Comic Art collection, circa 1884-2016

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Series I: Fred Fox and Roger Armstrong comic strip art, 1950-1961, undated

Fred Fox was an American writer and cartoonist, born as Frederick Louis Fox in New York. He was involved in the creation of Charlie Plumb's 'Ella Cinders' strip for the Metropolitan Newspaper Service since the 1920s. He took over the writing of the strip anonymously in 1940 and assumed complete control between 1945 and 1961, leaving the artwork during the final year of his tenure to Roger Armstrong.

This long run of the long-running comic strip "Ella Cinders" (1925-1961) is by writer Fred Fox and artist Roger Armstrong, and represents the closing years of the strip. The main character, Ella, was modeled on silent film actress Colleen Moore, and retained her 1920s look while other characters reflected the period in which they were drawn. Also included are 31 "tryout" strips for a never-syndicated strip "Perilous Pauline" which indicate potential editorial changes. Both strips manifest frequent use of almost pristine Zip-A-Tone, a material used to add texture to simple line art.

"Roger Armstrong and Fred Fox Ella Cinders and Perilous Pauline Daily Comic Strip Original Art Group (United Feature Syndicate, 1950-1961). This massive group lot features 343 Ella Cinders dailies that span a decade. Also included in this lot are 31 Perilous Pauline try-out strips, for an astounding total of 374 strips in all. Each daily has an approximate image area of 19" x 5.5", and they average in Very Good condition. Auction: 7201 Lot: 92010" (from auction description)

Fred Fox (author), Roger Armstrong (illustrator). Gift of Gregory Benton, 2017.



Box 7 Ella Cinders (343 strips), 1950-1961


Box 7 1950: 11/28, 12/5, 12/15


Box 7 1951: 3/1


Box 7 1952: 5/5-5/7, 11/4-11/8, 11/14-11/15, 11/25-11/27, 11/29, 12/2-12/5, 12/11, 12/16-12/17, 12/19-12/20, 12/29, 12/31


Box 7 1953: 1/1-1/3, 5/25, 5/27-5/28, 5/30, 6/1-6/2, 6/4-6/6, 6/8-6/13, 6/16-6/17, 6/19-6/20, 6/22, 6/25-6/27, 6/30, 7/2-7/4, 7/14-7/18, 7/20, 7/22-7/25, 7/27-7/30, 8/1


Box 7 1957: 2/25-2/26, 2/28, 3/1-3/2, 3/4-3/6, 3/8


Box 7 1958: 3/3-3/5, 3/7, 4/8-4/9, 4/12, 8/18-8/19, 8/22, 8/25-8/30, 9/1-9/5, 9/1-9/6, 9/8-/912, 10/9-10/10, 10/13-10/16, 10/20, 10/22-10/25, 10/27-10/31, 11/1, 11/3-11/8, 11/10-11/15, 11/17-11/22


Box 7 1959: 2/16-2/21, 2/25-2/28, 3/2-3/6, 3/9, 3/16-3/21, 3/23-3/28, 3/30-3/31, 4/1-4/4, 5/11-5/14, 6/8-6/13, 6/22-6/27, 6/29-6/30, 7/1-7/4, 7/13-7/14, 7/16-7/17, 9/28-9/30, 10/1-10/3, 10/6-10/10, 10/19-10/24, 10/26-10/31, 11/2-11/7


Box 7 1960: 4/6, 4/8-4/9, 4/11-4/16, 4/18-4/23, 4/25-4/30, 5/2, 5/4-5/7, 5/9-5/14, 5/16-5/21, 5/23-5/28


Box 7 1961: 2/13-2/18, 2/20-2/24, 3/1-3/4, 3/6, 3/8, 3/11, 3/13, 3/15-3/18, 3/20-3/23, 3/25, 3/27-3/31, 4/1, 4/3-4/7, 4/11-4/13, 4/19-4/21, 4/26-4/29, 5/2-5/6, 5/8-5/13, 5/15-5/20, 5/22-5/24, 5/26-5/27


Box 7 Perilous Pauline (31 strips), undated

Unpublished tryout

Series II: Ghetto Brother, 2014

Six pages from the graphic novel Ghetto Brother, written by Julian Voloj and drawn by Claudi Ahlering. These pages are from a graphic novel about Benny Melendez, who was a major gang leader in the 1970s (and the inspiration for the charismatic leader in the film "The Warriors"), and who later discovered his Jewish heritage. The pages focus primarily on NYC in the 1970s and on religion.

Gift of Julian Voloj and Claudi Ahlering (the creators), 2019.



Box 3 Folder 10 Ghetto Brother: Warrior to Peacemaker, by Julian Voloj (author) and Claudia Ahlering (illustrator), 2014, 6 pages

Page 9, 63, 71, 72, 75, 101

Series III: Art Young, 1890s-1930s

Series consists of original art and cartoons created by Art Young (1866-1943), a cartoonist and illustrator, best known for his Socialist viewpoint. He illustrated political cartoons for magazines such as The Metropolitan Magazine, The Masses, New Masses, Life, Liberator (1977-1924), Good Morning (1919-1921), New Yorker, The Nation, etc. The political cartoons cover topics such as the Broadway Theatre and Actors Equity, capitalism, the Brooklyn Rapid Transit, political corruption, the economy, family planning, working class dignity, immigration, and more. Also included is a caricature drawing of Boris Bakhmeteff, Brander Matthews, and Arturo Giovannitt.



Box 1 Folder 15 Inferno illustration, uncaptioned, circa 1890s-1930s

Medium: Ink on paper. Type: Original art. Accession 2021-2022-M139


Box 1 Folder 16 Russian Ambassador, Boris Bakhmeteff

Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070


Box 1 Folder 16 Brander Matthews

The Masses Magazine.Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070


Box 1 Folder 16 Arturo Giovannitti, 1920

Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070


Box 1 Folder 17 Paris Resurgent "Free France"

Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070


Box 1 Folder 17 Ermine and Wolf

On cartoon, left: Ermine--an expensive animal that is a great favorite with royalty. On cartoon, right: Wolf--an animal that would haunt royalty if royalty had to earn it's own living.

Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070


Box 1 Folder 17 [Convention Dead Lock]

Caption: It May Come to This.

Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070


Box 1 Folder 17 Convention Oratory

On cartoon: Words, The Glorious Palladium of Our Liberties, The Full Realization of Our Proud Destiny, And the Triumph of Law N' Order.Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070


Box 1 Folder 18 Ideals

Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070


Box 1 Folder 18 Sacred Ballot

Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070


Box 1 Folder 18 Liberty up to date

Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070


Box 1 Folder 18 Trimming the Constitution [NY Constitution], circa 1915

The Masses Magazine. Drawing illustrates Barnes and Root fixing the tree with wisdom wax.

Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070


Box 1 Folder 18 Respect the Law, circa 1919-1922

Good Morning Magazine.

Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070


Box 1 Folder 18 Concessions in the Far East: Where the oil is, look out for war

Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070


Box 1 Folder 18 American Capitol

On cartoon: Big American Capital taking a bag of food and clothing from Europe while kicking skinny U.S. Uncle Sam away.

Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070


Box 1 Folder 18 Employer and Employee "Don't Bother Me!"

One-fifth of the world doesn't know how the other four-fifths live (and cares little). Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070


Box 1 Folder 19 George M. Cohan to the Fidelitx League, 1919-10

Published in The Terror on Broadway, The Liberator, Vol.2, No.10, Page 34. Caption from Liberator: "I'll give a hundred thousand, dollars, and another hundred thousand and another and I;mother and another-that's the kind of a little guy, I am, and I hope you'll all stay with me!"-George M. Cohan to the Fidelitx League.

On the back: Pencil sketch of Belasco crawling into bed next to man ringing bell.

Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070


Box 1 Folder 19 David Belasco, 1919-10

Published in The Terror on Broadway, The Liberator, Vol.2, No.10, Page 34. Caption from Liberator: "If the Actors' Equity Association wins the strike, I shall' retire and never produce another play."-David Belasco. Happy Dreams!

Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070


Box 1 Folder 19 Equity Strike, 1919-10

Published in The Terror on Broadway, The Liberator, Vol.2, No.10, Page 34. Caption from Liberator: "Hey, Bill, pretty good for amateursl"

On cartoon: people holding "Barrymores" and "Dressler" on strike flags, depicting 1919 Actors' Equity Association strike.

Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070



Box 2 Folder 14 That Six Million Donation, circa 1923

Life Magazine.

On cartoon: Whitney, Harkness, and Rockefeller Jr. tossing money at the NYPL lions.

Caption in pencil: That Six Million Donation. Staking the Lions on the 6 million.

Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070


Box 2 Folder 14 Purity of the Stage Pledge

New Masses Magazine. Inscribed on the back: Young 9 West 17th St NYC.

On Cartoon: I promise to abstain from further corrupting the minds.... signed F. Zeigfeld

Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070


Box 2 Folder 14 Corruption

On cartoon: Franchises, Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Metropolitan Street R. R. Franchises, Consolidated Gas Company Franchises, Subway Franchises.

Caption: "For the trail of the Serpent is over them all!" -Thomas Moore.

Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070


Box 2 Folder 14 [Prosperity is work, work is prosperity]

Caption: Anyway you want to put it--"This prosperity is work", "Sure--and work is prosperity"

Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070


Box 2 Folder 14 American Scene

Caption: The small business man imploring the city banker to loan them money.

Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070


Box 2 Folder 14 The Price of Debasement

Life Magazine.

Caption: Attitude of a waiter who thinks he'll set a 50 cent tip (also, attitudes if he expects less).

Type: Original art. Accession 2017-2018-M002


Box 2 Folder 14 U.S.-U.S.

Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070


Box 2 Folder 14 Secret Caucus

On cartoon: Big business interests waving to socialistic, single tax, union labor, and progressive at the door.

Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070


Box 2 Folder 14 Labor-Capital, The Law of Expansion and Contraction

Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070



Box 4 Folder 8 [The Big Bosses Privately Planning another fight, as it will be advertised, another take prize fight]

Type: Original art. Accession 2015-2016-M159


Box 4 Folder 8 Hearst and Brisbane

Type: Original art. Accession 2015-2016-M159


Box 4 Folder 8 Good Night! Cartoon Page, 1918-04

Published in The Liberator, Vol.1, No.2, Page 24.

Type: Cartoon Page. Accession 2017-2018-M002


Box 4 Folder 8 Good Night! Original Art, 1918-04

Published in The Liberator, Vol.1, No.2, Page 24.

Type: Original art. Accession 2015-2016-M159


Box 4 Folder 8 Judging the Human Conduct

Caption in pencil: One of many cartoons drawn to accompany Arthur Brisbane's Sunday Editorials.

NY Sunday American. Type: Original art. Accession 2015-2016-M159


Box 4 Folder 8 The Baby: I have a feeling I ought not stop here

Type: Original art. Accession 2017-2018-M002


Box 4 Folder 9 Ask the Bosses-They Know

Caption: Nominating a Republican President vs. Nominating a Democratic President.

Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070


Box 4 Folder 9 Annual Militant Adventure: Crossing the [Rubican?]

Type: Original art. Accession 2018-2019-M070


Box 4 Folder 10 Der Groyser Kundes/The Big Stick, Vol.12, No.53, 1920-12-24, 8 Leaves

Der Groyser Kundes (Yiddish: דער גרױסער קונדס, The Big Stick or The Big Prankster)

Type: Newspaper. Accession 2017-2018-M002


Box 4 Folder 10 [Milking the Public]

Type: Original art. Accession 2015-2016-M159

Series IV: General Comic Art, 1884-2016

Series consists of original art, sketches, pencil and ink drawings, newspaper strips, cartoons, and comic book pages, dating from 1884 to 2016.

Arrange alphabetically by last name of the author.



Box 6 Folder 3 Arriola, Gus: Gordo, 1949-12-08

Harmful content.

Medium: Ink over blue pencil on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 19" x 5". Accession 2016-2017-M112



Box 1 Folder 13 Bell, Gabrielle: "July 2nd 2011", 2011-07-02

Medium: Ink on graph paper. Type: Original art. Accession 2021-2022-M139



Box 6 Folder 8 Berndt, Walter: Smitty, 1958-02-15

Syndicate: Chicago Tribune. Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 19.75" x 6". Accession 2018-2019-M059


Box 6 Folder 7 Branner, Martin: Winnie Winkle [Confectionery Love], 1927-06-11

Syndicate: Chicago Tribune. Medium: Done in ink and blue pencil over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 20" x 5.75". Accession 2019-2020-M028


Box 6 Folder 7 Branner, Martin: Winnie Winkle [Fawthah is working dirt cheap], 1932-10-31

Note to printer in margin, receipt stamp on reverse, "1932 Oct 14 A 10 05" Ink on illustration board with blue pencil shading.

Medium: Done in ink and blue pencil over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 20" x 5.75". Accession 2021-2022-M139



Box 4 Folder 6 Briggs, Clare: The Days of Real Sport, 1928-09-10

Syndicate: New York Tribune. Accompanied by autographed drawing of Rob Stolzer (7/4/2012)

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 14" x 11". Accession 2019-2020-M135


Box 4 Folder 6 Briggs, Clare: The Days of Real Sport, 1927-01-10

With accompanying a.l.s. by Briggs, 1927

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 14" x 11". Accession 2022-2023-M089



Box 5 Folder 2 Campbell, E. Simms: "You should have tied your kite to this flag pole", 1932

"That's what I told Poppa out there."

