Comic Strips & Cartoons

 
Milton Caniff, Caniff, Milton, Very Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (dustjacket spine sunned), IDW Publishing, San Diego, 2008, 1st, 9 inches, 11.5 inches, 357 pages, color and black & white, hardcover, cloth, English

Caniff's classic adventure comic strip. Over 725 consecutive strips. Three dailies per page and Sundays in color. Strips are crisply printed and the color...

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Milton Caniff, Caniff, Milton, Very Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (mild wear to the edges of the dustjacket), San Diego, Library of American Comics /IDW Publishing, 2009, 1st, 9781600103483, 9 inches, 11.5 inches, 360 pages, dailies in black & white with an introduction and Sundays in color, hardcover, cloth, English

A modern collection of the classic adventure comic strip. Over 725 consecutive strips. Three dailies per page and Sundays in color. The strips are crisply...

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Milton Caniff, Caniff, Milton, Fine, Northampton, MA, Kitchen Sink Press, 1989, 1st, 9780878160501, 8.5 inches, 11 inches, 192 pages, black & white, Softcover, color wraps, English

Two complete Steve Canyon adventures: "Twice Broken Heart" (July 9 to October 31, 1955) and "The Scarlet Princess" (November 1, 1955 to April 11, 1956)....

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Milton Caniff, Caniff, Milton, Very Fine, Northampton, MA, Kitchen Sink Press, 1992, 1st, 9780878160662, 8.5 inches, 11 inches, 148 pages, black & white, Softcover, color wraps, English

Two complete Steve Canyon adventures (September 25, 1957 to April 7, 1956). Every strip was carefully reproduced from Caniff's own studio proof sheets for...

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Al Capp, VF, Capp, Al, Kitchen Sink, 1988, 2nd, wraps

The complete Li'l Abner. This volume reproduces 440 strips.

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Al Capp, VF, Capp, Al, Kitchen Sink, 1996, 1st, wraps

The complete Li'l Abner. Elvis in Dogpatch! Introduction by James Vance. Strips assisted by Frank Frazetta."A great send-up of '50s youth culture and Elvis...

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Al Capp, VF, Capp, Al, Kitchen Sink, 1988, 1st, wraps

The complete Li'l Abner.

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Al Capp, VF, Capp, Al, Kitchen Sink, 1989, 1st, wraps

The complete Li'l Abner.

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Al Capp, VF, Capp, Al, Kitchen Sink, 1989, 1st, wraps

"The year begins with Capp's parody of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath (also made into a movie this year). Dogpatch is wiped out by turnip termites, so...

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Nemo #18
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Al Capp, VF, Capp, Al, Fantagraphics, 1986, 1st, wraps

An annotated interview with Al Capp. The text of a 1950s Capp speech to newspaper editors. Penman of the Past: Winsor McCay. Allen Saunder's autobiography....

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Nemo #18
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Al Capp, VF, Capp, Al, Fantagraphics, 1986, 1st, wraps

An annotated interview with Al Capp. The text of a 1950s Capp speech to newspaper editors. Penman of the Past: Winsor McCay. Allen Saunder's autobiography. More

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Al Capp, VG+/VG+, Capp, Al, Harper & Row, 1973, 1st, cloth

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Cobb Again
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Ron Cobb, Cobb, Ron, Near Fine (front cover slightly faded, corners sharp, binding tight, very flat, tight, clean, and sharp), Glebe, Australia, Wild & Woolley, 1976, 2nd, 0909331243, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 88 pages, 2 color and 86 black & white illustrations, softcover, color wraps, English

The follow-up collection to The Cobb Book. With 86 editorial cartoons from the years 1974-1976, each reproduced full-page, two in color. Nuclear power,...

