The Funnies comic books issue 1

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1st printing. By Robert C. Harvey. What made the comic strip so enduring? This fascinating study by one of the few comics critics to develop sound critical principles by which to evaluate the comics as works of art and literature unfolds the history of the funnies and reveals the subtle art of how the comic strip blends words and pictures to make its impact. Together, these create meaning that neither conveys by itself. The Art of The Funnies offers a critical vocabulary for the appreciation of the newspaper comic strip as an art form and shows that full awareness of the artistry comes from considering both the verbal and the visual elements of the medium. The techniques of creating a comic strip - breaking down the narrative, composition of the panel, planning the layout - have remained constant since comic strips were originated. Softcover, 298 pages, B&W.

2nd and later printings. By Robert C. Harvey. What made the comic strip so enduring? This fascinating study by one of the few comics critics to develop sound critical principles by which to evaluate the comics as works of art and literature unfolds the history of the funnies and reveals the subtle art of how the comic strip blends words and pictures to make its impact. Together, these create meaning that neither conveys by itself. The Art of The Funnies offers a critical vocabulary for the appreciation of the newspaper comic strip as an art form and shows that full awareness of the artistry comes from considering both the verbal and the visual elements of the medium. The techniques of creating a comic strip - breaking down the narrative, composition of the panel, planning the layout - have remained constant since comic strips were originated. Softcover, 298 pages, B&W.

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Volume 1, 1st Printing. Written by Patrick Rosenkranz and Hugo Van Baren. Retrospective of the underground comic book boom during the R. Crumb era with tons of photographs and illustrations. Softcover, 8" x 10", 78 pages, B&W. -Mature Readers-

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Cover art by Howard Cruse. The Eclipse; Barefootz and Dolly encounter a cosmic phenomenon. Numerous one-page stories with Barefootz, Dolly, Headrack, and other characters. All art and scripts by Howard Cruse. Adults only. 36 pgs. $0.75. Cover price $0.75.

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Stories and art by Samuel J. Galentree. 24 pgs. B&W with color cover. Cover price $2.75.

1st printing. Cover by R. Crumb. Compilation of Bijou funnies published from 1968 to 1975. Art and stories by R. Crumb, Art Spiegelman, Jay Lynch, Skip Williamson, Jay Kinney, R. Hayes, James Osborne, Justin Green, Gilbert Shelton, Dan Clyne, Evert Geradts and Kim Deitch. 160 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $4.95.

1st Printing. Softcover, 8" x 9", 152 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.95.

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nn (No.1) - 36 Pages

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Cover by Bob Oksner. Stories and art by Bob Oksner, Don Williams, Ben Levin, Ken Battefield, William Hudson, Ed Good, John Ushler, Gil Turner, Max Plaisted, Leo Isaacs, Tony Loeb, E. Smith, William Martin and Everett Kinstler. A wide-ranging anthology featuring superheroes, funny animals, historical adventure and jungle action. The debut of adventure heroes Wonderman, Zudo, Magnet, and Silver Knight, who would later appear in Mystery Comics (1944); Jungle lord Zudo battles ivory hunters; Grant Halford, aka Magnet, invents a "Geo-Locator" that allows him to find bad guys or missing persons. The Wonderman who appears in this issue has no connection to either the Wonder Man created by Will Eisner for Fox or the later Marvel character. Brad Spencer--Wonderman; Swifty Smith; Perky the Quiz Pig; Zudo; Cactus Cal; Chimp the Champ; Magnet; Pancho and Poco; Pa Tucket; Battleship the Wag; Silver Knight; Pip the Penguin; Wilbur; Chips; Iglik the Eskimo; Red, Bloodhound Detective. 132 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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"The Return of Dr. Trunk", "The Insult That Mada a Man Out of Dan", and "Just Who is this Guy, Anyway?" Stories and art by Greg Holfeld. 20 pgs. Minimal color. Cover price $1.75.

