BB-Gun Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 (edited) I know we had a place for discussing Sunday comics but it hasn't been used in a while. I am trying to photograph Sunday pages that I purchased and post them in a thread for comments and comparison to other reprints and comics. Hope you have something to show. November 3, 1935 Edited April 28, 2013 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mann Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Great new thread...look forward to seeing what is shown! Sunday Morning for me in the 40's was listening to Uncle Don on WOR Radio reading the "Funnies" from the New York Journal American...including the PHANTOM, JIGGS & MAGGIE, etc. Sorry, I was unable to hold onto the comic sections...holding onto my collection of comic books was enough. mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkadin Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 This is a wonderful idea for a thread - thanks BB-Gun. Really looking forward to seeing what folks have to share here. I'll start with a Peanuts Sunday from 1952. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted April 28, 2013 Author Share Posted April 28, 2013 I like Peanuts and other modern strips but sorry I missed the old full size Sunday pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BB-Gun Posted April 28, 2013 Author Share Posted April 28, 2013 (edited) Gordon Bread and Harvey also reprinted Flash Gordon. Edited April 28, 2013 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted April 28, 2013 Author Share Posted April 28, 2013 Acerno also did a recreation. Does anyone have original art for the Sunday funnies. A Superman page would be nice to show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted April 28, 2013 Author Share Posted April 28, 2013 and Wood did a parody for Mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted April 28, 2013 Author Share Posted April 28, 2013 Some of the panels seem inspired by Raymond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted April 28, 2013 Author Share Posted April 28, 2013 Hingees help bring comic characters to life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted April 28, 2013 Author Share Posted April 28, 2013 (edited) Sunday pages by Segar seem a little tough to find. But fortunately his stories were reprinted in King Comics. Edited April 28, 2013 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted April 28, 2013 Author Share Posted April 28, 2013 Superman Sunday pages are especially nice. I have this page in two different formats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted April 28, 2013 Author Share Posted April 28, 2013 I like giant robots and little race cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damonwad Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Great stuff BB-Gun. I especially like the full Flash/ Thimble Sundays with toppers. I never paid any attention to the Superman Sundays before but they look really good. There are plenty of great strip reprint books out lately but it's still cool to see the real Sunday pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat-Man_America Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 [font:Times New Roman]Great thread! The daily below is a latter day example of the Secret Agent X-9 strip originated by Dashiell Hammett and Alex Raymond that evolved into Secret Agent Corrigan during it's long run for King Features. This page was produced by the late Al Williamson. Even though it technically isn't GA, I think it fits into this thread nicely given it's legacy. Sorry about the quality of the shot, I just uploaded it from my IPad.[/font] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaillant Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 (edited) For us italians the newspaper format was the staple format of comics publications, at least up to 1949. We did not have much comic strips running on newspapers. Rather, the idea of italian publishers was to turn the table and making the tabloid or larger formats the standard format for comics, starting in 1934. I collect just a single title (which had been the very first to publish italian material alone). This is a 1945 issue which i already posted in another discussion (this one is from the bounded collection of a friend): It is particularly significant, as "Il Vittorioso" was one of the few publications to presents a story featuring partisans, a few months after the liberation of Italy. Artist on this one is the very fine Raffaele Paparella, which later on would have left the pen to experiment with brush styles. Edited April 28, 2013 by vaillant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted April 28, 2013 Author Share Posted April 28, 2013 (edited) Sunday page is from 1937. Edited April 28, 2013 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted April 28, 2013 Author Share Posted April 28, 2013 Mickey was fighting for the allies in the WWII dailies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkadin Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 When it comes to beautiful full page Sunday comics, Frank King's great Gasoline Alley can't be beat in my book. Famously, Uncle Walt and Skeezix aged during the strip's decades-long run - but for us comic fans, they'll live forever. Here's a 1931 Sunday with an incredible King layout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...