THE ERRATIC FILES #2 Field Notes and Finds From Comics History (Digital Download)
$10.00
An 82-page digital magazine (presented in spreads) drawn from a private comics history research archive of over 150,000 items assembled over 15 years: obscure cartoonists, forgotten strips, unusual documents, and visual oddities that rarely surface in print.
Feature Story: Lost comics found in employee magazines, including rare early work by George Swanson ($alesman $am)
Strip reprint: The first week of two great-but-obscure comic strips, Vanilla and The Villains by Darrell McClure (and likely written by Harry Hershfield) , and Inventions of Mr. Knickknack by Don Herold
Recovered article: "How The Comikers Regard Their Characters" (1917, Cartoons magazine)
Comic Book find: A complete Air Wave story penciled, inked, lettered, and colored by George Roussos
Lost Document: A complete twelve-page 1961 National Cartoonist Society (NCS) newsletter - loaded with candid information
And more surprises!
Discover new cartoonists, rare comics history, and unexpected connections—without spending years digging through archives yourself.
This is for readers who enjoy discovery—who like seeing the material behind the finished story.
This is not a finished monograph—it’s a curated window into the research process itself, presented with the same care and visual attention as my published work. In many cases, the material I am sharing points the way to further veins of research, where more comics gold can be found.
Created by Paul C. Tumey, Eisner-nominated author of Screwball! The Cartoonists Who Made the Funnies Funny and The Art of Milt Gross series.
An Erratic Press publication!
An 82-page digital magazine (presented in spreads) drawn from a private comics history research archive of over 150,000 items assembled over 15 years: obscure cartoonists, forgotten strips, unusual documents, and visual oddities that rarely surface in print.
Feature Story: Lost comics found in employee magazines, including rare early work by George Swanson ($alesman $am)
Strip reprint: The first week of two great-but-obscure comic strips, Vanilla and The Villains by Darrell McClure (and likely written by Harry Hershfield) , and Inventions of Mr. Knickknack by Don Herold
Recovered article: "How The Comikers Regard Their Characters" (1917, Cartoons magazine)
Comic Book find: A complete Air Wave story penciled, inked, lettered, and colored by George Roussos
Lost Document: A complete twelve-page 1961 National Cartoonist Society (NCS) newsletter - loaded with candid information
And more surprises!
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.
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. In many cases, the material I am sharing points the way to further veins of research, where more comics gold can be found.
Created by Paul C. Tumey, Eisner-nominated author of Screwball! The Cartoonists Who Made the Funnies Funny and The Art of Milt Gross series.
An Erratic Press publication!
