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You have probably heard of people who collect election buttons — the ones that say things like “I Like Ike” given out during elections by the candidates. But there is a thriving vintage comic pin market.
Collectable pin-back with Popeye advertised in the Evening Ledger The objects are rightly called “pinbacks” since they are basically a picture printed on a button with a pin on the back. Logical, isn’t it?
A voluminous collection of these pinbacks is gathered at a site lovingly compiled by Mark Lansdown. I say “lovingly” because it is a free reference. There are many collector’s guides on the web, but I don’t know if anybody else has taken the time to gather all these pinbacks.
If you are a collector — or want to be — Mark maintains a mailing list and will notify you whenever he updates.
WADE

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When I was young, I discovered a magical place — the public library.

One of the many revelations there was that comics were treated in a scholarly manner.  I could get a great big coffee-table book of old newspaper or comic book reprints.  It was heaven.

One of the scholars and enthusiasts responsible for these books was Bill Blackbeard, who passed away March 10.

What a great name — totally suitable for the kind of guy who fearlessly collects and preserves comics.  I was a big fan of Blackbeard.

If you’d like to find out more about this ultimate comic fan, The Comics Journal has a list of articles written about Blackbeard that you can digest.

We all know that comics is an art form, don’t we?  And a valuable piece of history.

WADE

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Always come morning 

The first time I ran into  Otto Soglow‘s character “The Little King,” I thought, “Hmmm — this is pretty weird.  But the more I read, the more enchanted I became.

This is a unique take on comic strips. The King never speaks a word, and manytimes, nobody else does either.  It’s like mime comics!

If you want to peek at the weird world of the Little King — just click on the link and jump to the Joyville tribute of this comic strip treasure.

WADE

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I know it’s not Halloween, but I wanted to put in my weekly plug for Barnacle Press.  It’s always inspiring to look back on these vintage newspaper comic strips and see what it was like before the watered-down gag panels of today evolved.

Remember — “The goblins ‘ll get you if you DON’T WATCH OUT!

WADE

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“Not all the notable comic-strips being published today are included in this group. There are some conspicuous absences. Each of the group represents a particular innovations in strips that sets it apart in appeal to mass readership.

Seen over at Rosebud Archives (thanks!)

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Windsor McKay's Thanksgiving

I have spent hours browsing throught the oldies-but-goodies comic strips at Barnacle Press.

They have an awesome collection of newspaper comics from the past hundred years or more, and are always adding more.

Some of them are obscure and you’ll delight in discovering them.  Others are familiar — some still printing today — and you’ll be amazed at how long they’ve been around.

I warn you — if you go there, you may not get anything else done the rest of the day.

WADE

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