Tuesday, February 27, 1973
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Comic Collections Draw Students
By LINDA DOHERTY
Kansan Staff Writer
By LINDA DOHERTY
Captain America, Spiderman and the Hulk are comic book heroes who have entertained children for years. Now, however, their following includes a number of college students who collect their monthly adventures.
"I buy almost everything Marvel Comics puts out and a good deal of the D.C. super heroes," said Fred Cleaver, a computer operator for the University of Kansas.
Cleaver bought the two comics in his collection in 1900 and since then he has built it to 1,000 copies. The first was from 1900.
Although the majority of his collection consists of comic books from the 1960s, Clea ver said he had a Batman comic and an early Superman comic that were printed in
He once bought 23 comics for $300 and said he considered that price a bargain.
"THOSE TWO weren't my most expressive comics, but they were the ones of my comics at $4."
Cleaver said he began to collect comic books when he was a young boy. He bought them, read them and couldn't throw them away, he said.
now he looks for possible additions to his collection everywhere he goes.
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"Lawrence has rather poor circulation of comic books," said Cleaver. "More places have dropped comics since I've been here than have picked them up."
If one is familiar with comics, Cleaver said, it is possible to determine who draws the artwork of a particular issue, writes the story and does the numbering and lettering.
"I can tell the artisty by looking at the shadowing on the nose or at the placement of the bodies on the face," he said. "Jack Kirby, a cartoonist for D.C., is known for his
CLEAVER said that he could pick out a woman's style was a little more difficult to determine.
far-out machinery. When one of Kirby's pincers punches, he's elongated—really stretchy.
"one letterer for Marvel Comics writes the 3 on page 13 backwards." he said.
Comics were born in 1938 with the creation of Superman, said Cleaver. The comics became a hallmark of comic books.
number of comic characters and brought about a patriotic fervor in comic book ad
During the 1950s, Cleaver said, the variety of comic book adventures died down considerably because of a censorship in comic book industry imposed upon itself.
In 1961, Marvel Comics created the Fantastic Four, said Cleaver, and characters began to more closely resemble real life people.
"For example, Spiderman is just a poor college student," he said. "In one issue he couldn't catch the criminal because he didn't have the necessary bus fare."
ROBERT BACKUS, Lawrence sophomore, said his collection was basically Marvel Comics and that he had over 500 issues.
"Marvel Comics are entertaining because the writers have some knowledge of the English language," Backus said. "The art is quite a bit more than stick figure and they don't issue issues. Most other brands don't even acknowledge the existence of moral issues."
Marvel Comics have a consistent continuity of character, backs Up, and what one character does in one issue may affect the other. This creates different character in a future adventure.
"The whole plot system is very complex," he said.
Backus and his second youngest brother began their collection in 1968 when they lived on an army base in Germany. They bought comics from the base store, Backus said, because there was nothing else worth reading.
Foreign and Local Politics Mark Recent University Press Releases
By DIANE YEAMANS Kansan Staff Writer
The most important book ever published by the University Press of Kansas was released last week according to Susan Schott, promotion manager.
The book, "The Rise of the Chinese Communist Party, 1928-1938, Volume Two," was written by Chang Kuo-I'a, one of the Chinese Communist party leaders during the beginning of communism in the People's Republic of China.
The book's release coincides with the first anniversary of Nixon's trip to China and is followed by the establishment of the first Embassy in China. It was established by Republic of China and the United States.
Schott said the first volume relating to developments between 1927 and 1928, was
split in 1927.
Mao Tse-tung and Chang were rivals for the party leadership, had a falling-out and Chang was finally exiled in March of 1938, she said
THE BOOKS ARE the first history of the early Communist party in China to be written.
The first volume covers the formation of the first party groups in 1920, the founding congress in 1921, the principal meetings of party leaders thereafter, the February Seventh Strike in 1923, the formation of a united front with the Nationalists, the May Thirtieth Movement in 1925, the Northern Expedition and the Nationalist-Communist
The second volume is about the Chinese Communist party's movement into the countryside, the Nanchang Uprising, Chang's own power struggle with Mao, his subsequent service in Moscow, his return to lead the Cyrus Soviet, the Long March, and the Battle of the Atlantic of the united front against Japan and Chang's exileion from the party and exile.
FIRST PUBLISHED IN Chinese, the books appeared in serial form in the Ming Pao Monthly, Schott said. The University Press' publication is the first English version, she said, and, subsequently, the first book has been presented to the Western World.
The University of Kansas and the Ford Foundation gave grants to Robert Burton, lecturer in East Asian Studies, to make arrangements for the publication of the book. Mr. Burton starred in the negotiations in 1965. The University Press became involved at that time.
Another book recently published by the University Press, The Kansas Legislature: Procedures, Personalities, and Problems, is an extensive analysis of the legislature written by Marvin Harder, professor of law at Purdue University, and Carolyn Rampley, a research assistant in the Kansas Legislative Research Department.
HARDER HAS been very influential in Kansas politics for 20 years, she said. He
served as a special assistant to Gov. Robert Docking and was chairman of the state Democratic party platform committee in 1968 and 1970.
The book has become known throughout the state for its examination of the legislative procedure in Kansas from the executive offices and the governorship to interest groups, press, political parties and elections. Schott said.
