Cartoonist Profiles (1977) comic books 1980
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Issue #45
Published Mar 1980 by Supergraphics.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
March 1980. Cover blurb: "Pope John Paul II has just been presented here with a book of Mickey Mouse's adventures, by Franco Fossati from the Press Office of 'Mostra Internazionale dei Cartoonists' in Rome. This photo was sent to us by Carlo Chendi of Rapallo, Italy. Carlo is the well-known writer of Italian comics and an organizer of comics congresses. He writes that The Pope knows Mickey Mouse very well and would like to find time for reading again the stories of the agreeable mouse." Cover price $3.50.
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Issue #46
Published Jun 1980 by Supergraphics.Artist Bob Zschiesche cover featured. Zschiesche saw his cartoons first published in a nationally distributed magazine called Open Road for Boys. In 1943, at the age of 15, Zschiesche began taking classes at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. Instructors included Dick Calkins, creator of Buck Rogers. After completing the two-year course, Zschiesche found employment as a mail-boy at the Chicago Tribune. The Tribune editorial cartoonists took time to look over Zschieche´s drawings and recommended him for a job as assistant to Frank King, creator of Gasoline Alley. Cover price $3.50.
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Issue #47
Published Sep 1980 by Supergraphics.$8.00
The 50th Anniversary of Blondie is cover-featured. Blondie is a much-loved comic strip created by Chic Young that has been syndicated in newspapers since 1930. Originally, the strip centered on Blondie Boopadoop, a carefree flapper girl who spent her days in dance halls. On February 17, 1933, after much fanfare and buildup, Miss Boopadoop was married to Dagwood Bumstead, a wealthy boyfriend of hers. Unfortunately for the Bumsteads, Dagwood was disowned by his upper-crust family for marrying beneath his class, and he has been slaving away in the office of the J. C. Dithers Construction Company to support his family ever since. Blondie and Dagwood have stayed together, living in suburbia next door to Herb and Tootsie Woodley. The Bumstead family has grown with the addition of a son Alexander (originally "Baby Dumpling"), a daughter Cookie, and a dog named Daisy. Alexander and Cookie have grown up into teenagers who uncannily resemble their parents. Blondie has received many honors throughout the years as a classic comic strip, including its own U.S. postage stamp in 1995. Chic Young drew Blondie until his death in 1973, when the control of the strip passed to his son Dean Young. Dean Young has collaborated with a number of artists on the strip, including Jim Raymond, Stan Drake, and most recently Dennis LeBrun. While the look of Blondie has been carefully preserved, a number of details have been altered to keep up with changing times. Blondie herself is no longer simply a house-wife, but she and Tootsie Woodley started a catering business in 1991. Dagwood still knocks heads with his boss, Mr. Dithers, but now he does it in his capacity as Webmaster for J. C. Dithers Construction Company. Cover price $4.00.
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Issue #48
Published Dec 1980 by Supergraphics.Issue No. 48 has profiles or features covering the following artists: Henry Boltinoff, Gordon Campbell, John Canemaker, Al Capp, Jerry DeFuccio, Tony Di Preta, Bill Gallo, Johnny Hart, David Hilberman, Bil Keane, I. Klein, Harry Love, Ranan Lurie, Duncan Macpherson, Grim Natwick, Charles Schulz, Raeburn Van Buren, Mort Walker, and Zim. Cover price $4.00.
