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)

Baron Munchausen

Baron Munchausen is a fictional German nobleman created by the German writer Rudolf Erich Raspe in his 1785 book Baron Munchausen's Narrative of His Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia. The character is loosely based on baron Hieronymus Karl Friedrich Freiherr von Münchhausen, who fought for the Russian Empire during the Russo-Turkish War of 1735–1739. After retiring in 1760, he became a minor celebrity within German aristocratic circles for telling outrageous tall tales based on his military career. Raspe adapted them anonymously into literary form.

The fictional Baron's exploits focus on his impossible achievements as a sportsman, soldier, and traveller: riding on a cannonball, fighting a forty-foot crocodile, and travelling to the Moon, swallowed by a giant fish in the Mediterranean Sea, saves himself from drowning by pulling up on his own hair, enlists a wolf to pull his sleigh, and uses laurel tree branches to fix his horse when the animal is accidentally cut in two (which is the basis for the 1970 stamp issue from Germany). Intentionally comedic, the stories play on the absurdity and inconsistency of Munchausen's claims

1970 Czechoslovakia - Historic Artillery

1971 Ajman - one of 7 stamps including souvenir sheet

2005 Latvia

Sam Jones Poster Stamp - Stamp Forum

Liechtenstein 2012 from a set of 8 stamp commemorating children's literature

Baron Munchausen by Fred Nordley - 1936 - Strippers Guide

Donald Duck : 2001 Finland

2001-Mar-13 Finland

Donald Duck's 50th Anniversary - Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created by the Walt Disney Company. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor shirt and cap with a bow tie. Donald is known for his semi-intelligible speech and his mischievous, temperamental, and pompous personality. Along with his friend Mickey Mouse, Donald was included in TV Guide's list of the 50 greatest cartoon characters of all time in 2002, and has earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has appeared in more films than any other Disney character.

Donald's first appearance was in The Wise Little Hen (1934), but it was his second appearance in Orphan's Benefit that same year that introduced him as a temperamental comic foil to Mickey Mouse.

Walt Disney came up with Donald's iconic attributes including his short temper and his sailor suit. While Dick Huemer and Art Babbit were the first to animate Donald, Dick Lundy is credited for developing him as a character.

Jean Effel : 1983 France

1983

Jean Effel, real name François Lejeune (1908 – 1982), was a French painter, caricaturist, illustrator and journalist. Mostly he considered himself to be a journalist and political commentator. His pseudonym is created by his initials F. L.

1997 Enotria Local Post - Connecticut

Superjhemp : 2010 Luxembourg

2010-Jun-16

Superjhemp was first launched in 1988 as a superhero in a comic strip. The character was first created by illustrator Roger Leiner and writer Lucien Czuga. Since then, he has appeared in over 29 graphic novels that have the highest sales rate for Luxembourgish publications.

Superjhemp is a comedic anti-hero meant to be a parody of superheroes that take themselves too seriously. Because Superjhemp has always been published in the Luxembourgish language and is full of jokes playing on the national culture in Luxembourg Superjhemp has experienced unprecedented success in Luxembourg. Beneath the superhero’s mask, Charles Kuddel is a civil servant working at the “Ministry for Unresolved Issues”. This ministry joke is a play on the fact that over 60% of Luxembourgish citizens work for the Government. Superjhemp superpowers come from Kachkéis, a cooked cheese that is historically popular and typical in Luxembourg.

Turkish Cartoon Art : 1991

Amcabey is a comic strip character created by Turkish cartoonist Cemal Nadir Güler (1902-1947).  In 1928, Cemal Nadir left his sign-making workshop in Bursa and came to Istanbul at the invitation of Necmeddin Sadak, one of the managers and chief editor of the Akşam newspaper. He began working as a staff cartoonist for the newspaper. "Amcabey" quickly became so famous among the newspaper's readers that the name "Amcabey" overshadowed Cemal Nadir's own name.  Uncle Bey, in his stories, leads a happy life with his family, consisting of his wife, referred to as Aunt Hanım, his mischievous son who is quite different from him, and his gentle daughter.

Turhan Selçuk (1922 - 2010) first drawings appeared in 1941, in the journal Türk Sözü (The Turkish Word) in Adana, then in Kırmızı-Beyaz (Red-White) and Şut (Kick) in Istanbul. He was part of the staff of journals and newspapers like Tasvir (Description), Şaka (Joke), Akbaba (Vulture) and Aydede (Man on the Moon) in 1948.

Abdülcanbaz is a comic strip, created by Selçuk for the Milliyet newspaper in 1957. “The Adventures of Abdülcanbaz” was first published in 12 volumes during 1972-3, followed by 23 volumes in 1980-81, and another 20 volumes in 1999-2001. Abdülcanbaz is a legendary figure, longed for and cherished in the dreams of people throughout history. Sometimes he lives in the world of fairy tales, sometimes in the present day, and sometimes he even treads the path of space...

Biggles - Greetings : 1994 United Kingdom

1994-Feb-01

Biggles from the Biggles books by Capt W.E. Johns © W.E. John (publications) LTS, illustrated by Alan Cracknell. James Charles “Biggles” Bigglesworth, is a fictional pilot and adventurer, the title character and hero of the Biggles series of adventure books, written for young readers by W. E. Johns (1893–1968). Biggles made his first appearance in the story "The White Fokker", published in the first issue of Popular Flying magazine and again as part of the first collection of Biggles stories, The Camels Are Coming (both 1932). Johns continued to write "Biggles books" until his death in 1968.

Diabolik - Comic Fest : 2008 San Marino

2008-Jan-25 San Marino - Kollection postcard and cover show

Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry : 1994 Croatia

1994-Sep-02 Croatia

50th anniversary of the death of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Saint-Exupéry's drawing of the Little Prince

PhilexFrance 99 - 1999-Jul-02 - postal stationery: pre-stamped postcard