie after he escapes police custody at Grand Central Station. Funnyman and a jewel thief race to capture a runaway robot kangaroo with a fortune in its pouch. Featuring some of the first published work by future Marvel legend Dick Ayers. Jerks in the Works; Funnyman; The Teen-Age Terrors!; Funnyman, Comicman, and Laffman; The Truant Toy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $17.75

1st printing. Collects stories from Funnyman (1947) #0-6 and newspaper strips.

Edited by Thomas Andrae and Mel Gordon. Written by Jerry Siegel. Art and cover by Joe Shuster.

Here is a kaleidoscopic analysis of Jewish humor as seen through Funnyman, a little-known super-heroic invention by the creators of Superman, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.

Following the completion of their 10-year-long contract with DC writing and drawing their first creation, Superman, Siegel and Shuster were determined to create a new superhero; one that would prove that justice, fair-play, and zany craftsmanship were the true "American way", and would lead to their ultimate victory. This book tells the back-story of the unsuccessful strip and Siegel and Shuster's ambition to have their funny Jewish superhero trump the Man of Steel.

Included are complete comic-book stories and daily and Sunday newspaper panels from this lost classic.

Softcover, 240 pages, PC/PB&W.

Cover price $24.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing.

Written by Brendon Small. Art by Steve Mannion. Cover by Eric Powell.

From Brendon Small, the man who brought you Dethklok and Metalocalypse, comes a high stakes intergalactic extreme rock comic. Based on his album, Galaktikon, we follow Triton, intergalactic hero of the universe, who will face the ultimate outer space struggle: getting over his divorce.

Softcover, 144 pages, full color.

Cover price $17.99.

Add to cart VF- 7.5 $5.00 View scans

Three one-act plays by Arthur L. Kaser. 4.75" x 7.25", 28 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

1st printing. Story and art by Michael Ramirez. Give Me Liberty or Give Me Obamacare is a trenchant and hilarious collection of political cartoons, presenting a wonderfully intelligent and beautifully drawn snapshot of the absurdities of the Obama presidency. Michael Ramirez is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1994 and 2008 and a three-time Sigma Delta Chi, Society of Professional Journalism Award winner. Ramirez tackles everything from Obamacare to the economy, foreign policy to culture wars, the environment, and much more. Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 9-in. x 7-in., 224 pages, B&W. Cover price $28.00.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Add to cart Fine $2.50

by Fred Perry The Peebos, Brianna Diggers' super-smart bit-bombs, are back, and they've hacked their way into 48 pages of full-color! Enjoy Advanced A.I. antics old and new as these mini-marvels discover video games, guilt, manners, fine(?) art, role-playing, and much more! These little powder kegs will have you exploding - with laughter! Cover price $3.50.

1st printing. Written by Chloe Perkins. Art and cover by Scott Burroughs. Did you know that many of the characters in A Charlie Brown Christmas were voiced by regular kids from the producer's neighborhood? Or that Charles M. Schulz had his first sketch published at age fourteen in the local newspaper's "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" feature? What about that NASA has an award called the Silver Snoopy for outstanding achievements related to flight safety and mission success? Become a History of Fun Stuff Expert on Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the rest of the Peanuts gang, and amaze your friends with all you've learned in this fun, fact-filled Level 3 Ready-to-Read! Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 48 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Very Good $4.80

1st printing. Complete with stories, secrets, and insights, this guide will immerse readers in the universe of Guardians of the Galaxy. Follow the adventures of the intergalactic team from Rocket's perspective in this cronicle of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. The book includes gatefold and flaps that reveal fun artifacts and surprises from the Guardians of the Galaxy universe. Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 96 pages, Text (with B&W Illustrations). Cover price $11.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $7.20

Add to cart Very Fine $7.20

1st Printing. Relax and enjoy coloring in your favorite Wizarding World scenes, brought to life with loveable Funko POP!-inspired artwork. Experience the lighter side of the Wizarding World with these whimsical recreations of memorable scenes, drawn from a whole new perspective! Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W Cover price $12.99.

A fun book for parents...and those about to be! Cartoon and baby name book.

Underground Mini comic. 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 10 Pages, Partial Color. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Near Mint $6.95

1st printing.

Story by Miguel Martinez-Joffre, Adam Modiano, Jennifer Batinich, and Nicole D'Andria. Art and cover by Miguel Martinez-Joffre.

Hiccups: Fun Stories is four hilarious adventures in one exciting comic book, making a collection as brisk and silly as a bout of hiccups. Readers of all ages will earn merit badges in space with Luna Destiny and the Moon Berets, solve ridiculous mysteries in the old west with Sheriff Rattatan, rescue marvels of nature with Hip and Popo, and practice magic in middle school with Luz and Sato.

Softcover, 52 pages, full color.

Cover price $9.99.

(W/A/CA) Eric Powell There are many tales of Rondel the wandering hillbilly, and this is the next one! Some years after the great witch war, Rondel finds himself in an uncomfortable situation… in the service of his former captor, Twelve-Toe Maggie. Now Rondel has to figure out how to keep his word and take the head off of the twelve toed witch with the Devil's Cleaver at the same time! Cover price $3.99.

