Literature + Comics = December 20, 2019 – Posted in: Comics / Cartoons, Content, Illustration

Classic Comics No. 1. The Three Musketeers, 1941. Cover art by Malcolm Kildale For almost 30 years Classic Comics brought the hi-spots of literature to our nations youth via the comic book. First published in 1941 the series changed hands a few times, beginning as Classic Comics and ending as Classics Illustrated in 1969. Classic Comics No. 26: Frankenstein December, 1945. Cover art by Robert Webb and Ann Brewster Over 150 issues were published…

A Kickstarter Tragedy: ‘sad pictures for children’ goes up in flames March 5, 2014 – Posted in: books, Comics / Cartoons

It started innocently enough. In May, 2012 Comic artist John Campbell took to the crowdsourcing platform Kickstarter to fund a book based on his internet comic. It was to be called sad pictures of children. His goal: $8000 Amount he raised: $51,615 Campbell published 2000 copies of the book and all seemed well. Another Kickstarter victory for the book set. Then on Feburary 27th, 2014 in an update to backers titled “It’s Over” Campbell goes…

A bookish side of Jules Feiffer January 18, 2014 – Posted in: Comics / Cartoons, Illustration

Jules Feiffer is a Pulitzer-Prize winning editorial cartoonist who has written over 35 books, plays and screenplays. His long running syndicated strip Feiffer appears in newspapers around the country and in 2004 he was inducted into the Comic Hall Fame. Here’s a selection of his editorial cartoons that lean bookish: These and other editorial cartoons are available through R.Michelson Galleries.

Happy Thanksgiving and some gift help for the holiday season! November 28, 2013 – Posted in: Bookselling / Collecting, Comics / Cartoons

Proclamation of Thanksgiving by Abraham Lincoln, 1863 Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends in the U.S. and we wish everyone, wherever you are, a peaceful holiday season. While you are enjoying the festivities here are a few Thanksgiving-related goodies from the book world. Above is the original proclamation “For a Day of Thanksgiving, Praise and Prayer.” A new national holiday declared by Abraham Lincoln in 1863! And who knew L. Frank Baum produced a 27-part comic strip series, Queer…

‘Marvels & Monsters’: Unmasking Asian Images in U.S. Comics October 10, 2013 – Posted in: Comics / Cartoons, Exhibits

“Yellow Claw” #1, Atlas Comics, October 1956. (Marjean Magazine Corp.) The Japanese American National Museum, in collaboration with NYU’s Asian/Pacific/American Institute and the Fales Library & Special Collections, present “Marvels & Monsters: Unmasking Asian Images in U.S. Comics, 1942-1986.” The exhibit highlights racial and cultural images of Asians that appeared in comic books from WWII through the mid-1980’s. The very same images that defined and still fuel America’s perceptions and stereotypes of Asians. Unknown Soldier…