Hey Kids! Comics! For the Love of It
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Below are some comic and cartoon books scheduled for February 2026 release (or so).
Images and links from a variety of publishers and outlets,
though ordering through your local comic shop or independent book store is a good idea.
Flash Gordon: Classic Collection Vol. 6 by Dan Barry
A must-have for Flash Gordon fans, and fans of comics history in general, this next Classic Collection highlights stories from one of the classic era’s most consistent creators, Dan Barry, and features Flash’s first visits to Atlantis and Mars.
From the very depths of the ocean floor to self-imposed exile in outer space… From the post-apocalyptic world of New York City in the far-flung future to enslavement in an intergalactic space circus… Science fiction’s most enduring icon, Flash Gordon, is back to continue his never-ending battle against intergalactic evil! ‘The Lost Continent’ reprints all of Dan Barry’s daily strips from October 26, 1953 to July 9, 1956, restored from the original tearsheets, and includes a feature on Flash Gordon written by newspaper comic strip expert, Rick Norwood.
A few things: 1. The cover says Sundays, the description says dailies. 2. “[F]rom the original tearsheets” sounds good but that is from printed newspapers, I would prefer from proof sheets and/or original art. 3. How do you sell out of digital editions?
Unicorn Secrets by Dana Simpson
Another Phoebe and Her Unicorn Adventure Book 23
With imaginative storytelling and a heartwarming portrayal of friendship, this collection of Phoebe and Her Unicorncomics reveals how a bold and enchanting unicorn and a sweet, inquisitive 10-year-old girl craft the most magical of friendships.
Ten-year-old Phoebe Howell and her best friend, the enchanting unicorn Marigold Heavenly Nostrils, have a truly magical friendship, filled with spells, ancient unicorn lore, and everyday adventure. In this new collection of Phoebe and Her Unicorn comics by the award-winning, bestselling author Dana Simpson, the pair of best friends play games, make new friends, and pack each day with exploration, fun, and laughter.
Jim Aparo: Brave & Bold Artist by Eric Nolen-Weathington & Jim Amash
For a generation of comic-book readers, Jim Aparo is considered the greatest Batman artist of them all. Aparo—with his strong, dynamic style, well-grounded in realism—together with Batman made a team worthy of the title, The Brave and the Bold. But before that team-up book, he made a name for himself on such series as Aquaman, the controversial “Spectre,” and the mysterious Phantom Stranger, and is considered by many to be the definitive artist for each. Now, the team of Jim Amash and Eric Nolen-Weathington turn the Bat Signal on the life and work of one of comics’ finest! From his time in the world of advertising art, at Charlton Comics on Nightshade and The Phantom, through the heyday of the ’70s, and beyond the death of Robin, Aparo’s career is finally given the attention it so richly deserves. The book is lavishly illustrated with Aparo’s work, including many rare and previously-unpublished pieces. Includes an introduction by award-winning artist Alan Davis, and a new Aparo cover inked by Mike DeCarlo!
Silly Symphonies Collector’s Box Set by Ted Osborne, Merrill De Maris, Al Taliaferro, Earl Duvall, and more
The 1930s were the heyday of Disney’s second-ever newspaper comics feature: the full-color weekly Silly Symphonies! And with it came Donald Duck’s first starring roles… from his debut as a barnyard brat to his battles with Mickey’s naughty nephews—and the unforgettable debut of Donald’s own riotous relatives, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, first created for this strip by artist Al Taliaferro!
Also included in this two-volume set: Zeke the Big Bad Wolf, always in pursuit of the Three Little Pigs—and Bucky Bug, the daring, mischievous beetle whose escapades took him from brutal birds of prey to the trenches of the Great Flyburg War! Plus more golden-age Silly Symphony cartoon stars: feisty Max Hare, slow-but-sure Toby Tortoise, that awful bandit Dirty Bill (who “never took a bath, and he never will!”)… and timid Elmer Elephant, one of his adventures plotted by comics maestros Carl Barks and Walt Kelly!
Lauren Ipsum’s Sunday Best by Charles Brubaker
Whether you’re an avid book reader or an egg connoisseur, Lauren and Dewey are here to make you laugh. This book contains every Lauren Ipsum Sunday strips from 2022 to 2025, reprinted in color for the first time!
