Welcome to Screwball Sunday. Here you can get your weekly fix of absurdist-driven comic strip comedy. Each post will share new art and information related to Screwball! The Cartoonists Who Made the Funnies Funny. In a recent podcast episode devoted to a discussion of screwball comics, cartoonist Noah Van Sciver (Blammo, The Hypo, Fante Bukowski) […]
Monthly Archives: May 2020
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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
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 […]
"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
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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 […]
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May
Welcome to our new and improved website, with faster links, additional information, and new features. We’ve also designed it so that you can read about LOAC volumes and EuroComics books on the same site. Most of the old blogs will be migrated over in the weeks to come. We’ve also added a comments feature to […]