Cartoon Cartoons comic books issue 1

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.

Volume 1, 1st Printing. One of three volumes. This collection represents the state of magazine cartooning in the early 1920's. Although many cartoons were chosen because they reflect their times, others were included because of their timeless humor, and still others because their satirical thrust is astonishingly contemporary still - tackling issues such as the environment, censorship, women of the times and Americana in general. Features artwork by Percy Crosby, A.B. Frost, Charles Gibson, Harrison Cady, T.S. Sullivant, Gluyas Williams, Russ Westover, Carl Anderson, James Flagg, Ross Santee, E.W. Kimble, Art Young and many others. Cover price $8.95.

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.

1st printing - Allan Nevins and Frank Weitenkampf Collection of satirical cartoons by Thomas Nast and others. Hardcover 7 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in. 192 pages B&W.

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.

1st printing. Written and illustrated by Francis W. Dahl. Hardcover, 10" x 8", 160 pages, B&W. NOTE: May have been originally released with Dust Jacket.

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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.

1st printing. By Sidney Harris. No scientific topic is safe from Sideny Harris's pen. Harris's insightful cartoons, which grace bulletin boards and laboratory doors everywhere, have become every person's window into the often baffling and weirdly funny side of science and scientists. Softcover, 7 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 154 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.00.

Revised Edition - 1st printing. By Sidney Harris. Sidney Harris is America's foremost science cartoonist. He has been praised by luminaries such as Linus Pauling and Isaac Asimov, as well as countless others throughout the world, for his ability to find humour in what is traditionally regarded as a somewhat dry subject. Harris does for science what Scott Adams (creator of Dilbert) does for business: his unique perspective illustrates the scientific and technological environments in such a funny way that everyone can enjoy it. Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.95.

2nd Edition - 1st printing. By Jeff Lenburg. This ready reference details every cartoon and every cartoon character ever created. This guide documents every production from 1911 to the present with more than 2200 cartoon entries. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 576 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations) Cover price $24.95.

1st Printing.Written by Jeff Lenburg. Softcover, 8-in x 11-in, B&W. Cover price $24.95.

1st Printing. In "The Fall of Man", Seattle internationally honored editorial cartoonist, David Horsey, surveys all of creation to prove modern human beings remain as foolish and fallible as the two who were tossed from Eden. His book takes us for a tour across an America of fractured families and media voyeurism; on to a political world filled with lighter-than-air leaders; then around a planet disintegrating into tribalism and back again to Puget Sound where strip malls creep toward the mountain tops and salmon swim toward extinction. The laugh-so-you-won't-cry story of homo sapiens in the 1990's is brilliantly captured in this collection of 150 cartoons from the pages of Seattle Post-Intellegencer. Softcover, Horizontal format, 10.5" x 8", 154 pages, B&W.

1st printing. By Flannery O'Connor. Fantagraphics is honored to bring the little-known early cartoons of one of the greatest writers of the 20th century to a 21st century readership. Flannery O'Connor: The Cartoons reprints all of the cartoons she did for several small newspapers and University publications in the 1940s in which she lampoons student life and the impact of World War II on the home front whilst trying out artistic techniques that were later deployed in her fiction. The Southern Gothic humor and acid observations will be instantly recognizable to all fans of this beloved icon of American literature. Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 10-in. x 8-in., 144 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $22.99.

First Edition. Anthology of cartoons from a variety of French magazines, including: L'Assiete au Beurre, La Vie Parisienne, Le Regiment, Sans-Gene, Le Sourire, Parisiana, Fantasio, Candide and Le Rire. Translated into English and edited by Keene Wallis. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.5" x 8.25", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.00.

1st printing. Story and art by Charles Rodrigues. Culled from the pages of National Lampoon, this is Fantagraphics second collection of the work of Charles Rodrigues, one of the most audacious, taboo-busting cartoonists who ever lived. There is no example of human suffering, tragedy, or absurdity that is off limits. The cartoons are hilarious and yet without a drop of rancor, even the chapter titled "Good Ways to Kill a Rock Performer." This is a welcome re-examination of one of the great, under-appreciated and quintessentially American cartoonists. Hardcover, 400 pages, full color. Cover price $34.99.

