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This collection includes original artwork, preliminary sketches and mockups, published comic books, children's books, and dust jacket covers and books by George Carlson, mainly dating between the 1920s and 1960s.

Collection Description The Center for the Humanities Comics Collection is comprised of comic books, periodicals, pulp magazines, graphic novels, manga, foreign-language comics, self-published magazines and comics, LPs, and miscellaneous materials. Comic books make up the bulk of the collection, with a particular emphasis on superhero comics published by Marvel and DC during the second half of the twentieth century. Many other genres are represented as well, including war comics, erotic...

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This collection includes published materials in various formats collected by Gerald Early mainly dating between 1940 and 2015.

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Collection consists of 20 Howard the Duck comics from 1976-1978 and two Howard the Duck-related comics from 1996. There is also a letter from author Steve Gerber to the donor. Steve Gerber was the writer for the Howard the Duck comics included in this collection.

Scope and Contents The Karl S. Kaltenthaler Collection is comprised of comic books, zines, magazines, graphic novels, and miscellaneous materials. Comic books make up the bulk of the collection with approximately 1,500 items, spanning many genres and styles including superhero comics, war comics, horror comics, and alternative and underground titles. Featured prominently in the collection are some of the most revered and influential comic book artists and writers of the late twentieth century, including Alan...

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This collection includes 12 original comic strips: 4 Beetle Bailey strips by Mort Walker; 4 Beetle Bailey strips by Mort Walker and his son Greg Walker; 2 Boner's Ark strips (signed "Addison"); 2 Hi and Lois strips by Mort Walker and Dik Browne.

Description Craig Yoe is widely known for his expansive career as a collector, historian, publisher, cartoonist, and art director. He has been an active comics champion since the mid-1960s when he produced fanzines about comics history in his parents’ basement. Yoe has been collecting comic books, artwork, rare books, periodicals, and ephemera for 50 years. The collection consists of an impressive selection of books, periodicals, and numerous original works of art spanning six decades. The Craig Yoe...