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| America's Fine Art | ![Richard F. Outcault's "The Yellow Kid" [1895-98], the historical first Sunday comic strip](images/yellowkid.jpg "Richard F. Outcault's \"The Yellow Kid\" [1895-98], the historical first Sunday comic strip") |
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links looks cartoonists: A-E F-J
long-running characters
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Bil Keane [1922-2011]
browse books
"Family Circle" daily panel & Sunday strip [1960-present]
Announced October 2010: Fox purchased rights to film an animated "Family Circus" movie
son Jeff Keane
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Walt Kelly [1913-73]
browse books credits at IMDb Wikipedia Toonopedia page "Our Gang" comics [1937-49]
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official Pogo Possum website
'I Go Pogo' fansite
Pogo Fan Club & Walt Kelly Society [est. 1984]
Okefenokee Swamp Park's Pogo and Walt Kelly Page
Pogo and The Walt Kelly Museum in Waycross, Georgia {defunct}
Okefenokee PogoFest [March 2006 = #20] in Waycross, Georgia {defunct}
 | "I Go Pogo" book [1952] by Walt Kelly
S&S pb [1/52] out of print/used "Pogo For President: I Go Pogo" animated movie [indep August 1980] Directed by Marc Paul Chinoy, with Skip Hinnant as the voice of Pogo Possum United American Video color VHS [12/89] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb |
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'Our Gang' Comics [1937-49] reprints [2006] drawn by Walt Kelly [1913-73] of 'Pogo' fame Kelly created nearly 100 'Our Gang' stories by the end of the 59-issue comics run 'Our Gang' comics [1937-49] entry at Wikipedia Volume 1, 1942-43: Fantagraphics Books 9½x7¼ pb [6/2006] for $12.95 Volume 2, 1944-45: Fantagraphics Books 9½x7¼ pb [6/2007] for $12.95 Volume 3, 1945-46: Fantagraphics Books 9½x7¼ pb [8/2008] for $13.89 Volume 4, 1946-47: Fantagraphics Books 9½x7¼ pb [5/2010] for $10.19 Volume 5, 1948-49 has not shown up yet |
 | "Pogo: The Complete Daily & Sunday Comic Strips" by Walt Kelly
Volume 1: "Through The Wild Blue Yonder, 1948-1950" [2011] Foreword by Jimmy Breslin Fantagraphics Books 11½x9¼ pb [12/2011] for $26.39 Volume 2: "Bona Fide Balderdash, 1951-1952" [2011] Introduction by Stan Freberg Fantagraphics Books pb [DUE Dec 2012] PRE-ORDER for $22.31 the plan is for a total of twelve volumes |
http://www.amazon.com/Pogo-Files-Pogophiles-Retrospective-Classic/dp/0945185030/ [9/1992]
New Yorker Magazine cartoonist Edward Koren
browse books
official website
comic artist Andy Kuhn of Albuquerque, NM
"Firebreather" comics & animated film
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" reboot 2012
Harvey Kurtzman [1924-93]
co-founder of Mad Magazine [est. 1952]
browse books Wikipedia
NCS page
Toonopedia page
 | "Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book: or, Up From The Apes! (And Right Back
Down)" graphic novel [1959] nothing to do with Kipling's "Jungle Book" or Mowgli or actual jungles; the four hilarious sections satirize private detective TV shows, TV Westerns, publishing industry avarice & psycho-babble, and lynch-hungry yokels in the Southern USA; Dark Horse editions include essays by R. Crumb, Denis Kitchen, Pete Poplaski & Gilbert Shelton book entry at Wikipedia Kindle Edition from Dark Horse Books [12/2014] for $9.99 Dark Horse Books 11¼x6¾ hardcover [12/2014] for $15.46 Dark Horse Books 11¼x6¾ hardcover [12/2014] third-party sellers/new-used Kitchen Sink Press 11¼x6½ hardcover [3/87] out of print/used Ballantine Books mass pb [1959] out of print/scarce "Le Livre de La Jungle: ou, Du Singe เ L'Homme! et Vice-Versa" [1997] Albin Michel French-language 11x6½ hardcover [2/97] import/new-used |
Gary Larson {retired 1994}
books
credits at IMDb
Wikipedia
"The Far Sideฎ" panel [1978-94]
browse books official website
Toonopedia page
