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Mickey Mouse: Zombie Coffee

Scott VanderPloeg — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 18:53:52 +0000

Award-winning French cartoonist/Disney animator Régis Loisel presents an amazing brand-new Mickey adventure — set in Mickey’s classic 1930s golden age! Mickey, Minnie, Donald Duck, Horace Horsecollar, and Clarabelle Cow go camping to forget the Great Depression. But when they return to Mouseton, they find shady real-estate developer Rock Fuller destroying it to build a golf […]

John Cullen Murphy’s Big Ben Bolt – Dailies: Volume 1

Scott VanderPloeg — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 19:33:42 +0000

Presenting the first volume in a planned reprinting of the complete run of John Cullen Murphy’s classic American comic strip Big Ben Bolt, written by Elliot Caplan. The debut volume will feature dailies from the comic strip’s start February 20, 1950, to May 24, 1952, with an introduction by his son, writer Cullen Murphy. Classic Comics […]

A Comic Shop Tour Part 2

Scott VanderPloeg — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 16:01:03 +0000

Last month my son and I took two days and visited most comic shops between Scarborough and Stoney Creek. Please give that a look before continuing here as I’ll be making references to that post. This time around we decided to take a Saturday and visit all the comic shops between Kitchener-Waterloo and Brantford, including […]

Silly Symphonies Vol. 2: 1935-1939

Scott VanderPloeg — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 15:22:13 +0000

This second of four volumes presents the spectacular Sunday pages from 1935 to 1939, featuring the first comic strip adaptation of a feature-length film—Snow White…the original Donald Duck series, plus the Three Little Pigs (and the Big Bad Wolf, of course), Elmer the Elephant, Pluto, Goofy, and the Three Little Kittens. The artwork for these rare strips […]

A Comic Shop Tour Part 1

Scott VanderPloeg — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 18:01:51 +0000

With the pandemic still in full swing, my son and I were feeling nostalgic for the “hunt” or finding that great item at a great price. So I decided we would have a short getaway and take two days to tour the tightest concentration of comic shops in Canada, from the GTA (greater Toronto area) […]

Silly Symphonies Vol 1: 1932-1935

Scott VanderPloeg — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 18:26:29 +0000

This first of four volumes presents all the strips featuring Bucky Bug, the first Disney character to be originated in newspaper comics, as well as adaptations of several popular Silly Symphonies cartoons, such as The Wise Little Hen (introducing Donald Duck!), The Tortoise and the Hare, Peculiar Penguins, Birds in the Spring, The Robber Kitten, and The Cookie Carnival…plus the “Mickey Mouse Movies” bonus toppers! […]

Jet Scott Volume Two

Scott VanderPloeg — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 17:59:45 +0000

When the world is faced with strange anomalous threats, there is one man who can be called on to set things right-Jet Scott! Along with his colleagues at the Office of Scientifact, Jet uses the power of science to solve mysteries and save the day again and again! Created by the creator of the Joker, […]

Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Daily Cartoons 1929-1930

Scott VanderPloeg — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 14:53:00 +0000

This series presents a chronological reprinting of Ripley’s famous daily cartoons, reminding us that first and foremost that Robert Ripley—explorer, radio, movie and television personality, entrepreneur and museum impresario—was an astounding artist-cartoonist. In an era when few people travelled outside their own hometown, let alone out of the country, Ripley became a globetrotter, seeking stories […]

The Complete Little Orphan Annie Volume Eleven: 1943-1945

Scott VanderPloeg — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 15:26:36 +0000

In the depths of the Second World War, Harold Gray paints a dark vision of stateside America when Annie’s most loyal friends turn out to be a boarding house full of thieves, forgers, and mindreaders. The red-garbed orphan sees that petty politicians and their underworld companions can deprive a small town of freedom just as […]

Johnny Hazard Volume Two: The Newspaper Dailies 1946-1948

Scott VanderPloeg — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 14:47:25 +0000

Frank Robbins’ masterpiece, one of the all-time greatest action/adventure newspaper comic strips, Johnny Hazard, returns with Volume Two of the series! Continues the adventures of Johnny Hazard and Brandy picking up the storyline where Volume One left off. See more trend-setting artwork by comics legend Frank Robbins in one of the most important adventure strips ever […]