35¢ Canadian price variant. Stories and art by Dan Gormley, Don Gunn, and Dan Noonan. This Dell Giant features Christmas-themed stories. A comics adaptation of Dickens's classic Christmas tale, A Christmas Carol. Egbert Elephant, Benjamin Penguin, Tuffy Tiger, and Scooter Duck have adventures on a Christmas cruise. Santa faces a dilemma. Plus games and activities. Rabbit's Christmas Present; A Letter for Santa; Li'l Bobby Eager; Santa and the Eskimo Boy; A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens; The Christmas Cruise; Santa's Dilemma; Peter Piper's Christmas Lantern; The Problem. 100 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

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Canadian price variant. $1.15 cover price. Cover pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Rudy Lapick. The Awesome Foursome, script by George Gladir, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Rudy Lapick; When one of Archie's science emperiments explodes, four faculty members at Riverdale High gain super-powers and decide to fight crime as the Awesome Foursome. You Don't Need Drugs To... public service announcement with the Archie gang. The Good Old Days, script by Hal Smith, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Rudy Lapick; Miss Haggly reminisces. Cover price $1.15.

Canadian Edition. Cover price $0.35.

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Comics fanzine published in Oberlin, OH. Editor/publisher Jay L. Zilber. 8.5-in. x 11-in.; black and white; 24 pages on white paper. Cover price $0.85.

Cover by Rube Goldberg. Stories and art by Rube Goldberg, Ed Wheelan, Lank Leonard, Ham Fisher, R. W. Depew, Russell E. Ross, J. H. Striebel, Bob Zuppke, Monte Barrett, J.P. McEvoy, H.J. Tuthill, John J. Welch, George Marcoux, Ed Reed, Al Zere, and Ed Cronin. An early comics anthology published by Harry Chesler, featuring reprints of newspaper comic strips. Female reporter Jane Arden has adventures and fights crime, paving the way for later heroes like Brenda Starr and Friday Foster. Sports comic Ned Brant features football exploits written by legendary college football coach Bob Zuppke. Also featuring several strips created by the famous Eisner/Iger shop: Modern 'Planes, Puzzle Phun, and a Star Snapshots profile of Hollywood star Robert Taylor. Joe Palooka; They're Still Talking; Jane Arden; Star Snapshots; Mickey Finn; Off the Record; Modern Planes; Lala Palooza; Strange As It Seems; Off Side; Slim and Tubby; Crack Casey; Puzzle Phun; Flossie; Toddy; Pirates Ahoy; Ned Brant; Big Top; Dixie Dugan; Bungle Family; Lena Pry; Jim Swift. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

One-Shot. 2017. Paul Hornschemeier returns with a mosaic of genres. Comics, scripts, prose, all are on display here, including the first chapter of Hornschemeier's new graphic novel 'Jerkwater Elite,' a Downton Abbey style screenplay ('Ups and Downs') and chapter one of Hornschemeier's first prose novel. 'Captain All' offers a surrealist nod to Steve Ditko and Fletcher Hanks and 'Benny Schellfisch' offers a welcome dose of misanthropic navel gazing. 7.75" x 10.25". 48 pages. Color. Cover price $8.00.

Advertising promotional booklet written and illustrated by major cartoonists of the day. Photo cover of Fred Allen, a popular comedian from the golden age of radio. Contents feature Nancy by Ernie Bushmiller, Reg'lar Fellers by Gene Byrnes, Mutt and Jeff by Bud Fisher, and several other comic strips/cartoons. Softcover, 32 Pages, B&W.

1st Printing. Signed and numbered (1-500) by Doug Hansen. Story and art by Doug Hansen. 6 3/4-in x 9 3/4-in, 36 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

2nd Printing. Signed and numbered (501-640) by Doug Hansen. Story and art by Doug Hansen. 6 3/4-in x 9 3/4-in, 36 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Mini Comic promoted by various shoe stores. Features Casper, Baby Huey, Herman and Katnip, and Little Audrey. The title is derived from "Matty's Funday Funnies", a cartoon show featuring Harvey characters that aired in prime time during the late 50's and early 60's. 5-in x 7-in, 20 Pages, Full Color.

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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.