Medium: Produced in ink over graphite on illustration board. Type: Judge magazine illustration. Dimension: 12" x 12". Accession 2016-2017-M112



Box 6 Folder 1 Capp, Al: Li'l Abner, 1957-09-16

This iteration of the long-running (1934-1977) daily strip, which sports the blue ruling lines used for lettering, features General Bashington T. Bullmoose in Lower Slobbovia, looking for Fabulous Annie. Ink on Bristol board. Excellent condition. (donation of Douglas D. Vogel)

Type: Daily comic strip. Accession 2018-2019-M141



Box 2 Folder 8 Carlson, Wallace "Wally": Mostly Malarky [Maizie and Daisy], 1948-01-08

Syndicate: Chicago Tribune. Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 8.25" x 10". Accession 2018-2019-M059



Box 6 Folder 1 Carter, Ad: Just Kids, 1930-03-23

In two separate pieces

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 8.5" x 18". Accession 2022-2023-M089



Box 2 Folder 5 Colon, Ernie: Hot Stuff #4, 1977

Sal Quartuccio

Medium: Ink and Zipatone over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Story page. Dimension: 8.75" x 13". Accession 2019-2020-M122



Box 1 Folder 9 Cory, Fanny Young: Cows are Floating in the Breeze, 1910s-1920s

Nicholas Magazine?

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Original art. Dimension: 5.5" x 3.5" x 5". Accession 2018-2019-M059


Box 1 Folder 9 Cory, Fanny Young: Untitled [Baby in letter Y], 1910s-1920s

Nicholas Magazine?

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Original art. Dimension: 5.5" x 3.5" x 5". Accession 2018-2019-M059


Box 1 Folder 9 Cory, Fanny Young: Untitled [Children feeding cow], 1910s-1920s

Nicholas Magazine?

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Original art. Dimension: 5.5" x 3.5" x 5". Accession 2018-2019-M059



Box 3 Folder 14 Cotter, Joshua W.: Nod Away, Vol. 1, Page 188, 2015

Gift of Annie Koyama, 2021. Packed in cardboard with drawing to Curator Karen Green.

Medium: ink over blue pencil on illustration board. Type: Page. Dimension: 9" x 12". Accession 2021-2022-M084


Box 3 Folder 14 Cotter, Joshua W.: Nod Away, Vol. 1, Page 227, 2016

Published by Adhouse Books, 2008.

Medium: ink over blue pencil on illustration board. Type: Page. Dimension: 9" x 12". Accession 2019-2020-M028



Mapcase 15-B-1 Folder 2 Cros, Earl (Carl Rose): Our New Age, 1958-11-09

Medium: Ink and Zipatone over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Sunday comic strip. Dimension: 20.75" x 14". Accession 2021-2022-M062



Shelf 13v, 42w, 04, 01 Crumb, R.: Untitled, 1974

Gift of Mitchell Berger, 2019. Drawn in his sketchbook nby Crumb in Harvey Kurtzman's class at the School of Visual Arts. A 1974 pen-and-ink sketch by R. Crumb, drawn for Mitchell Berger. It includes many elements common to Crumb's early work, including blues lyrics and the contrast of the urban present with a pastoral past.

Medium: Ink over pencil on sketchbook paper. Type: Sketch. Accession 2019-2020-M073



Box 3 Folder 5 Cruz, Roger (pencils) and Matt Ryan (inks): "The Choice", in Silver Surfer #138, Page 19, 1998

Published by Marvel Comics, 1998. Signed by Matt Ryan on the back.

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Page. Dimension: 10" x 15". Accession 2019-2020-M028


Box 3 Folder 3 Dalrymple, Farel and Jonathan Lethem (writer): Re-imagining of "Omega the Unknown", 2007, 4 pages

"Omega the Unknown" was originally created in the 1970s by writers Steve Gerber and Mary Skrenes and artist Jim Mooney.

Purchase from Heritage Auctions, 2022.

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Pages. Dimension: 17.25" x 11". Accession 2021-2022-M155



Box 1 Folder 10 Darcy, Dame: "The Ghost Filly" in Meat Cake #5, 1995-11; 2006

Fantagraphics/Vice. Print of black and white from 1995 hand-colored by the artist for VICE website in 2006.

Medium: Originally published in black and white; hand-colored with watercolors over printed line art . Type: 4 page color production art. Dimension: 8.5" x 11". Accession 2018-2019-M059



Box 4 Folder 4 Day, Chon: Judge "Haw, haw, count, he thinks you're a fake!", 1931-03-28

Part of Judge (Group of 2)

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Cartoons. Dimension: 13.5" x 13". Accession 2016-2017-M112


Box 4 Folder 4 Day, Chon: Judge "Hey, Herman -- who do you want should carry on as leader?", 1937-03

Part of Judge (Group of 2)

Medium: Ink over graphite on illustration board. Type: Cartoons. Dimension: 11" x 10". Accession 2016-2017-M112



Box 3 Folder 5 Dorgan, Thomas "TAD" Aloysius: Indoor Sports, 1922-07-24

King Features ownership sticker and print order form on reverse. Gift of Karen Green, 2024.

Caption: ""Giving a little attention to two finale hoppers as they try to get John. A. Sap to shoulder another check for the pack in.""

Medium: Pen and ink, brush, and blue pencil on illustration board. Type: Daily single-panel comic strip. Dimension: 14" x 9". Accession 2023-2024-M103


Box 3 Folder 5 Dorgan, Thomas "TAD" Aloysius: Indoor Sports, 1923

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board, with blue-pencil highlights (an engraving guide, for the addition of shading). Type: Daily single-panel comic strip. Dimension: 12" x 8". Accession 2019-2020-M028


Box 3 Folder 5 Dorgan, Thomas "TAD" Aloysius: Indoor Sports, 1932-10-08

King Features ownership sticker on reverse. Gift of Karen Green, 2024.

Caption: "Listening to the two dead ones as they kid one another washing up."

Medium: Pen and ink with some brushwork on illustration board. Type: Daily single-panel comic strip. Dimension: 13" x 9.5". Accession 2023-2024-M103



Box 2 Folder 10 Dunn, Bob: Portrait of Milt Gross, circa 1930s

Yiddishe humorist Milt Gross (1895-1953) changed the language with popular catch-phrases including "banana oil!" (meaning nonsense), and he is revered today as a vital link in the pop-cultural preservation of Jewish folklife. The artist represented here, Bob Dunn, was Gross' protègé and ghost-artist. This caricature finds Dunn delineating Gross in broad-nibbed pen- and brush-strokes, with a typically bemused expression. Ink over graphite on age-toned Bristol board. Dimensions, 10.25" x 12". Tightly cropped at borders, with nicked corners. Otherwise in Very Good condition.

