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[MusterMark]

20 hours ago, archiefan said:

Giving this thread a bump with some cool Mutt & Jeff books from Ball publishing in the early 1910s. Now you see these around here and there but something about these copies is a little "different"

 

Totally amazing!!! Wow!!!

[porcupine48]

Bumping in the hopes folk have more stuff to share.

[Bammoman]

Latest pickup!

Mickey Mouse Book, Latter Printing by Bibo & Lang (1931)
First appearance of Mickey Mouse I believe!?

Super low grade, but absolute thrilled to own a copy.

Also scored a couple of the big littles, which are all between 1933 and 37 I think! Got a Steamboat Willie vinyl record to go with it while I read

[RGApples]

I found this one on a trip to California

[RGApples]

 

[Frisco Larson]

In a few months …. this will be 110 years old!!!

[Electricmastro]

Came across a 1926 comic-related book titled All the Funny Folks, and while I don't recognize most of these characters, it seems to be the first epic crossover in the history of comics (art by Louis Biedermann):

[sfcityduck]

2 hours ago, Electricmastro said:

Came across a 1926 comic-related book titled All the Funny Folks, and while I don't recognize most of these characters, it seems to be the first epic crossover in the history of comics (art by Louis Biedermann):

All the Funny Folks features King Features Syndicate characters.  Cool publication.

[Electricmastro]

4 minutes ago, sfcityduck said:

All the Funny Folks features King Features Syndicate characters.  Cool publication.

Yeah, and can give an idea as to what comic characters were the most popular at the time too.

Edited October 3, 2019 by Electricmastro

[Robot Man]

12 hours ago, Electricmastro said:

Came across a 1926 comic-related book titled All the Funny Folks, and while I don't recognize most of these characters, it seems to be the first epic crossover in the history of comics (art by Louis Biedermann):

Killer book!  I had one once but gave it to a friend for his birthday. Has all the characters of the era in it.

[Robot Man]

Here is a favorite of mine. Perfect for the first day of the baseball playoffs!

[Electricmastro]

1 hour ago, Robot Man said:

Killer book!  I had one once but gave it to a friend for his birthday. Has all the characters of the era in it.

Yep, and based on my research, The Katzenjammer Kids seems to be the earliest series that was included in it:

[Montezuma]

Katzenjammer Kids was around a long time,

 

[Electricmastro]

9 hours ago, Montezuma said:

Katzenjammer Kids was around a long time,

 

I tried to find out about the other characters based on the list too, though these are all the titles I could find:

The Katzenjammer Kids (1897)

Happy Hooligan (1900)

And Her Name Was Maud (1904)

Little Jimmy (1904)

The Newlyweds (1904)

Little Nemo (1905)

Us Boys (1910)

Polly and Her Pals (1912)

Bringing Up Father (1913)

Krazy Kat (1913)

Abie the Agent (1914)

Just Boy (1916)

Boob McNutt (1918)

Toots and Casper (1918)

Barney Google and Snuffy Smith (1919)

Thimble Theatre (1919)

Tillie the Toiler (1921)

Freddie the Sheik (1922)

Helpful Henry (1922)

Dumb Dora (1924)

[Marty Mann]

From Coulton Waugh's "THE COMICS".

 

[Electricmastro]

One of the earliest Felix the Cat comics (August 29, 1923):

[porcupine48]

21 minutes ago, Electricmastro said:

One of the earliest Felix the Cat comics (August 29, 1923):

Love it!And welcome to the boards!

[Marty Mann]

[Electricmastro]

So, who would you guys say are the 10 most famous characters that appeared in comics (1897-1937) before Superman’s debut in 1938? After looking around, this is the list I came up with:

Little Nemo (1905)

Felix the Cat (1923)

Buck Rogers (1929)

Popeye (1929)

Tarzan (1929)

Tintin (1929)

Mickey Mouse (1930)

DickTracy (1931)

Flash Gordon (1934)

The Phantom (1936)

Edited October 5, 2019 by Electricmastro

[Mmehdy]

On 10/2/2019 at 7:41 PM, Electricmastro said:

Came across a 1926 comic-related book titled All the Funny Folks, and while I don't recognize most of these characters, it seems to be the first epic crossover in the history of comics (art by Louis Biedermann):

amazing...thanks