Long Sam 1957

 Some nice Bob Lubbers art from 1957.
Enjoy!

Tom Poes 1974

Piet Wijn and Marten Toonder were on a roll in the 1970s. Just look at this beautiful panel from Tom Poes. (From daily strip #8069.)

Bob Lubbers ,1954

Notice the paste over. I guess someone thought she showed too much legs ...

Tied up

I bet that Walt Kelly would have loved the current election in the US. So much to do political satire of.
Now, Walt is no longer with us, but his old strips are.
Here's a sample from my collection. Remember, the year was 1968 and Richard Nixon, Hubert Humphrey and George Wallace were fighting for power. Enjoy!

Blondie 1945 vs 1956

These two strips were recently sold at auction. Interesting to see the differences in timing and artwork.

Guess these are not the only two versions of the same gag?
If you have one feel free to scan and to post a link. Would be fun to see more versions. 

Walt Kelly 1971

The Housemaid's Knee

This piece was auctioned last sunday on Heritage.

 The description reads: " Donald Duck Partially Inked Daily Comic Strip Original Art (King Features Syndicate, undated)"

Well...
It's quite obvious that this is a badly traced strip, partially inked by an amateur. Not an unfinished KFS strip. Still, someone paid ca $155 for it!
Not a forgery, but not the real deal and practiacally worthless. 

The real February 4, 1955 daily can be seen here: http://coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=YD+55-02-04

Rare Rabbit

Cough, cough! Home with a cold and feeling all dizzy.
Trying to organize all the files that has been piling up on my desktop into proper folders.
While doing that I found this piece.

It looks like a try-out strip for a never produced daily version of Brer Rabbit/Uncle Remus/Song of the south.
The Uncle Remus sunday page began in 1945 and the contents of this strip is similar to the events in the first of those. See image below. So I assume that this strip was made around that time.

Also: Check out the Pictorial Review cover featuring Brer Rabbit and friends over at the DHI Facebook page by clicking HERE.

Patterson Weekly - 7

Wings of Love, January 5, 1930.

+ Bonus.
An old copy of the Swedish version published in Hemmets Veckotidning: "Med Rita på Florida"

Patterson Weekly – 6

Wings of Love
December 29, 1929

Patterson Weekly – 5

Wings of Love.
December 1, 1929.

To be continued...

Patterson Weekly – 4

Wings of Love. November 24, 1929.
To be continued ...

Roy Rogers by Toth

Here's a gem that I picked up recently. A 1961 Roy Rogers sunday page drawn by Alex Toth!
Enjoy!

Question: How many sundays did Toth ghost for Mike Arens? Would love to see the rest.

Want to see the dailies he ghosted? Check them out by clicking HERE!
Thanks Ger!

Dailies x 3

My friend and colleauge Germund got a few nice dailies for sale.
One Frank Roberge Mrs. Fitz's Flats daily with a Bat-theme.
A Buz Sawyer daily by Schlensker and Granberry from 1980. Late in the run, but I've actually seen fewer of these than I've seen originals by Crane.
And then a "Mystery strip" by Al Wenzel called "The Hackers". It's numbered #13 in the top right corner and lacks a copyright stripe. I'd guess this is an unpublished daily.
If you are interested in any or all of these: please mail Germund at germund_vw /at/ yahoo.com

Mit Luff

Someting quite exceptional...

A hand colored Krazy Kat daily presented to Lee Falk!

PS. I do not own it. Just found it on the interwebs.

Scorchy Smith by Robbins

Just picked up a large batch of Scorchy Smith dailies from the early 40's. Artwork by Frank Robbins! Not as polished as it would be later in the 40's, but it's interesting to see his development as an artist these years. Just thought I should share some samples.
And if any serious publisher needs dailies from 1940-43 to scan for a Robbins Scorchy book, just let me know and I'll be happy to loan you my set!

Klump by Nørgaard

Just noticed that there are no samples of Tove Nørgaards version of Rasmus Klump/Petzi on the net. Time to do something about it. Here are a few samples of her take on the classic Danish strip.
    This was the version of the strip that ran in the papers when I was a kid. Sadly none of her strips made it to the collections. The plots are easy to follow and good fun for the younger kids. Time for a reprint I say.

Zaboly!

Check out Fred Grandinettis article about "Popeye's Bumblebee"
Bela Zaboly. Just click HERE!


To wet your appetite here are a few scans taken from old proofs.

Sekvenskonst featuring "Good ol' Skippy Skinner"

Now, I've been told that Charles M. Schulz was inspired by Percy Crosby. After seeing the above Sunday page I don't doubt it. :)

Elsje aka Lizzy aka Elsa

A package from the Netherlands arrived just before the holidays. A set of the latest Elsje books by Hercules & Valkema! Really great gags and artwork. And a visual delight for fans of the Kelly and Franquin school.

As you can see there's now a promotional english Lizzy book and I have the pleasure to announce that beginning in 2014 Elsje (Elsa in Swedish) will be published by Egmont in Sweden as part of a comic book with various other strips.
Check out the Elsje website HERE!

And as a surprise gift there was an original Elsje daily in the package! Thanks Gerben!

For those of you who wants to get a closer look at the magnificent brushwork. Here are a few close ups. Enjoy!

Want to see more? Check out the brand new website that Gerben launced! http://www.gerbenvalkema.nl/

Happy New Year all! See you in 2014!

/Joakim.