I've fallen a bit behind on these posts looking at MSU's newly-catalogued items for the comics collection, so lets dive into May.
The month started with some fairly pedestrian American superhero comics, but May 1 did have this oddity:
Afrique Citoyenne. -- Dakar : Association sénégalaise de
coopération décentralisée ; Fann Dakar : Fondation Konrad
Adenauer, 2003- . -- col. ill. ; 30 cm. -- Began with no. 1
(mai 2003). -- "Bande dessinée pour la jeunesse africaine".
-- Educational genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: no. 17-18
(2008-2009). -- Call no.: PN6790.S44A35
There's a lot of single comic strip cataloguing, mostly from the King Features Syndicate donation of last year. If you're looking for 1933 Toots & Casper...
I actually saw this in a bookstore for half-price last week, but didn't go for it:
In the Small / written and illustrated by Michael Hague with
Devon Hague. -- New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2008. --
124 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm. -- Summary (from OCLC): When a
mysterious cataclysmic event, "the blue flash," causes the
population of the earth to shrink in size to six inches
tall, suddenly humanity has the tables turned on itself:
The very civilization it has created becomes its greatest
obstacle to survival. Animals and the environment, which
have long suffered under the rule and/or destruction of
humans, are now some of their most feared enemies. Amid the
confusion and turmoil, two strong teenagers, 18-year-old
Mouse and his younger sister Beat, emerge as the most
promising leaders, eventually setting out on a quest to
discover the secret that could redeem this strange new
world. -- Fantasy genre. -- Call no.: PN6727.H253 I5 2008b
Randy Scott's still cataloging a lot of the Catholic comic:
Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact, v. 13, no. 3 (Oct. 10, 1957)
CONTENTS: "The Police Let Him Go"* (Chuck White and His
Friends) p. 3-8 -- "The Disconcerting Dodger" (Those Were
the Days!) p. 9-11 -- "Indulgences" (Traveling First-Class)
p. 12-15 -- "Danger! Curious Bear!" text p. 16-17 -- "What
Does Your State's Name Mean?" p. 18-19 -- "No Peace for
Bears" p. 20-25 -- "Personality Workshop" (Patsy Manners)
p. 26-28 -- "The Swiss Guards" p. 29-34 -- "The Serpent"*
(Pierre) p. 35 -- Call no.: PN6728.1.P43T7v.13no.3
...presumably somebody is interested.
I imagine this can't be too common - and there's some great cartoonists in it...
I Couldn't Help Laughing! : an Anthology of War-Time Humour /
edited by D.B. Wyndham Lewis. -- London : Lindsay Drummond,
1943. -- 3d enlarged ed. -- 160 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. --
Includes index of writers and artists. -- Artists are:
Acanthus ; Kay Ambrose ; Anton ; Bruce Bairnsfather ;
Nicolas bentley ; Fenwick ; Fougasse ; Walter Goetz ; Hynes
; Osbert Lancaster ; David Langdon ; Low ; Norman
Mansbridge ; George Morrow ; Palmer ; Pont ; Siggs ;
Sillince ; Strube ; Feliks Topolski ; Vicky. -- About World
War II. -- Call no.: D745.2.L4 1943
... and Zapiro's been in the news a lot lately for his feud with new South African president Zuma (who keeps suing him):
The Mandela Files / by Zapiro ; consultant editor: Andy Mason.
-- Cape Town : Double Storey, 2009. -- 206 p. : ill. ; 30 x
30 cm. -- Cartoons about Nelson Mandela and South African
politics. -- Call no.: folio DT1974.Z363 2009
Is Spain Yiddish?
Rivington Street : a Portfolio of Comics on Yiddish culture /
art by Spain Rodriguez ; stories by Joel Schechter. --
2009. -- 8 leaves : ill. ; 43 x 28 cm. -- "A special
collection of comic strips created for Jewish Currents and
other publications, January 2009." -- Historical genre. --
Call no.: broadsheet PN6727.R625R5 2009
Mark McKinney's book from my publisher... this one should be good, but I don't have a copy yet...
History and Politics in French Language Comics and Graphic
Novels / edited by Mark McKinney. -- Jackson : University
Press of Mississippi, 2008. -- 300 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. --
Includes bibliographical references and index. -- Contents
: French-language comics terminology and referencing ;
Representation of history and politics in French-language
comics and graphic novels: an introduction / Mark McKinney
; pt. 1. History, politics, and the Bande dessinée
tradition. Trapped in the past: anti-semitism in Hergé's
Flight 714 / Hugo Frey ; Re-imaging heroes/rewriting
history: the pictures and texts in children's newspapers in
France, 1939-45 / Clare Tufts ; The concept of "patrimoine"
in contemporary Franco-Belgian comics production / Bart
Beaty ; pt. 2. Political reportage and globalism in Bandes
dessinées. Citizenship and city spaces: Bande dessinée as
reportage / Ann Miller ; Games without frontiers: the
representation of politics and the politics of
representation in Schuiten and Peeters's La frontière
invisible / Fabrice Leroy ; pt. 3. Facing colonialism and
imperialism in Bandes dessinées. The Algerian War in Road
to America (Baru, Thévenet, and Ledran) / Mark McKinney ;
The Congo drawn in Belgium / Pascal Lefèvre ; Distractions
from history: redrawing ethnic trajectories in New
Caledonia / Amanda Macdonald ; Textual absence, textual
color: a journey through memory - Cosey's Saigon-Hanoi /
Cécile Vernier Danehy ; pt. 4. A French cartoonist's
perspective on the working class and Bandes dessinées. The
working class and comics: a French cartoonist's perspective
/ Baru. -- Call no.: PN6745.H52 2008
One wonders if Libertarian has the same connotation in England since Judge Dredd is about as fascist as one could find...
