Robert Beerbohm

could have sworn i saw a Tec 29 in that first pic, my bad, as it is my favorite Batman cover even though most people seem to say 31 is with the Fu Manchu lab cover (#18 or $19?) being my favorite Detective cover ever. It was also my very first pre Batman Tec i ever got - way back circa 1967. still, all in all, both pics are most impressive array of that DC title one could ever dream of owning Makes me think back pre ware house flood to when Best of Two Worlds in Berkeley housed a wide inventory with over 400 Mile Highs - amongst an inventory which had grown to a million comic books - traded Chuck Byrne Xmen i had in huge quantities as i had grown to buying 10,000 an issue thru 143 - one was able to acquire all kines of Gold & Key Silver for NM 9.6/9.8 Byrne Xmen in bulk - usually had several copies of every Superman from 10 up at a time - 40-50 Capt Americas, inventory maintainance some call it - Ahhh, The Good Old Days to still have such treasures is a blessing, my hat is off to BZ for semi-sharing his Tec 27

and here are the only two comic books in Steve G's GEM museum which i have never had before: and can you guess the only one i had never had before in this pic?

one of the coolest off-beat artifacts amongst 1000s of such treasures

And here Arnold is explaining the "Pioneer" room's importance to the history of comic books, housing a "couple" artifacts dating 100s of years prior to when Superman debuted. In the 2nd pic, Bill P just felt compelled to document all that prior history

America's first comic book from 1842, Obadiah Oldbuck, is housed in this glass case

Here are a few of the pics i took. Arnold was a delightful host explaining each of the exhibit halls: This last pic, Pons and I fell behind as he was explaining to me the importantance of America's first printed comic book Obadiah Oldbuck from waaaay back in 1842

you missed the earlier group shot - look for two different one, grass hoppa - and your quest shall be successful

the two individuals sent me emails which read like it was last week end, so i re-arranged the itinerary and threw in a side pit stop at DCA National air port, rented a car, found out then it was this upcoming week end, but was not at a computer till i got back from CGC Tuesday Me and a couple the boys is figuring it out, i was not noticing what vensue, apologies for the laundry and this is OK, yep, you hit that nail on the proverbial head, got the car OK, sleep digs will come, not everything wil lbe sold out, not sweating it, more like a yikes, better get on it,

hey, i just realized i need to a place to stay as well as rent a car again - and we are coming up on 4th of July week end - yow

I thought i might throw some of the group shots in from Jerry Bails All Star Comics collection which includes some Edgar Church and a Larson #6. Checl out the full inside scoop on the GOLD thread Jerry's All Stars will post a few more later Robert Beerbohm www.BLBcomics.com

yo boys & girls, i was already programmed to meet up with Steve B, Mark H and West S in Sarasota - all i did was add in a pit stop in Baltimore DC - and had a great time taking a break, then it was down to Florida, did my thing at CGC and had a great time at the Ringling Circus Museum - Fan-Tas-Tic, is the place - i took some pics there, might get some posted here next day or so, but it is now time to go sleep and greet the next day as i have a lot of work to catch up on

I'm guessing you've probably seen some of the 1930's era Sundays. They're beautiful. I have a 1972 Moores Gasoline Alley original. It's nice, but certainly couldn't be described as surreal. Maybe Bob Beerbohm has something from the period you're seeking. I have many 100s of Gasoline Alley Sunday tear sheets, but no original King art robert beerbohm www.BLBcomics.com

Most of my Polly originals are late ones, but towards the end, Sterrett could no longer afford ghost helpers, hence, one gets pure undiluted Sterrett towards the end. The Sunday strip ended mid June 1958 after a logn run which began in 1912 and i have a few Sundays which were unpublished dating into October 1958, I like Sterrett's Polly strip circa 1927-1935 as much as i like Herriman's Krazy Kat, which is to say a lot. I used to have a complete run of the Sunday tear sheets acquired back in the 1970s, which all got turned into paper mache bricks with the 1986 flooding which destroyed the comics company i was an owner of - along with my complete runs into the 1940s of Popeye, Barney Google, Bringing Up Father, Felix, Mickey Mouse, Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, Gasoline Alley and many other classics. As the libraries of America converted to micro fiche and literally were throwing away the bound volumes, i got in on the racket of simply offering up the freight charges to transport - the libraries loved it cuz they saved on garbage charges at the time The past decade has seen me getting some of this stuff back and i have maybe 600 Polly tear sheets once again -

Thank you BZ, you be gentleman and scholar - yep, both gems of the art form, this is a prime period on both i just love - i have 15 Polly Sundays and want more, dailies or Sundays. And one day an early 30s Felix Sunday will come my way, but i have to get my hip joint replaced so i can get back in the game like i had been. You use non-glare UV glass on your originals? then again, if they never get direct sunlight, there is no problem - i say this cuz the paper looks supple off white on both stunning pieces. Robert Beerbohm www.BLBcomics.com

My father had a Von Dutch flying flaming eye ball on his motor cycle gas tank back in the mid 1950s. I am impressed BZ knows of Von Dutch. Pop and Rick Griffin had a conversation about Von Dutch the first time they met in my Rick Griffin art gallery in The Cannery of Fisherman's Wharf San Francisco back in 1991.

Obviously, Rick Griffin was reading Centaurs, and was a student of Von Dutch

Thanks for the heads up - i saw maybe half a dozen KK posts, and could never figure out why some of the listers here thought KK was Showcase-04 last year, which baffled me, cuz i know S-4 as well as BZ, or any number of other listers here, so, if what said be true, and i have no doubt, based on some of the ad hominum thrusts & parries sent my way on occasion re my comic book history research into the earlier 1800s, i can believe there might be a lunatic fringe who partake of these chat boards some times.

my opinion is that the core of what Brad Savage (KK) talks about has some merit, but this is obscured by his hyperbole and myopism. KK wasn't banned because he promotes the collecting of OA. he was banned because he claims, and continues to claim, that buying comics is a waste of time and only a fool would "invest" in comics. it's all about the $$$$ for KK this person krazykat (who, in reality, is mild-mannered mortgage lender St....., whoops) was merely expressing first ammendment rights and got banned? Why?

Well, it's been a while, a Polly daily near the Felix then, and a 1932 Messmer Delix Sunday, almost just as way cool as a 1932 Polly & her Pals - sure thang, kin we see both? 32 is a very good year for Felix - would appreciate it, if you can git to it easily

yo BZ Didn't i see a Polly & Her Pals by Cliff Sterrett Sunday at yer house as one comes down the stairs into the sancto-sanctorum ? If that be the case, can we trouble you to post it here? Polly be my favorite newspaper comic strip with a couple hundred others a close second

yo BZ how many of these ERB books are AC McLurg copies? can you take a pic of just the McLurg editions? just wondering luv the J Allen St John art work Robert Beerbohm eBay store: BLBcomics

nah, the ONLY way to collect Foster, in Tarzan or PV, is in Sunday FULL pagers - and i am only missing maybe 3 or 4 Tarzan Fosters to have the complete run - even the Maxons in front of Foster picking up in the Egyptian sequence in late 1932 -

Tarzan? Gimme Capt & the Kids