Harry Beckhoff by Daniel Zimmer
Harry Beckhoff (1901-1979) was among the most distinctive stylists of the Golden Age of American illustration, celebrated for his masterful economy of line and sophisticated sense of design. Working primarily for Collier’s, among other national magazines of the day, he developed a signature look defined by impeccably composed figures and fluid linework that conveyed narrative with remarkable clarity. Trained under Harvey Dunn, Beckhoff absorbed the principles of storytelling and structure, distilling them into a style that was both elegant and modern. Though his figures were often rendered with minimal detail, his compositions radiated wit, warmth, and intelligence. This volume presents the full scope of his career–from his tiny preliminary pencil studies to the finished illustrations that made him a favorite of editors and readers alike–honoring an innovator whose refined artistry continues to resonate with illustrators today.
The book is 224 pages long and filled to the brim with scores of beautiful illustrations reproduced from rare tear sheets and original paintings.
According to the publisher, only 500 copies of this book were printed, making this the most limited book ever published by The Illustrated Press. There are 100 Deluxe Editions (signed and numbered in slipcase) and 400 Standard Editions. It is 224 pages, 9″x12″, full-color on premium glossy stock, hardbound with dust jacket.
ALLEY OOP IN TV LAND THE COMPLETE SUNDAYS 1951-1955 by V. T, Hamlin
Never before collected 1950s adventures still by V.T. Hamlin! Alley Oop’s time-traveling adventures continue—in color! 260 Sunday strips are presented in this oversized hardcover, covering 1951 through the end of 1955.
ALLEY OOP IN WITCHLAND 1952 by V. T, Hamlin
Another great selection of V.T. Hamlin dailies from 1952! In this volume, our time-traveling caveman hero is transported to the land of Halloween where he becomes the King of the Pumpkinheads! Later, Alley Oop is ensnared by an evil genie and transformed into a bulldog! Will Degga Degga the witch be able to save him? And will she want to?!
Stefan Wood has embarked on a noble mission to publish a number of known and obscure comic strips.
Flyin’ Jenny 1939 – 1941 dailies & Sundays by Russell Keaton
Follow the adventures of Jenny Dare, pilot, instructor, and adventurer, as she flies off into danger, dealing with rival pilots, foreign agents, and male suitors, all while tyring to pursue her dream of owning her own flying agency in a man’s world. Russell Keaton provides thrilling stories and excellent art in this unjustly forgotten newspaper strip.
Ella Cinders 1925 – 1927 dailies & Sundays by Bill Counselman and Charles Plumb
A 1920s comic strip sensation, Ella Cinders is the jazz age Cinderella who struggles against her mean sisters and tyrannical mother. But with her poorer sibling Blackie, they go from poverty to wealth and back to poverty agains through a series of events and misadventures that define Ella’s life, as she strives to rise above her station and find true love, yet never attaining it. It was such a popular feature in the newspapers that within a year a movie was made, the first live action feature film based on a comic strip. Follow her trials and triumphs in this long forgotten strip that was once one the premier strips of its time.
Yankee Doodle 1940-1942 dailies & Sundays by Frank Tinsley
Written and drawn by renowned illustrator and US Army Reserve officer Frank Tinslet, Yankee Doodle is an unusual war time strip. Semi autobiographical, Tinsley’s adventure strip tackles Axis powered third column infiltration and secret agent conflict, just a year before the US entered Word War II. Follow Yankee and his companions Dan Boone and Captain Algernon Jeeps as they fight abroadd and at home.
Ace O’Hara 1954-1956 dailies by Conrad Frost and Basil Blackaller
Follow Ace O’Hara and Belle in their adventures in time and space! From travelling to the distant future to other worlds, to alien invasions on Earth, to Cold War space exploration, this rare comic strip is an exciting addition, holding its own amongst the more well known newspaper strips!
Scorchy Smith 1939-1940 newspaper dailies by Bert Christman and Frank Robbins
Concluding his run in 1939, Bert Christman hands the Scorchy Smith reigns over to the very capable Frank Robbins! With an emphasis on action, Scorchy’s adventures run towards the wild and unusual, from mutinay on a ship, marooned on a deserrt island, pre-World War II intrigue at home, and even discovering a lost medieval world! Discover the stories and art from this little-known period of the popular long-running strip!
Wade Cabot 1954-54 Dailies & Sundays by Bob Robertson and Pat Sammons
An adventure strip that ran for barely eight months, Wade Cabot In the Middle East is full of action and Cold War intrigue. With Milton Canniff inspired art written and drawn by Bob Robertson and Pat Sammon, Wade Cabot is a hidden gem of 1950s newspaper comic strips.
