Comic Strips & Cartoons

 
E. C. Segar, NF (mild shelf wear but very flat & unread), Segar, E. C., Fantagraphics, 1985, 1st, color wraps, English

Foreword by Dik Browne. Introduction by Richard Marschall.

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E. C. Segar, VG+ (upper corners bumped, creasing pages, otherwise bright, flat & tight), Segar, E. C., Fantagraphics, 1985, 1st, pictorial cloth

Foreword by Dik Browne. Introduction by Richard Marschall.

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E. C. Segar, Fine, Segar, E. C., Fantagraphics, 1986, 1st, cloth

119 Popeye Sundays including the topper strip Sappo. Three long text features: - A biography of E.C. Segar: A Life (a biography). - Popeye: the Leading...

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E. C. Segar, NF (upper corners' tips bumped otherwise bright, flat & tight), Segar, E. C., Fantagraphics, 1986, 1st, pictorial cloth

119 Popeye Sundays including the topper strip Sappo. Three long text features: - A biography of E.C. Segar: A Life (a biography). - Popeye: the Leading...

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E. C. Segar, NF (light wear to covers otherwise VF), Segar, E. C., Fantagraphics, 1987, 1st, wraps

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E. C. Segar, NF (light wear to covers otherwise VF), Segar, E. C., 1987, 1st, wraps

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E. C. Segar, NF (spine and corners slightly rubbed), Segar, E. C., Hyperion, 1977, 1st, 883556626, wraps

The complete daily strip 1928-30. "Popeye's first adventures - a two-year collection of the rare daily strips in which E.C. Segar's world-famous sailor...

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Noel Sickles, Sickles, Noel, Very Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (the book is crisp, corners are sharp, binding is tight, book is clean, dustjacket spine is slightly sunned), IDW Publishing, San Diego, 2008, 1st, 11.25 inches, 11.25 inches, 394 pages, color and black & white, hardcover, cloth, English

This volume reproduces every Scorchy Smith by Noel Sickles, over 900 daily strips, four per page. The book opens with a 140-page biography by Bruce Canwell...

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Noel Sickles, Sickles, Noel, Very Good in Near Fine dustjacket (the hinges of this copy are weak with some tearing, corners are sharp, text block is tight, book is clean, dustjacket is lightly worn and spine is faded), IDW Publishing, San Diego, 2008, 1st, 11.25 inches, 11.25 inches, 394 pages, color and black & white, hardcover, cloth, English

This volume reproduces every Scorchy Smith by Noel Sickles, over 900 daily strips, four per page. The book opens with a 140-page biography by Bruce Canwell...

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Noel Sickles, Sickles, Noel, From the library of Disney Legend Burny Mattinson, Very Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (corners are sharp, text block is tight, book is clean, dustjacket is lightly scraped at the top of the spine and has a 1/2" closed tear at the bottom of the spine --invisible under a protective dustjacket cover), IDW Publishing, San Diego, 2008, 1st, 11.25 inches, 11.25 inches, 394 pages, color and black & white, hardcover, cloth, English

This volume reproduces every Scorchy Smith by Noel Sickles, over 900 daily strips, four per page. The book opens with a 140-page biography by Bruce Canwell...

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Masterpiece Comics
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R. Sikoryak, Sikoryak, R., Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Montreal, Drawn & Quarterly, 2009, 2nd, 9781897299845, 12.25 inches, 9.25 inches, 68 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

Hilarious parodies of classic literature reimagined with classic comics! Masterpiece Comics adapts a variety of classic literary works with the most...

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Pure Posy - First Printing
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Posy Simmonds, Simmonds, Posy, Near Fine (spotting to edges, endpapers, and a few pages, page edges browned), London, Jonathan Cape, 1987, 1st, 9780224024853, 8.75 inches, 10.5 inches, 80 pages, black & white, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

A collection of Posy Simmonds' comics. From the weekly cartoon strip in The Guardian, from Harper's Magazine and the Sunday Times. This volume follows the...

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Eric Sloane, Sloane, Eric, Near Fine (light wear to the covers, very flat, tight, clean), New York, Ballantine, 1977, 1st thus, 034525533X695, 9.25 inches, 11 inches, 198 pages, 36 color plates and numerous black & white illustrations throughout, Softcover, color wraps, English

36 paintings in color and numerous pen & ink drawings throughout. "A beloved artist/writer's rapturous vision of our country's yesterday." From the...

