Original Dan DeCarlo Art

Original Dan DeCarlo art from Jughead Jones Digest #26, 1983. Click to enlarge.

Happy 25th Anniversary to Calvin & Hobbes

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Original Fritzi Ritz

An original Fritzi Ritz by Ernie Bushmiller, from 1933, was up on ebay. Fritzi Ritz later became Nancy. I thought what made it interesting was the use of the yardstick in the photo.

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Hi and Lois Original

An original Hi and Lois by the awesome Dik Browne from 1956.

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Pencils and Inks

Apple Mary Original

An original Apple Mary from its first year to be drawn by Dale Conner and written by Allen Saunders. It was created by Martha Orr in 1932. Apple Mary eventually became Mary Worth.

What If...?

What If Marvel Comics' John Romita had worked for DC Comics?

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Original Blondie 1931

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Tarzan Original

A Rex Maxon original Tarzan comic from 1934. Maxon took over Tarzan from Hal Foster in 1929 and illustrated it until 1947. Click to enlarge.

Pogo

An original Pogo by Walt Kelly from 1968. Click to enlarge.

1953 Beetle Bailey

Bob Montana Originals

I'll never be able to pick a favorite Archie artist. Each one brought something important and unique to the character. These strips were drawn by Archie co-creator Bob Montana, upon whose work every other Archie artist built.

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Minute Movies

Ed Wheelan's Minute Movies, which satirized popular movies.

Barney Google

An original Barney Google from 1954.

In their heyday, comics had an enormous impact on American culture. It would be no exaggeration to say that half the people in the country read this comic strip every day. Charles Schulz's nickname, Sparky, came from Barney Google's horse Sparkplug. The strip added "googly eyes," "doodle bug," "horsefeathers," "heebie-jeebies" and of course, "googol," "googolplex," and "Google" to the lexicon.

Fred Lasswell, who drew this strip, having taken over for Billy DeBeck in 1942, was known endearingly among cartoonists and fans as Uncle Fred. Lasswell drew the strip through it's transition to Snuffy Smith until he died in 2001.  

Terry and the Pirates

1935

1940

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Born Loser 1967

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Li'l Abner Original 1937

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Unfinished Dik Browne

I don't know the story behind this, but this was selling on ebay as an unfinished work of awesome cartoonist Dik Browne.

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Chewbacca - Ghosts of Hoth

I'm working up some inking samples. These are my inks over the pencils of Cary Nord, from Dark Horse Comics' Star Wars Tales #17, Ghosts of Hoth. Inked with my Pentel Pocket Brush Pen.

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Archie's Cousin, Andy Andrews

Archie Comics has posted the original art to an old story featuring Archie's cousin, Andy Andrews. Link