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From the very first Beetle Bailey strips on a college campus through Beetle's enlistment in the U.S. Army, this volume contains the first two years of Mort Walker's famous strips encompassing September 1950 through June 1952. Enjoy two separate casts of quirky characters, the first based on Mort Walker's fraternity brothers at the University of Missouri and the second on his Korean era stint in the Army. These are the strips that won him the Ruben Award in 1953..
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One of the most beloved comic strips of all time is comprehensively collected here for the first time. These are the personally hand-picked strips from the master himself, Johnny Hart, prior to his death in April 2007. This edition celebrates the (pre)historic hilarity which was BC. Each chapter lovingly captures the best strips from each decade of the comic strip from the 1950's through the 2000's. This volume also features detailed descriptions of the real friends that inspired B.C. characters and discussion of the strip by Johnny Hart. In this volume you will find a foreword by Bobby Hart, rare, never before published concept art drawn by Johnny Hart just prior to the launch of the strip and a newly created cover drawn by Mr. Hart especially for this volume. He will be missed..
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The first of seven full-color volumes collecting the entire output of comics great Alex Raymond on his signature strip, Flash Gordon. Thanks to Raymond's unrivaled gift for gorgeous sprawling artork and rapid-fire plotting set on a world of unrivaled wonder - the mysterious planet mongo - Flash Gordon quickly became a house-hold name which still resonates in film, literature and cartooning to this day..
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Brilliantly illustrated by the legendary Alex Raymond, Flash Gordon epitomizes the golden age of the newspaper comic strip. Thanks to Raymond's unrivaled gift for gorgeous, spawling artwork and rapid-fire plotting set on a world of unrivaled wonder, Flash Gordon quickly became a household name, a name which still resonates in film, literature and cartooning to this day. Volume 4 collects strips from June 12, 1938 to January 21, 1940, continuing the saga of Flash, Dale and Ming on the planet Mongo..
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The second of Checker's re-issue of the color Flash Gordon strips from the pen and brush of its unsurpassed originator, Alex Raymond The work of a master at his best, these color strips were originally published in 1935 and 1936..
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Included here is every known episode from October 13th, 1905, the very frist, until August 15, 1909, never before published in complete collected form. in addition, another first: All forty-three episodes of McCay's first color Sunday feature, Tales of the Jungle Imps, As published in the Cincinnati Enquirer in 1903. Bonus promotional material includes playbills, posters, Little Nemo merchandise and more..
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This premium quality book features works by the legand of cartooning: Alex Raymond, who is credited with inspiring generations of artists to try their hand at comic strips, including greats such as Frank Frazette and Al Williamson. Flash Gordon: Volume 6 is presented in stunning full-color in a horizontal page-format that does much to highlight Raymond's gorgeous, sprawling scenery and cinematic layout. Featuring the Flash Gordon strips which originally ran from August 1941 through May 1943..
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Volume seven of Flash Gordon includes the stories The Fiery Desert of Mongo, Battle for Tropica, Triumph in Tropica and Marvela, all originally appearing from 1943 to 1945. Steeped in intrigue and bounded only by Raymond fertile imagination, our heros face an exciting and dangerous future, as could only have been brought to life by the brilliant pen of a cartoon master..
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The second volume of a two volume set which collects the groundbreaking comic strip series from the genius illustrator Winsor McCay. Features full color and black and white collection of adventures of Nemo in Slumberland from 1910-1915, and 1926. The two volumes provide the most comprehensive collection of the series ever produced. Presented in a wonderful limited edition hardcover format..
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