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"The Complete Far Side: 1980-1994" 2-volume set [2003] Andrews McMeel 14¼x10 [10/2003] 2-volume slipcover edition for $94.50 {weighs 20 pounds!} |
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Carol Lay
browse books official website Wikipedia |
Mell Lazarus [1927-2016]
creator of two comic strips: "Miss Peach" (19572002) and "Momma" (19702016)
Stan Lee [1922-2018]
browse books
Wikipedia
long-time head of Marvel Comics [est. 1933, renamed 1939]
corporate website
Wikipedia
Toonopedia page
Stan Lee is listed as tied for #26 on Atlantic Monthly's "Top 30 Influential Living Americans" (12/2006)
Stan Lees POW! Entertainment and Vuguru (Michael Eisners independent studio) operate
a YouTube original channel called "Stan Lees World of Heroes"
Marvel Entertainment Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
 | Bill Mauldin [1921-2003]
books credits at IMDb 'Comiclopedia' pages Wikipedia Toonopedia page "Willie & Joe" panel [1940-45]
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 | "Up Front" [1945 classic] by Bill Mauldin, Foreword by Stephen E. Ambrose won the Pulitzer Prize in 1946 {Mauldin was 23 years old) Bantam Books mass pb [3/83] out of print/used W.W. Norton 9¼x6¼ hardcover [12/2000] for $16.47 |
based on cartoonist Bill Mauldin's Willie and Joe characters
sequel "Back At The Front" [1952]
 | "Bill Mauldin's Army: Bill Mauldin's Greatest World War II Cartoons" [1983] by Bill Mauldin Presidio Press 9x7½ pb [6/83] for $13.57 Presidio Press 10x9 hardcover [6/83] out of print/used |
 | "World War II In Cartoons" [1989] by Mark Bryant
some 300 cartoons, by such artists as Sir David Low, Bill Mauldin & Clarence D. Batchelor Grub Street 12x9 hardcover [6/2005] for $29.95 Popular Culture Ink hardcover [8/89] out of print/used |
 | "Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front" [2008] by Todd DePastino W.W. Norton hardcover [2/2008] for $18.45 |
 | "Willie & Joe: The WWII Years" [2008] by Bill Mauldin, edited by Todd DePastino Fantagraphics slipcover edition [4/2008] pre-order for $40.95 |
Scott McCloud
books
official website
Wikipedia
Aaron McGruder
books Wikipedia
"The Boondocks" comic strip [est. 1997]
official site
tv series [debut Nov 2005]
Aaron McGruder-Boondocks fansite
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"A Right To Be Hostile: The Boondocks Treasury" [2003] Three Rivers 11x8½ pb [9/2003] for $11.53 |
official site for "The Boondocks" TV series on Adult Swim Channel
http://www.amazon.com/Boondocks-Complete-First-Season/dp/B000F8O2QK/
http://www.amazon.com/Boondocks-The-Complete-First-Season/dp/1424812437/
http://www.amazon.com/Boondocks-Complete-Second-Season/dp/B0016KCCCM/
http://www.amazon.com/Boondocks-Complete-Third-Season/dp/B0036TGTEI/
http://www.amazon.com/Boondocks-Complete-First-Three-Seasons/dp/B006862JLS/
watch 4/2014 Season 4 official trailer [1:45] on YouTube
drag racing satirist Pete Millar [1929-2003]
Frank Miller Graphic Noir Page
at BlackHat Mystery Bookstore
Alan Moore
books
credits at IMDb
Wikipedia
"Watchmen"
books posters Wikipedia Toonopedia page
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"Watchmen" graphic novel [1986-87] by Alan Moore, Illustrated by Dave Gibbons
Published as twelve comics, September 1986 to October 1987; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Novels (10/2005). In an alterntive 1985 world, the murder of a retired superhero reunites his fellows; at first, their goal is to repulse discredit of superheroes and to prevent further killings, but they are soon enmeshed in a deeper and more sinister plot against Mankind. DC Comics 10x6½ pb [4/95] for $13.59 DC Comics 10½x7 hardcover [11/2008] for $26.39 |
 | "Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comic" [Cruel & Unusual Films 2008-2009] Essentially the 12-chapter animated TV series; contents rated as 'Mature'.co-produced & co-directed by Jake Strider Hughes & Brian Stilwell; co-directed by Richard Zangrande Gaubert; narration by Tom Stechschulte Warner Home Video color DVD [3/2009] 2 disks for $17.99 full credits at IMDb |