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Drawing. Dimension: 10.5" x 12.25". Accession 2021-2022-M062



Box 4 Folder 5 Eaton, Mal: Can Ya Imagine!, 1944

Medium: Ink over graphite on Illustration board, with painted white highlights. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 19.75" x 5". Accession 2016-2017-M112


Box 4 Folder 5 Eaton, Mal: Lambert [I must move fast before someone else trims Lambert first!], 1940s

Medium: Ink over graphite on Illustration board, with painted white highlights. Type: Sunday comic strip. Dimension: 18.75" x 12.25". Accession 2016-2017-M112


Box 4 Folder 5 Eaton, Mal: Lambert [---We interrupt this broadcast to bring you a special news bulletin...], 1940s

Medium: Ink over graphite on Illustration board, with painted white highlights. Type: Sunday comic strip. Dimension: 18.75" x 12.25". Accession 2016-2017-M112


Box 4 Folder 3 Elgin, Jill: "Girl Commandos" in Speed Comics #40, 1945-11

Harvey Comics

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Page 4 original art. Dimension: 12.75" x 18.5". Accession 2018-2019-M059



Box 6 Folder 8 Forsythe, Vic: Joe Jinks "Offers! Offers!! Offers!!!", 1928-05-01

Medium: Ink on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 21.75" x 5.5". Accession 2016-2017-M112



Box 2 Folder 6 Fox, Fontaine: Toonerville Trolley, 1940

Inscribed to Charles Shinn, an officer of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity (early 1940s), which produced a program for the National Intrafraternity Council that included cartoons by Fox and others. Ink over pencil on paper; glued to a cardboard backing.

Medium: Ink on Bristol board. Type: Daily single-panel comic strip. Dimension: 9.5" x 11.5". Accession 2021-2022-M139



Box 3 Folder 2 Fradon, Ramona: Wonder Woman and Batgirl convention sketches, circa 2012, 2 items

Medium: Pencil on illustration paper. Type: Original art. Dimension: 6" x 6". Accession 2021-2022-M139


Box 3 Folder 2 Fradon, Ramona and Dale Messick: Brenda Starr, 1981-07-10

Includes editorial corrections; inscribed to Karen Green.

Medium: Ink over pencil on illustration board.. Type: Daily comic strip. Accession 2021-2022-M139


Box 3 Folder 11 Freyse, Bill: Our Boarding House, 1943-10-18

In separate, smaller folder

Medium: Ink over blue line on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 12" x 11". Accession 2019-2020-M135



Box 4 Folder 2 Fuller, Ving: Doc Syke [Well, Miss Wow, is it going to be long or short skirts?], 1947-10-28

Gift of Karen Green, 2022.

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Sunday comic strip. Dimension: 18.5" x 5". Accession 2021-2022-M139


Box 4 Folder 2 Fuller, Ving: Doc Syke [Doctor, My Husband has Insomia...], 1945-05-06

Missing Doc Syke logo on strip. Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Sunday comic strip. Dimension: 20.25" x 9.5". Accession 2016-2017-M112


Box 4 Folder 2 Fuller, Ving: Doc Syke [Hello, Professor, What's Happened?], 1945-11-11

McClure Newspaper Syndicate, 1945. Doc Syke makes a house-call in this episode. Created in ink over graphite on Bristol board with an image area of 20.25" x 9.5". The logo is a printed paste-up, and there are blue pencil color call-outs. The figure of the Professor is colored with color pencils in Panel 2. Lightly toned and in Very Good condition.

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Sunday Comic Strip Original Art. Dimension: 20.25" x 9.5". Accession 2023-2024-M022


Box 4 Folder 2 Fuller, Ving: "Air Force Gunnery School", The American Magazine Complete 1-Page Wartime Story Original Art (Leslie's Publication), 1944

Brilliant visual irony, here: The WWII draft enlists circus twins who wear a two-man horse costume, front and rear. So where do these guys wind up? Why, fore-and-aft in a gunnery plane, of course. Fuller, a sophisticated adherent of the Big-Nose/Big-Foot school of cartooning, relates everything in four concise panels. A close look affirms Fuller as an influence upon such next-generation artists as Robert Crumb and the Netherlands' Joost Swarte. Ink and watercolor wash over graphite on Bristol board, with an image area of 12.75" x 16.5". Toned, with handling wear. In Very Good condition.

Type: Page. Accession 2023-2024-M022



Box 3 Folder 12 Graetz, Friedrich: "A change in the programme," original cartoon art for July 9, 1884 issue of Puck, 1884-06-23

Printer's tag attached. Missing its caption: Panel 1: "Hey, Jimmy, when I push this stick, you collar one and run." Panel 2: He did. Depicting [Little boy bread mishap] in Puck.

Medium: Ink on Bristol board. Type: Original art. Dimension: 7 1/2". Accession 2018-2019-M059



Box 6 Folder 4 Gray, Harold: Little Orphan Annie, 1967-02-11

Syndicate: New Syndicate Co., Inc.

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip (Saturday). Dimension: 21" x 6". Accession 2019-2020-M122


Box 6 Folder 4 Gray, Harold: Little Orphan Annie, 1967-02-13

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip (Monday). Dimension: 21" x 6". Accession 2019-2020-M122


Box 6 Folder 4 Gray, Harold: Little Orphan Annie, 1967-02-14

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip (Tuesday). Dimension: 21" x 6". Accession 2019-2020-M122


Box 6 Folder 4 Gray, Harold: Little Orphan Annie, 1967-02-16

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip (Thursday). Dimension: 21" x 6". Accession 2019-2020-M122


Box 6 Folder 8 Greene, Vernon V.: Mac the Medic "The Early Heel Gets the Cream!", 1940s

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board, with knife-scratching highlights. Type: Weekly comic strip. Dimension: 19.75" x 5.5". Accession 2016-2017-M112



Box 3 Folder 12 Griffin, S.B. (Syd B.): "History askew," original cartoon art for February 19, 1890 issue of Puck, 1890-02

Missing its caption: Mrs Buckley (coming into the nursery): What is all that noise I hear downstairs? Berkeley Buckley: We've been chuckin' Dan'l in th' den of lions, an' he's stuck in th' mouth of th' cave.

Medium: Ink on Bristol board. Type: Panel cartoon. Dimension: 12.5" x 11.25". Accession 2018-2019-M059



Mapcase 15-B-1 Folder 7 Gropper, William: Pious Man

1st Edition. Matted and Nicely Framed. 24 1/8 by 18 5/8 inches. Watercolor on Paper.

