Cartoon Cartoons comic books issue 1

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Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons - 1st printing. By Leonard Maltin. From Mickey Mouse to Bugs Bunny, Tom and Jerry to Popeye, this book takes alook att he history of cartoons and animation in America. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 470 pages, B&W (with 8 full color pages). Cover price $24.95.

Vol. 1 #1 - Dec. 1968. Edited by Joe Simon. Single-panel jokes by Bill Wenzel, Bob Tupper, Charles Rodriguez, Don Orehek, Al Kaufman and Charles Dennis and many others. Also includes short text jokes mixed in. 8-in. x 11-in., 66 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.35.

Vol. 1 #2 - Feb. 1969. Edited by Joe Simon. Single-panel jokes by Bill Wenzel, Bob Tupper, Charles Rodriguez, Don Orehek, Al Kaufman and Charles Dennis and many others. Also includes short text jokes mixed in. 8-in. x 11-in., 66 pages, black and white. MATURE. Cover price $0.35.

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By Ted Rall.

Witty, acerbic, razor sharp: Ted Rall has been called a spokesperson for his generation. But the political cartoonist doesn't leave anyone untouched -- even his own Generation X -- as he focuses his caustic imagination on everything from pop culture to the environment, from underemployment to political trends. Rall brings an insightful understanding into the forces that are shaping society today.

Softcover, 9-in. x 9-in., 160 pages, B&W.

Cover price $12.95.

1st Edition - 1st printing.

By Jerry Beck.

In a world of sarcastic rabbits, megalomaniacal ducks, stuttering pigs, and dancing frogs, what defines greatness?

Thousands of cartoon fans, historians, and animators were asked to select the greatest Looney Tunes episodes of all time based on historical significance, biggest laughs, best animation, and important milestones. Looney Tunes' most recognizable shorts and faces are gathered for the first time in a single volume with more than 300 color illustrations from private collectors and the Warner Bros. archives.

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 9 1/2-in. x 7-in., 220 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.95.

1st Edition - 2nd and later printings.

By Jerry Beck.

In a world of sarcastic rabbits, megalomaniacal ducks, stuttering pigs, and dancing frogs, what defines greatness?

Thousands of cartoon fans, historians, and animators were asked to select the greatest Looney Tunes episodes of all time based on historical significance, biggest laughs, best animation, and important milestones. Looney Tunes' most recognizable shorts and faces are gathered for the first time in a single volume with more than 300 color illustrations from private collectors and the Warner Bros. archives.

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 9 1/2-in. x 7-in., 220 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.95.

2nd Edition -1st printing.

By Jerry Beck. Foreword by Leonard Maltin.

In a world of rascally rabbits, megalomaniacal ducks, and stuttering pigs, what defines greatness? This question was posed to thousands of cartoon fans, historians, and animators to create The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons, the definitive reference.

Jerry Beck and the Cartoon Brew team of animation experts reveal the amusing anecdotes and secret origins behind such classics as "What's Opera, Doc?," "One Froggy Evening," and "Duck Dodgers in the 24th Century." Published just in time for Bugs Bunny's 80th birthday, The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons settles the debate on the best of the best, and poses a new question: Is your favorite one of the greatest?

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 9 1/2-in. x 7-in., 240 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.95.

2nd Edition - 2nd and later printings.

By Jerry Beck. Foreword by Leonard Maltin.

In a world of rascally rabbits, megalomaniacal ducks, and stuttering pigs, what defines greatness? This question was posed to thousands of cartoon fans, historians, and animators to create The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons, the definitive reference.

Jerry Beck and the Cartoon Brew team of animation experts reveal the amusing anecdotes and secret origins behind such classics as "What's Opera, Doc?," "One Froggy Evening," and "Duck Dodgers in the 24th Century." Published just in time for Bugs Bunny's 80th birthday, The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons settles the debate on the best of the best, and poses a new question: Is your favorite one of the greatest?

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 9 1/2-in. x 7-in., 240 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.95.

