FRANK JOHNSON: SECRET PIONEER OF AMERICAN COMICS T #1: Wally’s Gang (1928-1949) & Bowser Boys (1946-1950)
AUD $110.00
Available on backorder
A Rough Guide to Postage and Handling Rates
These are the current rates as of the date listed. Prices may have changed since this guide was finalised.
Final Postage and Handling charges will be advised on final invoicing if requested
otherwise, an order will proceed to completion at whatever the current rates may be.
All Australian orders include tracking in the cost.
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Rates Current as of 22/04/2024
Approximately 4-6 comics plus packaging=500g
Melbourne (CAPITAL) (3000-3062, 3064-3098, 3101-3138, 3140-3210, 3800-3801, 8000-8999, 9999)
Regular Post – up to 500g= $12.00
500g-5kg = $14.00
5kg-22kg = $12.00 plus $0.50/kilo extra
Express Post – up to 500g= $13.00
500g-5kg = $16.00
5kg-22kg = $13.00 plus $1.00/kilo extra
VICTORIA Metro (METRO) (3063, 3099-3100, 3139, 3335-3341, 3427-3443, 3750-3799, 3802-3811, 3910-3920, 3926-3944, 3975-3978, 3980-3983, 3211-3220, 3350, 3353-3356, 3689-3690)
Regular Post – up to 500g= $14.00
500g-5kg = $17.00
5kg-22kg = $14.00 plus $1.00/kilo extra
Express Post – up to 500g= $16.00
500g-5kg = $22.00
5kg-22kg = $16.00 plus $1.25/kilo extra
VICTORIA Country (REMOTE) (2648, 2715, 2717-2719, 2731-2739, 3221-3334, 3342-3349, 3351-3352, 3357-3426, 3444-3688, 3691-3749, 3812-3909, 3921-3925, 3945-3974, 3979, 3984-3999)
Regular Post – up to 500g= $16.00
500g-5kg = $24.00
5kg-22kg = $16.00 plus $1.60/kilo extra
Express Post – up to 500g= $20.00
500g-5kg = $30.00
5kg-22kg = $20.00 plus $2.25/kilo extra
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Sydney (CAPITAL) (1000-1935, 2000-2079, 2085-2107, 2109-2156, 2158, 2160-2172,2174-2229, 2232-2249, 2557-2559,2564-2567, 2740-2744, 2747-2751, 2759-2764, 2766-2774, 2776-2777, 2890-2897)
Regular Post – up to 500g= $14.00
500g-5kg = $18.00
5kg-22kg = $14.00 plus $1.00/kilo extra
Express Post – up to 500g= $16.00
500g-5kg = $23.00
5kg-22kg = $16.00 plus $1.50/kilo extra
NSW Metro (METRO) (2080-2084, 2108, 2157, 2159, 2173, 2230-2231, 2508-2514, 2555-2556, 2560-2563, 2568-2574, 2745-2746, 2752-2758, 2765, 2775, 2778-2786, 2250-2263, 2500-2507, 2515-2532, 2282-2310, 200-299,2600-2620, 2900-2920, 1936-1999, 2640-2641, 2708-2709, 2485-2486)
Regular Post – up to 500g= $15.00
500g-5kg = $20.00
5kg-22kg = $15.00 plus $1.50/kilo extra
Express Post – up to 500g= $18.00
500g-5kg = $25.00
5kg-22kg = $17.00 plus $1.75/kilo extra
NSW Country (REMOTE) (2264-2281, 2311-2484, 2487-2499, 2533-2554, 2575-2599, 2621-2639, 2642-2647, 2649-2707, 2710-2714, 2716, 2720-2730, 2787-2879)
Regular Post – up to 500g= $17.00
500g-5kg = $26.00
5kg-22kg = $17.00 plus $2.00/kilo extra
Express Post – up to 500g= $20.00
500g-5kg = $34.00
5kg-22kg = $20.00 plus $2.75/kilo extra
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Brisbane (CAPITAL) (4000-4018, 4029-4068, 4072-4123, 4127-4129, 4131-4132, 4151-4164, 4169-4182, 4205-4206, 9000-9725)
Regular Post – up to 500g= $14.00
500g-5kg = $18.00
5kg-22kg = $14.00 plus $1.00/kilo extra
Express Post – up to 500g= $16.00
500g-5kg = $23.00
