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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. SDLIBT_160720_001.JPG: Comics Team Up With Baseball Selections from the Collection of Andy Strasberg On view through August 26
2. SDLIBT_160720_005.JPG: Jackie Robinson 50th Anniversary Commemorative Comic Book, Los Angeles Dodgers, The Legend of the Blue Knight, Collector's Edition, Vol 1, No 1, April 1997 What happens when Jackie Robinson's bat turns an ordinary kid into a villain fighting baseball star? Published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson joining the Brooklyn Dodgers, this comic highlights Jackie Robinson's record-breaking career and groundbreaking position as the first African-American to play in the major leagues.
3. SDLIBT_160720_009.JPG: Original Artwork for Beetle Bailey, "Star of the Team" (n.d.) Beetle Bailey is a syndicated comic strip started by Mort Walker in 1950 that still runs today. In this comic, the straggler Beetle is, as usual, being put down by his nemesis Sergeant Orville. Beetle's eyes are always concealed, not a trait that is useful for catching pop-flies, which ultimately results in his being knocked out (an iconic image for the strip).
4. SDLIBT_160720_013.JPG: Gil Thorp (May-June 1963), Dell Publishing Co. Fictional character, Gil Thorp, is unexpectedly appointed as the coach of the Milford High School's varsity baseball team and has to contend with uncooperative and spoiled players, an interfering parent, gamblers and more as he tries to get the team to work together and win.
5. SDLIBT_160720_018.JPG: The birth of the American comic strip and American baseball can both be traced to the 19th century. Through the years as baseball took its place as the national pastime, it's no surprise that comic artists put pen to paper to tell tales of the game. From real-life baseball players depicted as biographic characters to fictional characters taking up the sport, what has been produced is a diverse depiction of the game and a unique comic book genre.
6. SDLIBT_160720_022.JPG: Original Artwork for Motley's Crew comic strip (n.d.) Motley's Crew was a syndicated American newspaper comic strip by Ben Templeton and Tom Forman with satirical social commentary that ran from 1976 to 2000.
7. SDLIBT_160720_027.JPG: "Roger Maris's Number One Fan!" in KidSports Magazine (May-June 1991) It is important for Andy Strasberg to keep the memory of his childhood hero, Roger Maris, alive. The story of their lifelong friendship has to be heard to be believed and has been documented in Sports Illustrated, The Sporting News, The Wall Street Journal, Baseball Lives, Chicken Soup for the Baseball Soul, through Andy's one man play, and of course as a comic!
8. SDLIBT_160720_032.JPG: The Amazing Willie Mays (1954), Famous Funnies Publications. From the publisher: This is an illustration of the effort being made by the sincere element of the comic magazine industry to produce wholesome, timely material of real merit for youthful readers. We think you may agree that sports fans of all ages may be interested, too (1954).
9. SDLIBT_160720_034.JPG: Babe Ruth: As I Knew Him (1948), Dell Publishing Co. Author Waite Hoyt knew Babe Ruth as a teammate with the Red Sox, as an opponent with the New York Yankees and as a friend. His book documents Ruth's career with exclusive photographs, records and anecdotes.
10. SDLIBT_160720_039.JPG: Richie Rich, Casper and Wendy -- National League #1 (Generic Variant, March 1976), Harvey Publications Inc. Sometimes history is taught with a little help from fictional characters, like in this 1976 comic book marking the centennial of the National League. Richie Rich, Casper and Wendy take readers on [a] historical trip through 100 years of baseball.
11. SDLIBT_160720_042.JPG: The All-Star Story of the Dodgers (1979), Stadium Comics
12. SDLIBT_160720_045.JPG: It Really Happened (1946), Visual Editions, Inc.
13. SDLIBT_160720_050.JPG: Comics are a powerful tool for learning. The combination of text and image makes them a useful vehicle for both engaging and enhancing comprehension and retention.
14. SDLIBT_160720_051.JPG: Treasure Chest of Fun & Fact (Vol 19, No 17, 1964). Geo. A. Pflaum, Publisher, Inc.
15. SDLIBT_160720_062.JPG: The marriage of baseball and comics has allowed fictional characters to join the team. Comics have given us the opportunity to see pop culture icons like Donald Duck and Bugs Bunny, as well as comic heavy weights like Archie and Beetle Bailey, step up to the plate.
16. SDLIBT_160720_065.JPG: Archie at Riverdale High (1979), Fawcett Publications, Inc. "A team is only as good as teamwork!" Typical of the Archie at Riverdale High series (1972-1987), the cover story usually taught a moral lesson.
17. SDLIBT_160720_068.JPG: Tip Top Comics (October 1955), United Features. One of the first comic books ever made, Tip Top was published by United Features which owned rights to a large number of newspaper comic strips.
18. SDLIBT_160720_075.JPG: Original Artwork for Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica "Batter On" (No. 225, 1974), Close-up Inc.
19. SDLIBT_160720_079.JPG: Looney Tunes (September 1956) Dell Comics Looney Tunes (September 1960) Dell Comics The Looney Tunes series was published from 1955 to 1962, continuing the funny animal genre of comic books based on the Warner Bros. animated series.
20. SDLIBT_160720_085.JPG: Looney Tunes Merrie Melodies Comics (August 1948) Dell Comics Looney Tunes Merrie Melodies Comics (June 1954) Dell Comics Merrie Melodies is a series of animated short films produced by Warner Bros. between 1931 and 1969, during the Golden Age of American Animation. The spin off Merrie Melodies Comics were published from 1941 to 1955.
