Last week a showed a lot of Sgt. Bilko Camels ads by Bob Bugg. before that he did a shorter series for the same company.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Long Live The King
Tuesday Comic Strip Day.
I am sorry to see that the King Aoo reprint series from IDW was either discontunued or put on hold. Here are some new Sunday color scans and some scattered black and white dailies leading up to it. I have never seen any strips beyond 1960, although ran until 1965. Anyway, I have included some dailies, which we syndicated by a smaller company after McClure discontinue the strip.
Monday, December 26, 2011
Random Cartoonery
Monday Cartoon Day.
Laff-a-Day was the 'other' daily cartoon panel after This Funny World, using slightly less upscale cartoons and cartoonists. But if anything like it was in the papers today, it would be one of the first things I would go for. Funny to see how later on in the sixties Henri Boltinoff, Orlando Busino and Don Orehek were frequent contributors.
I am slowly selling my comics, cartoon and newspaper collection on Ebay. In short, when I am done scanning them and they are on the blog, I no longer need to keep the original paper. If you want to go and have a look what I have on sale now, please go to http://www.ebay.com/sch/gerapeldoorn/m.html?item=152381924308&ssPageName=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562. Prices are low and I combine for shipping.
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