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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.
![Australian Mad Magazine (Horwitz, 1978 series) #379 ([October 2000?])](https://images.ausreprints.net/page/32939.jpg?width=600 "Australian Mad Magazine (Horwitz, 1978 series) #379 ([October 2000?])")
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
Soapbox
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by James Zee
Australian access to international comics was limited until the 1980s, resulting in a strong local comic industry, including reprint comics.
Many of the earliest and most popular Australian comics were based on reprints of newspaper strips, reflecting international trends and later providing an opportunity to circumvent import restrictions. The mid-1930s saw significant expansion of syndicated newspaper material in Australia, particularly following formation of the Yaffa Syndicate to distribute material from King Features Syndicate.
![Walt Disney's Giant Comics [G Series] (WG Publications) #G546 (February 1973?)](https://images.ausreprints.net/page/25494.jpg?width=200&scale=both "Walt Disney's Giant Comics [G Series] (WG Publications) #G546 (February 1973?)")
![Walt Disney's Giant Comics [G Series] (WG Publications) #G395 (October 1966?)](https://images.ausreprints.net/page/25343.jpg?width=200&scale=both "Walt Disney's Giant Comics [G Series] (WG Publications) #G395 (October 1966?)")
![Walt Disney's Giant Comics [G Series] (WG Publications) #G347 (July 1965?)](https://images.ausreprints.net/page/25295.jpg?width=200&scale=both "Walt Disney's Giant Comics [G Series] (WG Publications) #G347 (July 1965?)")
![Walt Disney's Giant Comics [G Series] (WG Publications) #G257 (July 1962?)](https://images.ausreprints.net/page/25205.jpg?width=200&scale=both "Walt Disney's Giant Comics [G Series] (WG Publications) #G257 (July 1962?)")