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Cobb Again (Fine 3rd)
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Ron Cobb, Cobb, Ron, Fine (light shelfwear, very tight & flat), Glebe, Australia, Wild & Woolley, 1976, 3rd, 0909331243, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 88 pages, 2 color and 86 black & white illustrations, softcover, color wraps, English

The follow-up collection to The Cobb Book. With 86 editorial cartoons from the years 1974-76 reproduced full-page (two in color). All but three cartoons...

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Cobb Again (Near Fine 1st)
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Near Fine (light shelfwear, very tight & flat), Ron Cobb, Cobb, Ron, Wild & Woolley, 1976, 1st, 0909331243, Softcover, color wraps, English

This collection is a follow-up to The Cobb Book. 86 editorial cartoons from the years 1974-76 reproduced full-page (two in color). Only three of the...

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Ron Cobb, First printing of 5000 copies, Near Fine (light shelfwear, mild thumbdents to covers, binding very tight, interior clean), Cobb, Ron, Sawyer Press, 1968, 1st, wraps

Ron Cobb's second book reproduces 30 exquisitely drawn editorial cartoons from 1967 at the same size as the original art and on 70 lb. vellum stock. The...

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Ron Cobb, Cobb, Ron, Near Fine (one corner lightly bumped), Real Free Press/Arcanum, Amsterdam, 1968, 1st thus, 11 inches, 8.5 inches, 96 pages, 155 black & white cartoons, softcover, wraps, English

Using Ron Cobb's self-published Sawyer Press edition of MAH FELLOW AMERICANS as a starting point, this foreign edition adds 125 more cartoons for a total of...

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My Fellow Americans
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Ron Cobb, Cobb, Ron, Very Good+ (moderate shelfwear), Price/Stern/Sloan, Los Angeles, 1970, 2nd 1971, 7 inches, 7 inches, 98 pages, 46 black & white cartoons, softcover, wraps, English

44 cartoons on social issues. Militarism, the Vietnam War, Racism, urban violence, indian affairs, etc. Includes a six page interview with Cobb.

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Ron Cobb, Cobb, Ron, Very Fine, Raymond Martin Verlag, Germany, 1997, 9783886312344, 11.75 inches, 8.3 inches, 84 pages, 72 black & white cartoons, Softcover, color wraps

"Do we want that? Cartoons by Ron Cobb" Ron Cobb created 300 weekly editorial/political cartoons between 1965 and the early 1970s. This book collects...

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Kreigh Collins, Collins, Kreigh, Very Fine, Silver Spring, MD, Picture This Press, 2018, 1st, 9781949699203, 8.5 inches, 11 inches, 148 pages, black & white, Softcover, color wraps, English

From the publisher: Edited and restored by the artistÂ’s grandson, Brian E. Collins, with an introduction by Eisner Award-winning author Frank M. Young,...

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Paul Conrad, Conrad, Paul, Signed and inscribed by the artis, A few stains to the top edge, otherwise Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, 1996, 1st, 978-0961909550, 11.5 inches, 9 inches, 210 pages, 317 black & white illustrations, Hardcover, cloth, English

Inscribed by Pulitzer prize-winning cartoonist Conrad to fellow Los Angeles newspaper man (and literary scholar) Nicolas Beck. From the dustjacket:...

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Drawn And Quartered
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Paul Conrad, Fine/NF, Conrad, Paul, Abrams, 1985, 1st, cloth

Political cartoons.

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Drawn And Quartered
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Paul Conrad, VF/VF, Conrad, Paul, Abrams, 1985, 1st, cloth

Political cartoons.

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Pro and Conrad - Signed 1st
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Paul Conrad, Conrad, Paul, Inscribed by the author, Fine in Near Fine price-clipped dustjacket (light wear to upper rear corner and head of spine of dustjacket), Neff-Kane, San Rafael, CA, 1979, 1st, 11 inches, 9 inches, 196 pages, over 300 black & white cartoons, 26 color photos of bronzes, hardcover, cloth, English

Warmly inscribed by Conrad to former reporter and author Nick Beck: "For Nick-- I used to be in the newspaper business myself.... Best Paul Conrad 12/'79"...

