Get the best deals on sad sack golden age comics 19381955. Get the best deals on sad sack comic book collections when you shop the largest online selection at. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format. Sad sack is an american comic strip and comic book character created by sgt. The title was a euphemistic shortening of the military slang sad sack of shit, common during world war ii. The official authorized website for the classic harvey comics, cartoon, and motion picture character the sad sack. The covers for this serial ran the gamut of bizarre fantasies and scenarios featuring the plucky reporter, with covers for each series showing. Big operator sad sack borrows a large sum of money to buy gifts for his superiors. Strangers two aliens from outer space visit sad sack s base. The silver age of comics came with a certain level of weirdness that is as charming as it is bizarre. Most every syndicate was interested when george baker was starting his successful sunday comic strip. Sad sack bronze age cartoon character comics for sale ebay. Harvey comics published original sad sack stories in the sad sack comics comic book series, which ran 287.
We aim to provide a deeper experience than typical comics websites. Sad sack laugh special started as an 84page comic book, published quarterly later bimonthly, featuring harvey comics character sad sack. The sad sack is an american fictional comic strip and comic book character created by sgt. Interested in owning the strip and characters that is, as was the order of the day. Sad sack laugh special is an american comic book series, published by harvey comics the title was issued by harvey from winter 195859 to february 1977. Until you earn points all your submissions need to be vetted by other comic vine users. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4. Sad sack the newspaper strip sad sack net comics, the. Sad sack trips and falls in the mud, but sarge doesnt mind. Our comic book articles tackle issues of our time such as race, gender, sexuality, and inequality. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search.
Sad sack net comics, the official sad sack comics web site. The sad sack was primitiveeven crudein its visual style, but that suited the subject. Onepage tootsie roll ad, captain tootsie catches hijackers by bill schreiber. This process takes no more than a few hours and well send you an email once approved. Later on, they bought the sad sack cast of characters from baker, and built an entire line around them. Org is a free, noncommercial project with the goal of preserving selected paperbased cultural artifacts for future generations of readers, in the form of cover images in jpg format, and, where available, complete covertocover scans in pdf format. Set in the united states army, sad sack depicted an otherwise unnamed, lowly private experiencing some of the absurdities and humiliations of military life. Strangers two aliens from outer space visit sad sacks base. Bakers style of humor didnt work as well for comic books, whose main audience was younger than hed been accustomed to, and looking for less raunchy reading matter. George held out, and with good reason, his collection of cartoons from yank the army weekly, titled the sad sack and published by simon and schuster, was the best selling comic strip collection of all time. The representative 2page text story featuring sad sack and the joint chiefs of staff. A captain sends sarge to try to recruit veterans to reenlist. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Set in theunited states army, sad sack depicted an otherwise unnamed, lowly private experiencing some of the absurdities and humiliations of military life.
Our comic book articles promote positive social change through acceptance and tolerance while attempting to originate from all landscapes of the political spectrum. Nobody ever had it as bad as the sackthe sad sack, george bakers. In 1971, dc comics decided to teach kids about the horrors of drug abuse by getting roy harper aka green arrows sidekick speedy hooked on the stuff and entering a life of petty and pathetic crime. Diamond comics is the exclusive shipping and distribution source for all weekly comic books. When it comes to finding a comic book reading order online, the resources out there are either incomplete or too complete. Install comicstreamer windows for personal comic server. As a child i would look at the cartoon stories until i learned how to read. This collection published as part of the star tribunes 150th anniversary is just a sampling of sacks brilliant work over the past 36 years. Get the best deals on sad sack harvey comic book collections when you shop the largest online selection at.
Some sites will focus only on trade paperbacks, while others will split books up by page, sending a flashback from 2009 all the way back to 1972. Topics summer reading back to school board books young adult test prep reference books literacy programs teacher resources holiday books nea big read 20202021 spanish titles top books best sellers new releases bargain books coming soon library bindings owl award honorees popular authors dr. The sack himself was a chinless apparition of comic as well as sad. Make offer harvey comics sad sack comics lot of 4 circa 197273 gxf sad sack comic books vintage 70s on guard the flight no. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Make offer sad sack comic books vintage 70s on guard the flight no. George baker the main character the sad sack was never given a name, the term sad sack being not a name but an army term for. Proper timing sad sack earns a threeweek furlough the hard way. Get the best deals on sad sack bronze age cartoon character comics when you shop the largest online selection at. This was best exemplified by books like the lois lane series in supermans girlfriend. Sad sack comics comic books all regular issues are out of stock.
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Collections of comic book storylines from classic comics. Supporting characters sarge, general rockjaw, slob slobinski, hifi. The sad sack comics series had the longest continuous run of all harvey comics produced. Sad sack, hector the director, holly of hollywood, rumpus, and fun at the zoo. All item images are used solely for identification purposes. The whole thing reads like the reefer madness of heroin addiction, including a shocked green arrow exclaiming my ward is a junkie. Sad sack, like most other popular harvey characters had his share of spinoff titles, such as sad sack and the sarge and sad sad sack world. The ride sarge puts sad sack to work in the camp laundry room. Harvey comics published original sad sack stories in the sad sack comics comic book series, which ran 287 issues, coverdated september 1949 to october. Scroll down to add issues to your want list and well email you when they arrive view pictures of their covers. Even returning sack to the army in 1952 didnt help much. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number.
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