Texts by Kevin Carpenter and Jakob Dittmar.
Tom Browne created two amiable characters he called Weary Willie (or Willy) and Tired Tim for Harmsworth’s Illustrated Chips in 1896. These tramps, bold, brazen and wily, constantly in scrapes in a win-one lose-one rhythm, exude confidence and cheerfulness. They were a huge success and continued to appear on the cover page of Chips every week until 1953, drawn by various hands, for the last forty-four years by Percy Cocking.
Format: Print: A3, under preparation.
Price for printed book: under consideration.
ISBN: 978-91-981603-9-0 (print)
Digital edition is free to
download here (Link).
ISBN: 978-91-990299-2-4 (pdf)
Published in 2025.
Jakob F. Dittmar (ed.):
Perfecting the Mold
Weary Willy & Tired Tim
Perfecting the Mold
for Knockabout Tramps.
From the Kevin Carpenter Collection
Mugs:
Early Comics Heroes
Fine mugs featuring the heroes that got comics going.
Splendid mugs featuring selected comic-heroes of the early days: something to enjoy on top of your coffee, again and again! Coming soon!
Jakob F. Dittmar (ed.):
Casey Court
or Billy Baggs and The Casey Court Nibs.
From the Kevin Carpenter Collection
Texts by Kevin Carpenter and Jakob Dittmar.
Casey Court was created in 1902 by Julius Stafford Baker. After he stopped in the 1920s, it was continued by different artists until 1953, amongst others Walter Bell, M.C. Veitch, H. O’Neill, Louis Briault, Allan Morley, and Charlie Pease (Albert T. Pease).
While examples in this volume span the years 1904 - 1932, most were originally published 1907.
Format: A4 horizontal, 52 pages all in all, in limited colour to recreate the original's black on light pink paper.
Price for printed book: 20 Euro.
ISBN 978-91-981603-7-6 (print)
Digital edition is free to
download here (Link).
ISBN: 978-91-990299-1-7 (pdf)
Published in 2025.
Shirts:
Early Comics Heroes
Celebrate comics with a shirt - platinum style.
High-quality shirts featuring the classic comic-heroes of the early days. A fine selection, printed on high-quality t-shirts. We are working on a carefully selected assortment of shirts with comics-motifs, separately on a range of slogan shirts... Coming soon.
Jakob F. Dittmar (ed.):
Bits and Pieces.
Miscellaneous Comics Strips from Illustrated Chips and Puck 1906 - 1908.
From the Kevin Carpenter Collection
Texts by Kevin Carpenter and Jakob Dittmar.
This volume includes example-strips that allow to understand how the Edwardian mindset was expressed in early comics and caricatures. Tone and moods of the times, and how different social classes were addressed in these papers, are getting quite clear from the following:
Chutney the Charmer
Maggie the Magpie
Sammie Snail
Adventures of Sammy Sardine and the Tiddler Twins
Silas the Submariner
The Little Stowaway
The Newlyweds
Dr. Patent’s Academy
The Misadventures of Tatcho the Seer
Sammie the Soothsayer
Merry Andrew
Billy Smiff’s Pirates
Bill, Ben, our Bold, Bad Balloonists
Sir Walter Raleigh
The Duke of Diabolo
Gussie, the Giddy Ghost.
Format: A4, 100 pages all in all, in limited colour.
Price for printed book: 30 Euro.
ISBN: 978-91-981603-9-0 (print)
Digital edition is free to
download here (Link).
ISBN: 978-91-990299-2-4 (pdf)
Published in 2025.
Bags about Comics,
Bags for Comics
As you need a bag, take one of these - they look good.
Bags you want to have with you, to show around and that you want to use! (not only to haul comics...)
We are working on a line of bags with carefully selected comics-motifs. Coming soon.
Ordering & Postage
Due to the varying rates for international postage, prices for delivery vary.
Please contact me via e-mail or post if you want to order and wonder about postage costs.
Due to the varying rates for international postage, prices for delivery vary.
Please contact me via e-mail or post if you want to order and wonder about postage costs.