Oaky Doaks 1937 – 1939 newspaper dailies by R.B. Fuller
Volume 2 of the Oaky Doaks newspaper strip sereis continues! With faithful horse Nellie and King Cedric at his side, the brave knight Oaky Doaks and his friends take a magic carpet ride, save a beautiful princess, end up as crew members on a pirate ship, and get embroiled in court drama! And if that is not enough, they also fight a wizard, face off against a fire breathing dragon, and take on a gang of nefarious hooded rackateers!
Nick Haliday 1953 1956 newspaper dailies by Keats Petree
One of the best and little seen newspaper adventure strips of the 1950’s, Keats Petree’s Nick Haliday is a rousing action comic and one of the best ever illustrated. From 1953 to 1956, Haliday’s adventures off of the Key West coast deal with romance, crime, and overseas intrigue. Over five hundred pages of visual excitement.
Tailspin Tommy 1928 – 1930 newspaper dailies by Glenn Chaffin and Hal Forrest
The adventures begin here! Follow the high-flying adventures of Tommy Tomkins, Betty Lou Barnes and Peter “Skeeter” Mulligan as they set out on a journey to become ace aviators. Inspired by the sensational transcontinental flights of Charles Lindbergh, Tailspin Tommy was the pioneering aviation strip as well as one of the early adventure strips. With Glenn Chaffin’s vivid storylines and Hal Forrest’s skilled draughstmanship, Tailspin Tommy became an overnight national sensation.
Scorchy Smith 1936-1938 newspaper dailies by Bert Christman
Artist Bert Christman continues the excited escapades of adventurer Scorchy Smith in a myriad of local and international exploits. Christman, an assistant to former Scorchy artist Noel Sickles, continued the detailed artwork and experimentation of his predecessor’s innovations until handing the strip over to Frank Robbins in 1939. Discover the stories and art from this little-known period of the popular long-running newspaper strip!
Thirty Paige 1946 – 1948 newspaper dailies by Don McCabe and Vic Take
Thirty Paige is an investigator who gets involved in adventures ranging from noir mystery, mysticism, science fiction, to overseas intrigue. A forgotten post war newspaper strip by writer Don McCabe and artist Vic Take, Thirty Paige is now collected here for the first time ever, preventing this hard hitting crime drama from falling into obscurity forever.
Oaky Doaks 1935-1937 newspaper dailies by Robert B Fuller
The misadventures of Oaky Doaks and his trusted horse Nellie begin here, collected for the first time in book form, of the classic 1930’s newspaper strips. A fantasy medieval comedy adventure series, with lots of action and romance.
The Life and Death of Fritz the Cat by Robert Crumb
Fritz the Cat: the horny, high, hipster feline whose wild adventures and sexual escapades captivated countercultural audiences from the mid-’60s until 1972, when Ralph Bakshi turned the strips into an X-rated animated film that Crumb hated so much, he famously killed off the character and never returned to him.
The Life and Death of Fritz the Cat contains all the Fritz stories from the earliest sketchbook-drawn tales (“Hey, Ol’ Cat!” and “Fritz Comes On Strong”) to the wild adventure stories (“Special Agent for the C.I.A.”) to the classic “peak” Fritz stories (“Fritz the No-Good”) all the way to the despairing “Fritz the Cat, Superstar” with its infamous icepick ending.
Dick Tracy Collection – 1941 by Chester Gould
Introducing Clover Press and The Library of American Comics’ new deluxe softcover slipcase series, collecting all of Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy newspaper strip. Every volume collects a full year of newspaper strips, from January 1 through December 31. Each book is printed in an 11” x 8.5” landscape format softcover book that slides into a vertically oriented die-cut slipcase!
Dick Tracy kicks off the 40s with a wintery chase hot on the trail of the murderous Krome! Elderly Mrs. Depool will do anything to keep the cops away from her criminal son, including taking on Tracy all by herself! A crooked casino owner is on the lam after killing his girlfriend in a violent car crash! And finally, Little Face gets too close to the fuzz while trying to eliminate evidence of his delinquent activities! Plus, the return of Steve the Tramp! Dick Tracy’s greatest decade begins here! Features a new cover by Jerry Ordway!
feature image by Charles M. Schulz from the Peanuts strip of May April 4, 1960 © Peanuts Worldwide
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