Mike Friedrich papers, 1978-2000

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Box #1 



Box 1 Accounting journals , 1978


Box 1 Star*Reach confidential (internal newsletter), 1989-1991 


Box 1 Marvel Comics retail store customer survey, 1987


Box 1 Star*reach agency income journals (including royalty splits) , 1983-2000


Box 1 Convention promo handout: Eric Shanower, 1984?


Box 1 San Diego Comic Con speaker card, 2018


Box 1 Pacific Comics artist solicitation (written and produced by M.F.) , 1982


Box 1 Marvel Comics sales information , 1980-1982


Box 1 Star*Reach publishing royalty records , 1974-1979


Star*Reach publishing contracts and royalty statements for M.F.'s contributions Sample contracts:


Box 1 Star*Reach publishing, 1976-1979


Box 1 Pacific Comics publishing (drafted by M.F.  in 1982) 


Box 1 Teenage file card list, 1965-1967

M.F.'s favorite comics, going back to 1940, including story  titles, published credits (or unpublished if learned from fanzines), and main characters 1995 Star*Reach client directory 


Box 1 Desk sign 


Box 1 Star*Reach client dinner cruise photo, 1994


Box 1 Christmas cards, 1976-1978 


Box 1 Star*Scanner disk, forgotten content , 1990s

Box #2 


Assorted Star*Reach promotional swag:



Box 2 "Squeeze the day" squeeze ball 


Box 2 Two candy containers, one metal and one glass 


Box 2 Bubble gum machine 


Box 2 Wooden gift box 


Box 2 Juggling balls 


Box 2 Miscellaneous books with material on or by M.F.

(Manga book credits M.F. as the first U.S.  publisher of manga) 


Box 2 "Graphic Novel Presentation," San Diego Comic Book Expo, 1989


Box 2 Magazines with articles by/on M.F. 


Box 2 Robert Beerbohm, "A few origins of the direct sales market : excerpts from Comic book store  wars, the first hundred years." 


Box 2 Superman #177, May 1965

(Includes letter from M.F. )


Box 2 Detective comics #337, March 1965

(Includes letter from M.F. )


Box 2 Miscellaneous comic book issues with stories by M.F. 


Box 2 Periodicals with articles by/on M.F. 


Box 2 Capital City distribution newsletter, special edition


Box 2 Amazing world of DC Comics (fanzine), #3, 5-6, Special #1 


Box 2 Contract with Dez Skinn/Quality Communications 


Box 2 Alter ego #1-3, in reprint editions, and 2-volume Best of Alter Ego 

Box #3 



Box 3 Client directory, 1994, 1996 


Box 3 Star*Reach trophy for annual SDCC softball game 


Box 3 WonderCon program books 


Box 3 Benefit book 


Box 3 Capital City industry conference photo, 1992


Box 3 Client surveys 


Box 3 Star*Reach trade show photo proof sheets, 1987


Original film negatives for Star*Reach publications, including Star*Reach Classics (SRC), reprints  by Eclipse Comics:


Box 3 Pudge, Alter ego, Imagine, Quack, Star*Reach, and Star*Reach Classics 


Box 3 Star*Reach guide for aspiring cartoonists 


Box 3 Sample collaboration agreement 


Box 3 Speech balloon display signs 

Box #4 (flat box) 



Flat Box 4 Flat Kodak box filled with negatives, unknown content 


Flat Box 4 Elric "on sale here" posters 


Flat Box 4 Film negatives for Pudge #3 


Flat Box 4 Paste-up of sign for Star*Reach director chair 


Flat Box 4 Two different paste-ups for flyer: Star*Reach trade show 


Flat Box 4 Paste-up and finished print of Star*Reach contributors , 1985-1986


Flat Box 4 Three color Concrete posters 


Flat Box 4 WonderCon posters, 1994, 1995, 1998