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Miguel Covarrubias Caricatures
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Miguel Covarrubias, VG+/NF (upper right corners of the book are badly bumped otherwise the book is clean and very sound), Cox and Denna Jones Anderson, Beverly J., Covarrubias, Miguel, Smithsonian Institute Press, 1985, 1st, cloth

From the collection of Disney animator Ollie Johnson. A monograph devoted to Covarrubias' caricature work. Produced for an exhibition by the National...

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Miguel Covarrubias Caricatures
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Miguel Covarrubias, NF/NF (top edge is slightly foxed, the dustjacket's rear panel is scuffed), Cox and Denna Jones Anderson, Beverly J., Covarrubias, Miguel, Smithsonian Institute Press, 1985, 1st, cloth

Covarrubias (1904-1957) was the premiere caricaturist in the U.S. in the period between the suicide of Ralph Barton and the rise of Al Hirschfeld. This...

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Keeping Two: Part 1
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Fine (very light shelfwear), Jordan Crane, Crane, Jordan, Red Ink, 2010, 1st, 8 inches, 5.125 inches, 44 pages, black & white, Softcover, color wraps, English

Jordan Crane is "noted for well-observed narratives that focus on the vulnerability and mystery of the human experience" (What Things Do). This is the first...

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Very Fine, Roy Crane, Norwood (ed.), Rick, Crane, Roy, Fantagraphics, 2011, 1st, 9781606993910, Hardcover, cloth spine, boards with color plate onlaid, English

From the Publisher: This second of four volumes reprints in full color the rare Captain Easy Sunday pages from the 1930s. Roy Crane’s Soldier of...

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VF, Roy Crane, Crane, Roy, Flying Buttress/NBM, 1990, 1st, Hardcover, leather with an onlaid plate

Reprints three dailies per page and Sundays over two or three pages. Roy Crane Reminisces. Essay by Bill Blackbeard.

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VF, Roy Crane, Crane, Roy, Flying Buttress/NBM, 1990, 1st, Hardcover, leather with an onlaid plate

Reprints three dailies per page and Sundays over two or three pages.

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VF, Roy Crane, Crane, Roy, Flying Buttress/NBM, 1990, 1st, Hardcover, leather with an onlaid plate

Reprints three dailies per page and Sundays over two or three pages.

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VF, Roy Crane, Crane, Roy, Flying Buttress/NBM, 1990, 1st, Hardcover, leather with an onlaid plate

Reprints three dailies per page and Sundays over two or three pages.

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VF, Roy Crane, Crane, Roy, Flying Buttress/NBM, 1990, 1st, Hardcover, leather with an onlaid plate

Reprints three dailies per page and Sundays over two or three pages.

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VG+ (upper corners lightly bumped, covers lightly scratched, interior Fine), Roy Crane, Crane, Roy, Flying Buttress/NBM, 1988, 1st, 918348544, Hardcover, leather

This volume includes the introduction of Captain Easy. The best reprinting of this strip. Three strips per page. Sundays are over two pages.

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VF, Roy Crane, Crane, Roy, Flying Buttress/NBM, 1989, 1st, Hardcover, leather with an onlaid plate

Reprints three dailies per page and Sundays over two or three pages. Essay by Ron Goulart.

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Skippy And Percy Crosby
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Percy Crosby, Fine/NF (dustjacket top edge lightly rubbed with a small closed tear)), Robinson, Jerry, Crosby, Percy, Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1978, 1st, cloth spine

A biography of Percy Crosby and his creation Skippy, one of the early comics superstars. The philosophizing urchin spawned books, novels, toys, and merchandise.