"William Victor 'Bill' Gropper (December 3, 1897 – January 3, 1977), was a U. S. Cartoonist, painter, lithographer, and muralist. A committed radical, Gropper is best known for the political work which he contributed to such left wing publications as The Revolutionary Age, The Liberator, The New Masses, The Worker, and The Morning Freiheit… Following World War II, Gropper traveled to Poland to attend the World Congress of Intellectuals for Peace of 1948 in Wroclaw… Due to his involvement with radical politics in the 1920s and 1930s, Gropper was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1953… Gropper's alienation was accentuated when on March 24, 1911 he lost a favorite aunt in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire… Afterwards, he decided to pay tribute to the Jews who died in the Holocaust by painting one picture on the theme of Jewish life each year. " (Wikipedia, 2017)

Gropper is one of the most prominent leftist Jewish painters of the 20th century. The Met Museum collection includes 94 Gropper works listed online, and the MoMA museum collection includes over 50 of Gropper's works. Signed at Bottom. Stamped William Gropper / Croton-On-Hudson NY and titled (on the verso). Provenance: Sotheby's, "Important Judaica 04 December 2014, " Item 134A. Very Good Condition. (PAINT-1-10).-From Auction description

Medium: Watercolor on paper. Type: Original art. Accession 2023-2024-M104


Mapcase 15-B-1 Folder 1 Hamlin, V.T.: Alley Oop, 1935-04-07

In order to create the plates for four-color printing, hot lead was poured into pressed-paper molds (known as a matrix or a flong), cooling so quickly that there was no time for the matrix to burn. It is extremely rare for one of these one-use-only molds to survive. This matrix, dated April 7 and marked "BLUE," was used for the Sunday "Alley Oop" strip published for April 7 1935 (see p. 37, Alley Oop, The complete Sundays, volume 1, 1934-1936; PN6728.A45 H365 2014g, FOLIO) (donated by Douglas D. Vogel)

Type: Color separation matrix (blue). Accession 2018-2019-M141



Box 1 Folder 12 Harbin, Dustin: Untitled diary comic, circa 2013

Medium: Ink over pencil on illustration board. Type: Original art. Accession 2021-2022-M139



Box 5 Folder 6 Harvey Artist: Little Lotta in Foodland #20, 1969

Indicia page. (Cover by Warren Kremer. Stories and art by Warren Kremer and Steve Muffatti)

Medium: One-pager produced twice-up scale in ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: 1 page story. Dimension: 12" x 18". Accession 2019-2020-M122



Box 6 Folder 5 Hasen, Irwin: Dondi, 1968-09-04

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 19.75" x 6". Accession 2016-2017-M112



Box 3 Folder 11 Hatlo, Jimmy or Bob Dunn: They'll Do It Every Time [Blank balloons, no captions], Undated

Features Little Iodine, along with Mr. and Mrs. Tremblechin.

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 15" x 12". Accession 2015-2016-M157


Box 3 Folder 11 Hatlo, Jimmy: They'll Do It Every Time [One more headache for the house painter...], 1943-06-07

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 14.5" x 11.5". Accession 2019-2020-M135



Box 5 Folder 6 Helfant, Art: "Biff Mannon, Movie Hero", in Speed Comics #42, Page 4, 1946-03

Biff Bannon original art. Missing paste-up for final two panels.

Medium: Twice-up scale in ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Page. Dimension: 12.5" x 18". Accession 2019-2020-M028



Box 3 Folder 8 Holcomb, Robert: The Harding Presidential Campaign, 1920s

Type: Editorial cartoon. Dimension: 15" x 12". Accession 2015-2016-M157


Box 3 Folder 8 Holcomb, Robert: Scene at a Recruiting Office During the War with Spain 1898, 1920s

Type: Editorial cartoon. Dimension: 15" x 12". Accession 2015-2016-M157



Mapcase 15-B-1 Folder 3 Jenkins, Burris Jr.: 3-Day Police Carnival at Garden, circa 1930s

"When a feller has a friend!" NEW YORK JOURNAL-AMERICAN.

Medium: Graphite on Coquille board, with painted white logotype ... Blue pencil editorial and engraving instructions. Type: Editorial cartoon . Dimension: 19.5" x 17.5". Accession 2016-2017-M112



Box 2 Folder 1 Jones, L.D.: "Don't you want to go [to heaven], my dear" "Not unless...", circa 1930s

Medium: Ink over graphite on bond paper with painted red highlights. Type: Illustration. Dimension: 10" x 15". Accession 2016-2017-M112



Box 3 Folder 7 Jurgens, Dan (pencil) and Rick Burchett (ink): Justice League America #64, Page 20-21, 1992, 2 pages

Maxima finds herself at the mercy of angry mobs, as the planet Almerac begins to veer towards certain destruction in page 20 and 21 from "The Revenge of Starbreaker." (from auction description)

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Pages, Original art. Dimension: Both 10" x 15". Accession 2015-2016-M157



Box 6 Folder 2 King, Frank: Gasoline Alley, 1945-08-25

Syndicate: Chicago Tribune. Fresh meat is in short supply as World War II ends, in this daily featuring Skeezix, Nina, and baby Chipper. The line along the lower portion of the last two panels indicated a crop line for newspapers wanting to cram a few more strips onto their comics page, and is typical of many strips from this period. Missing the masthead logo in panel one, with mild soiling. (from auction description)

Medium: Ink over graphite on board. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 19.75" x 6". Accession 2015-2016-M157


Box 6 Folder 5 Kling, Ken: Joe and Asbestos, 1930s-1940s, April 16

Harmful content, museum of unnatural history.

Medium: Produced in ink with blue pencil highlights over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 21" x 5.25". Accession 2016-2017-M112



Box 3 Folder 13 Knott, Jean: Penny Ante, 1919-06-19

Inscribed to Murphy from Jean Knott.

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 11.5" x 13". Accession 2016-2017-M112



Mapcase 15-B-1 Folder 4 Kraynak, Scott: Animal Crackers, 2013, 2 items

Scott Kraynak is an artist who also works as a ranger with the U.S. Forest Service. As the Brothers Kraynak (with his brother Jeff), he created the book Animal crackers (Published by Aspen Printing, 2013): exotic wildlife which explores the ramifications of nature doing to humanity what humanity does to nature. The book's art rides the line between illustration and editorial cartoon. The two pieces in our collection address the plight of wolves in North America and is related to environmental issues.

Medium: Ink and color on Bristol board. Type: Original art. Dimension: large piece (60cm x 45cm); small piece (34cm x 28cm). Accession 2021-2022-M115



Box 2 Folder 7 Kurtzman, Harvey: Burglar Alarms, Little Annie Fanny, Chapter 56 (Roughs), 1971

Accompanied by note to Hugh Hefner by Kurtzman, dated January 12, 1971, on Playboy Magazine letterhead.