 | "Watchmen" animated film [Warner/Paramount March 2009]
Filmed with live actors in front of blue-screen/green-screen backgrounds, then animated and computer-enhanced; contents rated as 'Mature'. Directed by Zack Snyder; script by David Hayter & Alex Tse; starring Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Patrick Wilson, Carla Gugino, Matt Frewer, Stephen McHattie, Laura Mennell, Rob LaBelle, Gary Houston, Mary Ann Burger, John Shaw, Robert Wisden, Jerry Wasserman & Don Thompson Warner Home Video 186-min. widescreen color Director's Cut Blu-ray [7/2009] 2 disks for $22.49 Warner Home Video 186-min. widescreen color Director's Cut DVD [7/2009] 2 disks for $24.99 Warner Home Video 162-min. widescreen color DVD [7/2009] for $11.49 full credits at IMDb official movie site 24"x36" blue-green poster {at left} available for $8.99 from AllPosters.com 24"x36" purple poster available for $8.99 from AllPosters.com |
political cartoonist Thomas Nast [1840-1902]
posters books
Wikipedia
Toonopedia page
Harper's Weekly's Nast archive site
Pat Oliphant
books
syndicator's official website
Wikipedia
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"Oliphant's Presidents: Twenty-Five Years of Caricature" [1990] by Pat Oliphant Andrews McMeel Publng 10¾x8½ pb [1/90] for $12.95 |
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R.P. Overmyer "Hollywood Dog" weekly panel
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Virgil Partch {aka 'VIP'} [1916-84]
books
BP's bio page
Wikipedia
Stephan Pastis
books
SP's weblsog
Wikipedia
"Sgt. Piggy's Lonely Hearts Club Comic" [Andrews McMeel Publng, 9/2004] ISBN 0-7407-4807-6)
"Lions and Tigers and Crocs, Oh My!" [9/2006] ISBN 0-7407-6155-2
"The Crass Menagerie" [4/2008] ISBN 0-7407-7100-0
"Pearls Sells Out" [8/2009] ISBN 0-7407-7396-8
"Pearls Blows Up" [3/2011] ISBN 1-4494-0106-6
"Pearls Freaks The #*%# Out" [10/2012] ISBN 1-4494-2302-7
"Pearls Falls Fast: A Pearls Before Swine Treasury" [] ISBN-13: 9781449446598
"Rat's Wars: A Pearls Before Swine Collection" [] ISBN-13: 9781449429362
"Timmy Failure: Now Look What You've Done" [2014] ISBN-13: 9780763660512
"Beginning Pearls" [] ISBN-13: 9781449423032
"Unsportsmanlike Conduct: A Pearls Before Swine Collection" [] ISBN-13: 9781449427740
Harvey Pekar [1939-2010]
browse books
Wikipedia
 | "American Splendor" [H.B.O./Fine Line Features Aug 2003] Inspired by the success of underground cartoonist R. Crumb, a V.A. file clerk writes & draws his own unsenti-mental view of working-class life, which leads to cult fame and even true love. Co-written & co-directed by Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini; based on the book; starring Paul Giamatti, James Urbaniak, Hope Davis, Judah Friedlander & Madylin Sweeten, with real-life folks Harvey Pekar, Joyce Brabner, Toby Radloff & Danielle Batone; won WGA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Oscar-nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay HBO Video widescreen color DVD [2/2004] for $10.99 HBO Video color VHS [2/2004] out of prodn/many used New Line Records soundtrack CD [9/2003] for $11.98 full credits at IMDb official movie site {requires Flash} 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99 |
 | "American Splendor: The Life & Times of Harvey Pekar" [2003 anthology] Stories by Harvey Pekar Ballantine Books 10¾x8¼ pb [7/2003] for $11.53 Titan Books Ltd. 10¾x8½ pb [1/2004] out of print/used |
"Bizarro" daily panel [est. 1985]
official website
NCS page
Toonopedia page
watch "Comic Belief: Dan Piraro" [2007] short [6:51] by 29 Pictures
 | Alex Raymond [1909-56]
books credits at IMDb Wikipedia NCS page "Flash Gordon" comic strip [est. 1934]
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"Alex Raymond: His Life and Art" [2004] by Tom Roberts Adventure House 12x9 hardcover [2/2008] out of print/used |
