Early Comic Books

Long before “Donald Duck’, before “Mickey Mouse”, before “Archie” and even before the earliest comic you can think of, because frankly, I don’t know that many comic titles, there were in the USA (before it was the USA), a group of artists so clever it has taken eons for the comic world to even begin to catch up.

The classic, Lizard and the Lollipop.

The classic, Lizard and the Lollipop.

Pig and Pumpkin's big day out.

Pig and Pumpkin’s big day out.

Very early X men comic.

Very early X men comic. Slightly dog eared otherwise mint condition.

Mary's bad hair day.

Mary’s bad hair day.

Jen at the comic shop.

Jen at the comic shop. She loves the classics.

Second rate modern comic.

Second rate modern comic.

This is the one where the wife drops the dinner but it's OK because the dog gets to eat it.

This is the one where the wife drops the dinner but it’s OK because the dog gets to eat it.

Tweety before Silvester.

Tweety before Sylvester.

Early Roadrunner. Gleep Gleep!

Early Roadrunner. Gleep Gleep!

Pre Bugs Bunny.

Pre Bugs Bunny.

Pre, pre, Bugs Bunny

Pre, pre Bugs Bunny. Ears not yet perfected.

All these and more at the Albuquerque comic shop petroglyph site.

Comic Book Archaeologists are unsure of the meaning of most of the early rock comics. I think they should enjoy them for what they are, a lot of fun just to look at.