Robert E Howard : Conan the Barbarian

Robert Ervin Howard (1906 – 1936) was an American writer who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He created the character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre. The Robert E Howard Museum lis located in Cross Plains Texas. Annually Howard's hometown celeberates his achievements

La Bande Dessinee - Comics Festival - 1970 France

1970-May-10 Chazelles-Sur-Lyon France

Comics Festival (La Bande Dessinee) - Youth & Culture Center

 

Little Red-Riding Hood : 1960 Germany

 

1960-Oct-01 West Germany

"Little Red Riding Hood" is a French fairy tale by Charles Perrault about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. Some later versions include a woodsman. Its origins can be traced back to several pre-17th-century European folk tales. It was later retold in the 19th-century by the Brothers Grimm. The story has varied considerably in different versions over the centuries, translations, and as the subject of numerous modern adaptations. Other names for the story are "Little Red Cap" or simply "Red Riding Hood".

The Little Fox (Vuk) : 1982 Hungary

1982-Nov-11 Budapest Hungary

The Little Fox, known in Hungary as Vuk, is a 1981 Hungarian animated film produced by Pannónia Filmstúdió, based on the novel Vuk by István Fekete.

 

Three Jolly Fellows - Edgar Valter : 2024 Estonia

2024

Eno Raud (1928 – 1996) was an Estonian children's writer. His works are considered classics in Estonia as well as in the other former Soviet countries. Raud was included in International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Honour List in 1974. His most popular works include Three Jolly Fellows, A Story with Flying Saucers, The Gothamites and Raggie. The author's children's books have been translated into more than 30 languages. Three Jolly Fellows was illustrated by Edgar Valter

Fairy Tales - Liechtenstein : 1968

Designed by Louis Jaeger, stamps depict The Treasure of St Mamerten (Auf St Mamerten Der Schatz 30r), The Goblin in the Bergerwald (Der Kobold im Bergerwald 50r), The Three Sisters (Die Drei Schwestern 80r)

Thorbjørn Egner - Norway : 1984

1984-Nov-15 Oslo

The Cardamom Law: You shouldn't bother others, you should be polite an kind, an otherwise you can do whatever you want. Bastian Chief of Police

Thorbjørn Egner (1912 – 1990) Norwegian playwright, songwriter and illustrator known principally for his books, plays and musicals for children. He is principally associated with his narratives for children including Karius og Baktus (Karius and Bactus - 1949) and Folk og røvere i Kardemomme by ( When the Robbers Came to Cardamom Town - 1955).

Bastian Chief of Police

Myths and Legends : 1997 Faroe Islands

1997-May-20 Europa Myths and Legends Faroes Island

William Heinesen art for The Temptations of Saint Anthony and Marmennil – The Little Merman.

William Heinesen (1900-1991) is the most famous poet and novelist of the Faroes. His writing focuses on contrasts between darkness and light, between destruction and creativity. Then following is the existential struggle of man to take sides. This is not always easy, however, and the lines between good and bad are not always clearly defined.

Heinesen was captivated by the mysterious part of life, calling himself religious in the broadest sense of the word. His life could be described as a struggle against defeatism with one oft-quoted aphorism of his is that "life is not despair, and death shall not rule".

Letter Carriers - Jack Davis : 1989

1989-Aug-30 Milwaukee WI - EC Fan Adict

Commemorated 100th anniversary of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC). Issued at the NALC's centennial celebration at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Exposition and Convention Center. 

Jack Davis (1924-2016)  perhaps best known for his work in the pages of Mad magazine, his work also appeared on the covers of Time and TV Guide, and on one United States commemorative stamp. The 1989 25¢ Letter Carriers stamp (Scott 2420) features a jaunty cartoon drawing of three smiling U.S. Postal Service workers, each slinging a mail bag over a shoulder. 1996, Mr. Davis received an award for lifetime achievement from the National Cartoonists Society. 2005: The Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame 

Luis Louro : 2025

Luis Louro was born in Lisbon in 1965 and is one of the most prolific Portuguese comic book authors, taking on the entire creative process himself (script, drawing and coloring). Throughout his 40-year career, which will be celebrated in 2025, Louro created some of the most ironic characters in Portuguese comics, such as Jim Del Monaco, the Crow, Alice and the Little Crow. He is the holder of several important awards, most notably the Honorary Trophy of the Amadora International Comic Book Festival. His albums are, as a rule, full of humor, but imbued with strong social criticism.