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"Secret Agent X-9" comic strip [1934+] written by Dashiell Hammett [1894-1961]; illustrations by Alex Raymond Intl Polygonics 10½x6 pb [4/83] out of print/used Secret Agent X-9 entry at Wikipedia |
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Charles M. Schulz [1922-2000]
books museum Wikipedia NCS page "Peanuts®" comic strip [1950-2000]
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more details (biography, history, books, movies, other media) are on
Spirit of America Bookstore's Charles M. Schultz & Peanutsฎ Comic Strip Page
!['Zits' daily/weekly comic strip [est. 1997] by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman](images/zits.jpg) |
Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman
writer Jerry Scott: Wikipedia browse books illustrator Jim Borgman: Wikipedia browse books "Zits" daily/weekly comic strip [est. 1997]
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!['Baby Blues' daily/weekly comic strip [est. 1990] by Rick Kirkman & Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman](images/BabyBlues.jpg) |
Jerry Scott & Rick Kirkman
Rick Kirkman: Wikipedia browse books Jerry Scott: Wikipedia browse books "Baby Blues" daily/weekly comic strip [est. 1990]
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Spirit of America Bookstore's Dr. Seuss Page {real name Theodor Seuss Geisel [1904-91]} |
![Shel Silverstein [1930-99]](images/shelsilverstein.gif) | Shel Silverstein [1930-99]
all books kids books browse albums credits at IMDb Wikipedia official site for kids Shel's adult works |
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"Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies" [orig 1973; remastered 2007] 30 songs written by Shel Silverstein R.C.A. audio CD [7/2007] 2 disks for $22.99 |
 | "Shel Silverstein: Poems and Drawings" [2002] includes Shel's three best-selling poetry collections: "Where The Sidewalk Ends" [1974], "A Light In The Attic" [1981] and "Falling Up" [1996] HarperCollins slipcovered box set [10/2002] out of print/used |
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"Playboy's Silverstein: Around The World" [2007] by Shel Silverstein, Foreword by Hugh M. Hefner Fireside 11¼x8 hardcover [5/2007] for $16.32 |
 | "A Boy Named Shel: The Life & Times of Shel Silverstein" [2007] by Lisa Rogak Thomas Dunne Books 9½x6 hardcover [11/2007] for $16.47 |
 | "Every Thing On It" [2011] by Shel Silverstein a collection of never-before-published poems & drawings HarperCollins 8¾x6¾ hardcover [9/2011] for $13.02 |
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Sidney Smith [1877-1935]
Wikipedia not listed at NCS "The Gumps®" comic strip [1917-59]
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 | "Andy Gump: His Life Story" [1924] by Sidney Smith The Reilly & Lee Co. hardcover [1924] out of print/scarce |
In 1920-21, animator Wallace A. Carlson produced & directed more than 50 "The Gumps" animated shorts, some no longer than two minutes, for distribution through
Paramount and with writing credited to Sidney Smith. Between 1923 and 1928, Universal Pictures produced at least four dozen "The Gumps" two-reel silent comedies
starring Joe Murphy, one of the original Keystone Cops; only one seems to exist today.
 | "Andy's Stump Speech" [Universal Pictures Nov 1924] Eleventh episode of "The Gumps" two-reel comedy series; directed by Norman Taurog; written by cartoonist Sidney Smith; starring Joe Murphy, Fay Tincher, child actor Jack Morgan credits from IMDb available on the "Lost and Found: American Treasures" DVD [2013] 198-minute Image Ent. b&w/color DVD [9/2013] for $17.81 |
"The Gumps" radio program
First adapted for radio at W.G.N. Chicago; on air 1931 to 1934 starring Jack Boyle as Andy Gump, Dorothy Denvir as Min, Charles Flynn as Chester, and Bess Flynn as Tilda the
maid. The program then moved to the C.B.S. Radio Network from 1934 to 1937, starring Wilmer Walter as Andy Gump, Agnes Moorehead as his wife, and Jackie Kelk as their son.
