Monthly Archives: May 2009

The Young Al Jaffee

This donation caught my eye last week. Published in 1947 when Stan was only 25, Secrets Behind the Comics is written like an e-mail WITH TOO MANY CAPS!!  The book is illustrated by Ken Bald and it was this portrait … Continue reading

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Tramps and Hobos

The Schulz Library’s neighbor, the venerable Main Street Museum, is currently hosting a Tramp and Hobo symposium. In honor of this event, here’s some great Denys Wortman drawings of his two beloved hobos Mopey Dick and Uncle Duke. — James … Continue reading

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Inventions

W. Heath Robinson W. Heath Robinson (1872-1944) created humor where there was often none in the dusty clouds of the two World Wars. Seen as the British contemporary of Rube Goldberg, his ‘inventions’ are often complicated works to perform a … Continue reading

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Graham Chaffe Revisted

Graham Chaffe’s 1993 graphic novel Big Wheels is an unrecognized masterpiece. I often show snippets from this book in my class as a way to demonstrate how a cartoonist in a couple of pages can set a scene and explore … Continue reading

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Phantasies of a Prisoner

The Phantasies of a Prisoner Lowell Naeve 1958 Phantasies of a Prisoner is just one of those books.  Just one of those books that you discover sitting on a shelf in your local cartoon library that seems as if it … Continue reading

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My Dream Library

The Schulz Library resides in a restored fire house on the bank of the White River. The room is packed with zines, graphic novels, cartoon collections, and related emphemera— an amazing and inspirational resource for CCS students and faculty. More … Continue reading

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