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Edward W. Allen, Dorman H. Smith, Allen, Edward W., Smith, Dorman H., #990 of 1000 numbered copies. Inscribed by the author., Very Good+ in Very Good+ dustjacket (dustjacket, Mitchell Publications, Seattle, 1951, 1st, 11.2 inches, 8.7 inches, 96 pages, 52 black & white illustrations, mostly full page, Hardcover, cloth, English

52 charming illustrations of fish, mostly full page, decorating the humorous verse. Presentation copy warmly inscribed by the publisher and designer,...

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Doug Sneyd, Sneyd, Doug, Fine in Fine dustjacket, Dark Horse, Milwaukie, 2011, 2nd, 12.25 inches, 9.4 inches, 248 pages, over 300 color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

The only collection of Doug Sneyd cartoons. Out of print. From the publisher: The scintillating cartoon works of Doug Sneyd, an artist for Playboy...


Doug Sneyd, Sneyd, Doug, #___ of 500 copies signed by the artist, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket in Near Fine slipcase (, Dark Horse, Milwaukie, 2011, 1st, 12.5 inches, 9.75 inches, 248 pages, over 300 color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

This signed & numbered slipcased edition was limited to just 100 copies and sold out prior to publication! This is an overrun copy, signed by Doug...

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Cartoon Monarch: Otto Soglow & The Little King
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Dean Mullaney, Otto Soglow, Mullaney, Dean, Soglow, Otto, Very Fine in Fine dustjacket (dustjacket spine very slightly sunned), San Diego, IDW, 2012, 1st, 9781613771488, 8 inches, 9.75 inches, 432 pages, color and black & white, hardcover, pictorial boards, English

O. Soglow was one of the great pantomime cartoonists and had a great clean line. From the publisher: A Big Book for a Little King! A long-overdue...

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Erich Sokol - American Natives
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Erich Sokol, Sokol, Erich, Fine in Fine dustjacket, Vienna, Brandstätter, 2012, 1st, 9783850336796, 12.4 inches, 9.4 inches, 208 pages, color and black & white illustrations, hardcover, boards

An amazing document of Erich Sokol's "American Natives." "American Natives" published in 1961 was Sokol's first book of drawings: 64 full-page black...

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Edward Sorel, Sorel, Edward, Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket, New York, Liveright, 2016, 1st, 9781631490231, 9.75 inches, 7 inches, 176 pages, 75 color illustrations, Hardcover, boards, English

Featuring ribald and rapturous art throughout, Mary Astor's Purple Diary is a passion project of one of America's greatest illustrators. 75 color...

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Edward Sorel, INSCRIBED & dated Aug/8/78 by Sorel, Fine/NF, Sorel, Edward, Random House, 1978, 1st, cloth spine

From the dustjacket: "Sorel is right on target as he takes aim at just about everyone and everything in American society - from politicians to famous...

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Unauthorized Portraits
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Edward Sorel, Very Fine in a Fine price-clipped dust jacket, Sorel, Edward, Knopf, 1997, 1st, cloth, English

A rich collection of the caricaturist’s works. "From one of America's most brilliant satirical artists: his best, his funniest, his most...

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Unauthorized Portraits
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Edward Sorel, Sorel, Edward, From the library of Disney Legend Burny Mattinson, Very Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket (1/2" tear to otherwise Very Fine dustjacket), Knopf, New York, 1997, 1st, 10.6 inches, 9 inches, xiv, 175 pages, 130 color and 36 black & white illustrations, hardcover, cloth, English

A rich collection of the caricaturist's works. Out of print. From the publisher: From one of America's most brilliant satirical artists: his best,...

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Mary Perkins On Stage Vol. 5
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Leonard Starr, VF, Starr, Leonard, Classic Comics Press, 2008, 1st, color wraps, English

Dailies and Sundays from September 18, 1961 to March 9 1963. Introduction by Doug Beekman.

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Mary Perkins On Stage Vol. 6
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Leonard Starr, VF, Starr, Leonard, Classic Comics Press, 2009, 1st, color wraps

A great comic strip with fast moving storylines and glamorous people and settings. I read every new volume cover to cover within days of receiving it....

