The Funnies
Dell,
1929 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Publication Dates:
- January 16, 1929 - October 18 1930
- Number of Issues Published:
- 36 (#1 - #36)
- Color:
- Color (some pages)
- Dimensions:
- 10.5" x 15.5"
- Paper Stock:
- Newsprint (no covers)
- Keywords
- anthology
Series Details:
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Cover Gallery
Details by Issue
Series Timeline
- Cover and Main Story Overview
- Creator Checklist (via linked story records)
- Creator Name Checklist (via linked story records)
- Character List (via linked story records)
- Approximately 35 issues with text credits to migrate.
Publisher's Brands:
Indicia Publishers:
Notes
Information about this series has been taken from "The American Comic Book: The Evolutionary Era, 1884-1939" by Denis Gifford & US Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals for 1929 & 1930.
Weekly (#1-4; 22-36), Monthly (#5-17), Every Three Weeks (#18-21)
Issues #1 to 4 published by: Film Humor, Inc
Issues #5 on: Dell Publishing Co. 100 Fifth Avenue, New York NY;
Harry Steeger (editor);
Abril Lamarque (comic art editor);
Edythe Seims (assistant editor);
George T. Delacorte, Jr. (managing editor)
Issues #1-2, #6-21 were 24 pages; #3-5 were 32 pages; the final issues, #22-36, were reduced to 16 pages, but priced at 5 cents.
The first American newsstand comic book of all original material; early issues lacked a cover scene, and were therefore more like a newspaper insert or UK style comic, but sold independently.
The Funnies helped lay the groundwork for two subsequent publications in 1933: Eastern Color Printing's similar proto-comic book, the eight-page newsprint tabloid Funnies on Parade, and the Eastern Color / Dell collaboration Famous Funnies: A Carnival of Comics.
Weekly (#1-4; 22-36), Monthly (#5-17), Every Three Weeks (#18-21)
Issues #1 to 4 published by: Film Humor, Inc
Issues #5 on: Dell Publishing Co. 100 Fifth Avenue, New York NY;
Harry Steeger (editor);
Abril Lamarque (comic art editor);
Edythe Seims (assistant editor);
George T. Delacorte, Jr. (managing editor)
Issues #1-2, #6-21 were 24 pages; #3-5 were 32 pages; the final issues, #22-36, were reduced to 16 pages, but priced at 5 cents.
The first American newsstand comic book of all original material; early issues lacked a cover scene, and were therefore more like a newspaper insert or UK style comic, but sold independently.
The Funnies helped lay the groundwork for two subsequent publications in 1933: Eastern Color Printing's similar proto-comic book, the eight-page newsprint tabloid Funnies on Parade, and the Eastern Color / Dell collaboration Famous Funnies: A Carnival of Comics.
Editing
Index Status
| Indexed | Partially Indexed | Pending Approval | Reserved | Skeleton Data Only |
Cover Status
| Scan available | Needs Replacement | No Scan available |
Image Resources Status
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