Comic Series
Sundry Comix
Da Boids
Nora Talbot
Larry Lagoon's
Fanzine Blues
Larry Lagoon's
Comic Dreams
Larry Lagoon's
Funny Pages
Suzy
by Richard O'Brien &
Bob Vojtko
Low Budget Funnies
by Bob Vojtko
Samurai Nun
by Bob Vojtko
Bandemar
by Joe Wehrle, Jr.
Stovepipe #1
Stovepipe #2
by Joe Wehrle, Jr.
Cartoon Trader #1
October 1989
Cartoon Trader #2
November 1989
Cartoon Trader #3
December 1989
Cartoon Trader #4
March 1990
Stovepipe page 5
In Joe's own words: "In 1989 my late wife Karen and I came up with the idea of producing a monthly Cartoon Trader, which would focus on the buying and selling of newspaper comic strips, the way the Comics Buyer's Guide mainly concerns itself with comic books. Unfortunately, we were never able to get enough ads to make it a really substantial-looking monthly or to make it the self-supporting venture we'd hoped for, so we had to discontinue it after just a few issues.
We did create several continuing features for the magazine, though—classic cartoonist trading cards, retrospectives, paper dolls (Trina Robbins sent us some outfits!) and a monthly page of original comic strips. One of the things I worked out was a strip I called Stovepipe, which mostly showed the positive but funny aspects of being the tallest kid in the neighborhood."
"It wasn't until sometime after we'd ended the Cartoon Trader that I got the idea of doing a couple of adventure stories with Stovey as the hero. I have fond memories of those few months we produced the Cartoon Trader, and still in my collection is a handful of very charming strips I prize which Karen drew for the zine about a feline couple living a zany suburban life."
Stovepipe's first adventure story:
Stovepipe's 1st Adventure (Page 5) Page 6 Page 7 Page 8
Stovepipe's 2nd Adventure (Page 1) Page 2 Page 3 Page 4
Stovepipe is copyright Joe Wehrle, Jr.
Pencil Portraits Gallery
Beautifully drawn original portraits by Joe Wehrle, Jr.
What A Find-Antiques-Collectibles
The Wehrle's eBay store full of unexpected treasures like vintage toys, books, carpentry tools, eye glasses, miner's carbide lamps, tin signs, vintage cameras, and much more.
