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Category Archives: Terry and the Pirates
"Cap" Stubbs & Tippie, Archie, Barney Google, Baron Bean, Batman, Beyond Mars, Blondie, Bloom County, Bringing Up Father, Bungle Family, Charlie Chan, Chuck Jones, Dick Tracy, Donald Duck, Family Circus, Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim, For Better or For Worse, Gasoline Alley, General News, George Herriman, King Aroo, Li'l Abner, Little Orphan Annie, LOAC Essentials, Miss Fury, Polly and Her Pals, Popeye, Red Barry, Rip Kirby, Scorchy Smith, Silly Symphonies, Skippy, Spider-Man, Star Hawks, Star Trek, Star Wars, Steve Canyon, Superman, Tarzan, Terry and the Pirates, The Gumps, The Little King, Wonder Woman, X-9: Secret Agent Corrigan
… This is Now
14
Mar
Mar
Eight years later, the picture looks like —
Archie, Baron Bean, Blondie, Bloom County, Bringing Up Father, Dick Tracy, Family Circus, Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim, Gasoline Alley, General News, King Aroo, Li'l Abner, Little Orphan Annie, Miss Fury, Polly and Her Pals, Rip Kirby, Scorchy Smith, Star Trek, Steve Canyon, Superman, Terry and the Pirates, The Little King, X-9: Secret Agent Corrigan
That was Then …
11
Mar
Mar
Take me back — take me way, way back —
Dick Tracy, Donald Duck, General News, Li'l Abner, Little Orphan Annie, LOAC Essentials, Rip Kirby, Star Hawks, Terry and the Pirates, The Gumps, Uncategorized
Happy Holidays from LOAC, Dogpatch-Style!
23
Dec
Dec
Ho-Ho-Ho from Us to You!
Dick Tracy, Donald Duck, General News, Li'l Abner, Polly and Her Pals, Rip Kirby, Scorchy Smith, Terry and the Pirates
Weather or Not …
12
Dec
Dec
Shivers from LOAC Artists!
Blondie, Bringing Up Father, Dick Tracy, General News, Little Orphan Annie, Skippy, Terry and the Pirates, X-9: Secret Agent Corrigan
Foo a Little Ballyhoo
03
Jun
Jun
Promotional ads touting the debut of six great comic strips that have been collected in LOAC editions.
"Cap" Stubbs & Tippie, Blondie, Bringing Up Father, Bungle Family, Dick Tracy, King Aroo, Little Orphan Annie, Popeye, Scorchy Smith, Terry and the Pirates, The Gumps
Corned Beef, Cabbage, and an Errant Rolling Pin
19
May
May
Every so often we receive emails from fans bemoaning the fact that one reprint series or another wasn’t successful enough (in other words, didn’t sell enough copies) for the series to continue. A recent email to that effect about our two Bringing Up Father books got me thinking. We have really spoiled ourselves and each […]
Caniff, General News, Steve Canyon, Terry and the Pirates
Found Inside The Iron Gate (First in a Series)
11
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 […]
Chuck Jones, Li'l Abner, Little Orphan Annie, Scorchy Smith, Terry and the Pirates
Mile Markers on the LOAC Road to 200
07
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 […]
19
Dec
Dec
As we pause for a bit here at The Library of American Comics — to celebrate the holidays, see out the old year, and prepare to mark our 200th release — we wanted to take something of a trip back to The Way It All Began (kudos to you if you pinpointed the source of […]
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