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paw broon:
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b4/8d/fc/b48dfc6666e340516b2fd0fc0dd4f0a0.jpg
In this photy, the ad for " No Mean City" is interesting as the book was published in 1935 which is far too early for the comics in the window.
However, I have also identified a couple of other titles - Saint Detective; Crime..... ?; A Superboy, which could, of course be an australian edition as well as an original - Aus comics were often available in the U.K.; is there a copy of Crime Patrol?; and I think there is a Jungle.... title there also. Needs more study.
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/af/72/0c/af720ca7469473fc79763656b1ee82c1.jpg
This one has a copy of the Dandy peeking out from behind 2 copies of Chips. Also, and apart from the i/d's by SuperScrounge, There are some pocket libraries on the middle shelf. But I can't make out if they are the thin prose paperbacks which were legion at the time or picture libraries.
https://n7.alamy.com/zooms/169ede382eaf482aaf66579aba5ebe7d/donald-bytheway-newsagent-wolverhampton-street-dudley-the-black-country-ew5k1j.jpg
Looking more closely, there are other British comics in the window but they are obscured by mags in front of them. I can make out a copy of The Victor below Jag. This pic is later, probably 1969, as Jag was a short run comic from 1969.
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/05/15/article-2629449-1DE00D3B00000578-26_964x1221.jpg
Lots of titles here, and I think they are a mix of British and Australian. Most of the Aus.titles I can see were available in the U.K. but as imports. The Phantom, for instance is a Frew issue and the covers are completely different from the T&P covers on the British editions. Also here are issues of Char Chapman; Tim Valor; various cartoon comics. But there are also reprints of Little Sheriff, which was an Italian title and was reprinted in a number of countries.
Of great interest to me is the Oh Boy featuring Wonderman and I'm sure it is #22 (although it wasn't numbered at the time) from 1949/50?
"Space Squadron"? in the bottom shelf seems to have a 6d price. But that could be an Aus price. not too sure.
I'm happy for anyone to correct me on this info. or add to it.
Modifying this to add, Yoc, do you have a note of this site:-
http://delibrerias.blogspot.com
There are a couple of old pics of Spanish comic shops. I've been in Continuara in Barcelona a couple of times and last time I got a look in the basement with the boss who dragged out boxes of old Spanish comics, mostly landscape format. I spent too much money, but it was worth it.
Yoc:
Thanks guys!
SuperScrounge, I had this same photo in my 'to share' pile without much comics found so your info is a big help.
Paw, I will be resharing some of your new to me pics in a future update in this thread so they can be seen in galleries like the others. I had about 30 more to share so your new pics will be a big help.
Nope, I've never seen that http://delibrerias.blogspot.com blog before. Landscape comics. A rarity I've never seen in person but hear has been done a couple times over the years.
Thanks for sharing!
Yoc:
Hi Gang,
Here's another batch of Foreign pictures to kick off a new 2019. Some bonus celebs are at the end to fill it out.
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1930-Barcelona_newsstand.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1950s-French_kids_reading_Ronis.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1950s-Germany-boy-reading-comics.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1950s-Japanese-bookshop.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1950s-melbourne.jpg 1 2 3 4 5
#1 - 1930-Casa de la Punxes, Barcelona newsstand
Shared by GACollectibles on CGC boards.
#2 - 1950s-French kids reading-Ronis
Photo by Willy Ronis.
To see a lot more of his work go here:
https://www.pinterest.ca/ludolm33/willy-ronis/?lp=true
and a bio of him is up here:
http://rogallery.com/Ronis_Willy/RonisWilly-Bio.html
#3 - 1950s-Germany boy reading comics
(Original caption) LEISURE. Germany Bavaria - boy reading comics - 1950s.
https://www.granger.com/results.asp?inline=true&image=0243051&wwwflag=1&itemx=1514
#4 - 1950s-Japanese bookshop
(Original caption) JAPAN: MANGA, c1950. Boys in a Japanese bookshop read manga. Photograph, c1950.
