August William Derleth comic collection, circa 1846-1971 (bulk 1900-1971).

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

August William Derleth comic collection, circa 1846-1971 (bulk 1900-1971).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145785136

Comic collection, mainly 1900 to 1971, of August Derleth. The comic art collection consists of cartoons clipped from newspapers and magazines, newspaper comic supplements, comic books, and published books of humor and cartoon art. The collection is mostly comprised of American comics and cartoons including but not limited to the Katzenjammer Kids, Marge's Little Lulu, Pogo, Li'l Abner, Alley Oop, Toonerville Folks, Mutt and Jeff, and many others, as well as comics based on animated characters from Walt Disney, Hanna-Barbera, and Looney Toons/Warner Brothers. There are also examples of comics created to sell products such as "Pepsi" the Pepsi-Cola Cop. The collection also includes essays about comics and their creators compiled by Derleth.

116.2 c.f. (8 cartons, 84 flat boxes, and 286 volumes); plusadditions of 31.6 c.f.

ger,

fre,

eng,

ita,

spa,

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6848403

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

Related Entities

There are 1 Entities related to this resource.

Derleth, August, 1909-1971

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m3368n (person)

August William Derleth, 1909-1971, was an author. Although Derleth's literary strengths are exemplified in his nostalgic writings about the Midwestern prairies, he is best remembered for his "weird" fiction, fantasy, and science fiction works. From the guide to the Derleth mss., 1958-1965, (Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington) http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly) American author. From the description of Typed letters signed (108) : Sauk City, Wis., to Edw...