Medium: Graphite, ink, and gouache on ruled illustration board. Type: 3 folios. Accession 2018-2019-M059



Box 5 Folder 2 Larsen, Howard: Jack Armstrong #2, Page 4, 1947

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Page. Dimension: 13" x 19.25". Accession 2016-2017-M112



Box 3 Folder 6 Lee, Norman: Marvel Comics, Spider-Man: inking tryout, 2001

Norman Lee submitted these inking samples to show how he would ink over John Romita, Jr.'s pencils. These were lightboxed onto vellum, which Lee then inked. These pencils were from 1996's Spider-Man #70 and feature Ben Urich and Peter Parker, with a nice big "ghost" image of Spider-Man in his classic costume. Signed and dated in the lower margin. (from auction description)

Medium: Lightboxed onto vellum, which Lee then inked. Type: Drawing, Original art. Dimension: 10" x 14.5". Accession 2015-2016-M157



Box 6 Folder 7 Link, Stanley: The Dailys, 1948-08-05

Syndicate: Chicago Tribune. Thursday. Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 20" x 6". Accession 2019-2020-M122


Box 6 Folder 7 Link, Stanley: The Dailys, 1949-03-11

Syndicate: Chicago Tribune. Friday. Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 20" x 6". Accession 2019-2020-M122



Box 5 Folder 6 Little, Tom: Sunflower Street, 1939-01-02

"Pap Henty Has a Nice Way of Giving Orders" "Pap Henty, Miny and Eeny". Little's down-home humor (with Tom Sims, a part-time Popeye gagman, as co-writer) carried Sunflower Street for 15 years, ending in 1950. Little's simultaneous work as a Nashville-based political cartoonist won for him a Pulitzer Medal during the 1940s. Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Image area, 11" x 12". Light toning. Excellent condition. (HERITAGE Description)

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 11" x 12". Accession 2018-2019-M141



Box 1 Folder 6 Lynch, Jay and Nard and Pat Sketch: Kootchie Koodle Gallery of Art and Comic Sketching, 1979

Medium: Drawn in marker over graphite on manilla paper. Type: Drawing. Dimension: 6" x 7.25". Accession 2016-2017-M112



Box 3 Folder 13 Mack, Edward Frank (Ed Mack): Willie Push, circa 1914 or 1918

Syndicate: Hearst Newspapers. Different dates given on Heritage and noted on the comic itself. Back side: Mr. R. L. Woods, Amour and Co. Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Ills-"; "From Ed Mack"; Adv. Dept.

If Mack's signed work resembles Bud Fisher's Mutt and Jeff, that's because Mack spent more time ghosting the Fisher strip -- both as a substitute, while Fisher was estranged from one syndicate, and as a formal assistant after Fisher had reclaimed the trademark and moved it to Hearst. Mack excelled on his own, additionally, especially with Willie Push, an upbeat portrayal of a hard-working salesman. As pun-titles go, Willie Push is right up there with Franklin Collier's signature character, Otto Grow. Ink over graphite on Bristol board, with light watercolor tinting. Image area, 13.5" x 5". Backed corners and moderate toning. Very Good condition. (HERITAGE Description) *Client mailing address on reverse

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board, with light watercolor tinting. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 13.5" x 5". Accession 2018-2019-M141



Box 6 Folder 2 Martin, Edgar: Boots and Her Buddies "And Cora Had Hopes!", 1940-10-05

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 20" x 4.5". Accession 2021-2022-M062



Box 5 Folder 3 McBride, Clifford: Napoleon [This doggone gasoline rationing's got me whipped...], circa 1940s

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 17" x 5". Accession 2018-2019-M059


Box 5 Folder 3 McBride, Clifford: Napoleon [Now What's Willie up to?...], 1942-11-22

Medium: Ink over graphite with blue pencil notations on Bristol board. Type: Sunday comic strip. Dimension: 19" x 13" including logo. Accession 2016-2017-M112



Box 6 Folder 3 McManus, George: Bringing Up Father, 1930-02-01

Medium: Ink over blue pencil on Bristol board . Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 4.25" x 17". Accession 2018-2019-M059



Box 2 Folder 2 Meskin, Sheldon and Mort Meskin: The Little Woman, 1950-1952, 53 pages

True Story Magazine. 53 snippets (1 repeat).

Medium: Proofs. Type: Editorial comic strip. Dimension: 8" x 10". Accession 2016-2017-M112



Box 1 Folder 14 Murphy, Jimmy: Toots and Caspar strip record "Fundraisng", 1934

Hand-drawn and lettered.

Medium: Ink on paper. Type: Page. Accession 2022-2023-M089



Box 6 Folder 5 O'Neill, Harry F.: Broncho Bill, 1946-11-05

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 18.75" x 5". Accession 2015-2016-M157



Box 3 Folder 1 Opper, Frederick Burr: Alice in Plunderland Editorial Cartoon Illustration, circa 1920s

This piece frames the other nations of the world as looking for a hand-out. Created in ink over graphite on Bristol board with an image area of 12.5" x 12.5". Toned with stains, the piece is glass front framed to 18.25" x 18.25". In Good condition. (removed from frame. Incorrect date—OSU has 4 of the "Alice in Plunderland" series, 3 of which are dated 1921)

One of Frederick Burr Opper's "Alice in Plunderland" series of editorial cartoons, undated but circa 1920s The Opper cartoon contains an offensive racial caricature.

Gift of Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr., 2023

Type: Original art. Accession 2023-2024-M021, 2023-2024-M022



Box 4 Folder 1 Orlando, Joe: "Kim" in Classics Illustrated #143, Page 17-18, 1958-03, 2 pages

Kim by Rudyard Kipling. Original art by Joe Orlando for page 17 of "Kim," Classics Illustrated #143 (Gilberton Comics), March 1958.

Medium: Ink on art board, with editorial markings in blue pencil.. Type: Pages. Accession 2019-2020-M074



Box 2 Folder 9 Parker, Gladys: Mopsy [Bank], 1960s-03-24

Mopsy is Parker's imaginary autobiography, dispensed in daily installments over a stretch of three decades. (Elder cartoonist Rube Goldberg had said that Parker's hair "Looked like a mop.") She often devoted her feature to "Say what?" one-liners, calculated to inspire befuddlement as well as humor. This piece is a prime example. Undated as to year, the cartoon dates stylistically to Parker's late-in-life period, when she stayed youthful through her signature character. Beautifully drawn, with intense contrast between slender pen-line work and densely blackened areas. Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Image area, 8.5" x 9.5". Light toning, marginal scribbles and a ragged right edge, and small adhesive stain (lower left). Very Good condition. (HERITAGE Description)

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily single-panel comic strip. Dimension: 8.5" x 9.5". Accession 2018-2019-M141


Box 2 Folder 9 Parker, Gladys: Mopsy [Cooking School], 1963-11-04

Bell-McClure Syndicate. Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily single-panel comic strip. Dimension: 8.25" x 9.75". Accession 2019-2020-M135



Box 3 Folder 6 Pérez, George, Josef Rubinstein (inker), and Mike Witherby (editor), Howard Chaykin (script): Isaac Asimov's I-BOTS #1, Page 14, "Out of the Blue", 1995

Tekno Comix. Signed by Rubinstein at the lower left.

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol. Type: Page. Dimension: 11" x 15.5". Accession 2015-2016-M157



Box 6 Folder 3 Powers, Grant: Dog Show, 1938

Inscribed to Frances Gorham by author

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip. Accession 2016-2017-M112



Box 3 Folder 4 Rodrigues, Charles: The Brothers Aesop in their Revolution Russian, 1979

This four-page story by Charles Rodrigues, drawn in ink with gouache on illustration paper, ran in the National Lampoon in 1979. It features Rodrigues' recurring characters, conjoined twins the Aesop brothers, during the Russian revolution. Gift of Rick Meyerowitz, 2023.

