Comic Book Collecting

Because Japan has different copyright laws from the United States, it's easier for manufacturers to create products that were never supposed to find their way across the ocean. This includes...

The Sad Sack Cartoon originated when its author, Sgt. George Baker, was a soldier in World War II. He drew the cartoon to show how military life could leave you tired, lazy and frustrated. While...

Little Annie Fanny was started by one of the legends of twentieth century cartooning, Harvey Kurtzman. After leaving Mad Magazine, which he created for EC Comics, Kurtzman met up with Hugh Hefner,...

Prince Valiant is a comic that started decades ago and is so popular it is still being written today. William Randolph Hearst asked Hal Foster, who had worked on the Tarzan comic to write a strip...

Hogan's Alley was created when Joseph Pulitzer, owner of the "New York World" newspaper purchased a press to print artwork in his newspaper. The effort failed, but an associate suggested to...

The classic comic strip Gasoline Alley was started in 1919, with the Walt Wallet family as its main characters. Created by Frank King, the cartoon originally focused on a "gang of four" who played...

Cartoon book collecting is a hobby that has the potential to yield a good return on investment. Some collectors buy comic books for nostalgic reasons, and some buy them for financial gain. Either...