A premium offered in return for a subscription to the The Ram's Horn magazine. A collection of religious-themed cartoons by Frank Beard. Printed by Ram's Horn Press. Hardcover. 14" X 10 3/4 ", 112 pages.

1st printing. By Jerry Beck. More than 300 illustrations showcase the 50 greatest animated cartoons of all time. Featuring such beloved characters as Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse, this treasury also includes biographical spotlights of illustrating pioneers such as Chuck Jones, plus a look at Disney, Warner Bros., and other great animation studios. Hardcover, 9-in. x 11-in., 196 pages, text (w/full color illustrations). Cover price $14.95.

2nd and later printings. By Jerry Beck. More than 300 illustrations showcase the 50 greatest animated cartoons of all time. Featuring such beloved characters as Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse, this treasury also includes biographical spotlights of illustrating pioneers such as Chuck Jones, plus a look at Disney, Warner Bros., and other great animation studios. Hardcover, 9-in. x 11-in., 196 pages, text (w/full color illustrations). Cover price $14.95.

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Story and art by Dr. Charles Johnson.

Before Charles Johnson found fame as a novelist and won the National Book Award for Middle Passage in 1991, he was a cartoonist, and a very good one.

Taught via mail correspondence course by the comics editor Lawrence Lariar, mentored by the New Yorker cartoonist Charles Barsotti, and inspired by the call of poet Amiri Baraka to celebrate and depict Black life in America, Johnson crafted some of the fiercest and funniest cartoons of the twentieth century.

This collection brings together work from across his career: college newspaper gags, selections from his books Black Humor and Half-Past Nation Time, his unpublished manuscript Lumps in the Melting Pot, and uncollected pieces.

Hradcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 280 pages, B&W.

Cover price $34.95.

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1st Printing. America's most ferocious political commentator presents his most controversial cartoons in America Gone Wild. Here are Ted Rall's incendiary attacks against the blowhards who emerged when America lost its collective mind after the 9/11 attacks, cartoons that made the news and mocked their self-importance. 9" x 9", 168 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.95.

1st printing. The scintillating cartoon works of Doug Sneyd, an artist for Playboy magazine since the early 1960s, return to print in this stunning softcover art book. Readers will be charmed by these most deliciously hilarious of Doug's full-page cartoons featuring the lovely Sneyd girls and the one-line jokes they so ably illustrate! Softcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 248 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $19.99.

Art and Cover by Frank Webb. Simple cartoonist instruction book using letters of Automobile Company names as bases for cartoon drawings. 24 pages, B&W

1st printing. By Pat Oliphant. A cartoon collection from the most widely syndicated political cartoonist in the world. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 10-in. x 7-in., 180 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

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Issue 1 - 1955. Humor, Jokes, Cartoons, and gags all written and illustrated by Al Ross. 5" x 7.5", 140 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

1st Printing. This book contains selected comic strips from the British humor magazine, "Punch". Foreword by A.P. Herbert. Cover price $3.00.

The Best of Pete Millar's Drag Cartoons, 1968. 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.60.

1st printing. By Pat Oliphant. A cartoon collection from the most widely syndicated political cartoonist in the world. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 10-in. x 7-in., 176 pages, B&W. Cover price $8.95.

1st printing.

Written by Bill Janocha. Art and cover by Mort Walker.

Mort Walker, the Dean of American Cartooning, left behind a legacy that extended far beyond his Beetle Bailey and Hi and Lois fame.

For the first time ever, Hermes Press and Bill Janocha (Walker's assistant) present a rare selection of gags and art from Walker's early years, before Beetle-mania took over the world. This historical book contains examples of the work he did prior to Beetle Bailey, and explores the evolution of his style and showcases his many gags, from his early comics in Showme magazine to the work he did for the Saturday Evening Post.

This tome also contains historical essays detailing his life and career, up until his death in 2018 as written by Janocha.

Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 192 pages, full color.

Cover price $49.99.