But the strongest part of the book, according to Schott, is an interview conducted with Paul Wunsch while he was a member of the Kansas Legislature. He is now on the Senate and has been elected to the Kansas House of Representatives in 1936 and served as speaker for five years. In 1941 he was elected to the Senate and five years alter he was elected president pro temp. He was long known as a liberal in the Kansas Legislature, Schott said.
THE FIRST DEFINITIVE biography of James Naismith, promoter of the game of basketball, will be available to the public some time in April. Schott said.
Quilters From California Commend KU Exhibit
The heart of America is the home of one member of the Mill Valley Quilt Authority.
Joyce Gross and Evelyn Armstrong, two of the authority's six members, came to Lawrence Sunday from Mil Valley, Calif., a suburb of San Francisco, to see the quilt exhibit at the University of Kansas Museum of Art.
The college Assembly will meet at 4 p.m. today in Woodriff Auditorium to discuss recommendations of the Pearson Integrated Humanities Program that are not affected by the mail ballot. The motion to be decided by mail ballot, if passed, would not allow the program to be substituted for freshman and sophomore requirements.
The meeting place for the Citizens Coalition for Clinton has been changed to the new building in the Douglas County fair will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Clinton Coalition
Testimonials
There will be a Christian Science Testimony meeting at 7:30 tonight in Danforth Chapel. Interested persons are welcome to attend.
Although quilting originated in New England, it owe said, the exhibit proved to be a great success.
The group, which started about two years ago, offers classes and workshops in quilting and sponsors shows and lectures byquilting authorities, Gross said. The group also publishes a Quilter's Calendar once a year to the Mill Valley community, she said.
With a name like the Mill Valley Quilt Authority, the group tends to be viewed as a put-on, Gross said. However, they are very popular among artists as a pastime and as an art, she said.
Gross said she and Armstrong would leave Wednesday to go to the Chicago Art Institute. More of the members will join them there, she said. From Chicago the group will go to Denver to see quilts at the Denver Art Museum, she said.
The author, Bernice Webb, received her bachelor's, master's, and doctorate degrees at KU. She is now professor of English at the University of Southwestern Louisiana.
Naismith was internationally know for his promotion of various sports. Webb's book will tell the entire story of his life for the first time, Schott said.
Quilts are a very personal thing, Gross said, because not everyone likes the same kind of quilt. She said she like the "orphan is ork", or the kind that no one else would like.
A quitting frame, usually made of wood, is used to stretch a quilt so that quatting can be done. When quitting, one uses very small stitches to anchor the backing, cotton and quilt top together, she said, and the stretching makes this easier.
There is a strong interest in antique quilts, crushed and but contemporary quilts which are to be appreciated.
The group works together at times to make a quilt, also said, although currently it is not being worked on.
The authority sponsored its own quilt show in October, she said.
Interviews
Students in the School of Engineering may sign up for job interviews at the following companies: March 3 Archerwood, Ballard Park; March 4 Rancho Santa Monica Compound, March 6; Collin Radius Co., the Rana Gas Company; March 8, Californian Railroad; March 9 San Francisco Railway Co.; Wilcox College; March 8 Firestone and Rubber Co.; Acklethon, Topeka and Rocky Mountain Railway.
Donald McCoy, professor of history at the University of Kansas, and Richard Ruetten, professor of history at California State University, wrote a book, "Quest and Response: Minority Rights and the Truman Administration," which will be available May 7, Schott said.
minority rights from 1945 to 1953, ssa salu.
At one time, McCoy worked in the Truman Archives. Schott said it gave him valuable background for the work.
MU Professor Slated to Talk
Norton Long, Curators Professor of Political Science at the University of Missouri at St. Louis, will talk on "Have Yourself a Bad Day" with the daybreak Room of the Kansas Union.
Long will discuss regionalism prospects at an interdisciplinary seminar for persons interested in political science in 525 Blake Hall.
Long is a graduate of Harvard University and has had extensive experience in dealing with the problems of urban America. His latest book, "The Unwalled City: Rebuilding the Urban Community," will be released in May.
Other speakers and the topics they will speak on later this semester include: Charles F. Crude, "Politics of Environmental Policy;" Murray Edelman, "The Helping Professions as Regulators of the Poor," and Gerhard Lowenbang, "Has German Democracy Overcome Its Historical Faault?"
His talk will be the first in a series of four lectures on "The Study of Politics and Society: Challenges of the 1970s," sponsored by the department of political science.
Backus said he bought about 25 comic books a month.
"WE HAVE several different groups of comics," he said. "We have some that we just throw around and we have comic books that are known, ordered, and keen."
The Douglas County Legal Aid Society was given authority to handle misdemeanor cases by its board of directors, not by the Kansas Association as the Kansan reported Monday.
"I once estimated that I spent $200 a year and I've stayed consistently at this level for several years."
Correction
The authority was granted in light of a 1972 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court which said that persons charged with misdemeanors have a right to legal counsel.
Pat Cochran, Prairie Village junior, said he received about 150 Marvel comic books as a Christmas gift several years ago. He then, now his collection contained close to 290.
"I love Marvel Comics, I think they're specifically written for adults," Cochran said. "The literary style and quality is very, very great." The classic example of contemporary work.
The business end doesn't enter into his reason for collecting collections, Cochran said.
"I just do it to read them. I collect them to enjoy them, not just to have them," he said.
"The only thing about it is that it gets pretty expensive, just like any habit."
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