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1st printing - 3 Volumes (with Slipcase). OVER ONE THOUSAND CARTOONS SPANNING 50 YEARS OF A LEGENDARY CAREER! Fifty-one, to be exact, but let's not quibble. Gahan Wilson is among the most popular, widely-read, and beloved cartoonists in the history of the medium, whose career spans the 2nd half of the 20th century, and all of the 21st. His work has been seen by millions -no, hundreds of millions- in the pages of Playboy, The New Yorker, Punch, The National Lampoon, and many other magazines; there is no telling, really, how many readers he has corrupted or comforted. He is revered for his playfully sinister take on childhood, adulthood, men, women, and monsters. His brand of humor makes you laugh until you cry. And it's about time that a collection of his cartoons was published that did justice to his vast body of work. When Gahan Wilson walked into Hugh Hefner's office in 1957, he sat down as Hefner was on the phone, gently rejecting a submission to his new gentlemen's magazine: "I think it's very well-written and I liked it very much," Hefner reportedly said, "but it's anti-sin. And I'm afraid we're pro-sin." Wilson knew, at that moment, that he had found a kindred spirit and a potential home for his cartoons. And indeed he had; Wilson appeared in every issue of Playboy from the December 1957 issue to today. It has been one of the most fruitful, successful, and long-lived relationships between a contributor and a magazine, ever. Gahan Wilson: 50 Years of Playboy Cartoons features not only every cartoon Wilson drew for Playboy, but all his prose fiction that has appeared in that magazine as well, from his first story in the June, 1962 issue, "Horror Trio," to such classics as "Dracula Country" (September 1978). It also includes the text-and-art features he drew for Playboy, such as his look at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum, his take on our country's "pathology of violence," and his appreciation of "transplant surgery." Wilson's notoriously black sense of comedy is on display throughout the book, leaving no sacred cow unturned (an image curiously absent in the book), ridiculing everything from state sponsored executions to the sober precincts of the nouveau rich, from teenage dating to police line-ups, with scalding and hilarious satirical jabs. Although Wilson is known as an artist who relishes the creepy side of modern life, this three-volume set truly demonstrates the depth and breadth of his range - from illustrating private angst we never knew we had (when you eat a steak, just whom are you eating?) to the ironic and deadpan take on horrifying public issues (ecological disaster, nuclear destruction anyone?). Gahan Wilson has been peeling back the troubling layers of modern life with his incongruously playful and unnerving cartoons, assailing our deepest fears and our most inane follies. This three-volume set is a testament to one of the funniest - and wickedly disturbing - cartoonists alive. GAHAN WILSON was born in 1930 in Evanston, IL and lives in New York City. Hardcover (3 Volumes with Slipcase), 8-in. x 10 1/2-in., 1,056 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $125.00.

1st printing. NOTE: The Limited Edition (B) includes a signed and numbered, two-color letterpress print and a box set of reproduction Christmas illustrations sent from Gahan Wilson to Hugh Hefner. Limited to 300 copies - OVER ONE THOUSAND CARTOONS SPANNING 50 YEARS OF A LEGENDARY CAREER! Fifty-one, to be exact, but let's not quibble. Gahan Wilson is among the most popular, widely-read, and beloved cartoonists in the history of the medium, whose career spans the 2nd half of the 20th century, and all of the 21st. His work has been seen by millions -no, hundreds of millions- in the pages of Playboy, The New Yorker, Punch, The National Lampoon, and many other magazines; there is no telling, really, how many readers he has corrupted or comforted. He is revered for his playfully sinister take on childhood, adulthood, men, women, and monsters. His brand of humor makes you laugh until you cry. And it's about time that a collection of his cartoons was published that did justice to his vast body of work. When Gahan Wilson walked into Hugh Hefner's office in 1957, he sat down as Hefner was on the phone, gently rejecting a submission to his new gentlemen's magazine: "I think it's very well-written and I liked it very much," Hefner reportedly said, "but it's anti-sin. And I'm afraid we're pro-sin." Wilson knew, at that moment, that he had found a kindred spirit and a potential home for his cartoons. And indeed he had; Wilson appeared in every issue of Playboy from the December 1957 issue to today. It has been one of the most fruitful, successful, and long-lived relationships between a contributor and a magazine, ever. Gahan Wilson: 50 Years of Playboy Cartoons features not only every cartoon Wilson drew for Playboy, but all his prose fiction that has appeared in that magazine as well, from his first story in the June, 1962 issue, "Horror Trio," to such classics as "Dracula Country" (September 1978). It also includes the text-and-art features he drew for Playboy, such as his look at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum, his take on our country's "pathology of violence," and his appreciation of "transplant surgery." Wilson's notoriously black sense of comedy is on display throughout the book, leaving no sacred cow unturned (an image curiously absent in the book), ridiculing everything from state sponsored executions to the sober precincts of the nouveau rich, from teenage dating to police line-ups, with scalding and hilarious satirical jabs. Although Wilson is known as an artist who relishes the creepy side of modern life, this three-volume set truly demonstrates the depth and breadth of his range - from illustrating private angst we never knew we had (when you eat a steak, just whom are you eating?) to the ironic and deadpan take on horrifying public issues (ecological disaster, nuclear destruction anyone?). Gahan Wilson has been peeling back the troubling layers of modern life with his incongruously playful and unnerving cartoons, assailing our deepest fears and our most inane follies. This three-volume set is a testament to one of the funniest - and wickedly disturbing - cartoonists alive. GAHAN WILSON was born in 1930 in Evanston, IL and lives in New York City. Hardcover, 1,056 pages, B&W. Mature Readers NOTE: The Limited Edition (B) includes a signed and numbered, two-color letterpress print and a box set of reproduction Christmas illustrations sent from Gahan Wilson to Hugh Hefner. Limited to 300 copies Cover price $175.00.