Books, Books, Books: A Hilarious Collection of Literary Cartoons - 1st printing. Edited by S. Gross and Jim Charlton. America's premiere cartoonists pay uproarious tribute to the wonderful world of books! Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 9-in. x 6-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.95.

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Books, Books, Books: A Hilarious Collection of Literary Cartoons - 2nd and later printings. Edited by S. Gross and Jim Charlton. America's premiere cartoonists pay uproarious tribute to the wonderful world of books! Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 9-in. x 6-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.95.

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1st printing. By Pat Oliphant. A cartoon collection from the most widely syndicated political cartoonist in the world. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 10-in. x 7-in., 180 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

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The Campaign of '52 in Star Cartoons (1952) is a magazine published by The Washington Star. Follow the course of the 1952 presidental election through the view of political cartoonists James Berryman, and Gib Crockett. 80 pages, black and white cover with black and white illustrations in the interior. 20-in x 26-in.

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1st printing. By Sidney Harris. Got homework? A big meeting with the provost? Procrastinate with a collection of cartoons by Sidney Harris! Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 140 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Cartoons reprinted from Harper's Weekly and the New York Journal. Includes cartoons about the Spanish-American War. Title page reads "Davenport's Cartoons". Published by De Witt Publishing House. 12"x 16-1/2", 102 pages, hard-cover, B&W.

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A.C McClurg & Company, by John McCutcheon, hardcover, 12-3/8 x 9-3/4, 212 pages, B&W, 1903. This is the 2nd edition.

1st printing. Cartoons for Victory showcases the wartime work by cartoonists including Milton Caniff, Chester Gould, Al Capp, Harold Gray, Charles Addams, Herblock, Peter Arno, Will Eisner, Harvey Kurtzman, Hank Ketcham, and many others. Gathered from private collections and obscure public sources, most of the cartoons and comics in this book have not been seen since their first publication. This is the most comprehensive collection ever assembled of World War II-era cartoons, reflecting the indefatigable spirit of the time. Hardcover, 240 pages, full color. Cover price $34.99.

Written and art by Ellison Hoover. Forward by Robert Benchley. Humorous illustrations about life. 8-1/2" X 11". Red cloth cover, B&W interior. 102 pages.

Reprints Puck magazine cartoons by Joseph Keppler, from 1877 to 1893. Mostly black and white with some color, with introduction and text by H.C. Bunner. Limited to 300 printed, bound and numbered copies, signed by Keppler. Only 1/4 of the pages are cartoons. 14-1/4" x 11-1/2", hardcover, 244 pages.

One-shot, Apr. 1968. Cartoons with a dungeon theme by Ted Trogdon. 8-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

1st Printing. When Sam Cobean was killed in a car accident in 1951, he had produced almost two full years of work since the publication of his best seller, "Cobean's Naked Eye". The pick of these new cartoons, plus some of the wonderful earlier Cobeans, make up this book. There are more than 180 cartoons and cartoon stories; all but a few of them here are printed for the first time in book form. More than one-third have never appeared anywhere before. Hardcover, 8.5" x 11", B&W. Cover price $3.95.

Political Cartoons Related to the War of 1898 with Spain. 7-in. x 10 1/2-in. Hardcover 180 Pages Landscape format B&W

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1st printing. Story and art by Derek Ballard. Cartoonist and animator Derek M. Ballard makes modern American family comics. It's not his fault that being a single parent in America is kind of a nightmare. Derek is a solo parent raising three kids in the American South, while trying to make art. Told in a series of free-flowing and often hilarious comic essays, Cartoonshow gets to the heart of the struggle to be a creative person in a society that doesn't value anything other than how much it can grind out of you. Covid, poverty, the failing social safety net, predatory lenders, and literal acts of God can't stop our hero! Hardcover, 8-in. x 6-in., 144 pages, PC. NOTE: "I laughed and cried, y'all these are the real $@#% journal comics. Drawings that could slay a dragon. Every punchline a funny knife in your eye." - Pendleton Ward Cover price $21.99.

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Story and art by Dave Coverly.

