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AusReprints documents Australian comics, focusing on the neglected reprints from the 1940s to the 1980s.
The site has been developed with generous contributions of scans and information from many collectors. Click here for information on how you can help.
Welcome
AusReprints documents Australian comics, focusing on the neglected reprints from the 1940s to the 1980s.
The site has been developed with generous contributions of scans and information from many collectors. Click here for information on how you can help.
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Cyril Samuels (1895-1982)
Oozy Woozy and the Kids was Australian cartoonist Cyril Samuels' longest running newspaper strip.
26 Apr 2025
Head over to our Facebook group
More information and discussion about AusReprints at the Australian reprint comic book appreciation group.
27 Dec 2022
Do you have Hodge's 'Mesa Gold' pulp?
Hodge contributed to a wartime cartoon collection. Hill End history group is looking for his 'Mesa Gold' pulp (click and read comments).
22 Feb 2020
Do you know more? Zip Comics
The usual references don't mention 'The Oil Seekers' by Tony Rafty, which seems to predate his 'first' comic for NSW Bookstall.
16 Jul 2018
Who is Hottie Lahm?
Most known for iconic dog Snifter during a long career at KG Murray, Lahm created Snowy McGann to fill the 1951 Ginger Meggs gap at The Sun.
14 Jul 2018
Censorship 2: Straight Arrow #17
Was a provocative pose during poker too much for Aus editors? Or were there late changes to the original art for ‘Uproar’ in the US?
11 Jul 2018
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by James Zee
Until the 1980s, Australian access to international comics was limited due to a range of factors, including distribution monopolies, exclusive licences, geograpical isolation, cultural bias toward British publications and war-time import restrictions.
During and following the second world war, a thriving local comics industry developed, including the publication of thousands of reprint comics. At the start of the 20th century, British material had dominated the Australian market. The earliest comics were modeled on British weekly newspaper-style comics, until the US format and US sources began to dominate in the 1940s.
![Doctor Strange (Newton) #4 [3] (1975)](https://images.ausreprints.net/page/30194.jpg?width=200&scale=both "Doctor Strange (Newton) #4 [3] (1975)")
