Here are some resources & archives of comic strips (mostly from the newspaper industry of the 19th-20th centuries):

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  “ANDY’S EARLY COMICS ARCHIVE” = Comics from the 18th, 19th, & 20th centuries…
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• ARCHIVES: Dream of the Rarebit Fiend (Winsor McKay)
•  [+wikipedia]
• ARCHIVES: Little Nemo in Slumberland (Winsor McKay)
•   [+wikipedia]
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• ARCHIVES: Hogans Alley (Outcault)
  
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• ARCHIVES: Krazy Kat (George Herriman)
•  [+wikipedia]
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• Buck Rogers = an eye-poppingly extensive online archive!
  (These strips had a big influence on my first full-time comics project, “Quasar Blasters”! — Marek)
• Buck Rogers (wikipedia) + list of comic strips
• Gustav Verbeeck @ [OSU.edu] [Wikipedia]
   Sample “Upside-Downs” >>
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ALSO SEE:

• Sunday Press Books = Vintage US comics “presented in their original size and colors”!

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