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Mary Perkins On Stage Vol. 7
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Leonard Starr, VF, Starr, Leonard, Classic Comics Press, 2010, 1st, color wraps

Dailies and Sundays - from October 12, 1964 to May 4, 1966.  Volume 7 features the return of Morgana D'Alexis, Mary held captive by the Russian...

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Mary Perkins On Stage Vol. 8
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Leonard Starr, VF, Starr, Leonard, Classic Comics Press, 2011, 1st, English

Dailies and Sundays - from May 5, 1966 to November 19, 1967. Volume 8 features a Russian adventure with the return of Volkov, Johnny Q, Captain Virtue, and...

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Mary Perkins On Stage Vol. 9
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Very Fine, Leonard Starr, Starr, Leonard, Classic Comics Press, 2011, 1st, Softcover, color wraps, English

Breezy adventure strips with exemplary writing melding action, melodrama and comedy relief in equal measure. Stories are set in New York, Hollywood, and on...

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Mary Perkins On Stage, Vol. 10
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Very Fine, Leonard Starr, Starr, Leonard, Classic Comics Press, 2012, 1st, 9781467518130, Softcover, color wraps, English

Breezy adventure strips with exemplary writing melding action, melodrama and comedy relief in equal measure. Stories are set in New York, Hollywood, and on...

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Very Fine, Leonard Starr, Starr, Leonard, Classic Comics Press, 2013, 1st, 9780985928414, 8.5 inches, 11 inches, 264 pages, black & white, Softcover, color wraps, English

Volume 11 of Leonard Starr's Mary Perkins On Stage features storylines from November 1, 1970 to June 11, 1972, with an introduction by Howard Chaykin. ...

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Very Fine, Leonard Starr, Starr, Leonard, Classic Comics Press, 2014, 1st, 9780985928445, 8.5 inches, 11 inches, 264 pages, black & white, Softcover, color wraps, English

Finally! The long-awaited 12th volume of Leonard Starr's Mary Perkins On Stage! Cover art by Leonard Starr Introduction by Don McGregor Dailies &...

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Leonard Starr, Starr, Leonard, Very Fine, Classic Comics Press, River Forest, IL, 2014, 1st, 8.5 inches, 11 inches, 296 pages, black & white, Softcover, color wraps, English

Reprinting Sundays and dailies from November 11, 1974 to August 3, 1975. Featuring new cover art by Leonard Starr and an Introduction by Maggie Thompson .

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The Art Of William Steig
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William Steig, VF/VF, Nahson, Claudia J., Steig, William, Jewish Museum / Yale University Press, 2007, boards, English

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Saul Steinberg
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Saul Steinberg, Small nick to bottom edge otherwise Fine/Fine, Rosenberg, Harold, Steinberg, Saul, Knopf, 1978, 1st, cloth

Steinberg's first career retrospective. Steinberg was born in 1914. He studied philosophy and architecture. During the 1930s, Steinberg cartoons...

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Saul Steinberg
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Saul Steinberg, VG+ (mild shelf wear, spine unbroken & tight), Rosenberg, Harold, Steinberg, Saul, Knopf, 1978, 1st paperback, wraps, English

Steinberg's first career retrospective. Steinberg was born in 1914. He studied philosophy and architecture. During the 1930s, Steinberg cartoons...

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Saul Steinberg
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Saul Steinberg, VG+/VG+ (moderate shelf wear, small nick to bottom edge), Rosenberg, Harold, Steinberg, Saul, Knopf, 1978, 1st, cloth, English

Steinberg's first career retrospective. Steinberg was born in 1914. He studied philosophy and architecture. During the 1930s, Steinberg cartoons began...

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Steinberg at The New Yorker
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Very Fine/Very Fine, Saul Steinberg, Smith, Joel, Steinberg, Saul, Harry N. Abrams, 2005, 2nd, 9780810959019, 0810959011, Hardcover, cloth, English

From the Publisher: "For six decades, Saul Steinberg's covers, cartoons, features, and illustrations were a defining presence at The New Yorker. As the...

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Steinberg at The New Yorker
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Joel Smith, Saul Steinberg, Smith, Joel, Steinberg, Saul, Fine in Near Fine dustjacket (light wear to top edge), New York, Abrams, 2005, 1st, 9780810959019, 12.25 inches, 10.25 inches, 240 pages, 203 color and 160 black & white illustrations, Hardcover, cloth, English

From the publisher: For six decades, Saul Steinberg's covers, cartoons, features, and illustrations were a defining presence at The New Yorker. As the...