entry at Wikipedia no Old Time Radio CDs or MP3s found (2016)
 | "Sidney Smith's The Gumps" [1974] Edited by Herb Galewitz Charles Scribner's Sons 9x10 hardcover [1974] out of print/used |
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"L.O.A.C. Essentials Volume 2: The Gumps - The Saga of Mary Gold" [2013] by Sidney Smith, Edited by Dean Mullaney The Library of American Comics Essentials team at I.D.W. Publishing is printing a full year of important daily comic strips, one strip per page. For "The Gumps", L.O.A.C. chose "The Saga of Mary Gold", basically a year-long serial printed in 1928-29. I.D.W. Publng/L.O.A.C. 4½x11½ hardcover [4/2013] for $14.58 I.D.W. Publng/L.O.A.C. 4½x11½ hardcover [4/2013] out of print/used |
Art Spiegelman
browse books
Wikipedia
Toonopedia page
 | "The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale" [1992] received a Special Pulitzer Award in 1992 Pantheon 9½x6¾ pb boxed set [10/93] for $17.64 Gardners Books pb [9/2003] out of print/used Pantheon 9½x6¾ hardcover [11/96] for $22.05 |
more details (synopses, sequels, books & ebooks, links, merchandise) on
Art Spiegelman's "Maus" Books [1991] Page
gonzo cartoonist Ralph Steadman
browse books
credits at IMDb
official website
Wikipedia
 | "The Joke's Over: Bruised Memories - Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson & Me" [2006] Written & illustrated by Ralph Steadman, Foreword by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Harvest Books 8x5¼ pb [10/2007] for $10.20 Harcourt 9x6¼ hardcover [10/2006] for $17.16 |
 | "For No Good Reason" documentary feature [Sony Pictures Classics 2013?]
Actor Johnny Depp and a camera crew visit gonzo illustrator Ralph Steadman at his home studio. Produced by Itch Films co-founder Lucy Paul; directed by Charlie Paul; featuring Johnny Depp, Ralph Steadman, Hunter S. Thompson [1937-2005], Terry Gilliam, Richard E. Grant & Jann Wenner DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb official movie site |
cartoonist Saul Steinberg [1914-99]
browse books
Saul Steinberg Foundation [est. 1999]
Wikipedia
 | "Saul Steinberg: A Biography" [2012] by Deirdre Bair Kindle Edition from Random House Digital [11/2012] for $21.99 Nan A. Talese 9x6¾ deckle-edge hardcover [11/2012] for $22.98 |
manga master Osamu Tezuka [1928-89]
"Tezuka was the main force in the creation of the long-arc, story manga format that today rivals novels and films in its powers of expression."
The bespectacled, smiling, beret-wearing gentleman was dubbed 'the God of Manga': he brought the form into the mainstream with
"Astro Boy" [1952-68], "Kimba The White Lion" [1950-54], and "Buddha" [1972-83], and elevated manga into a serious art form.
official website
IMDb listing
author entry at Wikipedia
"The Osamu Tezuka Story: A Life in Manga and Anime" []
by Toshio Ban and Tezuka Productions, translation by Frederik L. Schodt
Stone Bridge Press, $29.95 paperback, 928p., 9781611720259
 | Garry Trudeau
browse books credits at IMDb credits at IBDb Wikipedia NCS page "Doonesbury" comic strip [est. 1970]
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 | "A Doonesbury Special" animated ½-hour short [N.B.C. Nov 1977] Co-produced, co-written & co-directed by Garry Trudeau and animators John & Faith Hubley; Oscar nomination for Best Animated Short, won Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize for Best Short Film Pyramid Media color DVD [1/2005] for $29.95 Pacific Arts color VHS [4/90] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb |
 | "Doonesbury: A New Musical" [1983] Book & lyrics by Garry Trudeau, music by Elizabeth Swados cast album/recordings not available; Broadway credits 11"x17" Broadway play poster from Amazon for $4.98 Holt, Rinehart & Winston hardcover playscript [1/83] out of print/used film of the Broadway cast [Nov 1983] Directed by Jacques Levy; starring Ralph Bruneau, Mark Linn-Baker, Gary Beach, Keith Szarabajka, Laura Dean, Albert Macklin, Barbara Andres, Kate Burton, Lauren Tom & Reathel Bean video/DVD/Blu-ray not available credits at IMDb |
