The Brad Anderson Collection and Papers contains Anderson's early workls such as childhood drawings and art completed as a student at Syracuse University. Much of the biographical information and creation of Marmaduke can be found in Series 2: Interviews, profiles and drawings. Also included are early cartoons strios, magazine cartions, and work done during his advertising career in the 1950s. Publications, including clippings, proofs, and tearsheets, in which his work appeared can also be found throughout the collection.

A significant portion of the collection is devoted to Anderson's work on Marmaduke, including information project files, sketches, roughs, notes and gag ideas, posters, books, and merchandise. Over 14,000 original Marmaduke comic strips can be found in the original art database, along with other art by Anderson, or owned by him. Also includes is correspondence with syndicates, publishers, and fan mail. Of particular interest, is Series 7 which documents Anderson's (and Marmaduke's) philathropic work and Series 8, appearance aschool visits document the many talks Anderson gave at schools and to community groups.

The Calvin ahd Hobbes Sunday Comics Tearsheet Collection features full comic sections from the Sunday edition of the Athen Daily News and Athens Banner Herald (Ohio). The tearsheets date, from January 1 to December 31, 1995, document the comic strip's final year Sunday strips. The newspaper pages are in full color and feature other comic strips that ran at that time such as Peanuts, Garfield, Blondie, and others. The collection may have accessions of new materials in the future.

The collection contains weekly proof sheets, reproductions, and a sales kit of Berrill's strip, Gil Thorp, as well as some material for Teen-Wise. The collection also contains correspondence, published material, exhibition material, and sketches. Original comic strips by Jack Berrill have been separated and cataloged in the original art database and can be found in boxes BER 1-78

The Pogo Collection includes correspondence with newspaper editors, publisher Simon and Schuster, and the Hall Syndicate, which syndicated the Pogo strip. Included is correspondence relating to the National Cartoonists Society, and with other cartoonists. The papers include extensive files from fan correspondence, requests to reprint Pogo artwork, requests from charities for special drawings, military insignia designed by Kelly,and proposals to commercialize Pogo characters. Included are articles authored by Kelly, manuscripts from his many Pogo books, some promotional materials, photographs of Kelly taken for publicity purposes, and photographs of Kelly with well known persons. Also included are newspaper and periodical articles about Kelly, and his extensive public appearances. Kelly's business and personal financial records are also included.

This finding aid is a list of early 20th century cartoon ARTISTS whose work was specifically selected and separated by the collector from the entire SFACA collection.

The finding aid contains selected examples of their work, including editorial cartoons, cartoon panels, daily black and white comic strips and full page color Sunday comic strip pages.

It is worth noting that it represents only a fraction of the work by these particular artists in the whole collection. It is necessary to check the THREE finding aids that describe the collection to successfully see what the entire collection contains of their work, or of the work of any given artist. This finding aid is not a complete list of the names of all of the artists whose work can be found in the collection.

Look for more examples of these and other artists work in:

San Francisco Academy of Comic Art Collection: Part 1, Newspaper comic strips

and

San Francisco Academy of Comic Art Collection: Part 2, Newspaper ns2:titles

The Walt Kelly papers include correspondence with newspaper editors, his publisher, Simon and Schuster, and the Hall Syndicate, which syndicated the Pogo strip. Included are his papers from his tenure as president of the National Cartoonists Society (1954-1955) and correspondence with other professional organizations. The papers include extensive files from the _I Go Pogo _Presidential campaigns and fan correspondence. Included are articles authored by Kelly, manuscripts from his many Pogo books, and some promotional materials.