Cover by Joe Archibald. Stories and art by Boody Rogers, Charles Curtis, Ed Hermes, Howard Williamson, F. N. Litten, Kenneth Whipple, Charles Driscoll, Joe Archibald, Stookie Allen, Sidney Garber, Earle Danesford, Tack Knight, J. Molina, Hafon, Gil King, Bencho, and Buford Tune. Dell Publishing's first attempt at a comic book. While it did include original material, and was sold on newsstands, it was published on fragile newsprint (including the covers) rather than the standard format that came later. This first issue featured a Deadwood Gulch tale, and other strips by future Sparky Watts creator Boody Rogers: Rock Age Roy, Campus Clowns, and Sancho and the Don. Frosty and Goofy stow away on a polar expedition, but they make the mistake of unpacking their lunches while hiding in the sled-dog kennels. Frosty Ayre; My Big Brudder; Rock-Age Roy; How to Fly; Buck Buford; Under Wraps; Stubby Shoots the Works; Pirates Ahoy; Lucky Duck; How Can I Become an Explorer; Jacky; Jungle Vengeance; Deadwood Gulch; Corporal Tim; Dare Devil Gazabo; Peaches; Shylock Bones; What's Wrong With These Pictures?; Frank and Ernest; Joe Gum; Bug Movies; Sancho and the Don; Cookie Pushers; Campus Clowns. 10 1/2-in. x 15 1/2-in., 24 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $0.10.

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

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

1st printing.

Story and art by Ken Reid.

From 1970 to 1974, famed British comic artist Ken Reid drew a number of football-related humour strips for Scorcher and Score.

The first time that many of these uproarious strips have been reprinted, Football Funnies includes the first two years of those strips such as Sub, Manager Matt, Hugh Fowler, and the Football Forum pundits.

Hardcover, 140 pages, B&W.

Cover price $24.99.

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Volume 1, number 1. October 1938. Contains comic strips and text stories with action, murder mysteries, thrillers, and interesting facts. 8.5" x 4.75". Color cover with B&W interior. 128 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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1st printing. Edited by Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouly. It's a treasure and a treasury - a Raw for kids and imaginative adults. Innovative cartoonists and renowned children's book artists from around the world have gathered to bring you the magic of fairy tales through the wonder of comics. The stories range from old favorites to new discoveries, from the profound to the silly. A treat for all ages, these picture stories unlock the enchanted door into the pleasures of books and reading! Those contributing include Art Spiegelman, William Joyce, Joost Swarte, Walt Kelly, Daniel Clowes, Lorenzo Mattotti, David Mazzucchelli, Chis Ware, Charles Burns, and many more! And as an added bonus, a story-telling board game is included. Hardcover, 9-in. x 14-in., 64 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

2nd and later printings. Edited by Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouly. It's a treasure and a treasury - a Raw for kids and imaginative adults. Innovative cartoonists and renowned children's book artists from around the world have gathered to bring you the magic of fairy tales through the wonder of comics. The stories range from old favorites to new discoveries, from the profound to the silly. A treat for all ages, these picture stories unlock the enchanted door into the pleasures of books and reading! Those contributing include Art Spiegelman, William Joyce, Joost Swarte, Walt Kelly, Daniel Clowes, Lorenzo Mattotti, David Mazzucchelli, Chis Ware, Charles Burns, and many more! And as an added bonus, a story-telling board game is included. Hardcover, 9-in. x 14-in., 64 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

Includes Signed Bookplate Signed by Includes Signed Bookplate Signed by 1st printing. Edited by Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouly - 1st printing. Edited by Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouly. It's a treasure and a treasury - a Raw for kids and imaginative adults. Innovative cartoonists and renowned children's book artists from around the world have gathered to bring you the magic of fairy tales through the wonder of comics. The stories range from old favorites to new discoveries, from the profound to the silly. A treat for all ages, these picture stories unlock the enchanted door into the pleasures of books and reading! Those contributing include Art Spiegelman, William Joyce, Joost Swarte, Walt Kelly, Daniel Clowes, Lorenzo Mattotti, David Mazzucchelli, Chis Ware, Charles Burns, and many more! And as an added bonus, a story-telling board game is included. Hardcover, 9-in. x 14-in., 64 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

Written and illustrated by Jeff Karrow. Underground funnies. 6 7/8" x 8 1/4", 28 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.45.

