Another embarrassment of riches for you… it seems like the amount of cool old scans online has been increasing exponentially lately. Again, really hard to pick one item to feature. I mean, Marc Bell has a blog!

However, I’m guessing the link most of my readers will be the most drawn to today is again courtesy of Stephen Worth at the utterly fantastic ASIFA Hollywood Animation Archive blog. He has posted three old Sunday funnies sections in their entirety, along with an essay wondering what the hell happened to make newspaper comics sink to the depths they have sunk to today. Lots of beautiful stuff, scanned large and clean. Pictured below, a panel from Clifford McBride’s Napoleon, one of the many, many comics featured. Click it to see the full post!

• Rider in the Storm
  from Nedor-A-Day
• Murder Mansion
  from THE HORRORS OF IT ALL
• Rhoda Trail: The Mysterious Stranger
  from Nedor-A-Day
• Lumped In Tuesday strip day.
  from Those Fabuleous Fifties
• Friday Distraction: Cowboy Comics
  from CR Briefings
• Chocolate Cheeks for 6/20/08
  from FLOG! Entries
• It’s that Gahan Wilson boy again
  from scans_daily: Bringing the crack since December 2
• Daredevil Battles Hitler (Part 5) – Belief-defying Air Stunts
  from scans_daily: Bringing the crack since December 2
• Daredevil Battles Hitler (Part 4) – Super-Science to the Rescue
  from scans_daily: Bringing the crack since December 2
• Soony: Storyboards – Jim Tyer
  from comicrazys
• Fingers of Doom!
  from THE HORRORS OF IT ALL
• Foxy Lady Saturday leftover day
  from Those Fabuleous Fifties
• *Vampirella* 112 issues ~ Sept/1969-March/1983
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• Herriman Saturday
  from Stripper’s Guide
• John Stanley Knows Serious Business
  from scans_daily: Bringing the crack since December 2
• Soft Boiled
  from Fortress Of Fortitude
• Tara: Satellite of the Moon Spiders!
  from Nedor-A-Day
• Frazetta’s “Werewolf!”
  from scans_daily: Bringing the crack since December 2
• Barney Rooster – Frank Frazetta
  from comicrazys
• Romance of Death
  from Nedor-A-Day
• Death While the Cat’s Away
  from THE HORRORS OF IT ALL
• Serpent of Doom
  from Nedor-A-Day
• *Number 328* * Saucer Man!*
  from Pappy’s Golden Age Comics Blogzine
• Ask me anything. Sunday leftover day.
  from Those Fabuleous Fifties
• Jim Ivey’s Sunday Comics
  from Stripper’s Guide
• Tubby the Scout: Ribtickler #3 1959 – Artist Unknown
  from comicrazys
• The Many Lives of Jim Corrigan – Part 1
  from datajunkie
• John Stanley Knows Kids and Beatniks
  from scans_daily: Bringing the crack since December 2
• The Phantom Ship
  from THE HORRORS OF IT ALL
• The Fighting Yank vs. Blitz
  from Nedor-A-Day
• *Number 329* * * * No high-hattin’ for Hatlo!*
  from Pappy’s Golden Age Comics Blogzine
• Obscurity of the Day: The Little Woman, Way Out West and Jimmy And The Tiger
  from Stripper’s Guide
• Short post, tall tales. Monday cartoon day.
  from Those Fabuleous Fifties
• Lefty by Tom Kay 1948
  from Punch in Canada
• Peterkin Pottle
  from Golden Reading
• What America Thinks III
  from Yesterday’s Papers
