Ding Dong comic books issue 1

Art by Ted Miller and Al Stahl. Classic postwar kids' comics from Magazine Enterprises. Street kid Toughy gets a flying carpet for helping an old lady, but he must perform one good deed per day; Nightmare Noonan has wild, surreal adventures in a human zoo after eating too many animal crackers before bedtime; Dr. Xanadu's new robot Robert escapes, but he becomes a hero when he saves a baby from a house fire. Little Leo; Travelin' Toughy; Gertie and Gabe; Doodle Doo and Doodle Dee; Jack-in-the-Box; Nightmare Noonan; Robert Robot; The Duke. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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1st printing. Story and art by Sasaki Maki. Finally! A new edition of the long-out of print Ding Dong Cicus. This collection re-presents, for the first time in English, the best of Sasaki Makiâ's work, mainly from alt-manga super magazine Garo. Drawn between 1967 and 1974, the fifteen stories here follow Sasakiâ's groundbreaking exploration of collage methods in comics storytelling, weaving through references to R&B, rock ‘n†roll, the Vietnam War, Andy Warhol, the Summer of Love, the Beatles, British humour, and the wacky world of Japanese consumerism. Ding Dong Circus demonstrates what manga fans already knew: that in Sasaki Maki, Japan can claim not only a pioneer in experimental comics, but one of the worldâ's masters of Pop Art and a trenchant avant-garde critic of the Sixties. Published by Breakdown Press. Softcover, 6-in.x 8-in., 256 pages, B&W. Cover price $27.99.

Written by Frances R. Horwich and Reinald Werrenrath, Jr. Illustrated by Helen Prickett. 6.5" x 8", 28 pages, full color.

Written by Frances R. Horwich and Reinald Werrenrath, Jr. Illustrated by Lucy Ozone. 6.5" x 8", 28 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

Written by Frances R. Horwich and Reinald Werrenrath, Jr. Illustrated by Ruth van Tellingen. 6.5" x 8", 28 pages, full color.

1st printing.

In Zippy's latest collection of daily and color strips (with additional pages!), the tour of "Dingburg" continues; we drop in on dozens of Dingburgers and observe them in their natural habitat. The city "inhabited entirely by pinheads" can be seen as a metaphor for the world we live in today - or not. In any event, we watch as Zippy and his fellow Dingburg residents hunt and bag "Speedy Alka Seltzer," hear voices in their refrigerators, become addicted to Riboflavin, enjoy fondling newsprint, believe that "wahoo bark" attracts the opposite sex, and worship Joan Rivers.

There's also the extended series in which Zippy has a long (and donut-based) conversation with God and another in which we meet a pinhead poet who bears a striking resemblance to Charles Bukowski.

Are we having fun yet?

Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 204 pages, PC/PB&W.

Cover price $19.99.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $2.65 View scans Water damage: Slight.

Written by Frances R. Horwich and Reinald Werrenrath, Jr. Illustrated by Katherine Evans. 6.5" x 8", 28 pages, full color.

1st printing. Written by Dr. Francis R. Horwich. Art by Katherine Evans. Hardcoer, 6 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 28 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $0.25.