1st appearance and origin of Sub-Mariner.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1994–1996!" Story and art by Patrick McDonnell. From Patrick McDonnell, author and artist of MUTTS and the national bestseller Breaking the Chain: The Guard Dog Story, comes the first in a series of the complete MUTTS Sunday comic strips, starting from the very beginning. Created by Patrick McDonnell in 1994, MUTTS follows the heartwarming adventures of Earl the dog, Mooch the cat, and an endearing cast of animal and human pals. It has captured the hearts of millions, garnering international recognition for its gentle humor and powerful themes of kindness, compassion, and friendship. Sunday Funnies is the first-ever collection of the Sunday MUTTS comic strip that are complete, in color, and reprinted one per page and in chronological order. Included are all of the full-color title panels (which many newspapers drop for space constraints), along with a "Title Panel Tribute Guide" by McDonnell at the back of each volume, in which he shares his sources of inspiration for the first time. Also included is an all-new preface by McDonnell. This first volume of Sunday Funnies reprints comic strips from 1994–96 and is the perfect gift for MUTTS fans new and old. Hardcover, 11 1/2-in. x 5-in., 144 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

Issue #1. British humor comic. 6-in. x 8 1/2-in., 28 pages, black and white.

Includes Volume 1-3 - 1st printing. Story and art by Shannon Wheeler. From the pages of The Onion and the wry mind of cartoonist Shannon Wheeler comes the silliest-and most charmingly packaged-collection of new comics you'll see this year. For more than ten years Wheeler has cultivated a distinctly pointed and playful sense of humor in the pages of his independent comics, Too Much Coffee Man and How to Be Happy. Postage Stamp Funnies frames his wit with even more focus, as each cartoon delivers its punch in a single postage stamp-sized panel. This delightful boxed set of three tiny hardcover books revisits the first year of Wheeler's run in the legendary college humor newspaper. Postage Stamp Funnies runs every week in The Onion, enjoying a circulation of over 1,000,000! Wheeler's Too Much Coffee Man has more fans than ever before and the live entertainment event Too Much Coffee Man: The Opera has achieved cult status. Hardcover (3 Volumes Slipcased Horizontal Format), 3 1/2-in. x 2-in., 56 pages (Total), B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Written by Robert V. Conte, Richard Maurizio, Michael Grassia. Art by Richard Maurizio, Michael Grassia, etc.. Cover by Michael Grassia. This premiere issue features the return of the original 1940s Cosmo Cat! Another space cat from an alternate universe must make the ultimate sacrifice so the first-ever Super Cat can live in the modern world! Also includes three additional stories sure to knock your socks off! Cover price $8.95.

1st printing. READING THE FUNNIES collects Donald Phelps' essays on early 20th Century newspaper strips - the Golden Age of comic strips, when readers avidly followed the daily and weekly adventures of Flash Gordon, Little Nemo, and Krazy Kats, a time when the critic Gilbert Seldes could write, "Of all the lively arts the Comic Strip is the most despised and, with the exception of the movies, it is the most popular." Most of the essays in this book appear here for the first time. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 306 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.95.

1st printing. British underground comic. Cover by Greg Irons. Written by Mick Farren, Feux Dennis, and Dick Fountain. Art by Chris Welcj, M. Livingstone, and Dave Gibbons. 7 1/2-in. x 10-in., 36 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS

1st printing.

By Paul C. Tumey.

The story of screwball comics, with new research and rare art from some of the most hilarious cartoonists of all time.

Before "screwball" became a movie genre, it was a staple of other forms of American culture, including newspaper comic strips. Emerging from the pressures of a rapidly accelerating technological and information-drenched society, screwball comics offered a healthy dose of laughter and perspective. Comics scholar Paul C. Tumey traces the development of screwball as a genre in magazine cartoons and newspaper comics, presenting the lives and work of around two dozen cartoonists, with an art-stuffed chapter on each.