• What America Thinks II
  from Yesterday’s Papers
• What America Thinks 1941
  from Yesterday’s Papers
• *Cover art by* *Frazetta* The full painting
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• *Cover art by* *Gray Morrow* * **Art by* *Roy G. Krenkel*
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• Meathaus Week on Vulture: Read a Complete Story by Jim Rugg and Brian Maruca
  from Vulture — Entertainment, Music, Culture, Thea
• *Eerie* 139 issues ~ Sept/1965-Feb/1983 *
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• Warum
  from Top Shelf 2.0 Webcomics
• October 1960 STARE Magazine Cartoons
  from Mike Lynch Cartoons
• Dorman Henry Smith (1892-1956)
  from Yesterday’s Papers
• Some POGO right now sounds good
  from scans_daily: Bringing the crack since December 2
• The State of Cartooning: Newspaper Comics
  from ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive
• Treasury of Terror 1966
  from Yesterday’s Papers
• Daredevil Battles Hitler (Part 3) – Hot Jungle Action
  from scans_daily: Bringing the crack since December 2
• Crime Crushers: The Case of the Dead Dog
  from Nedor-A-Day
• The Crawling Horror vs. The Thing Behind the Wall
  from THE HORRORS OF IT ALL
• John Stanley is awesome, here’s why
  from scans_daily: Bringing the crack since December 2
• *Number 327* * Fremont Frog
  from Pappy’s Golden Age Comics Blogzine
• Hey Presto! Friday comic book day.
  from Those Fabuleous Fifties
• What Is Dash Shaw’s Vision for ‘Ghost Rider’? Plus: An Exclusive Preview of Bottomless Belly Button
  from Vulture — Entertainment, Music, Culture
• Meathaus Week on Vulture: Read a Complete Story by Farel Dalrymple
  from Vulture — Entertainment, Music, Culture
• Meathaus Week on Vulture: Read a Complete Story by Zohar Lazar
  from Vulture — Entertainment, Music, Culture
• Truncate, Suffer!, Lime, Suede, Etc
  from The Canada Council For The Arts MARC BELL Dept
• “Hi, It’s Me Again” and “Trippah!!!”
  from The Canada Council For The Arts MARC BELL Dept
• Shrimpies For Sale
  from The Canada Council For The Arts MARC BELL Dept
• Shrimpies and Shrimpies For Sale
  from The Canada Council For The Arts MARC BELL Dept
• Welcome To Mennonite Dan’s 1st Annual Ribfest: BEFORE and After
  from The Canada Council For The Arts MARC BELL Dept
• Amazing: Floor Folk BEFORE and AFTER!
  from The Canada Council For The Arts MARC BELL Dept
• Absolutely Stupendous: Greetings From Calgary BEFORE…
  from The Canada Council For The Arts MARC BELL Dept
• HOLY BANANAS: Avacore (this is only a digital representation)
  from The Canada Council For The Arts MARC BELL Dept
• SIMPLY SCRUMPTIOUS: The State Of Thungs
  from The Canada Council For The Arts MARC BELL Dept
• Q: Whut The? A: It’s “Society”
  from The Canada Council For The Arts MARC BELL Dept
• So Very Interesting: “Worn Tuff Elbow” Before and After
  from The Canada Council For The Arts MARC BELL Dept
• Thurber’s New Natural History
  from Looky
• ONE MOMENT, SIR!
  from Mike Lynch Cartoons
• Cave Adventure, part 2
  from Top Shelf 2.0 Webcomics
• Heroes Con, this weekend
  from The Ephemerist

