James R. Powell Collection 1958-2010

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James R. Powell Collection 1958-2010

A devoted reader of newspaper cartoon strips, Jim Powell began collecting cartoon books in the mid-1970s, prompted by obtaining two pure-bred beagles for his son. The Powell cartoon book collection consists of 419 mass market paperback copies of popular cartoon books, representing the work of well-known cartoonists such as Charles M. Schultz, Johnny Hart, Gary Larson, Garry Trudeau, Jim Davis, and Berke Breathed. The collection has particularly rich runs of , , and . Peanuts Peanuts Garfield Doonesbury

27 boxes; (16.5 linear foot)

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Unger, Jim

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Boynton, Sandra

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Adams, Scott

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Powell, James R., 1960-

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A devoted reader of newspaper cartoon strips, Jim Powell began collecting Peanuts cartoon books in the mid-1970s, prompted by obtaining two pure-bred beagles for his son. He cited Linus, talking to Sally, as inspiration: Panel one -- Linus: "You know what my Grandfather says? Panel two -- Linus: "He says every child should have a dog. . . " Panel three -- Linus: He says that a child who does not have a dog is like a child deprived" Panel four -- Snoopy (lying on top of d...

Amend, Bill

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Walker, Mort

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Mort Walker (1923- ) is an American cartoonist who created the Beetle Bailey and Hi and Lois comic strips. Addison Morton "Mort" Walker was born in Eldorado, Kansas on September 3, 1923 and grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. His cartooning career started early; Walker published his first cartoon at age 11 and sold his first cartoon at age 12. For several months, when he was 15, Walker drew a strip for the Kansas City Journal . At 16, Walker worked at Hallmark Cards as a d...

Trudeau, G.B., 1948-

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Garry Trudeau (Yale 1973) is an American cartoonist and creator of the comic strip Doonesbury. From the description of Garry Trudeau papers, 1969-2007. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702158754 Garry Trudeau was born in New York City in 1948, and was raised in Saranac Lake, New York. He received a B.A. and M.F.A. in graphic design from Yale University. In 1970, he launched the comic strip Doonesbury, which (as of 2007) appears in over one thousand newspapers worldwide. His wo...

Macnelly, Jeff

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Peters, Mike, 1943-....

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Larson, Gary

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Guisewite, Cathy.

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Hart, Johnny

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Ryan, Tom K.

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Watterson, Bill

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Breathed, Berke

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Smythe, Reggie

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Davis, Jim, 1945 July 28-

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Jim Davis (James R. Davis, 1945- ) was born July 28, 1945 in Muncie, Indiana. Davis assisted on the Tumbleweeds cartoon for nine years and then started his own feature Garfield. From the description of [Cartoons], c1978. (Lincoln Library). WorldCat record id: 247128206 ...

Schulz, Charles M. (Charles Monroe), 1922-2000

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Charles Schulz was born November 26, 1922, in Minneapolis, MN, and died February 13, 2000, in Santa Rosa, CA. He was an award-winning cartoonist and illustrator, famous for his cartoon strip, 'Peanuts.' Biographical Source: Something About the Author, vols. 10, 118. From the description of Charles Schulz Papers 1962. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 432980498 Charles Schulz was born November 26, 1922, in Minneapolis, MN, and died February 13, 2000,...