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The Library of Congress has a new display of select items from the Stephen A. Geppi Collection of Comics and Graphic Arts from Nov. 6, 2018, through Feb. 11, 2019
The Library of Congress announced in May that collector and entrepreneur Stephen A. Geppi donated to the nation’s library more than 3,000 items from his phenomenal and vast personal collection of comic books and popular art, including the original storyboards that document the creation of Mickey Mouse. This multimillion-dollar gift includes comic books, original art, photos, posters, newspapers, buttons, pins, badges and related materials.
Collection highlights include:
* Original storyboard for the creation of Mickey Mouse;
* Joe Simon’s concept drawing for the superhero Captain America, created in 1940 in reaction to WWII;
* Prototype for the first action figure G.I. Joe, developed during the Vietnam War in 1964;
* The American Comic Almanac, Vol. 1, No. 3 (1833);
* “Mickey Mouse, the Mail Pilot,” one of the first true Big Little Books (1933);
* Popeye Daily Dime Bank (1956);
* “Superman Krypto-Raygun” (1940);
* “Captain Marvel Club,” welcome letter and envelope written in code with code key.

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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. LOCGEP_181114_006.JPG: New Acquisition: The Stephen A. Geppi Collection of Comics and Graphics Arts Mickey Mouse In 2018, Mickey Mouse turned ninety, and while he looked somewhat different that he did in his youth of the 1920s and 1930s, he remains one of the most recognizable images in the world. Starring in comics, cartoons, and feature films, Mickey has become an indelible part of popular culture. Recognizing the character's cultural importance. Stephen A. Geppi collected representative pieces of Mickey ephemera produced over the decades.
2. LOCGEP_181114_021.JPG: Ub Iwerks, Plane Crazy, Walt Disney Studios, 1928. Animation storyboard, the first appearance of Mickey Mouse.
3. LOCGEP_181114_023.JPG: A Handful of Fun, Eisendrath Glove Company, ca 1935. 12-page booklet, given as a premium with purchase, features mazes, games and puzzles.
4. LOCGEP_181114_025.JPG: Mickey Mouse Club Snap-on Mouseketeer Ears, Kohner Bros., ca. 1950s.
5. LOCGEP_181114_028.JPG: Mickey Mouse Sales for Treasure Island, 1935. First of seven Mickey Mouse books in the Big Little Book series.
6. LOCGEP_181114_031.JPG: Mickey Mouse, the Mail Pilot. 1935. One of the first true Big Little Books.
7. LOCGEP_181114_038.JPG: Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, July 1944
8. LOCGEP_181114_039.JPG: Mickey Mouse UK Annual no. 2, 1931
9. LOCGEP_181114_051.JPG: New Acquisition: The Stephen A. Geppi Collection of Comics and Graphics Arts Patriotism Stephen A. Geppi generously donated his collection of comics and entertainment art to the Library of Congress in 2018. A portion of the collection, once housed in the Geppi Entertainment Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, supported the American military through products aimed at children and adults including coloring books, Big Little Books, comic books and action figures. Most of these items were created during wartime. Of particular note in this case are Joe Simon's concept drawing for the superhero Captain America, created in 1490 in reaction to World War II raging in Europe, and the prototype for the first action figure, GI Joe, developed by Hasbro Creative Director Don Levine during the Vietnam War in 1964.
10. LOCGEP_181114_061.JPG: Joe Simon, Captain America, 1940
11. LOCGEP_181114_064.JPG: Captain America, Marvel No. 100, 1968.
12. LOCGEP_181114_067.JPG: Frederic C. Madan, Spot the Planes Coloring Book, 1944.
13. LOCGEP_181114_070.JPG: Frederic C. Madan. Rangers and Commandos Coloring Book, 1943
14. LOCGEP_181114_074.JPG: Erwin L. Hess. Captain Midnight and the Secret Squadron, 1941.
15. LOCGEP_181114_085.JPG: G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, No. 1, June 1982.
16. LOCGEP_181114_087.JPG: Don Levine, G.I. Joe original prototype, 1964.
17. LOCGEP_181114_095.JPG: New Acquisition: The Stephen A. Geppi Collection of Comics and Graphics Arts Early Comic Materials and Marketing Early comics appeared in newspapers, periodicals, pamphlets, and other publicans, like the American Comic Almanac, as single panels (non-sequential illustrations) rather than comic strips. Rodolphe Topffer is considered the innovator of the sequential comic image, as seen here in his second publication The Veritable History of Mr. Bachelor Butterfly. One of the earliest comic strip characters to appear in newspapers was the Yellow Kid, created by R.F. Outcault. The use of co,ic characters in market consumer goods originated with the Yellow Kid strip. The Geppi Collection includes many excellent examples of the intersections between popular culture and popular goods.