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Skippy, Vol. 4: 1934-1936
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Percy Crosby, Crosby, Percy, Very Fine in Very Fine cover band in publisher's shrinkwrap, IDW, San Diego, 2018, 1st, 9 inches, 11 inches, 296 pages, color and black & white, hardcover, pictorial boards, English

From the publisher: Skippy is the spiritual ancestor to Peanuts, Calvin and Hobbes, and just about every other kid strip ever created. Perhaps more than...

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Jeff Danzinger, Danzinger, Jeff, Fine in Fine dustjacket, White River Junction, The Center for Cartoon Studies, 2013, 1st, 978-0-615-74279-3, 9.75 inches, 12 inches, xvi, 592 pages, black & white with 32 pages in color, Hardcover, boards, English

A massive 608-page coffee-table collection of over 1,100 of Danziger's post-9/11 editorial cartoons with extensive, educational commentary. From the...

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Jack Davis, Fine, Davis, Jack, 1970, 14.5 inches, 11.5 inches, English

An original comic page by Jack Davis for the mass market paperback original "Return of a Mad Look at the Movies" published in 1970.

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Barney Google 1919 - 1920
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Upper corners lightly bumped otherwise VF without dustjacket as issued, Billy De Beck, De Beck, Billy, Hyperion, 1977, 1st, xxii, 102, 300 black & white dailies and 9 other illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial cloth

The first year of the strip. Introduction by Bill Blackbeard. This is part of the Hyperion Library of Classic American Comic Strips.

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Eldon Dedini, Dedini, Eldon, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket (CD poscket is unopened), Seattle, Fantagraphics, 2006, 1st, 9781560977278, 1560977272, 11.25 inches, 8.75 inches, 240 pages, color, hardcover, pictorial boards, English

From the publisher: For over 45 years, Eldon Dedini has been one of Playboy's most recognizable full-page gag cartoonists. With a masterful watercolor...

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Random Anomalies - Signed
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Signed and dated 2006 by the artist, Fine, Louie del Carmen, del Carmen, Louie, 2006, 1st, 6.5 inches, 6.5 inches, 48 pages, color, softcover, wraps, English

Fifteen editorial-style cartoons of fate and synchronicity by this Los Angeles-based animation artist & director. These loose cartoony watercolor...

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Benjamin Dewey, Dewey, Benjamin, Very Fine, New York, Thomas Dunne Books, 2015, 1st, 9781250060624, 9.4 inches, 6.4 inches, 410 pages, monochrome illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

From the publisher: Welcome and good tidings, ladies, gentlemen, and all manner of upstanding, sentient beasts. The book you hold in your hands...

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Stan Drake, Very Fine, Drake, Stan, Classic Comics Press, 2008, 1st, color wraps

Dailies from March 9, 1953 to August 13, 1955. Long biographic essay by Armando Mendez. Introduction by Leonard Starr.

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Stan Drake, VF, Drake, Stan, Classic Comics Press, 2009, 1st, color wraps

A great comic strip with fast moving storylines about good people in a small town. I read this new volume cover to cover within days of receiving it. Stan...

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Stan Drake, VF, Drake, Stan, Classic Comics Press, 2010, 1st, color wraps

Dailies from December 2, 1957 to January 23, 1960. Introduction by Bill Sienkiewicz.

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Stan Drake, Drake, Stan, Very Fine, Classic Comics Press, Chicago, 2014, 1st, 8.25 inches, 11 inches, 248 pages, black & white, softcover, color wraps, English

Reprinting Sundays from May 2, 1954 to August 3, 1958, with an Introduction by Roy Richardson and an Interview with Stan Drake conducted by Shel Dorf .

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Signed by the author and the artist who includes a brush sketch, Very Fine, Frank Gibson, Becky Dreistadt, Gibson, Frank, Dreistadt, Becky, Patty Pan, 2010, 1st, 9780473165284, 8 inches, 6.75 inches, 24 pages, color, hardcover, pictorial boards

"Dear Reader, The book in your hands is our homage to the vintage storybooks we spent our youth reading. This is a tale of a little tiger named Tigerbuttah...

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