1st Printing - Series of cartoon reprints originally published in "The Daily Express" and "The Sunday Express" in England by prolific cartoonist, Ronald "Carl" Giles, simply known as Giles. With highly detailed single panel scenarios, and a cast of reoccurring characters known as the "Giles Family", he delighted readers on a daily basis for over 50 years until his death in 1995. Softcover, Horizontal Format, 10" x 7.5", 128 pages, B&W.

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1st printing.

Story and art by Lucy Knisley.

An irresistible and hilarious collection of Lucy Knisley's cartoons about new motherhood. Lucy Knisley is one of the great memoirists of the graphic novel format. Following the completion of her pregnancy memoir Kid Gloves (and the birth of her baby), Lucy embarked on a new project: documenting new motherhood in short, spontaneous little cartoons, which she posted on her Instagram, and which quickly gained her a huge cult following among other moms.

The best of those wildly popular little cartoons are collected in this adorable gift book, a perfect read for expecting parents, new parents, and anyone who loves funny, relatable comics storytelling.

Softcover, 7-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W.

Cover price $14.99.

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1st Printing - Compiled by Howard Ziehm with a "Fore"word by Bob Hope. This precious collection of comic strips traces the sport of golf, golfers, and golf humor as depicted in newspapers and magazines all throughout the 20th century. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 176 pages, PC/PB&W.

1st Edition - 1st printing. By Denis Gifford. From Droopy Dog to Popeye, Betty Boop to Tom & Jerry, Bug Bunny to the Pink Panther, this comprehensive books provide dossiers for all the classic cartoon characters that have made us laugh during the 20th Century! Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 12-in., 128 pages, B&W. Published by Jupiter Books.

1st printing.

Edited by John Bailey.

A collection of comic strips by such renown cartoonists as Charles Addams, Jean Pierre Aldebert, Bosc, Edwin Fisher, John Hart, Peter Hurzeler, Frank Modell, Terence Parkes, Charles Schulz, Fredy Sigg, Leslie Starke, Barney Tobey, and many more!

Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, B&W.

Cover price $4.95.

Issue #1 - 1971. One-panel gag cartoons from Golf and Club magazine. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.75.

1st Printing - Written and Illustrated by Ivan Brunetti. This mini book packs in lots of laughs with each turning page. Completely inappropriate, offensive, and downright deprived Ivan Brunetti delivers all of this and more with this collection of single page comics that sometimes go way too far. Softcover, 3" x 3", 32 pages, B&W. -Mature Readers- Cover price $2.50.

First printing. Written by Frank F. Greene. Published by Harper & Brothers. 1941.

With dust jacket. 1926 edition of How to Draw Cartoons by Clare Briggs. Note: There is also a 1937 2nd edition). Published by Harper & Brothers Publishers, NY. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 150 pages, text with profuse illustrations and examples, with plenty of examples by Briggs, Fischer, Goldberg, King, Webster, Opper, Tad, Hershfield, Ding and other giants of their day. One of the first books to explain how budding cartoonists might go about breaking into the synidicated comics business.

No dust jacket. 1926 edition of How to Draw Cartoons by Clare Briggs. Note: There is also a 1937 2nd edition). Published by Harper & Brothers Publishers, NY. 7-1/2 x 10 inches, 150 pages, text with profuse illustrations and examples, with plenty of examples by Briggs, Fischer, Goldberg, King, Webster, Opper, Tad, Hershfield, Ding and other giants of their day. One of the first books to explain how budding cartoonists might go about breaking into the synidicated comics business.