Full Credit: Pictures from History / Granger. All Rights Reserved.
https://www.granger.com/results.asp?inline=true&image=0601702&wwwflag=4&itemx=90
#5 - 1950s-Melbourne, Australia
(Original caption) Melbourne, Australia 1950s. The boy in the middle is reading Sergeant Pat of the Radio-Patrol, a long-running black and white title from Atlas Publications. The comic collected adventures from the American strip, Radio Patrol (1933-1950). Judging by the verbiage above the title and the World Famous Comic Annual #4 (possibly November 1952) ad on the back cover, the comic he's holding probably dates to 1952 or 1953.
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1952.01-Mexico.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1952.05.17-Capt_Midnight.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1952_england_b.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1952_UK_newstand-Nigel_Henderson.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1954.08.07-Topper_UK.jpg 6 7 8 9 10
#6 - 1952.01-Mexico -Leaf
(Original caption) MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - CIRCA 1952: Three little boys look a comic books on a news stand in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Earl Leaf/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/license/569064377
COMICS:
Porky y sus Amigos #149
Tarzan #28 Dell (Jan 1952)
#7 - 1952.05.17-Capt Midnight -Hopkins
Catching Up With Captain Midnight
Reading Capt Midnight (Fawcett) #54 (Aug1947)
Photo: Thurston Hopkins/Getty Images
May 17, 1952
#8 - 1952-UK news agent
(Original caption) A newsstand in London. Copies of Nyoka 55 (L. Miller & Son, 1951), Bob Colt 6, Hopalong Cassidy 57, Bob Steele 5, Young Eagle 6, Polly Pigtails 36 are on the rack with the British comic Chips.
Found on www.thepulp.net -
The only obvious pulp magazine for sale by this British newsagent is a British version of Short Stories (dated August 1951). The photo is from February 1952, based on the ; Picture Post cover in the lower part of the image.
#9 - 1952-UK newsstand -Henderson
A newsagent on Bethnal Green Road by Henderson, Nigel. c. 1952
© The Estate of Nigel Henderson
https://collections.museumoflondon.org.uk/online/object/744339.html
COMICS:
2 copies of Crime Patrol (EC) #12 (June-July 1949)
#10 - 1954.08.07-UK Topper
(Original caption) A group of young boys reading a pile of comics. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7230 - Children of the Streets - 07 August, 1954 (Photo by Thurston Hopkins/Getty Images)
https://www.gettyimages.ca/license/2660198
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1956.06.12-UK_street_shop-Firth.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1956-France-Janine_Niepce.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1973-audrey_hepburn_and_son_roman.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1979-Douglas_Adams_and_Nick_Landau_in_Forbidden_Planet_Bookshop.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1990.03.25-Bowie_reading_Viz.jpg 11 12 13 14 15
#11 - 1956.06.12-UK Frith Street shop -Firth
(Original caption) People look at notices outside a newsagent's shop on Frith Street, where a newspaper board reads: 'They saved London' (John Firth/BIPs/Getty Images)
https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/newsagent-shop-sells-postcards-and-magazines-to-passers-by-news-photo/3427678
#12 - 1956-France kids -Niepce
(Original caption) Comic strip fashion. France, 1956.
Photograph by Janine Niepce (1921-2007).
© Janine Niepce / Roger-Viollet / The Image Works / The Image Works
http://theimageworks.com/pub/nn040/niepce/ppages/ppage2.html
#13 - 1973-Audrey Hepburn and son Roman in Italy
This is Audrey Hepburn & her son roman reading an Italian Captain America #66 probably in Italy, 1973.
#14 - 1979-Douglas Adams and Nick Landau in Forbidden Planet Bookshop
(Original caption) Douglas Adams (holding The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy double LP) is on the left; Nick Landau (co-founder of the original Forbidden Planet and Titan Books, holding the just published Hitchhiker’s novel) is right. All comics 12p!