Medium: Ink with gouache on illustration paper. Type: Pages. Accession 2022-2023-M098



Box 6 Folder 5 Ernest, Ken and Allen Saunders: Mary Worth, 1977-07-09

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily . Dimension: 18.5" x 5.75". Accession 2016-2017-M112



Box 2 Folder 3 Sheffield, Truda: Eva's Pride, 1935

5 pieces: three pieces of original children's story illustration art; one page of proofs for the three pieces; original script of story for illustration. circa 1930s. (Not strictly comics, but it came with an auction lot.)

Medium: Small print featuring the title page and the 2 Panel strips. Type: Original art. Dimension: 5.75" x 4.25 to 8.75" x 11". Accession 2018-2019-M059


Box 2 Folder 3 Sheffield, Truda: Eva's Pride in Our Girls Brightest, 1935

Medium: Ink on Bristol board cut out. Type: Original art. Dimension: 5.75" x 4.25 to 8.75" x 11". Accession 2018-2019-M059


Box 2 Folder 3 Sheffield, Truda: [Man crying over Eva's cut hair], 1935

Medium: Panel strip produced in ink on Bristol board. Type: Original art. Dimension: 5.75" x 4.25 to 8.75" x 11". Accession 2018-2019-M059


Box 2 Folder 3 Sheffield, Truda: [Man grabbing Eva's hair], 1935

Medium: Panel strip produced in ink on Bristol board. Type: Original art. Dimension: 5.75" x 4.25 to 8.75" x 11". Accession 2018-2019-M059


Box 2 Folder 3 Sheffield, Truda: Untitled, 1935

Medium: Handwritten script of the story on ruled paper. Type: Short story. Accession 2018-2019-M059



Box 3 Folder 12 Shults, A.B.: [Yokles vs. Bourgeosie] in Puck, "Mount Desert item," original cartoon art for July 6, 1887 issue of Puck, 1887-05-16

Printer's tag attached. Missing its caption: Mrs. Duchesney Kilsaine, of Baltimore, arrived at Bar Harbor with her ménage last week; but, finding that the season had hardly begun, will return to St Augustine, Florida, for a brief stay.

Medium: Ink on Bristol board. Type: Original art. Dimension: 3 1/2". Accession 2018-2019-M059



Box 6 Folder 7 Smith, Sidney: The Gumps, 1928-02-17

Syndicate: Chicago Tribune. Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 20" x 5.75". Accession 2019-2020-M135



Box 3 Folder 5 Swan, Curt (pencils) and Murphy Anderson (inks): "The Sun of Superman", in Superman, Vol.34, No.255, Page 4, 1972

DC Comics. Comics Magazine Code Authority stamp dated March 21, 1972.

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Page. Dimension: 10" x 15". Accession 2019-2020-M028



Mapcase 15-B-1 Folder 3 Swanson, George "Swan": High Pressure Pete and Officer 6 7/8, 1937-11-29

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 25" x 5.5". Accession 2016-2017-M112



Box 3 Folder 12 Taylor, Richard: "I really had it finished at Brooklyn Bridge, -- but I don't get off 'till Flatbush Avenue.", 1940-04-27

Medium: Pen, ink, and wash on board. Type: Cartoon for the New Yorker. Dimension: 10.75" x 9.25". Accession 2018-2019-M059



Box 5 Folder 2 Tolf, Albert: Things of the Past, 1958

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 12.25" x 14.5". Accession 2016-2017-M112



Box 3 Folder 13 Turner, Leslie: Captain Easy, 1958-08-13

Medium: Drawn in ink on Craftint Duoboard. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 16" x 4.75". Accession 2015-2016-M157



Mapcase 15-B-1 Folder 5 Tuthill, Harry J.: The Bungle Family "George is Particular", 1926-02-07

Medium: Ink and watercolor on Bristol board. Type: Sunday comic strip. Dimension: 21.5" x 28". Accession 2016-2017-M112


Mapcase 15-B-1 Folder 5 Tuthill, Harry J.: The Bungle Family "The Imitation is Genuine", 1928-09-23

Medium: Ink and watercolor on Bristol board. Type: Sunday strip with watercolors added post-publication. Dimension: 21.5" x 28". Accession 2019-2020-M028



Box 5 Folder 4 Tuthill, Harry J.: The Bungle Family "Big Day for All", 1938-09-11

Two separate pieces. Includes a Short Stories topper. The strip has been cut between panel tiers three and four. (from auction description)

Medium: Ink on Bristol. Type: Sunday comic strip. Dimension: 21.5" x 28". Accession 2015-2016-M157


Box 5 Folder 5 Unidentified: Out in the Bldg, circa 1910s

Medium: Ink and watercolor on paper. Type: Sunday comic strip (in color). Dimension: 21" x 16.5". Accession 2015-2016-M157



Mapcase 15-B-1 Folder 6 Unidentified: Play Ball, 1915-04-12

Volume 1, number 24 of posters created by the Curtis Cartoon Cervice, aka Current Event Cartoon Service, for display in shop windows. Gift of Warren Bernard, 2024.

Medium: Pen and ink, brush and red and yellow color on illustration board. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 22.5" x 33". Accession 2023-2024-M103



Box 6 Folder 7 Van Buren, Raeburn: Abbie an' Slats, 1948-01-14

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 18.75" x 5". Accession 2018-2019-M059



Box 5 Folder 2 Webb, Robert: Seven Seas Comics #6, Page 6, 1947

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Page. Dimension: 13" x 18.25". Accession 2016-2017-M112



Box 6 Folder 9 Weiss, Morris: Mickey Finn Autism Story (40 comic strips), 1970

This group of 40 sequential dailies from 1970 chronicles the story of a lost boy who has Autism. Morris Weiss had assumed the strip at this point as creator Lank Leonard had retired and subsequently passed away. Weiss an his wife Blanche found the Miami Society of Autistic Children in the 1970s, so this was a cause near and dear to his heart. This great story was an early attempt to get information on the subject out to the public. The story arc has started just before the first in this group, 4-20-70, and ran until at least the last in the group, 7-9-70. Produced in ink over graphite on Bristol board with an image area of 16.25" x 4.75" each. (from auction description)

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 16.25" x 4.75". Accession 2015-2016-M157



Box 2 Folder 4 Wertz, Julia: Inappropriate reactions, 2009

Medium: Ink on paper. Type: Original art. Dimension: Letter size. Accession 2021-222-M139


Box 2 Folder 4 Wertz, Julia: Two panel recreations, circa 2013, 2 items

Medium: Ink on illustration board. Type: Original art. Dimension: 9" square; 7.75" x 5.75". Accession 2021-222-M139



Box 6 Folder 6 Westover, Russ: The Van Swaggers, 1928-04-15

Medium: Ink over graphite. Type: Sunday comic strip. Dimension: 18.25" x 6". Accession 2021-2022-M062


Box 6 Folder 6 Westover, Russ: Tillie the Toiler, 1927-11-01

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Sunday comic strip. Accession 2021-2022-M139


Box 6 Folder 6 Westover, Russ: Tillie the Toiler, 04-17, no year

Bottom half. Medium: Ink over graphite mounted on Masonite board, broken and missing left edge. Type: Sunday comic strip. Accession 2015-2016-M157


Box 6 Folder 2 Willard, Frank: Moon Mullins "In Plain Words", 1936-04-30

Travel agency.