Screwball! offers a wealth of previously un-reprinted comics, unleashing fresh views of some of America's greatest and most-loved cartoonists, including George Herriman (Krazy Kat), E.C. Segar (creator of Popeye), Winsor McCay (Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend), Rube Goldberg (The Inventions of Professor Lucifer G. Butts, A.K.) and Bill Holman (Smokey Stover). In addition, readers will be delighted to discover previously "lost" screwball masters including Gene Ahern (The Squirrel Cage), Gus Mager (Sherlocko the Monk), Milt Gross (Count Screwloose), George Swanson ($alesman $am) and many others.

Hardcover, 11-in. x 11-in., 272 pages, full color.

Cover price $59.99.

Amazing art! Delightful reading! says Buddy Saunders, Lone Star Comics owner. THE SUNDAY FUNNIES Vol. 1 recaptures in full color the magic of Sunday comic sections when they were a full 16"x22" and each strip occupied a full page. On eBay full-size Sunday page sections sell for $10 or more each, but Sunday Funnies brings you 96 pages for just 31c per page! A deal this good is hard to find anywhere! This 96-page section, in three newspaper-style 32-page sections, all 16-in. x 22-in., is printed on a newspaper press on 60 pound offset stock for maximum clarity and longevity. The first issue contains the first 30 GASOLINE ALLEY Sunday pages (1920-1921), the first few months of ALLEY OOP Sundays (1934) and BRONC PEELER Sundays (1934), plus extra pages like KRAZY KAT (1922), STUMBLE INN by Herriman, WEE WILLIE WINKIE, RIGHT AROUND HOME full pages, and others. At 31 cents per page, access to these otherwise impossible to find classics of story and art are now affordable to all. Here's your chance to read and enjoy the greatest of the early comic strips just the way past generations enjoyed them. Read this first volume of SUNDAY FUNNIES and you'll understand why the comic section was the FIRST newspaper section readers went to each morning! Future 96-page volumes will include Gasoline Alley, Little Nemo, Polly and Her Pals, Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, Alley Oop, Tarzan, Terry and the Pirates, and many, many more historic Sunday pages, presented in the format that they were originally intended for. Cover price $30.00.

1st printing. By Robert R. Barrett. Spanning twenty-one years, from 1929-1950, this book takes a comprehensive look at the creation of the Tarzan newspaper strip. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $25.00.

Story and Art by Jim Rugg. True Crime Funnies features 3 Non-fiction stories: Agent George Hunter White joins the Federal Bureau of Narcotics in 1935 -- will he survive his 1st case?! Pro-wrestling in the Klondike gold rush -- the Greatest WORK in the history of professional wrestling! INSIDE Andy Warhol's Wrestling Diary with the American Dream, DUSTY RHODES! 24 pgs. Full Color and B&W. Cover price $10.00.

1st printing. By ERIK LARSEN, MICHEL FIFFE, BRANDON GRAHAM, JIM RUGG, JASEN LEX, ULISES FARINAS, BENJAMIN MARRA, RACHEL FRIERE, GEORGE O'CONNOR, TOM NEELY, MIKE CAVALLARO, SIMON FRASER, ZACK SOTO, DEAN HASPIEL, and TOM SCIOLI. Cover by ERIK LARSEN. In the tradition of Marvel's Strange Tales and DC's Bizzaro Comics comes TWISTED SAVAGE DRAGON FUNNIES, a showcase of the hottest indie cartoonists bringing their unique flavor to the somewhat wacky world of SAVAGE DRAGON! This volume compiles every twisted story as well as many never-before-seen tales from some of alternative comics' best! The TWISTED SAVAGE DRAGON FUNNIES collection amasses every beautiful and brutal Twisted Tale from the pages of SAVAGE DRAGON and then some! From the surreal to the hilarious, a heaping helping of alternative visionaries have their way with ERIK LARSEN's Dragonverse and the wide array of crazy characters that inhabit it. Softcover, 7 1/2-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, full color. Cover price $18.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Walt Kelly. Before achieving international fame as the creator of Pogo, Walt Kelly illustrated numerous fairy tales and nursery rhymes for Dell Comics in the 1940s. Featuring selections from Fairy Tale Parade, Four Color Comics, Raggedy Ann and Andy, and Santa Claus Funnies, this volume exemplifies the legacy of one of comics' greatest masters. Hardcover, 240 pages, full color. Cover price $49.99.