John Ryan collection of Australian comic books, ca. 1940-1960. ca. 1940-1960.

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John Ryan collection of Australian comic books, ca. 1940-1960. ca. 1940-1960.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/220191860

A collection of Australian and overseas comics and cartoons which include Australian reprints of material from overseas ; comic books by Australian artists and writers including Syd Nicholls, Stan Cross, Emile Mercier, John Dixon, Will Donald ; original drawings for cartoons and comic strips. Some series names in the collection are, Batman, Bulldog, Brandon and Horwitz. There are also comic fan magazines and some original cartoon drawings.

9.25 m. (66 boxes) + + 2 fol. items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7025182

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Mercier, Emile

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Ryan, John, 1931-1979

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Ryan, John, 1931-1979

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Cross, Stan, 1888-1977

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Cartoonist. Stanley George Cross was born in Los Angeles in 1888, to English parents who eventually settled in Perth, Western Australia in 1892. Cross was employed by the Railway Department when he was 16 and studied art at Perth Technical College. He left his job to study for a year in London, where his first cartoons were published by Punch magazine. When he returned to Australia, Cross became a freelance artist, contributing cartoons and illustrations to The western mail and The Sunday times....

Donald, Will.

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Nicholls, Syd, 1896-1977

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Dixon, John, 1929-

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