Original Comic Art Collection
The Browne Popular Culture Library has acquired a small collection of original comic art since its founding in 1969. These items take several forms, including pen and ink page layouts, prints, comic strips, original sketches, and animation cells. Artists represented include Robert Crumb, Milt Caniff, Art Sansom, Dik Browne, and Basil Wolverton among others.
| Title | Artist (if known) | Date | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruff Tuff Creampuff (5 pages, original art) | R. Crumb | undated | 11"x14" |
| Captain America (sketch) | Leinil Wu | 1997 | 8.5"x11" |
| Batman (sketch) | Leinil Wu | 1997 | 8.5"x11" |
| Goran (Grendel: Devil's Choices) | Leinil Wu | 1997 | 8.5"x11" |
| Spawn | Leinil Wu | 1994 | 8.5"x11" |
| The Dirty Pair (sketches and pencil pages) | Adam Warren | 1995 | 8.5"x14" |
| Depth Charge Digest #1 (autographed print of cover) | Chuck Kalnick | undated | 8.5"x11" |
| Hilly Rose (photocopy of original art, signed by B.C. Boyer) | B.C. Boyer | 1996 | 11"x17" |
| Legendary Dark Silhouette (original cover art x2) | William Carlisle | 1997 | 11"x17" |
| Jet-X and Lilau (sketch) | Heather Moore | undated | 11"x17" |
| Agony Acres (original art page) | Ronn Stern | undated | 11"x17" |
| Deity #2 (original art page- autograph plus extra sketch on verso) | Karl Altstaetter | 1997 | 11"x17" |
| Blondie (print mat) | Young & Raymond | undated | 8.5"x14.5" |
| Hi + Lois (print mat) | Dik Browne | undated | 8.5"x14.5" |
| Henry (print mat) | John Liney | undated | 8.5"x14.5" |
| Juliet Jones (print mat) | Stan Drake | undated | 8.5"x14.5" |
| Journal of Popular Culture Vol. 5 No.1 (original cover art) | Unknown | 1971 | 12.5"x17.5" |
| Abraham Lincoln (reproduction) | Basil Wolverton | undated | 11"x17" |
| Milton Berle (reproduction) | Basil Wolverton | undated | 11"x17" |
| Eleanor Roosevelt (reproduction) | Basil Wolverton | undated | 11"x17" |
| Plato (reproduction) | Basil Wolverton | undated | 11"x17" |
| Herbert Hoover (reproduction) | Basil Wolverton | undated | 11"x17" |
| George Washington (reproduction) | Basil Wolverton | undated | 11"x17" |
| Journal of Popular Film Vol.3 No.3 (original cover art) | Unknown | undated | 9"x12" |
| Skull-duggery (original art, 2 pages) | Fowler | undated | 12"x18" |
| The Born Loser (7 original strips) | Art Sansom | 1969, 1971 | 6.25"x21" |
| Bugs Bunny (1 original strip) | Raplh Heimdahl & Al Stoffel | 1971 | 6.25"x21" |
| Charlie Brown (pencil drawing for TV special) | Unknown | undated | 10.5"x12.5" |
| Archie (Sunday strip photostat) | Bob Montana | 1970 | 10.5"x15" |
| Out Our Way (2 original strips) | Neg Cochran | 1969, 1970 | 11"x13" |
| Our Boarding House (2 original strips) | Jim Branagan & Tom McCormick | 1970 | 11"x12.75" |
| Priscilla's Pop (original strip) | Al Vermeer | 1970 | 4.75"x16" |
| Campus Clatter (2 original strips) | Larry Lewis | 1969 | 5"x18" |
| Freckles and His Friends (original strip) | Henry Thomas | 1970 | 5"x17" |
| Lancelot (original strip) | Coker & Penn | 1971 | 5"x16.5" |
| Short Ribs (original strip) | Frank O'Neal | 1969 | 5"x18" |
| Captain Easy (original strip) | Leslie Turner | 1969 | 5"x18" |
| Brenda Starr, Reporter (6 original strips) | Dale Messick | 1974 | 5"x16" |
| Alley Oop (original strip) | V.T. Hamlin & Dave Graue | 1971 | 6.5"x20.5" |
| Rex Morgan, MD | Frank Edgington | 1976 | 7"x20" |
| The Flintstones (animation cell) | Unknown | undated | 11.5"x13" |
| The Devil and Daniel Mouse (animation cell) | Unknown | undated | 8"x10.5" |
| Sgt Rock- "The Rockman" (original art) | Unknown | undated | 11"x11" |
| Col. Steve Canyon (original art) | Milton Caniff | 1970 | 11"x14" |
| Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies (animation cell) | Leon Schlesinger | undated | 9"x12" |
| Star Trek: The Animated Series (animation cell) | Unknown | undated | 9"x12" |
| Bugs Bunny In King Arthur's Court (animation cell) | Unknown | 1979 | 11"x14" |
| Disney characters sketch | Fred Moore | undated | 12"x14.75" |
| Out Our Way (print mat) | Neg Cochran | 1970 | 5.5"x15" |
| The Man From Madison Ave. (5 pages, original art) | Unknown | undated | 15"x20" |
| The Rat Race (original book cover art) | Unknown | undated | 15"x18" |
| The Avengers #100 (original art, page 16) | Barry Smith & Joe Sinnot | 1972 | 18"x21" |
| Maw & Paw Kettle | Paul Webb | undated | 16"x21" |
Updated: 06/05/2023 09:23AM