Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
For the past few months, I have focused on a handful of bizarre, low-quality “gutter” comics from the 1980s. This has been a fun exercise for me, but I think it is time to break things up with something completely…
A few weeks ago I posted about how slow and neglected the Western genre was and asked what would it take to reignite general interest. This week I want to look at that other slow and neglected genre, Funny Animal…
Four Color #123, Dell Comics, October 1946 – Artist: Tom McKimson. I mentioned in the comments section of yesterdays post that I thought these early Four Color books were underappreciated then lo and behold this cover pops up on Day…
Strange Adventures #79 – DC Comics, April 1957 – Artist: Gil Kane. Remember that Bugs Bunny when Bugs and Daffy couldn’t shake the Abomidable Snowman. Abomidable follows Bugs (George) to Miami Beach I think and keeps telling Bugs (who is…
Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics #5, Dell Publishing, March 1942 The funny animal genre used to be a very important genre in the high end comic collectible market. Looking back at Overstreet Price Guide #14 (1984/85 with the Katy…
The full line up of new-look Looney Tunes has been unveiled from designer Jessica Borutski who redesigned them for the new animated TV seriescon Cartoon Network, The Looney Tunes Show. She writes; Here they are!! Man I had fun drawing…