A Comic Shop Tour Part 2
Last month my son and I took two days and visited most comic shops between Scarborough and Stoney Creek. Please give that a look before continuing here as I’ll be making references to that post. This time around we decided…
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Silly Symphonies Vol. 2: 1935-1939
This second of four volumes presents the spectacular Sunday pages from 1935 to 1939, featuring the first comic strip adaptation of a feature-length film—Snow White…the original Donald Duck series, plus the Three Little Pigs (and the Big Bad Wolf, of course), Elmer…
A Comic Shop Tour Part 1
With the pandemic still in full swing, my son and I were feeling nostalgic for the “hunt” or finding that great item at a great price. So I decided we would have a short getaway and take two days to…
Silly Symphonies Vol 1: 1932-1935
This first of four volumes presents all the strips featuring Bucky Bug, the first Disney character to be originated in newspaper comics, as well as adaptations of several popular Silly Symphonies cartoons, such as The Wise Little Hen (introducing Donald Duck!), The Tortoise and the…
Jet Scott Volume Two
When the world is faced with strange anomalous threats, there is one man who can be called on to set things right-Jet Scott! Along with his colleagues at the Office of Scientifact, Jet uses the power of science to solve…
Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Daily Cartoons 1929-1930
This series presents a chronological reprinting of Ripley’s famous daily cartoons, reminding us that first and foremost that Robert Ripley—explorer, radio, movie and television personality, entrepreneur and museum impresario—was an astounding artist-cartoonist. In an era when few people travelled outside…
The Complete Little Orphan Annie Volume Eleven: 1943-1945
In the depths of the Second World War, Harold Gray paints a dark vision of stateside America when Annie’s most loyal friends turn out to be a boarding house full of thieves, forgers, and mindreaders. The red-garbed orphan sees that…
Johnny Hazard Volume Two: The Newspaper Dailies 1946-1948
Frank Robbins’ masterpiece, one of the all-time greatest action/adventure newspaper comic strips, Johnny Hazard, returns with Volume Two of the series! Continues the adventures of Johnny Hazard and Brandy picking up the storyline where Volume One left off. See more trend-setting…
Stan Drake’s The Heart of Juliet Jones – Volume 4: Sundays
With the fourth volume of our continuing series Stan Drake’s The Heart of Juliet Jones, we’re taking a break on the daily storylines and will be delving into the Sunday strips, reprinting Sunday storylines from the first Sunday – May 2, 1954,…