The Crow - Vincente undergoes a strange metamorphosis, transofmrin himslef into Corvo in ordewr to overcome his natural shyness. A profoundly Portugese individual, is thus a reflection of the unprotected naivete with which we all participate...

Alice - In a Lisbon that stretches between the  cruelty of prostitution and the dreamlike images of a submerged city where seagulls, whales and other enigmatic animals roam, there is a character named Alice whose life is as disconcerting a X, the striped cat that keeps her company...

Jim Del Monaco, presents himself as a heroic Portuguese adventurer whose adventures take place deep in the African jungle. The hero is always accompanied by  Gina, a beautiful blonde and his love interest, and by his servant Tião...

The Little Crow - Heroes were once children too, and the Raven is no exception! The Raven was once a little Raven, and in reality, so were we....

Festival International de la Bande Dessinée : 1992 Switzerland

1992-May-22 Bern Switzerland

The Festival international de la bande dessinée d’Angoulême, more commonly known as FIBD, is the main French-speaking comic book festival. It takes place every year in January and combines exhibitions, debates, meetings and signing sessions, with the main French-speaking authors present.

Bernhard Cosendal - Cosey is one of the most important Swiss comic artists of all time. He was part of a new generation of European comic artists who emerged in the 1960s and 1970s, making philosophical stories for more mature audiences. His signature series is 'Jonathan' (1975), about a young man on a literal and spiritual journey in foreign countries. Cosey's comics portray picturesque travels through Europe, America or South-East Asia, the majority based on personal voyages to countries in these continents. Yet his stories are first and foremost intelligent character studies. …..

Zep, pen name of Philippe Chappuis, is the creator of 'Titeuf' (1992), one of the bestselling French-language comic series of all time. His gag series about a yellow-quiffed boy has been translated into many languages and inspired both an animated TV series and a feature film, turning it into a true media franchise.

After legendary comic artists Carl Barks and Gotlib passed away in respectively 2000 and 2016, Zep drew a graphic homage to each of them. When in 2015 terrorists attacked the office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and killed almost all of the cartoonists and writers inside, Zep was one of many cartoonists who responded to the tragedy. But contrary to them, he didn't directly address the murders or made a statement about freedom of speech or against religiously-motivated hatred. Instead, he drew the comic 'What A Wonderful World', about a dream in which he woke up as an animal, living in a world of beasts who have to be cautious of predators. At the end of this strange tale, he wakes up and is glad to live in a world surrounded by humans: "And since we're all the same species, I said to myself that this must be the easiest way to all live together." - Lambiek

Abandoning his real name - Yves Robellaz - signed Aloys a number of comic strips, including the memorable adventures of Quickett and Flupkette, two curvaceous heroines loosely inspired by Quick and Flupke, the street urchins created by Hergé. the author of the rare albums "Zig zag zoug", with Gérald Poussin

Cachet features the George McManus 1913 comic strip Bringing Up Father

Little Nemo in Slumberland - Windsor McKay : 1995 Comic Strip Classics

1995-Oct-01 Boca Raton FL

Little Nemo in Slumberland – Windsor McKay (c1867-1934) Little Nemo was the first strip to be drawn realistically and to utilize quality color printing. Nemo's daydreams and nightmaares were fantasies with dragons and monsters, travels to Mars, and slums that turned into gardens. The strip ran 1905-1911; 1924-1927. USPS

Zenas Winsor McCay - American cartoonist and animator. He is best known for the comic strip Little Nemo and the animated film Gertie the Dinosaur (1914). For contractual reasons, he worked under the pen name Silas on the comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend.

Mutts by Patrick McDonnell - Comics Kingdom 

Tailspin Tommy - Hal Forrest : c1920-1930s

Tailspin Tommy was an aviation-adventure comic strip about a youthful pilot, "Tailspin" Tommy Tomkins. Originally illustrated by Hal Forrest and initially distributed by John Neville Wheeler's Bell Syndicate and then by United Feature Syndicate, the strip had a 14-year run from May 21, 1928 to March 15, 1942

In the wake of Charles Lindbergh's 1927 flight across the Atlantic, the public's fascination with aviation escalated. Tailspin Tommy was the first aviation-based comic strip to appear as a result of this heightened interest. The strip's 1928 launch was followed by others, notably Skyroads (1929-1942), Scorchy Smith (1930-1961), The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1933-1973) and Flyin' Jenny (1939-1946)