21. SDLIBT_160720_091.JPG: "Pulp Fiction" Pulp magazines ("the pulps") were inexpensive magazines produced in America from the early 1900s until the 1950s. They succeeded "dime novels" as cheap fiction that sold widely. Pulps were printed on cheap paper with ragged, untrimmed edges. But the covers, printed on better quality slick paper, featured full-color art -- often lurid and sensational. Interior illustrations were black and white, pen drawings. The magazines were prices at 10 to 25 cents apiece and typically ran 128 pages or a little more. The pulps were usually produced monthly -- sometimes weekly. Paper shortages in World War II added to the costs of pulps and forced some publishers to reduce the format to a smaller, digest size. When the genre declined it was replaced by comic books and paperback novels. Many respected authors wrote for the pulps, such as Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Erle Stanley Gardner, Dashiell Hammett, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Zane Grey, and Jack London. Memorable characters introduced by the pulps included Buck Rogers, Conan the Barbarian, Doc Savage, Tarzan, Zorro, and Hopalong Cassidy.
22. SDLIBT_160720_098.JPG: Amazing Stories (October 1933) The science fiction genre in pulp fiction magazines began with Amazing Stories in 1926. The first issue featured stories short stories by Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. The long running magazine lasted until February 2005.
23. SDLIBT_160720_103.JPG: The Shadow Magazine (June 1, 1933) The mystery character "The Shadow" was introduced in a radio program: Detective Story Hour, on July 31, 1930. Pulp writer Walter B. Gibson developed the character for the popular magazine series in 1931, which continued until 1949.
24. SDLIBT_160720_109.JPG: Sky Fighters (June 1933) Filled with thrilling stories of aerial combat, Sky Fighters ran from 1932 to 1950.
25. SDLIBT_160720_113.JPG: The Spider: The Master of Men (January 1934) "The Spider" began in 1933 to compete with the better-known vigilante hero "The Shadow." The magazine ran monthly until 1943.
26. SDLIBT_160720_120.JPG: The American "Dime Novel" In 1860, Irwin O. Beadle & Company published the first paperback dime novel, "Malaeska, Indian Wife of the White Hunter" by Mrs. Ann S. Stephens. The series of paperbacks that followed -- Beadle's Dime Novels (1860-74), was aimed at adult readers, featuring historical fiction, biography, or stories of the contemporary American West. Lurid black and white covers illustrated booklets averaging 100 pages in length, costing between five and 25 cents. By the late 1800s, rising literacy rates in the United States produced a huge demand for cheap reading material. The public soon craved the inexpensive dime novels, which were produced in massive editions sold at newsstands and dry goods stores. The physical format changed over the years -- novels became smaller and thinner usually costing five cents. In 1896, Tip Top Weekly became the first series with a colored over. Within a year most dime novels featured a color cover, an 8x11 inch size, and 32 pages of stories. The Raymond A. Mengar Dime Novel Collection of the San Diego Public Library preserves nearly 800 dime novels with long runs from the most successful publishers, Frank Tousey and Street & Smith. The collection was acquired for the Wangerheim Room in 1970 with funds bequested by Edwin A. Benjamin.
27. SDLIBT_160720_125.JPG: The "Big Six" Among dime novel publisher Frank Tousey's many serials were six highly successful sports and adventure weeklies. Work and Win featured the adventures of young Frank Fearnot as he traveled the world performing good deeds at every opportunity. Pluck and Luck contained complete adventure tales set in various locales and historical periods. Wild West Weekly featured the courageous hero 'Young Wild West' as he fought with cowboys and Indians in American West. Liberty Boys of '76 chronicled the exploits of Captain Dick Slater and the Liberty Boys during the American Revolutionary War. Secret Service featured the renowned team of Old and Young King Brady as US Secret Service agents on the trail of criminals around the globe. Fame and Fortune Weekly: Stories of Boys Who Make Money featured "Horatio Alger" type stories of enterprising young me rising from rags to riches.
28. SDLIBT_160720_136.JPG: Dime Novels or Following an Old Trail in Popular Literature by Edmund Pearson
29. SDLIBT_160720_149.JPG: "Reading dime novels today can give you insight into the 1800s. The student of social and intellectual history who tries to understand the transit of ideas, from the more favored to the less favored, must examine dime novels." -- Merle Curti in The Yale Review
30. SDLIBT_160720_152.JPG: Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1889), a Harvard-educated teacher and minister, wrote "rags to riches" tales for Street and Smith publications. Alger penned more than one hundred stories about impoverished young men who, through hard work and perseverance, gained fame and fortune. Another prominent Street and Smith author was Theodore Dreiser (Sister Carrie) who earned fifteen dollars a week to write articles for Ainslee's, the Magazine that Entertains.
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2016 photos: Equipment this year: I continued to use my Fuji XS-1 cameras but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000. Seven relatively short trips this year: two Civil War Trust conference (Gettysburg, PA and West Point, NY, with a side-trip to New York City), my 11th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including sites in Utah, Nevada, and California), a quick trip to Michigan for Uncle Wayne's funeral, two additional trips to New York City, and a Civil Rights site trip to Alabama during the November elections. Being in places where people died to preserve the rights of minority voters made the Trumputin election even more depressing. Number of photos taken this year: just over 610,000.
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