The Dredd Phenomenon : Comics and Contemporary Society / John
Newsinger. -- Bristol : Libertarian Education, 1999. -- 99
p. : ill. ; 21 cm. -- Includes bibliographical references.
-- About Judge Dredd and other British comics. -- Call no.:
PN6735.N43 1999
Here's one from a former and perhaps current Washington-area artist:
How to Draw Noir Comics : the Art and Technique of Visual
Storytelling / by Shawn Martinbrough. -- New York :
Watson-Guptill, 2007. -- 144 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. -- Includes
index. -- Summary (from OCLC): Describes the techniques
needed to draw noir comics such as creating mood, staging
action, working with a script, characters, and lightning.
-- Call no.: NC1764.M375 2007
One of the best books of 2007, now being remaindered at Borders for $1 I hear. Sigh:
Tamara Drewe / Posy Simmonds. -- Boston : Houghton Mifflin,
2008. -- 1 v. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- "A Mariner original."
-- Originally published: London : Random House, 2007. --
Alternative genre. -- Call no.: PN6737.S48T3 2008
Surely one of my readers can donate the missing X-Men issues - it's tax-deductible!
X-Men : Colossus : Bloodline. -- New York : Marvel Comics,
2005-2006. -- col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- (Marvel Limited Series)
-- Complete in 5 nos. -- Superhero genre. -- LIBRARY HAS:
no. 1-2. -- Call no.: PN6728.7.M3X234 2005
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X-Men : Deadly Genesis. -- New York : Marvel Comics, 2006. --
col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- (Marvel Limited Series) -- Complete
in 6 nos. -- Superhero genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: no. 2, 4. --
Call no.: PN6728.7.M3X235 2006
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X-Men Fairy Tales. -- New York : Marvel Publishing, 2006. --
col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- (Marvel Limited Series) -- Complete
in 4 nos. -- Superhero and fantasy genres. -- LIBRARY HAS:
no. 1-2. -- Call no.: PN6728.7.M3X242 2006
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X-Men : First Class. -- New York : Marvel Publishing,
2006-2007. -- col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- (Marvel Limited Series)
-- Complete in 8 nos. -- Superhero genre. -- LIBRARY HAS:
no. 1-5. -- Call no.: PN6728.7.M3X244 2006
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X-Men Movie Special Premiere Prequel Edition. -- New York :
Marvel Comics, 2000. -- 32 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- Cover
title: X-men the Movie. -- "May 2000." -- Superhero genre.
-- Call no.: PN6728.7.M3X33 2000
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Men & X-Men / Chris Claremont, Sean Chen. -- New York : Marvel
Publishing, 2006. -- col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- (X-Men : the End
; v. 3) -- Complete in 6 nos. -- Superhero genre. --
LIBRARY HAS: no. 3. -- Call no.: PN6728.7.M3X483 2006
Ahh, the "good" old days...
"The Worm Turns" back cover of Super-Mystery Comics, v. 1, no.
4 (Nov. 1940). -- Begins: "Softy Jones, the most sissified
kid on the block, has just purchased a magazine." --
Advertising strip for Sure Fire Comics. -- Call no.:
PN6728.1.A2S77m v.1no.4
Phil Foglio, who just won a deserved Hugo Award for Girl Genius, did the original art for the paperback novels of this series, but not these comics:
Mythadventures. -- Poughkeepsie, N.Y. : WaRP Graphics,
1984-1986. -- ill. ; 28 cm. -- Published no. 1 (Mar. 1984)
- no. 12. -- Fantasy genre. -- LIBRARY HAS: 1--12. -- Call
no.: PN6728.5.W3M9
COMPLETE HOLDINGS
May wrapped up with some DC reprints I never even noticed:
DC First : Green Lantern/Green Lantern. -- New York : DC
Comics, 2002. -- 48 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- Cover title:
DC 1st : Green Lantern. -- "No. 1, Jul '02". -- "The first
team-up of Alan Scott & Hal Jordan." -- Superhero genre. --
Call no.: PN6728.7.D3 D22G7 2002
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DC First : Batgirl/Joker. -- New York : DC Comics, 2002. -- 48
p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- Cover title: DC 1st : Batgirl
the Joker. -- "No. 1, Jul '02". -- Superheroine genre. --
Call no.: PN6728.7.D3 D22B3 2002
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DC First : Superman/Lobo. -- New York : DC Comics, 2002. -- 48
p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- Cover title: DC 1st : Superman
Lobo. -- "No. 1, Jul '02". -- Superhero genre. -- Call no.:
PN6728.7.D3 D22S8 2002
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DC First : Flash/Superman. -- New York : DC Comics, 2002. --
48 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- Cover title: DC 1st :
Superman the Flash. -- "No. 1, Jul '02". -- "The man of
steel versus the original Flash. Their first race." --
Superhero genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.7.D3 D22F55 2002
Join us again for ... JUNE!
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