Lee and the Boys – New Comic on Wednesdays!

I acquired another original Snuffy Smith comic strip yesterday.  This time it’s a daily strip from April 1st, 2003 (April Fool’s Day, appropriately enough) starring Snuffy and his pal Lukey.  Click on the thumbnail below for a better view.

I thought I would share a couple of “gems” from my comic book collection.  The two comics pictured below were the first issues of Beetle Bailey in comic book form.  They were published in 1953 not long after the comic strip began.  These two issues are significant for another reason besides being the first two.  Of all the Beetle Bailey comic books that have ever seen print, only three were actually drawn entirely by Mort Walker.  Those three were also the first three issues.  I’m still looking for that third issue, but rest assured I’ll find it eventually and complete the collection.  These comics are surprisingly hard to come by.  I acquired these two via Ebay by searching “beetle bailey comic book” and then scanning the pictures for one of the covers.  I found issue number two in an auction listing that included several other comics like Bugs Bunny, Lois Lane, and Henry from the same time period.  A few years and many fruitless searches later I found the first issue in remarkably good condition for a 50+ year old comic book.  If anyone sees issue #3 anywhere, be sure to let me know!

If you didn’t notice already, the comic and the site both look a little different.  I’ve decided to change the format of the comic to a traditional newspaper style strip.  This is mainly because I just haven’t been able to put in the time to really do the larger format justice.  Along with this change, the website has been altered slightly to fit the new format.  A few more site changes will probably be on the way, but nothing major.  As usual, any feedback you may have is welcomed.  Feel free to send an email or leave a comment.

Dave may kill me for posting these old drawings but here are two old Christmas cartoons from the Lee & the Boys archives.   The first one was a Christmas card sent out to the readers and a Christmas comic strip from about 6 years ago. 

Al