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 19.75" x 6". Accession 2016-2017-M112


Box 6 Folder 2 Willard, Frank: Moon Mullins "Shady Business", 1946-08-26

Hot day.

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 19.75" x 6". Accession 2016-2017-M112


Box 6 Folder 2 Willard, Frank: Moon Mullins "Small Change", 1945-03-13

Medium: Ink on Bristol. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 20" x 6". Accession 2015-2016-M157



Box 5 Folder 1 Williams, Gaar: Wotta Life! Wotta Life! [No place for a stray hungry dog there!...], 1929-04-09

Syndicate: Chicago Tribune

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily single-panel comic strip. Dimension: 10" x 15". Accession 2018-2019-M059


Box 5 Folder 1 Williams, Gaar: Wotta Life! Wotta Life! [If you must know, there's a wild flower out here...], 1929-04-11

Syndicate: Chicago Tribune

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily single-panel comic strip. Dimension: 13" x 13". Accession 2019-2020-M028


Box 5 Folder 1 Williams, Gaar: A Strain on the Family Tie, 1929-09-08

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily single-panel comic strip. Dimension: 13" square. Accession 2019-2020-M028


Box 5 Folder 1 Williams, Gaar: When Words Fail Yuh [You go tell her you go me in your power...], 1932-02-04

Syndicate: Chicago Tribune. This may be the weirdest cartoon ever to issue from that great satirist, Gaar Williams. A phoney kidnapping scam goes awry when the wife of the purported victim proves unwilling to play along. Scarcely a surprise to learn that Williams' cartoons inspired Jimmy Hatlo's similarly attuned They'll Do It Every Time. Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Image area, 13.5" square. Moderate toning. Very Good condition. From the Ray Edw Collection. (HERITAGE Description)

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip (Tuesday). Dimension: 13.5" square. Accession 2018-2019-M141


Box 5 Folder 1 Williams, Gaar: Among the Folks in History [We used to lock up th' store...], 1932-04-03

Syndicate: Chicago Tribune. Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Sunday gag panel. Dimension: 13" x 13". Accession 2019-2020-M122



Box 6 Folder 1 Winner, Doc: Buddy "And That Meant Fight", 1920s-02-09

Renamed by Winner's syndicate, United Feature, to facilitate reprinting. "TUBBY" crossed out and "BUDDY" written in.

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 19" x 5". Accession 2016-2017-M112


Box 6 Folder 1 Winner, Doc: Tubby "When There's a Will", 1920s

Too sick for chores.

Medium: Ink over graphite on Bristol board. Type: Daily comic strip. Dimension: 19" x 5". Accession 2016-2017-M112



Box 1 Folder 7 Woggon, Elmer and Allen Saunders: Big Chief Wahoo, circa 1930s-1940s

Letter inscribed to Ray from Woggon.

Medium: Ink on Bristol. Type: Promotional card w/ hand written letter on reverse. Dimension: 8" x 5" unfolded. Accession 2016-2017-M112

Series V: Printed Matter, 1908-1969

Series includes printed comic books, ephemera, musical programs, sheet musics, tabloid comic, and books, dating from 1908 to 1969.


Box 1 Folder 1 Captain Marvel Fan Club Memorabilia Group, 1945, 8 items

Type: A small collection of advertisements, order forms, and promotional newsletters (2) from the Captain Marvel Fan Club. Includes two club letters (1943 and 1945), two #10 mailing envelopes (both addressed), two 8.5" x 11" advertising sheets, and two small advertising sheets, one with coupon cut. The Captain Marvel Fan Club reached 400,000 members at its peak in the 1940s. Fawcett's Captain Marvel Club. Group of 8.. Accession 2015-2016-M009


Box 1 Folder 1 Two copies of Shazam: Captain Marvel Fan Club Letter (with envelopes), 1945 August, undated


Box 1 Folder 1 Two advertising mailings/order form, undated


Box 1 Folder 1 One subscription offer form, undated


Box 1 Folder 1 One advertisement for Captain Marvel Club Emblem (order cut out), undated


Box 1 Folder 2 All Great Comics #14 (#12), 1947 October

Fox Features syndicate -- Brenda Starr and Texas Slim reprint stories.

Type: Comic book. Accession 2015-2016-M157


Box 1 Folder 3 Walt Kelly: Animal Comics #3, 1943 June-July

Published by Dell. Type: Comic book. Accession 2015-2016-M157


Box 1 Folder 4 Carl Burgos: Spellbound #25, 1955 December

Joe Orlando and Bob Brown art. From the Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. Collection. Published by Atlas.

Type: Comic book. Accession 2015-2016-M157


Box 1 Folder 5 Joe Simon and Jack Kirby: Star Spangled Comics #33, 1944 June

DC Comics. Type: Comic book. Accession 2015-2016-M157



Box 2 Folder 11 Winsor McCay: Little Nemo, 1908

Music by Victor Herbert, book by Harry B. Smith. Klaw & Erlanger's Production. The Cohan & Harris Publishing Co.

Medium: Stone litho illustration. Type: Sheet music. Dimension: 10.5" x 13.75". Accession 2015-2016-M157


Box 2 Folder 12 George McManus: Bringing Up Father in Wall Street, 1921

Type: Musical program. Accession 2016-2017-M112


Box 2 Folder 13 George McManus: Bringing Up Father #21, 1932

Published by Cupples & Leon. Type: Book. Accession 2015-2016-M157



Box 3 Folder 9 Spain Rodriguez: The Collected Trashman #1 (Vol. 1, No. 1), 1969

East Village Other tabloid comic. Type: Tabloid comic. Accession 2015-2016-M157



Box 1 Folder 11 William Donahey: The Teenie Weenies, 1969-08-24

Syndicate: Chicago Tribune. Medium: Ink and watercolor on Bristol board. Type: Sunday comic strip, Hand-colored Sunday comic production guide. Dimension: 9.5" x 6". Accession 2018-2019-M059

Series VI: Printing Plates and Blocks, 1920s, 1992

Series consists of printing plates and blocks related to comics.


Box 1 Folder 8 George Milton "Baker": Little Julius Sneezer, 1920s, 1 item



Box 2 Item ARTIFACT BOX Gene Carr : Just Humans, 1920s



Box 4 Folder 7 MAD magazine ad in NYTimes for Bill Gaines' obituary, 1992