There are a ton of fantastic comic links for you to check out today… more Wolverton! Jeff Smith! Bryan Lee O’Malley! Lots of great stuff. It was quite difficult to choose which one to feature. I chose an obscurity from The Stripper’s Guide, quaintly titled The Gay Boys. I couldn’t resist a strip that features the always hilarious situation of an old man hiring boys to go into his cellar and kill rats. Click on the image below to see two full episodes of this bizarre strip.

Once you are at the Stripper’s Guide you will want to stay and browse. Among many, many other wonders your host Allan Holtz has posted, every Saturday he posts “Herriman Saturday” which features pre-Krazy Kat political and other one-shot cartoons from my all-time favorite cartoonist George Herriman. Click here to see the latest installment of that.

• Cave Adventure, part 1
  from Top Shelf 2.0 Webcomics
• *i* gave up blogging a week ago on account of I feel…
  from The Fate of the Artist
• RecapSat: The Toonerville Trolley
  from Michael Sporn Animation – Splog
• Joanie Phoanie
  from Mark Kausler’s CatBlog
• Joanie Pt. Two
  from Mark Kausler’s CatBlog
• Joanie Pt. 3
  from Mark Kausler’s CatBlog
• Soothing Postum
  from Mark Kausler’s CatBlog
• Cappe Diem
  from Mark Kausler’s CatBlog
• The Last of Joanie
  from Mark Kausler’s CatBlog
• General Bullmoose, Comic Book Fan?
  from Mark Kausler’s CatBlog
• Joanie! You Back Again!?
  from Mark Kausler’s CatBlog
• The Return of Mangy
  from Mark Kausler’s CatBlog
• Back to the “Old Stuff”
  from Mark Kausler’s CatBlog
• KARIMBAH
  from PULPHOPE
• Crime & Romance Comics COLLIDE in “Jailbird’s Romance!”…
  from Cartoon SNAP
• Go, Look: More David Bowie Sketches
  from The Comics Reporter
• Friday Distraction: Long List Of Free Comics To Read…
  from The Comics Reporter
• Robt. Williams weed packaging
  from Boing Boing
• Homemade deck of monster trading cards
  from Boing Boing
• Sketchbook #57
  from FLOG! Entries
• 2001 Comic Book
  from FLOG! Entries
• Origin of the American Crusader
  from Nedor-A-Day
• The Rat Man
  from THE HORRORS OF IT ALL
• *Number 325* * Rat Man!* Today Karswell of The Horrors…
  from Pappy’s Golden Age Comics Blogzine
• Too Twisted Tales
  from Fortress Of Fortitude
• Bone: 3 Mini-Comics – Jeff Smith
  from comicrazys
• Sweet Sci-Fi Kirby Feast over at Pappy’s
  from Cartoon SNAP
• Man with the Broken Neck
  from THE HORRORS OF IT ALL
• Alfred Leete (1882-1933)
  from Yesterday’s Papers
• Super Pup: Moon People
  from Uncle Ernie’s Creature Ink
• Walter Trier (1890-1951)
  from Yesterday’s Papers
• Tom Browne (1897-1910)
  from Yesterday’s Papers Archive
• Jill Trent, Science Sleuth in Wonder Comics #13
  from Golden Reading
• Blue Beetle #10 Highlight Reel
  from Golden Reading
• The Origin of Blackhawk
  from Golden Reading
• Blackhawk: The Man in the Iron Mask
  from Golden Reading
• Captain Battle
  from Golden Reading
• “Daffy and Deke.”
  from Golden Reading
• Strange Fantasy #9 (Dec 1953) Highlight Reel
  from Golden Reading
• The Jester
  from Golden Reading
• Señorita Rio
  from Golden Reading
• Madam Fatal, first cross-dressing superhero
  from Golden Reading
• 711 and Destiny
  from Golden Reading
• Fight Comics #47 Highlight Reel
  from Golden Reading
• Shock SuspenStories
  from Golden Reading
• Crack Comics #10 “Madam Fatal Meets The Jester.”
  from Golden Reading
• Patty O’Day
  from Golden Reading
• Patty O’Day and English Eddie
  from Golden Reading
• Stories By Famous Authors Illustrated
  from Golden Reading
• Blaze Barton and The World of the Future
  from Golden Reading
• The Mouthpiece
  from Golden Reading
• Klaus Nordling and Lt. Drake of the U.S. Naval Intelligence
  from Golden Reading
• Betty Bates, Lady at Law
  from Golden Reading
• Lil’ Eightball
  from Golden Reading
• The Comet
  from Golden Reading
• How about a litttle Charles Addams?
  from scans_daily: Bringing the crack since December 2
• Angkor City of Mystery
  from Nedor-A-Day
• Billy West: Six-Gun Warning
  from Nedor-A-Day
• The Dark Passage
  from THE HORRORS OF IT ALL
• *Number 325* * Space Garbage!*
  from Pappy’s Golden Age Comics Blogzine
• Obscurity of the Day: The Gay Boys
  from Stripper’s Guide
• The Joke’s on Youth
  from Nedor-A-Day
• Father’s Day
  from THE HORRORS OF IT ALL
• Spotty the Missing Lynx and “Silly” Civet
  from Nedor-A-Day
• Jim Ivey’s Sunday Comics
  from Stripper’s Guide
• Powerhouse Pepper: A Nightmare Scare – Basil Wolverton
  from comicrazys
• Hearst’s Yellow Cabinet
  from Yesterday’s Papers
• Herriman Saturday
  from Stripper’s Guide
• Obscurity of the Day: Teddy, Jack and Mary
  from Stripper’s Guide
• Dogs as Weapons
  from Amazing Facts…and Beyond!
• Go, Look: Witzend #4
  from CR Briefings
• Ape Lad’s sketchbook scanned to Flickr
  from Boing Boing
• *A cool story by* *Harry Lazarus*
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• Edgar Rice Burroughs’ *John Carter of Mars & Tarzan*…
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• Golden Book: Mary Blair’s Baby’s House
  from ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive
• New Strip! Betty!
  from The Barnacle Blog
• The Night of Friday the 13th
  from THE HORRORS OF IT ALL
• The Silver Knight: The Stolen Armor
  from Nedor-A-Day
• Number 323 * Golden Lad finds a haven for all*
  from Pappy’s Golden Age Comics Blogzine
• Jesus Probably Rode Dinosaurs
  from Photo Basement
• Popeye
  from Uncle Ernie’s Creature Ink
• Chic Stone
  from Uncle Ernie’s Creature Ink
• Spotty the Pup
  from Uncle Ernie’s Creature Ink
• Space Mouse: The Tiny Giants
  from Uncle Ernie’s Creature Ink
• March has 32 days, last story from the Mystery Tales 40 comic book
  from The Mystery Tales #40 Lost blog