Here is an irresistible collection of clever cat-themed cartoons, a companion title to Dave Coverly's Dogs Are People, Too: A Collection of Cartoons to Make Your Tail Wag.

This collection contains over a hundred of Dave's funniest cat cartoons from his nationally syndicated panel Speed Bump, as well as cat doodles and interviews from eight other award-winning cat-loving cartoonists. Filled with cat clichés, cat bloopers, and pop "cature," this is a compelling gift item perfect for animal-lovers of all ages.

Softcover, 6-in.x 8 1/2-in., 224 pages, full color. All Ages

Cover price $16.99.

Religious cartoons by E.J. Pace, reprinted from The Sunday School Times. 6" x 7-1/4", brown hard cover, B&W.

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1st printing. By Roger Dahl. Roger Dahl's Zero Gravity cartoon strip has been a popular feature of Japan's leading English-language daily newspaper, The Japan Times, since 1991. Now, for the first time, Roger Dahl's Comic Japan brings together the best of Zero Gravity in book form. Offering a Western artist's take on Japan, the strip stars Larry and Lily, a young American couple working as English teachers in Tokyo. Larry and Lily never manage to fully integrate into Japanese society, and Zero Gravity takes a whimsical approach to the meeting of cultures as well as the quirky dynamics of changing relationships between generations and subgroups within Japan. Softcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 168 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.95.

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1st printing. By John Callahan. A collection of hilarious and politically incorrect comic strips from the author of DON'T WORRY, HE WON'T GET FAR ON FOOT and DO NOT DISTURB ANY FURTHER. Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 112 pages, B&W. Cover price $8.00.

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1st printing. By Donato. A collection of pilitical satire touching on all the Hot Button issues of a very turbulent era. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 192 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $7.95.

1st printing. BY Garry Trudeau. Foreword by Erich Segal. A collection of cartoons from the the creator's college days. Softcover, 7-in. x 6-in., 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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2nd and later printings. BY Garry Trudeau. Foreword by Erich Segal. A collection of cartoons from the the creator's college days. Softcover, 7-in. x 6-in., 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

1st printing. By Richard H. Minear. Introduction by Art Spiegelman. For decades, readers throughout the world have enjoyed the marvelous stories and illustrations of Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. But few know the work Geisel did as a political cartoonist during World War II, for the New York daily newspaper PM. In these extraordinarily trenchant cartoons, Geisel presents a provocative history of wartime politics (Entertainment Weekly). Dr. Seuss Goes to War features handsome, large-format reproductions of more than two hundred of Geisels cartoons, alongside insightful (Booklist) commentary by the historian Richard H. Minear that places them in the context of the national climate they reflect. Pulitzer Prize winner Art Spiegelmans introduction places Seuss firmly in the pantheon of the leading political cartoonists of our time. Hardcover, 9-in. x 9-in., 272 pages, B&W. NOTE: Fascinating. —The New York Times Book Review Cover price $25.00.

1st printing. By Richard H. Minear. Introduction by Art Spiegelman. For decades, readers throughout the world have enjoyed the marvelous stories and illustrations of Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. But few know the work Geisel did as a political cartoonist during World War II, for the New York daily newspaper PM. In these extraordinarily trenchant cartoons, Geisel presents a provocative history of wartime politics (Entertainment Weekly). Dr. Seuss Goes to War features handsome, large-format reproductions of more than two hundred of Geisels cartoons, alongside insightful (Booklist) commentary by the historian Richard H. Minear that places them in the context of the national climate they reflect. Pulitzer Prize winner Art Spiegelmans introduction places Seuss firmly in the pantheon of the leading political cartoonists of our time. Softcover, 9-in. x 9-in., 288 pages, B&W. NOTE: Fascinating. —The New York Times Book Review

Art by Jack Markow. A How-To instructional guide to elevating your cartooning skills. Softcover, 64 pages, B&W

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1st printing. By Jack Ohman. A hilarious collection of political satire from the author of Back to the '80s. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 9-in. x 6-in., 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.