Pin the Bow Tie on Buster Brown game heading to the Library of Congress

I picked up this cloth game over the weekend at a flea market. It's 119 years old, according to the ad that someone on the Platinum Comics history list found for me.

For modern parents who think merchandising of comics and cartoon characters are something new - nope! When characters such as Ally Sloper in the UK, and Yellow Kid, Buster Brown, and Foxy Grandpa in the US got a following in print, merchandising followed.

The Morning Call Wed Oct 18 1905

I don't know when the Library will get this cataloged but it'll be in the Prints and Photos division as of this week. Here's a few details.

Some more recent material was handed over too including the print edition of the 2023 Comics Research Bibliography, a complete set of 2024 Free Comic Book Day comics, and these gems.

From Artomatic, this print of tattooed Kewpies amused me, but I can't find the artist's name at the moment.

Life on Other Worlds, a 1978 portfolio I saw on Heritage  auctions that I was curious about so I bought it on e-bay for much less. The art by Al Williamson, Walt Simonson, Paul Gulacy, Howard Chaykin and P. Craig Russell is fine, but only Williamson's is accomplished.

And this has nothing to do with comics, but was a lovely steel engraving bookplate from Virginia Otis to add to the collection they already have.

Artomatic and comics in photos, part 2 - floors 5 through 8

 Artomatic ends tomorrow, so you theoretically can rush through and see these artists, as well as those featured in part 1.  Some of these people identify as cartoonists, but many of them are just influenced by the prevalence of comics and animation in modern life. Or historical images, in the case of the tattooist reinventing Rosie O'Neill's Kewpies. More captioning to come, hopefully someday.

 

 

Flash Gordon reimagined by?

 

 

 

 

K.S. Brenowitz actually makes comics:

 

 

 

 

 

Ben Claassen III had a major presence

 

 

I'm interested in this new medical material he's working on...

 

 

8th Floor, iirc:

DC Conspirator Michael Auger was tending bar.

 

 

I'm not sure where they got all the comics to tear up for their backgrounds and furniture. Lots of X-Men though... Anyone know?

 

Dave from http://branddave.com

 

Jughead

There's a John Byrne X-Men panel in there

 

 

 

I am (stained glass) BATMAN!

 

 

 

D. Feng was just selling on the 3rd floor, not exhibiting, 

but I bought her comic book and hope to have an interview soon.

and finally the Rosie O'Neill I mentioned at the top, also in the shop area on floor 3 from Sun Estes aka @sun.pokes