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Episode 011 with special guest Wallace Ryan

By on October 10, 2018 in Batman, EuroComics, Superman, The Library of American Comics & EuroComics Podcast

Dean Mullaney and Kurtis Findlay are back for another episode of the Library of American Comics & EuroComics Podcast!

Dean and Kurtis are back to discuss this month’s releases, including Superman: The Silver Age Sundays, Vol. 1: 1959-1963, Enola Holmes, Vol. 1: The Case of the Missing Marquess, and Batman: The Silver Age Dailies complete 3-volume boxset! Plus, Kurtis talks to loyal LOAC supporter Wallace Ryan to talk about his life in the comic world and his LOAC complete collection!

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Episode 010 – Comic-Con Debrief

By on September 12, 2018 in For Better or For Worse, Star Hawks, Star Wars, The Library of American Comics & EuroComics Podcast

Dean Mullaney and Kurtis Findlay are back for another episode of the Library of American Comics & EuroComics Podcast!

Dean and Kurtis are back from a short break to talk about their Comic-Con experience! Plus, hear from fans at Comic-Con about why they love For Better or For Worse, and listen to clips of Dean Mullaney and Lynn Johnston from their Comic-Con panel appearances! Plus, Star Hawks! Star Wars! Corto Maltese! Quest of Ewilan! And we answer all of your questions!

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Fantasy Comics Page & One of Their Own

By on September 8, 2018 in Blondie, Donald Duck, General News, Li’l Abner, Little Orphan Annie, Steve Canyon, Tarzan

Fifty-four years ago, on September 15, 1964, the New York World’s Fair marked “Steve Canyon Day” and honored the picaresque hero’s creator, Milton Caniff.

And why not? Caniff had spent most of that summer weaving a tale set at the Fair involving both Canyons, Steve and his collegiate cousin, Poteet. The World’s Fair, being staged in New York, was heavily covered by all major forms of media, and a Canyon storyline set at the huge exhibition was a promotional boon to several subscriber newspapers, as this ad from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch indicates:

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Errata Man o’ Steel

By on July 30, 2018 in General News

Superman expert Karl Mattson pointed out an error in Superman Golden Age Dailies 1944-47: the November 22, 1944 daily was a duplicate of the November 23rd strip. As strip researchers know, some newspapers printed strips on days other than the “official” in-panel date; in these cases, the newspaper would often unilaterally re-date the strip. Our source for November 22nd (the San Francisco Academy of Comic Art Collection) was obviously from one of those newspapers. Our apologies for not catching this before publication. We’ll fix it if we go into a second printing, and in the meantime, the correct strip is above.

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