Comic Strips

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Comic strip of the sinking of a ship by Ed Reed, run by the Register and Tribune Syndicate

Collection area: Literature

Collection dates: 1918-1937 bulk (bulk 1930-1937)

About this collection

Original comic strip drawings, some inscribed to the University of Arizona. Includes 43 individual comic strips.

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Historical background

Twenty-five artists and their comic strips are presented, including Billy DeBeck's Barney Google, Fontaine Fox's Toonerville Trolley, Harold Gray's Little Orphan Annie, Vince Hamlin's Alley Oop, Frank King's Gasoline Alley and various Rube Goldberg cartoons.

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