These Warren episodes are great, By the way, the reason those Cupple & Leon books only used Chicago Tribune cartoonists is that all the cartoonists had the same agent (Al Lowenstein) who arranged the deals. So often if one company was making, say, an Orphan Annie puzzle, he'd make sure they also did a Dick Tracy puzzle. Chester Gould created a character (a cop) based on Lowenthal: Sam Catchem.
I own a small handful of Platinum Age comics published by Cupples & Leon and Saalfield and am deathly afraid to even touch them; they’re just too fragile! There is a shop in Mentor Ohio called Comics & Friends at the local mall that has for sale several high grade C&L books. They have a GORGEOUS copy of a Bringing Up Father C&L book that I also own but mine is far shabbier looking.
I have some Phil May annuals from the 1890s and very early 1900s that do have some comic-strip formats in them. May was a very popular British artist of the day. There are some British equivalents of comic-strip books that date back to at least the 1890s. By the 1910s they were reasonably common.
The Buster Brown is nice in that I finally understand the boy with creepy dog logo for the shoe store. So many trips there before the school year started.
Man, again, CK comes up with the education. Your videos are always entertaining and educational, but having Warren on board is literally having pieces of history in front of our "eyes". It's amazing the relics and treasures he come up with. Really fantastic stuff.
What a terrific episode! A dear friend of my family dealt in collectibles and I remember seeing a few of these at his place. Awesome look at the early comic strip collections.
And now comics are moving away from the pamphlet format and back to this squarebound book package. It's almost as if the last 80 years were a crass tangent from the treatment of comics as an art form that deserves preservation.
Wow, so I guess Max Allan Collins sold his autographed copy of Dick Tracy from the original creator?!? I'd like to know the story on that, was this when he was eeking a living writing Mad Dog and Ms. Tree in the 80's?
The only books I have from this era are tillie the toiler book one with an mgm studio card and stamp on it and Popeye book one and book two from 1931 and 1932. It's great to see these books.
This was very interesting! Thanks Warren! I just read Chris Ware's article in The New Yorker about the museum exhibition he's involved with about Chicago cartoonists, so this was good timing to get even more of a taste of that extensive history. Check that article out, folks. It has some pretty great samples and it's just rad to read Chris Ware on any subject, but this one especially. I wish I could see the show, so if you can go, you gotta go!
I am going to Pittsburgh this weekend. Anyone know of any good places to go? I plan on going to Eide's Entertainment and Phantom of the Attic comic book store. Also the conservatory. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
There are two Phantom shops (I had just spent a month in Pittsburgh and money at those stores). One is on South Craig Street (and check out Caliban Books across the street; I found several worthy graphic novels there). The other Phantom store (I THINK on 376; can’t remember for sure) has BOXES AND BOXES (and drawers full) of $1-3 comics. If I hadn’t restrained myself, I would have gone broke!!
Copacetic Comics is a must stop. One of the greatest comic shops I've ever been to. If you want to dollar dive, New Dimension Comics is a good stop. I'd recommend their Waterfront location as its the closest to Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh Comics is a great comics store - it's where I bought my 1st Artist Edition, Wally Wood. The Phantom of the Attics are different owners - both wonderful. One is in Oakland, the other is in Monroeville. Have fun! Pittsburgh's a good town for comics. - Jim
@@CartoonistKayfabe I’m going back to Pittsburgh this week so I’m going to have to check Copacetic Comics. I was mainly hitting Phantom on Craig St because it’s 2 blocks from the place I was staying.
The incredible rich color and heavy inking has really preserved these comics relics. Cool to see how vibrant some of these images are when the exposed paper looks like zombie skin after all these decades. The happy hooligan book is a prime example. Also a creepy fuckin image... Yo Jim... that would be a sick homage cover for one of your red room variants... not an iconic image, I know. But cool as hell for ppl who would catch it... Bernard episodes are a treat. This stuff is fascinating and great to look at tangentially because so much of it is tedious to read let alone hard to access. CK is an invaluable resource to true comics readers for it's breadth and insight. So nice to have a consistent resource that isn't just dweeby marvel or dc obsessed pandering fanboy bullshit or indie comics elitist pretentiousness. Keep killin it boyeez!🤘
