Showing posts with label comics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label comics. Show all posts

Friday, January 2, 2009

An Addams Family Album

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One of my favorite childhood books by Charles Addams, creator of The Addams Family.
Rare and out of print, it contains an amazing collection of photos of Victorian era freaks, oddities, and comics.
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Jefferson Machamer

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Born in 1900, Thomas Jefferson Machamer's drawings of beautiful girls made him a stable in the industry. His comic strip Patty the Playful/Petting Patty, was syndicated by King Features in 1928. Probably best known for his famous Gags and Girls strips and Nifties comics.
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Monday, December 29, 2008

Rip Kirby-Private Dick

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Rip Kirby was a comic strip featuring an eponymous character, created by Alex Raymond in 1946.
After World War II, Raymond did not return to work on any of his previous successful comic strips (Flash Gordon, Jungle Jim, Secret Agent X-9) but instead began work on a new strip starring an ex-marine private detective named Rip Kirby, based on the suggestion by Ward Greene that Raymond try a "detective-type" strip. The daily strip was first published on March 4, 1946. The strip enjoyed enormous success and Raymond received the Reuben Award in 1949.