Collections : [Rare Book & Manuscript Library]

The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, journals, interviews, manuscripts, transcripts, and printed material.

John Fantucchio, aka "Fandom's Fantucchio," was a prolific artist in comics fanzines, while working his day job of art director at the CIA. His collection contains a comprehensive array of fanzines, original art, comic-con programs, and comics sales lists. Many of the fanzine titles are represented by complete runs, such as "Rocket's Blast Comicollector," and the art is notable for Fantucchio's use of a wide variety of materials, including Duoshade paper and Zipatone.

Nine recorded interviews with comics creators such as Barry Windsor-Smith and Vaughn Bode, taped by Peter Kuper in the early 1970s, when he was working on his fanzine.

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.

In 1936-1937, David Kyle (who would go on to become a Columbia College alumnus) produced three issues of "The fantasy world" (or "The phantasy world"), believed to be the first comics fanzine ever. His daughter, Kerry Kyle, has donated a black-and-white copy of issue 1 and color copies of issues 2-3, as well as Kyle's 1939 manifesto, "A warning!" which cautioned attendees of the 1937 Newark science fiction convention about the possibility of coercion by the organizers.

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.