 | "40: A Doonesbury Retrospective" [2010] by G.B. Trudeau Andrews McMeel Publng 14x10¼ slipcover hardcover edition [10/2010] for $58.89 |
 | "Yuge!: 30 Years of Doonesbury On Trump (Volume 37)" [2016] by G.B. Trudeau Doonesbury is one of the most over-rated strips out there. Mediocre at best. Donald Trump, 1989 Kindle Edition from Andrews McMeel Publng [7/2016] for $8.69 Andrews McMeel Publng 9x8½ pb [7/2016] for $3.73 |
 | "#SAD!: Doonesbury In The Time of Trump" [2018] by G.B. Trudeau
Kindle Edition from Andrews McMeel Publng [9/2018] for $8.99 Andrews McMeel Publng 9x8¾ pb [9/2018] for $10.29 |
 | "LEWSER!: More Doonesbury In The Time of Trump" [DUE July 2020]  by G.B. Trudeau 'a mirthful and merciless skewering of the Trump administration that includes two years of original 'Doonesbury Sunday', full-color spreads, and 18 previously unpublished strips Andrews McMeel Publng 9x8½ pb [DUE July 2020] for $16.99 |
Bill Ward: Wikipedia
http://www.amazon.com/Pin-up-Art-Bill-Ward/dp/1560977876/
http://www.amazon.com/Glamour-Girls-Bill-Ward/dp/1560978465/
Chris Ware: browse books Wikipedia
AK's Acme Novelty Archive fansite
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"Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth" [2000] Pantheon 6½x8 pb [4/2003] for $12.32 Pantheon 6¾x8½ hardcover [9/2000] for $22.05 |
 | Bill Watterson {retired 1995}
browse books Wikipedia "Calvin & Hobbes" comic strip [1985-95]
MG's Calvin & Hobbes fansite
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 | "The Complete Calvin and Hobbes" multi-volume sets [2005]
Andrews McMeel 11x9½x4" pb [11/2012] 4-volume slipcover edition for $56.30 {weighs 14.3 pounds!} Andrews McMeel 12½x11¼ hardcover [10/2005] 3-volume slipcover edition for $89.89 {weighs 22.5 pounds!} publisher's bookpage |
"Dear Mr. Watterson: An Exploration of Calvin & Hobbes" documentary [2013] /tt2222206/
Gahan Wilson
browse books official website Wikipedia
"The Man In The Cannibal Pot" [c 1967, Avon pb 5/70]
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Tom Wilson [1931-2011]
browse books Wikipedia strip taken over by son Tom Wilson II in 1987 "Ziggy" comic strip [est. 1968, strip 6/1971]
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Murat Bernard 'Chic' Young [1901-73]
books credits at IMDb Wikipedia NCS page "Blondie" comic strip [est. 1930]
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![NCS page](http://www.reuben.org/ncs/members/memorium/young.jpg"){kind=link}
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"Blondie: The Bumstead Family History" [2007] by Dean Young & Melena Ryzik Thomas Nelson 11x9 hardcover [9/2007] for $19.79 |
Long-Running Comics/Strip Characters
This section is for long-running strips or comic books, often with multiple artists
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"Little Orphan Annie" comic strip [1924-2010]
final strip Wikipedia Toonopedia page created & drawn from 1924 to 1968 by Harold Gray [1894-1968] drawn by various artists 1968-74 reruns only 1974-79 drawn 1979-2000 by Leonard Starr drawn from June 2000 by Jay Maeder & Andrew Pepoy then by Jay Maeder & Ted Slampyak drawn from July 2004 to end in June 2010 by Ted Slampyak of Bernalillo, NM |
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"The Phantom" comic strip [est. 1936]
videos/DVDs Wikipedia Toonopedia page created by Lee Falk [1911-99]: books credits at IMDb Wikipedia NCS page drawn since 2000 by Graham Nolan: Wikipedia NCS page |
"The Phantom: The Graham Nolan Sundays"
Vol. 1: Moonstone 10¼x6½ pb [12/2004] out of print/rare
Vol. 2: Moonstone 10¼x6½ pb [12/2005] out of print/used
 | "The Phantom" 15-chapter serial [Columbia Dec 1943] An archeologist, greedy treasure hunters, and foreign spies each seek the Lost City of Zoloz; the spies stir up the peaceful natives and kill The Phantom, so his young son inherits the Skull Throne and all its dangers.Directed by B.Reeves Eason; starring Tom Tyler & Jeanne Bates full credits from IMDb V.C.I. Ent. b&w DVD [1/2001] 2 disks for $14.99 V.C.I. Ent. b&w VHS [3/2000] 2 tapes - out of prodn/used more info on Silent & Sound Movie Serials at Magic Lantern Video & Books Store |
