The Junior Dispatch loves comics. So much so that we’ve been digging through the huge collection of free comics available at The Digital Comic Museum to find some of the best ones that we think kids will enjoy.

Today, we add another great piece into our own archive!

This time we take a look at a comic available in issue No. 1 of “Man in Black” from 1957. The story was written and illustrated by Bob Powell, who is best known for his work on “Sheena, Queen of the Jungle,” “Blackhawk” and the original “Mars Attacks!” trading card series.

You can read more “Man in Black” adventures at the Digital Comics Museum here.

Man in Black (Part One of Six)

Read the rest of the story below. Remember, you have to click the image, and then click it again to get it to “reading size.”

Girl Scout Cadettes from Troop 20596 work on their comics at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in West Manchester Township.

Junior Dispatch visited with Girl Scout Cadette troop No. 20596 to teach the girls about how comic books and comic strips are made.

The class included an opportunity for the girls to make their own comic, ask questions about how comics are published and see some original comic pages produced by professionals from Marvel Comics, DC Comics and syndicated newspaper comic strips.

The troop is lead by Chris Logsdon.

One of the Girl Scouts worked on a comic about cupcakes going shopping.

You can arrange to have Junior Dispatch come out and visit your class, youth group, scouting troop, daycare or other organization too. Junior Dispatch has a number of activities available: The comic book class, story time and coloring activities. All the sessions include a short talk on what its like to work in journalism.

If you’re interested, email John Simcoe at jsimcoe@yorkdispatch.com.

The comic creation class focuses on creating comics of all kinds, not just superhero stories. We like those, of course, but we know some kids don’t.

The girls of Troop 20596 work on their comics using some typical art supplies, including pencils, erasers, colored pencils, plain typing paper and rulers.

The Junior Dispatch loves comics. So much so that we’ve been digging through the huge collection of free comics available at The Digital Comic Museum to find some of the best ones that we think kids will enjoy.

Today, we add another great piece into our own archive!

This time we take a look at a comic available in issue No. 12 of “Red Rabbit” from 1949. The series is largely credited to Harvey Eisenberg, an artist who later went on to work on Tom & Jerry comics. In fact, looking at this particular comic, you can see how much Pete the Cat looks like Tom. Likewise, Tweet the Canary plays a role similar to Jerry.

Aside from the complete issue you can read at the Digital Comics Museum, you can also read more about Eisenberg and an actual Red Rabbit adventure here at Pappy’s Golden Age Comics Blogzine.

For more of Eisenberg’s work with Hanna-Barbera characters, check out this entry at The Big Blog of Kids’ Comics.

By the way, the ‘Milky Way Mission’ isn’t the official title of the story, we just wanted to give you a hint it was about.

Pete and Tweet Part 1 of 6

Read the rest of the story below. Remember, you have to click the image, and then click it again to get it to “reading size.”

The Junior Dispatch loves comics. So much so that we’ve been digging through the huge collection of free comics available at The Digital Comic Museum to find some of the best ones that we think kids will enjoy.

Today, we add another great piece into our own archive!

This time Junior Dispatch is featuring a story from “Suzie” no. 99 from 1954 and published by MLJ, a company best known for its Archie Comics series. The story is drawn by Samm Schwartz, who is best known for working on Jughead Jones comics. So who is Suzie? She’s a teenage girl who’s always coming up with crazy adventures, and this time is no different when she decides to take in a boxer and help train him. Her story starts below.

You can read more Suzie stories here at the Digital Comic Museum.

Suzie in “Ring Master” Part 1 of 5

(Remember, you have to click each of the small images and then click them again to bring them up to their “reading size.”)

The Junior Dispatch  loves comics. So much so that we’ve been digging through the huge collection of free comics available at The Digital Comic Museum to find some of the best ones that we think kids will enjoy.

Today, we add another great piece into our own archive!

Below you can read an episode of “The Brain” a story of a super-intelligent kid who’s pestered by some neighborhood tricksters. It was originally presented in “The Brain” No. 3, a comic published by Magazine Enterprises in 1957. “The Brain” was a nine-issue series, and named after its main character. “The Brain” is only a nickname, as the character’s real name is Benjamin Bang. The story was likely written and drawn by Dan DeCarlo, a man who is well known for his work on Archie Comics.

Read the entire story by clicking on the images below. (Actually, you have to click them, then click again to expand them to full size.)