How to Draw Cartoons by Chuck Thorndike, Lession 1, The Head (1936). Outlines a basic method for drawing cartoons, specifically the head in this first installment. A premium giveaway distributed by the Eagle Pencil Co. (London, New York, Toronto), and published by The House of Little Books. 8.5-in. x 11-in., black-and-white, 4 page pamphlet, came folded up and actually open like a calendar. As most if not all copies were distributed folded in envelopes by mail, standard mailing folds are not considered a defect when grading.

6th Printing - December 1940, publisher, Greenberg (NOTE: Greenberg is the original publisher and should not be confused with newer editions published by World Publishing Co). by Carl Anderson, the creator of the "Henry" newspaper comic strip. Forty-six lessons by one of America's most successful and experienced cartoonists. With a foreward about the author reprinted from Time Magazine, 1935. Profusely illustrated. Hardcover, 5 3/4-in. x 8 1/2-in., 110 pages, B&W.

3rd printing - No dust jacket. December 1940, publisher, Greenberg (NOTE: Greenberg is the original publisher and should not be confused with newer editions published by World Publishing Co). by Carl Anderson, the creator of the "Henry" newspaper comic strip. Forty-six lessons by one of America's most successful and experienced cartoonists. With a foreward about the author reprinted from Time Magazine, 1935. Profusely illustrated. Hardcover, 5 3/4-in. x 8 1/2-in., 110 pages, B&W.

1st printing. Collects Hugo (1984 Fantagraphics) #1-3. Story and art by Milton Knight, Jr. Softcover, 124 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $14.95.

1st Printing - Written and Illustrated by Sara Lautman. Cow Tools a rich butt-touching life a natural butt-touching death a placid spirit Cow Tools the hint not taken Cow Tools a hostage caroling Cow Tools my temperature in cruelty Cow Tools Gehenna Cow Tools ding dong ditch Cow Tools I love you Cow Tools cow tools Cow Tools. Softcover, 5" x 7", 120 pages, color. Cover price $10.00.

1st printing.

Edited by David Wallis.

Think you live in a society with a free press? These celebrated cartoonists and illustrators found out otherwise. Whether blasting Bush for his Bring em on! speech, spanking pedophile priests, questioning capital punishment, debating the disputed 2000 election, or just mocking baseball mascots, they learned that newspapers and magazines increasingly play it safe by suppressing satire.

With censored cartoons, many unpublished, by the likes of Garry Trudeau, Doug Marlette, Paul Conrad, Mike Luckovich, Matt Davies, and Ted Rall (all Pulitzer Prize winners or finalists), as well as unearthed editorial illustrations by Norman Rockwell, Edward Sorel, Anita Kunz, Marshall Arisman, and Steve Brodner, you will find yourself surprised and often shocked by the images themselves―and outraged by the fact that a fearful editor kept you from seeing them. Needed now more than ever because of a neutered press thats more lapdog than watchdog, Killed Cartoons will make you laugh, make you angry, and make you think.

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7-in., 282 pages, B&W.

Cover price $15.95.

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1st printing. By Matt Bors. Are corporations people? Is birth control a sin? Can the president kill you with a drone strike? In this essential collection, Pulitzer Prize Finalist Matt Bors mixes the best political cartoons from his prolific body of work with 15 essays to answer the most perplexing questions of our time. Never has reading about economics and mass shootings been this enjoyable! Softcover, 8-in. x 9-in., 240 pages, full color. Cover price $20.00.

1st printing. by Bruce Malcolm Phelps. A collection of cartoons compiled from the anti-Catholic paper, "The Menace". Softcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 76 pg, BW.

1st printing.

By Max Cannon.

Another collection of comic strips spotlighting the twisted humor of Max Cannon.

Softcover (Horizontal Format), 8 1/2-in. x 5 1/2-in., 112 pages, B&W.

Cover price $9.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Stories, art and cover by Bud Fisher. Reprints of the classic comic strip created by Bud Fisher. This book reprints the 1910 book of Mutt & Jeff comic strips published by Ball Company, one of the very first "comic books." Mutt gets a job as a beat cop and catches two burglars in the act. But he's a little fuzzy on what's supposed to happen after that. The format, one strip per page, showcases Fisher's detailed linework. Softcover (Horizontal Format Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 15 1/2-in. x 5-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $8.95.

1st printing. A collection of mature humor for an immature audience. Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 384 pages, B&W. Mature Readers