 | "Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye the Sailor" comic strip [est. 1929] official website Wikipedia created in 1929 & drawn until 1938 by E.C. Segar [1894-1938]: books credits at IMDb Wikipedia drawn from 1958 to 1994 by Bud Sagendorf [1915-94]: NCS page Sunday strip drawn since 1994 by Hy Eisman: NCS page |
Popeye statue in Crystal City, Texas
Handbook of Texas Popeyepage
'Complete E.C. Segar Popeye' book
Popeye Section on Magic Lantern's Fleischer Studios Page
 | "Popeye" feature film [Disney/Paramount Dec 1980] Directed by Robert Altman [1925-2006]; script by Jules Feiffer; starring Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Ray Walston, Paul Dooley, Paul L. Smith, Wesley Ivan Hurt & Richard Libertini full credits at IMDb Paramount widescreen color DVD [6/2003] for $9.99 Paramount color VHS [10/96] for $9.45 |
 | "Popeye: Original Classics From The Fleischer Studio" on DVD [2005]
Mackinac Media DVD [12/2005] out of prodn/used includes seven short cartoons & three two-reelers; extras include rare interviews |
Announced 6/2012: Sony hired director Genndy Tartakovsky to take on a big-screen
animated update of Popeye not listed at IMDb (2016)
 | "Prince Valiant" comic strip [est. 1937]
Wikipedia Toonopedia page created & drawn/written from 1937-80 by Harold R. 'Hal' Foster [1892-1982] books BP's bio page Wikipedia NCS page drawn 1971-2004 by John Cullen Murphy books Wikipedia |
"Prince Valiant" feature film [1954] starring Robert Wagner & Janet Leigh
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"Superman" comics [est. 1938]
browse books DC Comics official site Wikipedia Toonopedia page "Superman" movies & tv shows videos/DVDs Superman character listing at IMDb |
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"The Complete Superman Cartoons" [2000] Image Ent color DVD [8/2000] for $26.99 |
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"Tarzan, Lord of The Apes" comic strip [1929-2000]
created by Edgar Rice Burroughs [1875-1950] in 1912 Tarzan books series Tarzan comics "Tarzan" comic strip [1929-2000 plus reprints]
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Spirit of America Bookstore's 'Tarzan' Movies Page
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"Brenda Starr, Reporter" comic strip [1940-2011]
character credits [1945-89] at IMDb Wikipedia created June 1940 & drawn until 1980 by [Ms.] Dale Messick [1906-2005] books credits [1945-91] at IMDb Wikipedia drawn from 1980 to 1982 by Dale Messick & Ramona Fradon drawn from 1982 to 1985 by Ramona Fradon & Linda Sutter drawn from 1985 to 1995 by Ramona Fradon & Mary Schmich drawn from 1995 to 2 Jan 2011 by Mary Schmich & June Brigman |
"Brenda Starr, Reporter" 13-chapter b&w movie serial [Columbia 1945] /tt0037556/
"Brenda Starr" color TV movie [1976] /tt0074239/
"Brenda Starr" color feature film [1989] /tt0096978/
http://dougsploitation.blogspot.com/2009/04/brenda-starr-reporter.html
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"Archie" comics [since 1941]
'Archie Andrews' character credits [1962-2006] at IMDb official website Wikipedia |
"Life With Archie" TV movie [ABC-TV 1962]
"Archie" TV movie [ABC-TV 1964] /tt0777187/
"The Archie Show" ½-hour animated TV series [Filmation/CBS-TV 1968] /tt0062541/
http://78.136.27.54:8080/programming/article_207.asp
"Archie's Fun House" hour-long animated TV series [Filmation/CBS-TV 197071] /tt0065273/
"Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again" TV movie [D.I.C./NBC-TV 1990] /tt0099054/
Announced 6/2013: Archie Comics is planning live-action films for the iconic Riverdale teens;
Jason Moore is attached to direct a script by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa ("Glee") not listed at IMDb (2016)
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