Post by That Duckfan on Apr 13, 2021 19:10:11 GMT
As you may have guessed, I recently purchased album 2 and album 5 of the old, newspaper Journal de Mickey issues of the 1930s. I wasn't especially looking for them, but somebody in the neighborhood was selling them and I figured I'd likely not see them again. (Also, they were 37,50 a piece --- I'll buy anything if it's cheap!) Recently, I've become more interested in the story behind the item. Collecting comics is a bit like treasure-hunting, there are so many stories attached to the items and the sellers. We don't talk enough about this! How these albums came to the Netherlands, I'll never know. The seller just found them while clearing out his parents' attic.
Another element I enjoy about comic collecting is seeing the editorial hand in these comics. On this forum, we talk a lot about the comics themselves, but we rarely discuss the presentation. European weekly comics, especially in earlier decades, were often filled with editorials, non-Disney comics, puzzles, factoids, text stories, you name it. For me, that's the full package, a real youth magazine -- even if the Disney comics remain the primary attraction. It's something our American members may be less familiar with, or be less nostalgic about.
Having a pack of c. 50 consecutive issues is especially helpful for Le Journal de Mickey, which serialized all its comics. As such, a single issue doesn't provide the same experience you might get from an American comic book. As I went through the first book, I followed The Adventures of Ambrose the Robber Kitten! and The Mystery of the Vanishing Coats, which gave way to Cookieland, Three Little Kittens, Elmer Elephant, The Further Adventures of the Three Little Pigs, and Hoppy the Kangaroo, Helpless Helpers. At the same time, I was introduced to The Katzenjammer Kids, Little Orphan Annie, Pete the Tramp, and Blondie. A nice selection of newspaper comics in their prime!
Another element I enjoy about comic collecting is seeing the editorial hand in these comics. On this forum, we talk a lot about the comics themselves, but we rarely discuss the presentation. European weekly comics, especially in earlier decades, were often filled with editorials, non-Disney comics, puzzles, factoids, text stories, you name it. For me, that's the full package, a real youth magazine -- even if the Disney comics remain the primary attraction. It's something our American members may be less familiar with, or be less nostalgic about.
Having a pack of c. 50 consecutive issues is especially helpful for Le Journal de Mickey, which serialized all its comics. As such, a single issue doesn't provide the same experience you might get from an American comic book. As I went through the first book, I followed The Adventures of Ambrose the Robber Kitten! and The Mystery of the Vanishing Coats, which gave way to Cookieland, Three Little Kittens, Elmer Elephant, The Further Adventures of the Three Little Pigs, and Hoppy the Kangaroo, Helpless Helpers. At the same time, I was introduced to The Katzenjammer Kids, Little Orphan Annie, Pete the Tramp, and Blondie. A nice selection of newspaper comics in their prime!
