Golden Age Comic Strips 0

[Yellow Kid]

If you are just starting your reprint collection, be sure and get the hardcover version of Fantagraphics Prince Valiant.  It has far superior resolution and makes the art much more impressive and enjoyable.  I know several people who put together a complete run of the soft cover reprints, saw the hardcover quality, and sold their softcover set and started over with the hardcovers as the strip is loved for its art at least as much as for its narrative.

[adamstrange]

On 11/24/2021 at 7:57 AM, Yellow Kid said:

If you are just starting your reprint collection, be sure and get the hardcover version of Fantagraphics Prince Valiant.  It has far superior resolution and makes the art much more impressive and enjoyable.  I know several people who put together a complete run of the soft cover reprints, saw the hardcover quality, and sold their softcover set and started over with the hardcovers as the strip is loved for its art at least as much as for its narrative.

Great recommendation!

The gigantic German reprints of the first 3 years are spectacular, though a bit pricey and difficult to find at this point.

[Readcomix]

Thought you guys would appreciate this OA in here...a 1942 Smilin Jack Sunday strip, and a 1935 Winnie Winkle Sunday topper:

Jack keeps loading upside down...will reshoot pic later ...

 

 

 

Edited November 24, 2021 by Readcomix

[Readcomix]

Here's another vote for Little Nemo...this edition is out of print but its basically full broadsheet size. Gorgeous book if you can find it.

[adamstrange]

Sunday Press put out a very impressive line up of super-sized reprints!  I bought several at San Diego Con, where they offered free shipping so that I didn't have to lug them onto an airplane.

[Readcomix]

Okay, here’s that 1942 Smilin’ Jack Sunday strip, with letter on back to previous purchaser, from Zack Moseley’s daughter.

[Yorick]

On 9/20/2019 at 7:03 AM, sfcityduck said:

Here's Frazetta homaging Hal Foster back in 1949:

Please; what is this from?

[Scrooge]

On 11/27/2021 at 1:08 PM, Yorick said:

Please; what is this from?

Happy Comics # 33 - GCD :: Issue :: Happy Comics #33

[pemart1966]

On 11/24/2021 at 7:57 AM, Yellow Kid said:

If you are just starting your reprint collection, be sure and get the hardcover version of Fantagraphics Prince Valiant.  It has far superior resolution and makes the art much more impressive and enjoyable.  I know several people who put together a complete run of the soft cover reprints, saw the hardcover quality, and sold their softcover set and started over with the hardcovers as the strip is loved for its art at least as much as for its narrative.

This is true.  

I missed hardcover Vol 5 when, for some reason, it singularly went out of print.  I decided to fill the Vol 5 HC void with the soft covers.  When HC Vol came back into print a few years later I compared the two versions and there was a noticeable difference.

I believe that the HC and soft cover used, in some instances, different source material which would account for the difference in image quality.