Dixie Dugan 1932 - samples

Thanks to Fortunato I now know that a lot of Dixie Dugans adventures can be found here. Unfortunately they seem to be missing most of the sept 1932 strips...
But still, it's a great place if you want to read the strip.
Just to show you some samples of Dixie Dugan (if you havn't seen the strip before) here are a few promotional pieces I downloaded from the site and some dailies from sept and october 1932. Enjoy!











And here's one of my original Dixie Dugan dailies that I posted on this blog in 2007.
(This one is from Sept 15 and the other I got is from Sept 8.)

PS. This is post #500 since I started this blog. I'm happy that so many people from all over the world are visiting it. Thanks!

Working on the Ba-Ba book

Today I'm working on the compilation of the Ba-Ba book that is scheduled for a september release. All the original dailies are scanned and I'm now trying to sort through the supplementary bonus material. Got loads of clipped strips and Rinaldo's sketchbooks, foreign publications etc.
It takes time but it's fun to do. Just to give you a glimpse of it here are a few photos of what's on my living room table. :)

Dixie Dugan 1932

[Edit: Turned out it was a good friend of mine who bought the strips. :)]
I'm interested in copies of this Dixie Dugan lot that sold on eBay today.
Why I'm so eager to get copies of these? I own two original Dixie Dugan dailies from sept 1932 and I'd love to read the story.
If you got any 1930's Dixie Dugan strips (or Adventures of Patsy dailies by Graff or Raab) and want to trade drop me a line at sekvenskonst at telia dot com

/Joakim.

The first Olli page

I'm finally back from Stockholm and SPX. We had fun the last two days and actually sold out before the show closed. :) Also bought some good stuff like Niklas Asker's graphic novel "Second Thoughts" and Ronnie del Carmen's "And there you are" (A must have for fans of this very, very talented Pixar artist).

And I also went to Seriegalleriet to pick up a nice piece of original art. This is the very first Olli page by Nils Egerbrandt from the very first issue of Tuff och Tuss from 1953. Olli had started as a strip the year before but this is his comic book debut. So the logo is even hand drawn instead of a stat. :)

I should also mention that my friend David Gerstein has started a new blog. The focus is on old cartoons, comics and music. It's called Ramapith: The Prehistoric Pop Culture Blog and I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

SPX!

Things have been shaping up. :)
Not much activity on Friday but yesterday the floors were filled. "Emma & Sara" #7 and Hedvig's "som katt och hund" ("like Cat and Dog") sold out. Still some of Hedvig's skechbooks left but I think the last few remaining copies will sell today.[Edit: They sure sold out too.] Now I gotta go to catch the train. Just wanted to make a quick status update. If in Stockholm please come by our booth and say hi. :)

/Joakim.

SPX???

So yesterday we headed for Kulturhuset in Stockholm to attend the first day of spx09. The program said it would start at 17.00 and continue to 20.00 this day. But... to our surprise there was nothing. Absolutely nothing! When we got to the floor were spx was supposed to be there was a photo exhibithion. Not even a sign saying spx had been cancelled or anything. We saw people coming up the stairs looking around and just shaking their heads.
What more can I say that this is a pretty sloppy organisation failure. Myself I took one day extra off from work just to be able to attend all days. They could at least have updated their website mentioning this. Even having a small sign at the location that the event had been cancelled would have been a nice gesture to people. Just to give some information. But, no. This resulted in a pretty grumpy Joakim...
Now, let's hope things will shape up and that there actually will be something happening this weekend.

E&S #7

Soon I'll be heading for SPX in Stockholm together with Hedvig. So there will probably be no blog updates until tuesday next week. At SPX we'll have the first issue of "Emma & Sara" for sale. We've only printed 30 copies, so first come, first served...

Hedvig will also bring the remaining copies of her sketchbook and some prints etc.


And the catalouge featuring original art from mine and Germund Von Wowern's collections has also arrived! More about this one when I'm back. Now I'll have to pack my bags and get some sleep...

/Joakim.

E. Simms Campbell

Two nice gags by E. Simms Campbell found in two different issues of the Pictorial Review from 1945 and 1949. More stuff by him can be found here and here.

Taliaferro's Hidden Gold!

Check out the vintage storybooks blog for the first part of Al Taliaferros "Donald Duck and the Hidden Gold". A rare gem!

Rare Mickey Mouse panels

These Mickey and Goofy panels, from a sunday page dated August 17, 1941, are currently for sale on eBay. Always nice to see artwork that survived from the early days of Walt Disney's Comic Strip Dept.
And look closely at the second panel!
The text in the left margin reads:
"fter laughs dosier Floyd and not pat is r".
Then move your eyes to the right column:
"D o M. Gonzales inked same Wright Bill Wh fly".
Ha! I bet they never thought anyone would catch them hiding their names in that panel. :)

Tubbs to Ivey

Here are some pictures I found on eBay some 8 years ago. Back in the 70's Gordon Campbell and Jim Ivey compiled a book with Roy Crane's materpiece Wash Tubbs. These photos are from Jims copy of the book where Roy made several original color pieces. A one of a kind item. I hope it can be located for the new Wash Tubbs and Captain Easy reprints because I'd love to see them in higher resolution and in print. (If you know where it it please don't hesitate to contact Fantagraphics and let them know.) But until then here are some small but nice images. Enjoy!





PS. And while at it, here's a bonus Tubbs. A very off-model cover:

Vic Vet Says

While looking for the obscure Redwood strips I found some panels called Vic Vet Says. And I just love the way they are drawn. :)
Anyone who knows the artist behind these? The style reminds me of Roy Nelson. The sample above is from October 1949 and here are a few more:
February 19, 1947
July 29, 1948
January 27, 1949
November 16, 1949
August 29, 1951
And finally one example that appeared on a comics page in 1949. All the other samples I've found has been on random pages in the different newspapers it appeared.)

More form the Redwood Jounal

Here are some more samples of the the Redwood Journal Press-dispatch comics page.
Newspaperarchive is not working properly so I have to download each and every page before I can look at them. But I hope some of you find these interesting even if the strips are mediocre. Maybe they at least can fill som gaps in the Strippers Gudie?

By August 29, 1951 the line up had changed and none of the early strips remained.
Windy Windup by Dean Fisher
Small in the saddle by Jack Taylor
Heavy Hannah by Jay
Indian Summers by Jay Ganschow
The Middles by Bob Karp and ???
Mayor McGup by John Jarvis
Laff of the week by Bob Barnes

By November 17, 1951 not ony the line up has changed but also some of the artists/writers since the August example above.
Windy Windup by Chris
Small in the saddle by Jack Taylor
Indian Summers by Bob Kirk (?)
Heavy Hannah by Bob Alexander
The Baffles by Mahoney
Mayor McGup by John Jarvis
Laff of the week by Bob Barnes

The April 19, 1952 below is a bit muddy but the line up remains.

Higgins ink ad

Above is an ad for Higgins ink with artwork by Milton Caniff. I found this on the back cover of the January 1946 issue of American Artist.

A hare and lots of bags

The painting above used to hang in my grandparents home. I saw it all my childhood and after they both passed away was happy to get it. Actually, nobody else in the family wanted it. No masterpiece but it's quite large and actually the only piece I have from my grandparens home. It was made by Nils Björkquist in 1964.

From one thing to another: here's another photo from my apartment.
I decided to clean the kitchen last weekend and discovered that I had a billion bags in my drawers and under the sink. I've just been hoarding them for years, always buying new ones instead of using the ones I got... (This must be the most boring pic I've ever posted on this blog. Why am I posting this...?)
Oh, well, at least I found one with a Daniel Branca drawing on it...