BB-Gun Posted June 28, 2017 Author Share Posted June 28, 2017 (edited) There should be a city in the US which honors its cartoonists the way they do in Belgium. Brussels is covered with murals of Tintin and associated characters. You can go on a walking tour to see murals in different parts of the city. I can imagine a giant Buck Rogers space ship in the town square and buildings covered with robots and Wilma. Edited June 28, 2017 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 I would love to see something like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pemart1966 Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 On 2015-09-11 at 6:31 PM, BB-Gun said: From Wikipedia, Frank Godwin described himself as a frustrated engineer... Great photo. Looks as if Franks's cat is wearing the same expression as he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted July 3, 2017 Author Share Posted July 3, 2017 On 6/24/2017 at 1:42 PM, Arkadin said: There are a lot of Terry comic books, so it might have been. Not sure though, as I don't collect those. These have been collected in hardcover by IDW as half pages - yet I have never seen an early Terry strip as a half, only as tabs like the one above. Anyone here ever see one as a half? I found this half by Caniff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted July 3, 2017 Author Share Posted July 3, 2017 (edited) and another Wunder page... Edited July 3, 2017 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted July 3, 2017 Author Share Posted July 3, 2017 Annie was pretty great when off on an adventure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted July 3, 2017 Author Share Posted July 3, 2017 I like Ed Dodd's earlier work but I read Mark Trail for years without ever seeing the Home Towners strip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BB-Gun Posted July 9, 2017 Author Share Posted July 9, 2017 On 2/21/2014 at 5:09 PM, BB-Gun said: Flash got into the action immediately without any long-winded introductions. Someone asked about the value of these first strips. I don't think they sell for more than a few hundred dollars. Print runs were very high for national newspapers and number of collectors is small. They have also been reprinted but I think they are much more fun to see in full size pages that are well preserved. Perhaps a collection of early strips can set a higher value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 (edited) This is coming my way in the mail. Along with a bunch more. I can't wait to see them. The original owner cut each strip in half and made a comic book out of it. I'm not sure how many pages will be in the book, but I think it'll be a sequential run of quite a few. Edited July 9, 2017 by gadzukes BB-Gun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopKulture Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 1 hour ago, gadzukes said: This is coming my way in the mail. Along with a bunch more. I can't wait to see them. The original owner cut each strip in half and made a comic book out of it. I'm not sure how many pages will be in the book, but I think it'll be a sequential run of quite a few. Pretty interesting and unique piece of comic history you'll have! Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 (edited) 4 hours ago, BB-Gun said: Print runs were very high for national newspapers and number of collectors is small. I imagine print runs were enormous, however, how many of these do you suppose survived? You collect these BB-Gun, right? How many of this Flash Gordon 1s have you found? Edited July 9, 2017 by gadzukes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted July 14, 2017 Author Share Posted July 14, 2017 I enjoyed Andy Capp back in the sixties. I have read several collections and found an autographed photo on ebay. porcupine48 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted July 14, 2017 Author Share Posted July 14, 2017 I like picking up those big tabloid size picture magazines with articles about comics. PopKulture 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted July 15, 2017 Author Share Posted July 15, 2017 On 7/9/2017 at 0:37 PM, gadzukes said: I imagine print runs were enormous, however, how many of these do you suppose survived? You collect these BB-Gun, right? How many of this Flash Gordon 1s have you found? I have found exactly none. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 3 hours ago, BB-Gun said: I have found exactly none. What about other strips you collect? How many 1st strips do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkadin Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 (edited) "Why, it's Stevie Canyon!" First three Steve Canyon Sundays from 1947. Tough guys, big fists and femme fatales. Edited July 16, 2017 by Arkadin BB-Gun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 (edited) Nice run of Steve Canyon. I've never read a Steve Canyon comic. Are they good? I recently bought some high grade Steve Canyon comics. I've got them in at CGC right now getting graded. They look perfect to me so I wonder how high they'll grade. The art is very good. I might have to buy a reprint collection to read. Edited July 16, 2017 by gadzukes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkadin Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 (edited) When I was a kid, I thought Steve Canyon was the most boring comic strip in the paper. But these early strips are great actually, steeped in that late 40's two-fisted adventure/noir feel. "Gilda" on the half page. I assume the Harvey comics are reprints of the early daily strips - yours looks like it might be a file copy. Geppi's used to sell those back in the day. You should definitely check out the reprint volumes. I picked up the entire first year of Sunday strips, but I haven't had time to read through them all yet. But based on what I've read so far, it looks like a lot of fun. Edited July 16, 2017 by Arkadin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadzukes Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 (edited) Just reading those 3 strips that you posted Arkadin, makes me think it's worth a read. Here's another of the S.C. comics that I just got. They're SOOO nice. You might be right, maybe they're file copies. Edited July 16, 2017 by gadzukes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
