Comic books July 1920

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Vol. 66, No. 5. July 31, 1920. The classic weekly magazine featuring news and fiction. Cover by Elmer Pirson. 10.75" x 14". 34 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.05.

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Issue #14 - second half of July 1920. NOTE: German language text. Der Orchideengarten or The Orchids Garden is considered the first magazine of the macabre and fantastic. Weird Tales, its nearest competitor, was first published in 1923, four years later. Subtitled Phantastische Blatter, loosely translated to Fantastic Pages. Edited by World War I correspondent Karl Hans Strobl and Alfons von Czibulka. Overall, the magazine published a selection of new and reprinted supernatural and horror stories from both domestic and foreign authors (Dickens, Pushkin, Maupassant, Poe, Valtaire, Wells, Hugo). The Orchids Garden is more well known as being one of the most beautiful fantasy magazines ever published. Artists included Heinrich Kley, Alred Kubin, Karl Ritter, Gustave Dore, Tony Johannot, Otto Linnekogel, Rolf von Hoerschelmann and many others. Extremely scarce. 8 3/4-in. x 12-in., 24 pages on rough book paper, black and white.

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General interest magazine featuring articles and fiction. B&W. Cover price $0.40.

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8.5" x 11.5", 34 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 8, Issue 11 (Whole Number 207) - July 15, 1920. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 12 pages on white paper plus card-stock pictures. Cover price $0.20.

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Women's magazine with emphasis on needlework and homecrafts. 10.25" x 14". Black and white. Cover price $0.20.

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No. 36. May 29, 1920. The term "sans-gêne" is an appellation used in France to denote unabashed behavior and a disregard for societal constraints. Sans-Gêne in this context is a charming, humorous, and risqué French magazine, published and edited by Samuel-Sigismond Schwarz, that lives up to the name. Each issue features biting wit and humor with numerous mildly bawdy illustrations and cartoons by some of the top French illustrators of the time. Full page illustration on back by Max Tip. Centerpiece illustration by Jehan Testevuide. 8.75" x 11.75". 12 pages. Black and white. Text in French.

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No. 45. July 31, 1920. The term "sans-gêne" is an appellation used in France to denote unabashed behavior and a disregard for societal constraints. Sans-Gêne in this context is a charming, humorous, and risqué French magazine, published and edited by Samuel-Sigismond Schwarz, that lives up to the name. Each issue features biting wit and humor with numerous mildly bawdy illustrations and cartoons by some of the top French illustrators of the time. This issue features a cover by Henri Armengol and a full page illustration on the back by Maurice Pepin. Centerpiece illustration by Gil Baer. 8.75" x 11.75". 12 pages. Black and white. Text in French.

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Women's magazine with stories, humor, and recipes. 10.25" x 13.5", 56 pages, B&W Cover price $0.10.