Nina by Frank Frazetta

Page for a proposed Sunday newspaper strip, Nina, by Frank Frazetta. Mid-1950's.

Russ Heath The Lone Ranger

Here's a couple of Russ Heath Lone Ranger strips from 1983 I'm happy to own. In the first one, that's the Lone Ranger in disguise with the beard. Which is kind of funny, because he could just take his little mask off, and then no one should know he's the Lone Ranger.

Brenda Starr

America's Favorite Newspaper Comic Strip!




Brenda Starr #13, September 1947.




Brenda Starr #14, March 1948.




Brenda Starr vol. 2 #3, June 1948.




Brenda Starr vol. 2 #4, September 1948.




Brenda Starr vol. 2 #5, November 1948.




Brenda Starr vol. 2 #7, March 1949.




Brenda Starr vol. 2 #9, July 1949.




Brenda Starr vol. 2 #12, December 1949.

This Just In...

Actually, I found out about this about a week ago.

Steve Cottle of I Love Comix had a Kickstarter Project to purchase and scan a large collection of newspaper comics. It looks like he already raised the funds to buy the collection, but it sounds like he could use more funds to pay for rent on a climate-controlled storage place until they can be scanned. Definitely a worthy cause.



Here's a couple pictures of Jan Smithers. She played Bailey on the TV show WKRP in Cincinnati.









And here's the cover for Our Flag Comics #1, August 1941.

How it Began...

Below is a scan of the original art from the 1937 newspaper cartoon feature "How it Began" by Paul F. Berdanier. I got this original at the San Diego Comic Con back in the 1980's. Since there's a witch in it, I figured it would work for this whole Countdown to Halloween deal.

Classic Chicago Tribune Cartoonists

An excerpt from a silent 1931 promotional documentary, "From Trees to Tribunes," featuring the Tribune's stable of cartoonists: John T. McCutcheon, Gaar Williams, Carey Orr, Sidney Smith of "The Gumps," Frank King of "Gasoline Alley," Frank Willard of "Moon Mullins, Carl Ed of "Harold Teen," Martin Branner of "Winnie Winkle," Walter Berndt of "Smitty" and Harold Gray of "Little Orphan Annie."