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This collection includes monthly order forms from 1981 through 1996, as well as weekly releases, monthly order reports, and a variety of sales reports, from 1985-1996, detailing sales by vendor, geographic area, and more.

This collection includes the original art and process materials for the comics reprinted by NYRC, which came to Columbia after an exhibition in Bologna in 2019.

Mike Friedrich began his comics career as a fanzine contributor before, beginning at age 18, writing comics stories for both DC Comics and Marvel Comics. In the second half of the 1970s, he published Star*Reach, an independent comics anthology that included both mainstream and alternative artists. In the early 1980s, Friedrich used the same name for his comics creators agency. He was also co-founder of WonderCon, which Comic-Con International purchased in 2001. The collection includes client directories, income journals, client surveys, contracts, Star*Reach promotional swag, and more. Friedrich has received the Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic-Book Writing, which recognizes underappreciated comics writers.

A collection of unparalleled documentation of Golden Age artists and publishers, much of which has not been seen by the public.

His fanzine collection is a collector's collection, representing the most important titles of the medium. His research materials provides substantive background to his books. There are taped interviews.

This collection contains comics illustrated, written, inked and published by Latinos in the US. It also includes associated ephemera that includes posters, animated DVDs, posters, pins, dolls and more.

Comic art and related material.

The collection displays the diverse artistic venues that a comics artist pursued in order to make a living. For more on Meskin, see the book From shadow to light: the life and art of Mort Meskin: https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/7982354.

The collection includes original art from her comics, fanzines with which she was involved, two novels, and considerable explanatory matter. There is a relatively small amount of original comic art. The rest is fanzines, printed matter, and contextual material. There is a thumbdrive with additional content.