Nemo, the Classic Comics Library was a magazine devoted to the history and creators of vintage comic strips. Created by comics historian Rick Marschall, it was published between 1983 and 1990 by Fantagraphics.[1]
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| Publisher | Fantagraphics |
|---|---|
| Founder | Rick Marschall |
| First issue | 1983 |
| Final issue Number | 1990 31 |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Stamford, Connecticut |
| Language | English |
| ISSN | 0746-9438 |
| OCLC | 1140553753 |
Nemo ran for 31 issues (the last being a double issue) plus one annual. Most issues were edited by Marschall. The title was taken from the classic comic strip Little Nemo. While some issues were thematic, most were a mix of articles, interviews, comic strip reprints and more.
Marschall later co-founded another magazine about comics, Hogan's Alley.
Nemo Bookshelf
editDuring that same period in the 1980s, Fantagraphics launched an imprint, Nemo Bookshelf, the Classic Comics Library. This was a line of classic comic strip reprint books, including Little Orphan Annie, Pogo, Red Barry, Dickie Dare, The Complete E. C. Segar Popeye and Prince Valiant.
Issues
edit- Terry and the Pirates
- Superman
- Popeye
- Flash Gordon
- Fantasy in Comics
- Alley Oop
- Disney legends
- Little Orphan Annie
- Hal Foster Interview
- Cartoon Christmas Cards
- Art of Charles Dana Gibson, Sam's Strip by Mort Walker and Jerry Dumas, Clare Victor Dwiggins, Nervy Nat by James Montgomery Flagg, Slim Jim
- Cartoonists and World War II
- Red Barry
- George McManus
- Milton Caniff's first art script
- Huck Finn
- Dick Tracy
- Al Capp
- Kerry Drake
- Golden Age of Comics Promotion
- King Aroo
- John Held Jr., Jimmy Swinnerton, 100 years ago, Joe Palooka
- Little Orphan Annie, Hi and Lois
- Rube Goldberg
- Edwina Dumm's Cap Stubbs and Tippie, Milton Caniff's advertising work, reminiscences by John Neville Wheeler, early work of Gene Ahern
- T. S. Sullivant's Unforgettable Comic Zoo
- Cartoon Art of Norman Rockwell, "Lovely Lilly" by Carolyn Wells, chalk-plate cartoon production, William Faulkner and The Comics, "White Boy" by Garrett Price
- Ethnic Images
- Gasoline Alley Sunday Pages, interview with Ferd Johnson and Texas Slim strips, Ming Foo by Nicholas Afonsky and Brandon Walsh
- Little Nemo, Joseph Keppler, Ernie Bushmiller
- Double Issue - Charles Schulz Interview, Milton Caniff, Krazy Kat, Cliff Sterrett
- Annual 1 — Screwball Comics Special Milt Gross, Dr. Seuss, Smokey Stover, Rube Goldberg
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Nemo: The Classic Comics Library". Fantagraphics. Retrieved 28 July 2015.