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Cliff Sterrett, Sterrett, Cliff, Fine (covers very lightly rubbed), IDW Publishing, San Diego, 2010, 2nd, 16.25 inches, 12.25 inches, 176 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

Out of print . From the publisher: One of the essential masterpieces of comic strip art, Cliff Sterrett's Polly and Her Pals. Polly and Her Pals:...

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Cliff Sterrett, Sterrett, Cliff, Very Good+ (spine completely faded of red, covers lightly rubbed, interior new and unread), IDW Publishing, San Diego, 2010, 2nd, 16.25 inches, 12.25 inches, 176 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

The red ink on the spine of this copy has completely faded leaving it blank--perfect for customizing. Out of print . From the publisher: One of the...

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Polly and Her Pals Vol. 2: 1928-1930
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Cliff Sterrett, Sterrett, Cliff, Fine, issued without dustjacket, San Diego, IDW Publishing, 2016, 2nd, 9781631402449, 16.25 inches, 12.25 inches, 176 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

Out of print . From the publisher: This spectacular second book in the series reprints all of Sterrett's Sunday pages from the height of his...

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Cliff Sterrett, VF/VF, Marschall, Rick, Sterrett, Cliff, Kitchen Sink, 1990, 1st, cloth

Foreword by Art Spiegelman. Introduction by Rick Marschall.

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Let's Boogie
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James Stevenson, Fine/VG (dust jacket edges torn), Stevenson, James, Dodd Mead, 1978, 1st, cloth, English

A collection of his New Yorker cartoons 1966 - 1978.

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R. C. Harvey, Rick Marschall, et al, T. S. Sullivant, Harvey, Rick Marschall, et al, R. C., Sullivant, T. S., Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Seattle, Fantagraphics, 2021, 1st, 9781683963646, 12.2 inches, 9.2 inches, 424 pages, black & white illustrations, with some color, hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, English

A mint copy of this out-of-print monograph! The long-overdue, definitive career retrospective of turn-of-the-century cartoonist T. S. Sullivant. He...

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R. C. Harvey, Rick Marschall, et al, T. S. Sullivant, Harvey, Rick Marschall, et al, R. C., Sullivant, T. S., Mild rubbing/wear to the rear corners, front corners sharp, light blunt bump to the bottom of the spine, otherwise Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Seattle, Fantagraphics, 2021, 1st, 9781683963646, 12.2 inches, 9.2 inches, 424 pages, black & white illustrations throughout with 30 pages in color, hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, English

Out of print. The long-overdue, definitive career retrospective of turn-of-the-century cartoonist T. S. Sullivant. He created numerous panel cartoons for...

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Please Destroy My Enemies
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Michael Sweater, Sweater, Michael, Very Fine, San Francisco, Silver Sprocket, 2016, 6 inches, 6 inches, 64 pages, color, Softcover, wraps, English

Revel in shades of Gary Larson's subversive cute animal absurdism, Matt Groening's bone-dry deadpan, and Bill Watterson's pre-adult philosophical inquiry....

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Please Destroy the Internet!!!
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Michael Sweater, Sweater, Michael, Very Fine, San Francisco, Silver Sprocket, 2018, 1st, 978-1-945509-18-6, 6 inches, 6 inches, 64 pages, color, Softcover, wraps, English

The stand-alone follow up to Michael Sweater's cult hit Please Destroy My Enemies that BoingBoing called "darlingly ironic and awful" is now available!...

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Michael Sweater, Sweater, Michael, Fine, San Francisco, Silver Sprocket, 2017, 1st, 9781945509148, 10 inches, 7 inches, 112 pages, color, Softcover, wraps, English

Please Keep Warm is a comic about friendship, overcoming depression, finding your place in the world, and also sometimes black metal. Collection of Michael...

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Signed by the artist with a drawing, Very Fine, Portlynn Tagavi, Tagavi, Portlynn, 2015, 1st, 7.5 inches, 6 inches, 40 pages, color, Softcover, wraps, English

Portlynn Tagavi is a Cal Arts grad and a Character Designer at Paramount Animation. This is a collection of autobiographical gag cartoons, strips, and...

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