Monday, March 21, 2011

Polly and Her Pals

A couple of years ago the Hollywood Animation Archive digitized some classic 1936 POLLY AND HER PALS Sunday strips by Cliff Sterrett. Here are five examples. You can see the rest here.





Thursday, March 17, 2011

Captain George's "How To Draw"

CAPTAIN GEORGE'S COMIC WORLD #5 isn't dated, but was published in 1968 or '69. George Henderson was a store owner in Canada who put together compilations of comic strips and things he had lying about, like this booklet from King Features, and also some 1940's comic strips to round out the page count.

Contents copyright © the respective copyright holders.
















Monday, March 14, 2011

Cartoonists talk technique

"Solid Black To A Point," CARTOONIST AND COMIC ARTIST MAGAZINE Vol. 1 No. 8, Copyright © 1996 Yendie Boox Publishing, Inc.

"Zits by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman," CARTOONIST PROfiles No. 136, Copyright © 2002 CARTOONIST PROfiles, Inc.
















Thursday, March 10, 2011

La Machine part 2

This is part 2 of "La Machine," the original story that introduced Modesty Blaise to British newspaper readers. Part 1 was posted on Monday.

Copyright © 1963 Beaverbrook Newspapers Ltd.