(W/A/CA) Eric Powell Synopsis: For the hardcore collectors out there, Albatross offers a special limited edition card stock cover with original art by Eric Powell. There are many tales of Rondel the wandering hillbilly, and this is the next one! Some years after the great witch war, Rondel finds himself in an uncomfortable situation… in the service of his former captor, Twelve-Toe Maggie. Now Rondel has to figure out how to keep his word and take the head off of the twelve toed witch with the Devil's Cleaver at the same time. Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Very Good $2.80

Add to cart Very Good $2.80

Written and illustrated by Bob McKay. Art instruction. 7" x 9", 32 pages, B&W.

Vertical Flip-N-Fun Coloring-Activity book featuring Huckleberry Hound. Cover art by Iraj Paran/Pete Alvarado. Art by Maureen Bushman. Softcover, 7 3/4-in. x 10 3/4-in., 114 pages, black and white.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.00

Add to cart Near Mint $9.00

1st printing. By Shannon Wheeler. The smash-hit, sold-out Eisner-nominated collection from Shannon Wheeler is back, in a new gift-friendly hardcover edition! I Thought You Would Be Funnier features the best-of-the-best of what's left on the cutting room floor from critically acclaimed Shannon Wheeler's cartoon submissions to the New Yorker. Hardcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $17.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $6.00

Add to cart Near Mint $6.00

1st printing. Story and art by Shannon Wheeler. A new cartoon collection from the mind of Eisner Award-winning, Harvey nominated and current New Yorker cartoonist, Shannon Wheeler! It's the best-of-the-best of what's left on the cutting room floor from Wheeler's cartoon submissions to The New Yorker. Never seen in print before anywhere else! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 112 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

Add to cart FN 6.0 $270.75 View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Written and illustrated by Mark Fisher. 8" x 8-1/4", 20 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

1st printing. Edited by Ken Krueger. Wraparound cover by Gerry Mooney. Underground humor and fantasy comics with stories and art by John Pound (probably best known for his art on the Garbage Pail Kids trading stickers), David Weiss, Vincent Marchesano, Arthur J. Barks (pulp fantasy writer), Charles Momberger, David Coulson, Joe Benintende, and Ed Romero. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 44 pages, BW/PC. Mature Readers. Cover price $1.50.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $32.00 View scans

Later printing - 1943. Collection of cartoons from Collier's, edited by Gurney Williams. Hardcover with dust jacket, 8.5" x 11.25", 126 pages, B&W.

Add to cart Near Mint $6.00

1st printing. By Isabel Marks. Welcome to the world of Namir Deiter...the world of Blue, Joy, Snickers and Tipper. Over the past five years, we have seen them grow, fail and learn to love. Now enjoy the remastered version of year one and fall in love with the girls all over again...or fall in love with them for the first time. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 7-in. x 5-in., 120 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $11.95.

1st printing.

Story and art by Scott Adams.

Office politics, management trends, corporate bureaucracy, oppressive work spaces, and inscrutable jargon are all targets of Scott Adams's darkly goofy satirical pen. Dilbert strikes a deeply resonant chord with cubicle squatters and corporate drones with its dead-on reflection of the realities of the white-collar workplace, even with its off-the-wall delivery.

This collection features Adams's personal all-time favorite Dilbert cartoons, along with his own handwritten commentary about the strips.

Softcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 240 pages, B&W.

Cover price $16.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.95

1st printing.

Written by Emily Riesbeck. Art by Ellen Kramer.

Marnie Winters was going to turn her life around; get out of the house, make friends, no more "Miserable Old Marnie!" Everything was going to plan, but then, of course, she died. Now, Marnie's a ghost trapped on Earth, and the only one who can help her is the overenthusiastic, alien social worker, Xel, whose job is to help ghosts "close their file" and pass on. Xel has a much better idea to soothe Marnie's troubled spirit: an internship in the hopeless bureaucracy of the trans-dimensional Department of Spectral Affairs!

This new do-gooder duo has their work cut out for them in a series of hilarious mishaps and misadventures throughout the space-time continuum (but mostly in and around the office).

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 186 pages, full color.

Cover price $15.00.

Jetsons Space Travel Fun Book (1992 Denney's) #6, one of six non-comic children's promotional activity books from Denny's Resturants. Puzzles, activities, games, but no comic book material. Color cover, B&W newsprint interior, digest-sized, 100 pages counting covers.

Add to cart NM+ 9.6 $35.00 View scan

Jiffy Pop Promotional Booklet. 3-in. x 2 1/2-in. 12 Foldout Pages Full color.

Jiffy Pop Promotional Booklet. 3-in. x 2 1/2-in. 12 Foldout Pages Full color

Add to cart NM 9.4 $27.00 View scan

Jiffy Pop Promotional Booklet. 3-in. x 2 1/2-in. 12 Foldout Pages Full color