The Junior Dispatch  loves comics. So much so that we’ve been digging through the huge collection of free comics available at The Digital Comic Museum to find some of the best ones that we think kids will enjoy.

Today, we add another great piece into our own archive!

Below you can read “The Flute o’ McTootle” a neat little fairy tale from Ireland. It was originally presented in “Fairy Tale Parade” No. 1, a comic published by Dell Publishing Co. in 1942. The story was adapted and illustrated by Walt Kelly, a man who is considered one of the all-time great comic artists. He later went on to create and illustrate the world-famous “Pogo” newspaper comic. You can see several other issues of “Fairy Tale Parade” at The Digital Comic Museum. Most of the issues were illustrated by Kelly … and there are some really good stories in there!

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Here at Junior Dispatch, we love comics. So much so that we’ve been digging through the huge collection of free comics available at The Digital Comic Museum to find some of the best ones that we think kids will enjoy.
For our next foray into the the funny pages, we’ll learn about the origin of Percival, a knight of King Arthur’s round table. It was first published in 1947 as part of “Jack-in-the-Box” No. 14 by Charlton Comics. You can see more of the comic book here.

The Story of Percival the Pure (Part 1 of 6)

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Here at Junior Dispatch, we love comics. So much so that we’ve been digging through the huge collection of free comics available at The Digital Comic Museum to find some of the best ones that we think kids will enjoy.
For our first foray into the the funny pages, we’ll learn about the comic duo of Rock & Rollo. This comic was first published in 1957 by Charlton Comics. You can see more of their comic book here.

TO READ MORE, JUST CLICK ON THE IMAGES BELOW!

Junior Dispatch is pleased to announce a new addition to our stable of online comics — Big Nate.

The comic is written and drawn by Lincoln Pierce and stars Nate Wright, a sixth grader who is always getting in trouble. Learn more about the strip here.

You can now enjoy Nate’s adventures every day at JuniorDispatch.com’s comic page (and in the print addition of The York Dispatch, too!).

Aside from Big Nate, we have a few other comics for you to enjoy:

• Belvedere – The crazy comic about a dog who does his own thing. (New comics posted Monday through Saturday on JD’s Comics Page)
• Tundra – A look at wildlife (and a few snowmen too) that can act a little too human. (New comics posted Monday through Saturday on JD’s Comics page)
• Phil Hardy – This special 100-episode comic is about an adventure at sea. See it here.
• Learn to Cartoon – A multi-part course on learning how to cartoon. See it here!

“Zorpbert & Fred” is a comic by Dawn Griffin and features two aliens who have disguised themselves as dogs to live the easy life on Earth. The webcomic at zfcomics.com, has returned to its regular publication schedule after its summer hiatus.

Well, summer’s over and all you kids are back to school. Just like you, “Zorphbert & Fred”, the webcomic featuring two aliens disguised as Earth dogs, is back and you can read the newest adventures here.

Kids work on their own comics as part of the “Your First Comic” workshop held at the Glatfelter Library in Spring Grove

To celebrate the return of Dawn Griffin’s creation, Junior Dispatch is pleased to announce the results of a giveaway we had over the summer.

To be part of the giveaway, you had to attend one of five “Your First Comic” workshops at York County Libraries this summer.

Junior Dispatch editor John Simcoe visited Paul Smith, Dover, Kaltreider-Benfer, Collinsville and Glatfelter libaries in his whirlwind of the county as dozens of kids got an opportunity to flex their creative muscles. The young writer-artists made comics about superheroes, living fruit, animals, space explorers along with dozens of other ideas.

Each participant had their name thrown into the Junior Dispatch hat and now we have the winners:

• Winning the top prize is Delaney, who attended the Dover class. Delaney wins two “Zorphbert & Fred” books, “Prepare to by Analyzed” and “Marriage Runs on Coffee.” Together the two books are a whopping 292 pages.
• Winning the final giveaway copy of the “Zorphbert & Fred Con Exclusive Mini Book” is Ora, who attended the Paul Smith class.

Junior Dispatch will contact the two winners in the coming days.

Finally, Junior Dispatch would like to offer our thanks to Dawn Griffin for supplying the prizes for our giveaway. You can read more about Dawn in our interview of her here.

Teachers: Interested in having John Simcoe come out to your class for a “Your First Comic” session? Contact him at jsimcoe@yorkdispatch.com. The class takes 1.5 hours and attendees will learn to create their own comic book. The session consists of a mix of writing, craft-making and drawing.