Promotional ads touting the debut of six great comic strips that have been collected in LOAC editions.
Author Archives: Bruce Canwell
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May
May
Back — after a hiatus to allow our new-look website to complete construction and be unveiled — with more delightful artwork from the commemorative book celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of Jack & Charlie’s, that Manhattan restaurant and watering hole for the movers and shakers that was better known as “21.” If you missed our two […]
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May
May
Knowing that persons everywhere are looking for new diversions during the current global circumstances, it occurred to us that we may be getting casual browsers stopping by this space for only the first or second time. They may find themselves wondering, “What’s this whole Library of American Comics thing about, anyway?” This entry is a […]
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Apr
Apr
Following up on our previous entry in this space devoted to the New York hotspot “21” and its tribute book, The Iron Gate (see that first installment here), please enjoy these six additional images … Watch this space in coming days for more artwork from the pages of The Iron Gate!
Caniff, General News, Steve Canyon, Terry and the Pirates
Found Inside The Iron Gate (First in a Series)
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Apr
Apr
The Air Force Association (AFA) was founded in 1945 when the head of the Army Air Forces, General Hap Arnold, campaigned for the creation of a veterans group that would support establishing the Air Force as a separate branch of the military. Chapters of the AFA blossomed in major cities coast to coast, and when […]
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Mar
Mar
Greetings to all our visitors — I’ve been quiet in recent weeks because my wife has been under the weather and I’ve been running the household by myself (she’s much better now, thanks!). It was a challenge, even before the current circumstances fully took hold. We trust all our readers are acting responsibly and staying […]
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Jan
Jan
Concluding our look back on our first two hundred releases, we check out LOAC books number one hundred fifty-one to two hundred, spanning the years 2016 to 2019. Here’s the list of those titles: … And here are my strongest recollections about these twenty-six months of LOAC history. As with previous installments of this series, […]
Alex Toth, Dick Tracy, Donald Duck, Spider-Man, Steve Canyon, Wonder Woman
Mile Markers on the Road to 200: Reaching the Sesquicentennial
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Jan
Jan
Continuing our review of the first two hundred LOAC books, which began here and continued right here, what follows is a look at our one hundred first to one hundred fiftieth releases …
Alex Toth, Bungle Family, LOAC Essentials, Polly and Her Pals, Steve Canyon, The Gumps, The Little King
Mile Markers on the Road to 200: #s 51-100
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Jan
Jan
Continuing our review of the first two hundred LOAC books, which began here, take a look at our fifty-first to one hundredth releases … … And here’s what jumps out at me as I scan this list. As noted in the first installment of this series, other LOACers may recall some of these events differently, or […]
Chuck Jones, Li'l Abner, Little Orphan Annie, Scorchy Smith, Terry and the Pirates
Mile Markers on the LOAC Road to 200
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Jan
Jan
With a brand-new year and LOAC Essentials Volume 14: Barney Google available on sale, we’ve now successfully traveled The Library of American Comics Road to 200. Each month during 2019 in this space we paused to feature one of our books via the trusty ol’ LOAC Wheel of Fortune, but now seems like an opportune time […]
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