Forbidden Planet was one of London’s first comic book specialty shops.
Photo by Colin Davey
https://2warpstoneptune.com/2016/03/29/douglas-adams-and-nick-landau-in-forbidden-planet-bookshop-1979/
#15 - 1990.03.25-Bowie reading Viz
Bowie reading Viz, a UK weekly comic.
Viz (Dennis Publishing) #40 (March 25, 1990)
Bowie published a list of ‘100 Best Books' he loved that included Viz in October 2013.
http://www.thejoye.com/nest/bowies-book-club/
That's it for this batch, hope you liked them,
-Yoc
Yoc:
Hi Gang,
Here's some more foreign pics for you to enjoy. The first batch are from the UK.
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1941.05-London_Fleet_St.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1943.08-UK_Eltham_London_WW2.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1949-Newsagent,_London-Henderson.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1953-UK_Romford_Market-Collins.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1957-Cornstalk-Roger_Mayne.jpg 1 2 3 4 5
#1 - 1941.05-London, Fleet St.
(Original caption) London, Spring 1941: Men and women stop to look at the headlines as they pass a newsstand on London's Fleet Street. The Old Bell tavern is also visible on the right of the photograph.
Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer
Part of the MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205198402
#2 - 1943.08-Eltham, London WW2
Children queue up outside a shop for comics in Eltham London during World War Two August 1943
Contributor: Trinity Mirror / Mirrorpix / Alamy Stock Photo
(Original caption) "originally appeared in the Daily Mirror in 1943 and shows kids queuing for their comics outside a newsagent. British comics were so popular back then that due to wartime paper rationing supplies were limited and sold out quickly. Therefore the newsagent in question (and, no doubt others) sold them only at 9.30 on Saturday mornings, with eager kids forming long queues to buy the latest Champion, Dandy, Funny Wonder or any of the other classics of the era. As you can see, this was the high point of Saturday mornings for some children. Comics seemed essential back then."
http://lewstringer.blogspot.com/2011/09/days-of-thrills-and-laughter.html
#3 - 1949-J. Parker, newsagents -Henderson
(Original caption) Photograph showing shop front for J. Parker, newsagents-Henderson
© Nigel Henderson Estate
Image released under Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND (3.0 Unported)
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/archive/items/tga-201011-3-1-128-8/henderson-photograph-showing-shop-front-for-j-parker-newsagents
#4 - 1953-Romford Market -Collins
(Original caption) Collection: Children gather around a pile of comics for sale at Romford Market in around 1947. -Bob Collins/Museum of London / Via museumoflondon.org.uk
This is one of Mr Collins' earliest works, when he was still a watchmaker.
You can see more Collins photos at this link:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2629449/Iconic-images-London-1950s-60s-captured-street-photographer.html
Shared by paw broon
COMICS:
(far left, top to bottom)
Felix the Cat (Toby) #47 (November 1953)
Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (Dell) #128 (June 1952)
Felix the Cat (Toby, 1951 series) #48 (December 1953)
Casper the Friendly Ghost (Harvey) #12 (September 1953)
(second from left, t - b)
Jet Fury unknown issue
unknown
Oh Boy and Wonderman unknown issue
unknown Amazing comic
(Third from left, t - b)
Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders unknown issue
Little Sheriff unknown issue
Pecos Bill unknown issue
(Fourth from left, t - b)
Tim Valour (H. John Edwards) #21
Space Squadron (Streamline) #2
Pirates Comics unknown
The Phantom (Frew Publ.) #67
Space Squadron unknown different issue
(far right, t - b)
Dick Tracy Monthly (Magazine Man.,) #21
Little Sheriff (Westworld Publ) v7 #4 -guess
Pirates Comics (Streamline) #5 (1951)
Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders (ME) #10 (July 1951)
#5 - 1957-Cornstalk -Roger Mayne
