THE ERRATIC FILES #1 Field Notes and Finds From Comics History (Digital Download)
$10.00
A professional comics historian’s working archive of rare, hard-to-find comics history—opened to the public.
Discover new cartoonists, rare comics history, and unexpected connections—without spending years digging through archives yourself.
This is for readers who enjoy discovery—who like seeing the material behind the finished story.
A 70-page digital magazine drawn from a private archive of over 150,000 items assembled over 15 years: obscure cartoonists, forgotten strips, unusual documents, and visual oddities that rarely surface in print.
This is not a finished monograph—it’s a curated window into the research process itself, presented with the same care and visual attention as my published work.
Created by Paul C. Tumey, Eisner-nominated author of Screwball!The Cartoonists Who Made the Funnies Funny and The Art of Milt Gross series.
A featured dossier on little-known 1940s cartoonist Bandel Linn
Rare and unexpected material on Ethel Hays, George Roussos, Dr. Seuss, Bill Holman, and more
Rare archival images and documents
Early strip material and forgotten visual experiments
Research leads and open questions for further exploration
Unexpected connections across comics history
“Wonderful stuff, thanks for your research, Paul! Definitely an author portrait to be inspired by!”- Kalen Knowles, Octal Press
“The Erratic Files" is a great idea, there are so many lost stubs out there to be traced.”- YouTube
A professional comics historian’s working archive of rare, hard-to-find comics history—opened to the public.
Discover new cartoonists, rare comics history, and unexpected connections—without spending years digging through archives yourself.
This is for readers who enjoy discovery—who like seeing the material behind the finished story.
A 70-page digital magazine drawn from a private archive of over 150,000 items assembled over 15 years: obscure cartoonists, forgotten strips, unusual documents, and visual oddities that rarely surface in print.
This is not a finished monograph—it’s a curated window into the research process itself, presented with the same care and visual attention as my published work.
Created by Paul C. Tumey, Eisner-nominated author of Screwball!The Cartoonists Who Made the Funnies Funny and The Art of Milt Gross series.
A featured dossier on little-known 1940s cartoonist Bandel Linn
Rare and unexpected material on Ethel Hays, George Roussos, Dr. Seuss, Bill Holman, and more
Rare archival images and documents
Early strip material and forgotten visual experiments
Research leads and open questions for further exploration
Unexpected connections across comics history
“Wonderful stuff, thanks for your research, Paul! Definitely an author portrait to be inspired by!”- Kalen Knowles, Octal Press
“The Erratic Files" is a great idea, there are so many lost stubs out there to be traced.”- YouTube
