Another Comic Ebook

I've compiled another free downloadable pdf of a classic newspaper comic: Little Growling Bear in Windego Land. 59 panels, I think it is actually complete, as it only ran from mid 1906-mid 1907. It's black and white, but almost full size (on very large pages) so that the fine print of the story, typed below the comic art, can be read. Not much on Windegos, unfortunately, but an interesting comic strip that might have been the first western-themed comic, according to one blog I saw. It's a large pdf (123 MB or so), but worth it for the comic connesieur. (Yes, all caveats regarding early stereotypes apply...)

Details here.

Foolish Questions

Sent to the printer. I wish I was able to offer this as a smaller format book, as at 7 x 10, with a single panel on each page, I wasn't able to fit two on a page, and there's a lot of white space under each one. Still, it's better than not putting it out at all -- I'm still not sure what I'm going to do with some horizontal format golf comics I scanned years ago. The back cover, btw, just has two 1913/1914 color postcards with the same theme that I added; the inside comics are all black-and-white. See book details at Foolish Questions.

Madge Ebook

Due to printing difficulties with the scans of Madge the Magician's Daughter, I've decided to just offer it as a free downloadable pdf ebook. It's a large file, about 67MB, but should be of interest to newspaper comic enthusiasts. I'm still working on Foolish Questions, that might actually be finished by end of month.

Madge the Magician's Daughter

Here's the wraparound cover, title just sent to printer.

Foolish Questions

Just a quick preview of Rube Goldberg's Foolish Questions, which I'm planning to reprint sometime by the end of the year. I have a strong predilection for platinum-age comics (both strips and the often overlooked panels), though I stick to enjoying, rather than studying, them.

(Update: The book is published, view more comics and details at Foolish Questions.)