(Original caption) Boys by a newsagent's shop in North Kensington 1957
Photograph: Roger Mayne Archive / Mary Evans Picture Library
More Mayne pics and quotes:
https://photomuserh.wordpress.com/2012/05/20/roger-mayne-street-photographer/
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1963.02.20-UK.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1964-Birmingham_newsagent.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1959.11-Kid_reading_Mickey_Maus_195911_in_Berlin_Germany.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1960-DAILY-LIFE-German-children.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1961-Germany.jpg 6 7 8 9 10
Some more UK pics and then we jump to Germany:
#6 - 1963.02.20-'Magnet' Reader -Pratt
(Original caption) 20th February 1963: Thirteen year-old Michael Harris avidly reads one of the thousands of vintage comics in the collection of his neighbour, Leonard Packham of Dulwich. Packham, a 57 year-old civil servant, is one of the founder members of the Old Boys' Book Club - a group which buys and swaps children's comics of the 1920's and 30's. (Photo by John Pratt/Keystone Features/Getty Images)
Credit: John Pratt / Stringer
Editorial #: 3201022
Collection: Hulton Archive
Date created: 20 February, 1963
https://www.gettyimages.ca/license/3201022
#7 - 1964-Birmingham newsagent -Maxam
(Original caption) Published in Birmingham The Three P's Pubs, Petrol Stations and Parades 1949-1979 by Andrew Maxam. Maxam Publishing; 1st edition (14 Nov. 2013)
Dr Strangelove was released in Jan. 1964.
#8 - 1959-Kid reading Mickey Maus in Berlin, Germany
Original source unknown. Kid reading Mickey Maus #195911 from 1959 in Berlin Germany.
#9 - 1960s-DAILY-LIFE-German children
(Original caption) DAILY LIFE. Germany - children with Comic on a stair - 1960ies.
ullstein bild / GRANGER — All rights reserved.
https://www.granger.com/results.asp?inline=true&image=0218760&wwwflag=1&itemx=64
#10 - 1961-German Funnies
(Original caption) A German boy leans against the wall next to a magazine stand to read a comic book. (Photo by Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images)
Credit: Evans / Stringer
Editorial #: 3069352
Collection: Hulton Archive
He's reading a foreign reprint of
Sea Hunt (Dell) #8 (January-March 1961)
https://www.gettyimages.ca/license/3069352
http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1950s-Belgian_kids_with_German_ed_of_DD.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1951-France_Doisneau.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1962-Barcelona-Eugéni_Forcano.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/1983-Spain-Ferdinando_Scianna.jpghttp://digitalcomicmuseum.com/images/forum message pictures/newsstands/Philippines.jpg 11 12 13 14 15
And we finish with a mixture.
#11 - 1950s-Belgian kids with German ed of DD
Original source unknown. I'm guessing from the 1950s.
#12 - 1951-Street Decor, Newspaper Seller In France, Paris -Doisneau.jpg
Robert Doisneau - Man handing a chair to woman in a newsagent's stand on the Champs d'Elysees, 1951
(Photo by Robert DOISNEAU/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images)
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/street-decor-newspaper-seller-in-france-paris-1951-news-photo/121510670
You can read a short bio on him herre:
https://www.josephsaxton.com/photographer/doisneau-robert
#13 - 1962-Barcelona -Forcano
© Eugeni Forcano. Passion for Reading, 1962.
#14 - 1983-Spain, Madrid-Children reading on a bank -Scianna
(Original caption) SPAIN. 1983. - SPAIN, Madrid: Children reading on a bank. (Photo: © Ferdinando Scianna/Magnum Photos)
https://pro.magnumphotos.com/image/SCF1773.html
#15 - Philippines-Smokey Mountain
(Original caption) Young boy reading comic on Smokey Mountain, Manila, Philippines
Credit: Stockbyte
Creative #: dv118005
Licence type: Royalty-free
https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/photo/young-boy-reading-comic-on-smokey-mountain-manila-royalty-free-image/dv118005
That's it for this batch, hope you liked them,
-Yoc
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