18. LOCGEP_181114_101.JPG: Rodolphe Topffer, The Veritable History of Mr. Bachelor Butterfly, 1845
19. LOCGEP_181114_106.JPG: The Idiot, or, Invisible Rambler, vol., 1, no. 12. Boston: Samuel Simpleton, March 28, 1818.
20. LOCGEP_181114_110.JPG: The American Comic Almanac, vol. 1, no. 3. Boston: Charles Elms, 1833
21. LOCGEP_181114_112.JPG: Charlie Baker, composer. Yellow Kid Schottische, 1897
22. LOCGEP_181114_115.JPG: Printing Block for the Yellow Kid. Hand cut wood engraving block
23. LOCGEP_181114_119.JPG: Popeye Daily Dime Bank, 1956
24. LOCGEP_181114_121.JPG: Quick Mother's Oats, Quaker Oats Company, 1950 Kellogg's Rice Krispies, ca 1940s
25. LOCGEP_181114_128.JPG: Chic Young. Blondie's Soups, Salads, Sandwiches Cook Book, David McKay, 1947
26. LOCGEP_181114_138.JPG: New Acquisition: The Stephen A. Geppi Collection of Comics and Graphics Arts About the Geppi Entertainment Museum After nearly thirty years of publishing, collecting, and distributing comics, Stephen A. Geppi opened the Geppi Entertainment Museum in 2006 having expanded his collecting scope to include toys, films, books, games, and much more. In 2018, Geppi donated a portion of his extensive collection to twentieth-century popular culture to the Library of Congress. With this donation he had made it possible for generations of Americans to revisit their past, and future historians to explore the past century's material culture.
27. LOCGEP_181114_151.JPG: Captain Marvel Club, ca 1940. Welcome letter and envelope written in code, with code key included at bottom.
28. LOCGEP_181114_159.JPG: Secret Code of Junior Justice Society of America, DC Comics, ca 1942-1944. Cardboard code wheel: front features Secret Code and has owner's name and address in ink on provided lines. Reverse has instructions and small die-cut window where JSA members' names are visible. With accompanying cardboard instructions.
29. LOCGEP_181114_162.JPG: Meet Sugar Hill and her Zombie Hit Men!, 1974 Publicity brochure featuring motion picture advertisements and posters.
30. LOCGEP_181114_168.JPG: Three Day Ticket, August 15-17, 1969. Ticket sheet for the "Woodstock Music and Art Fair," #11966. The reverse side reads: "No refunds for any reason including lost or stolen tickets."
31. LOCGEP_181114_175.JPG: Beatles New Sound Guitar, 1964
32. LOCGEP_181114_179.JPG: Pac-Man Cereal, between 1983 and 1988
33. LOCGEP_181114_186.JPG: McDonald's Corporation. McDonald's Star Trek Meal, 1979. First McDonald's Happy Meal movie tie-in.
34. LOCGEP_181114_195.JPG: New Acquisition: The Stephen A. Geppi Collection of Comics and Graphics Arts Exploration Exploration of new technologies and new worlds has long been an exciting topic for popular culture materials. H.G. Wells' The Time Machine, first published in 1895, along with such early pulp magazines and comic strips as Flash Gordon, catered to the public's fascination with these subjects. Later comic books, such as Weird Fantasy, continued to present new fantastical possibilities well before science caught up.
35. LOCGEP_181114_209.JPG: Hugo Gernsback, Practical Electrics, vol. 1, no. 10, September 1922
36. LOCGEP_181114_213.JPG: H.G. Wells, The Time Machine, 1920
37. LOCGEP_181114_217.JPG: "Superman Krypto-Raygun," 1940
38. LOCGEP_181114_221.JPG: Jim Jones and Paul Virdone, Capt. Quick's Flying Saucers and Rocket Ships, 1953
39. LOCGEP_181114_226.JPG: Hugo Gernsback, ed., Amazing Stories, vol. 3, no. 5 (August 1928)
40. LOCGEP_181114_230.JPG: "Flash Gordon Goes to Mars," Look Magazine, March 15, 1938
41. LOCGEP_181114_242.JPG: Weird Fantasy (EC Comics), No. 15 (September-October 1950)
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