To be a comic artist,  thankful for ONE new idea!  by Rick Marschall The great Frederick Burr Opper was a mainstay of the comic-art staff of...

The Candle That Burns Twice As Bright Burns Half As Long by Rick Marschall Ralph Barton and his friend Charlie Chaplin A few words about Ral...

 ORIGINS: THE ROOTS OF MILTON CANIFF -- HIS FIRST PUBLISHED STRIPS by Rick Marschall In 1925 Milton Caniff of Dayton, Ohio, was a senior at ...

  How Cartoonists Addressed Presidential Campaigns' Results... BEFORE the Votes Were Taken by Rick Marschall Appropriate to the theme of...

  Now that the Whirled Series Has Ended --  by Rick Marschall Percy Leo Crosby was born in New York City, on the border between Queens (wher...

 AMERICA'S FAVORITE FUNNY-MAKERS OF THE 1910s MEET by Rick Marschall If a poll had been conducted in the early 'teens in America -- ...

  MAJOR CARTOONISTS  GATHER FOR GROUP PHOTO, AND ALMOST SMILE -- 1928 by Rick Marschall Well, I am being a little sarcastic about America...

By Rick Marschall In 1988 I was invited to be Guest Curator in Salina, Kansas, for the opening exhibition at the new Art Center building. Th...

  ... THAT IS, THE HISTORY OF THE KINETOGRAPH, KINETOSCOPE, AND KINETO-PHONOGRAPH. Whew. A project on which I have worked for years -- wheth...

  A vignette, a step back in time, regarding a legendary cartoonist, a neglectful studio, and the Golden Age of comics collecting. More than...