5kg-22kg = $16.00 plus $1.50/kilo extra
QLD Metro (METRO) (4019-4028, 4069-4071, 4124-4126, 4130, 4133-4150, 4165-4168,4183-4204, 4207-4209, 4270-4299,4500-4549, 4300-4308, 4210-4224, 4226-4269, 9726-9919, 4225, 4550-4579)
Regular Post – up to 500g= $15.00
500g-5kg = $20.00
5kg-22kg = $15.00 plus $1.50/kilo extra
Express Post – up to 500g= $18.00
500g-5kg = $25.00
5kg-22kg = $17.00 plus $1.75/kilo extra
QLD Country (REMOTE) (4309-4453, 4580-4693, 4454-4499, 4694-4802, 4804-4805, 9920-9960, 4803, 4806-4999, 9961-9998)
Regular Post – up to 500g= $17.00
500g-5kg = $26.00
5kg-22kg = $17.00 plus $2.00/kilo extra
Express Post – up to 500g= $20.00
500g-5kg = $34.00
5kg-22kg = $20.00 plus $2.75/kilo extra
Adelaide (CAPITAL) (5000-5113, 5115-5117, 5125-5130, 5158-5169, 5800-5999)
Regular Post – up to 500g= $15.00
500g-5kg = $20.00
5kg-22kg = $15.00 plus $1.50/kilo extra
Express Post – up to 500g= $18.00
500g-5kg = $25.00
5kg-22kg = $17.00 plus $1.75/kilo extra
SA Metro (METRO) (5114, 5118-5124, 5131-5157, 5170-5200)
Regular Post – up to 500g= $15.00
500g-5kg = $20.00
5kg-22kg = $15.00 plus $1.50/kilo extra
Express Post – up to 500g= $18.00
500g-5kg = $25.00
5kg-22kg = $17.00 plus $1.75/kilo extra
SA Country (REMOTE) (2880-2889, 5201-5749)
Regular Post – up to 500g= $17.00
500g-5kg = $26.00
5kg-22kg = $17.00 plus $2.00/kilo extra
Express Post – up to 500g= $20.00
500g-5kg = $34.00
5kg-22kg = $20.00 plus $2.75/kilo extra
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Perth (CAPTIAL) (6000-6030, 6036, 6050-6066, 6069, 6076, 6090-6110, 6112-6120,6147-6160, 6162-6175, 6180, 6182-6206, 6210, 6800-6990, 6992-6996)
Regular Post – up to 500g= $15.00
500g-5kg = $22.00
5kg-22kg = $15.00 plus $1.50/kilo extra
Express Post – up to 500g= $17.00
500g-5kg = $26.00
5kg-22kg = $17.00 plus $2.00/kilo extra
WA Metro (METRO) (6031-6035, 6037-6049, 6067-6068, 6070-6075, 6077-6089, 6111, 6121-6146, 6161, 6176-6179, 6181, 6207-6209, 6211-6214, 6991, 6997-6999)
Regular Post – up to 500g= $16.00
500g-5kg = $28.00
5kg-22kg = $16.00 plus $2.50/kilo extra
Express Post – up to 500g= $19.00
500g-5kg = $32.00
5kg-22kg = $19.00 plus $2.75/kilo extra
WA Country (REMOTE) (6215-6700, 6701-6797)
Regular Post – up to 500g= $17.00
500g-5kg = $35.00
5kg-22kg = $18.00 plus $3.50/kilo extra
Express Post – up to 500g= $21.00
500g-5kg = $42.00
5kg-22kg = $21.00 plus $4.00/kilo extra
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Hobart (METRO) (7000-7019, 7050-7053, 7055-7108, 7172, 7248-7254, 7258-7329, 7800-7999)
Regular Post – up to 500g= $15.00
500g-5kg = $20.00
5kg-22kg = $15.00 plus $1.50/kilo extra
Express Post – up to 500g= $18.00
500g-5kg = $25.00
5kg-22kg = $17.00 plus $1.75/kilo extra
TASMANIA Country (REMOTE) (7020-7049, 7054, 7109-7150, 7155-7171, 7173-7247, 7255-7257, 7330-7799)
Regular Post – up to 500g= $17.00
500g-5kg = $26.00
5kg-22kg = $17.00 plus $2.00/kilo extra
Express Post – up to 500g= $20.00
500g-5kg = $34.00
5kg-22kg = $20.00 plus $2.75/kilo extra
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NORTHERN TERRITORY, Norfolk Island & other (REMOTE) (800-802, 804-821, 828-851, 853-853, 860-861, 870-871, 873-879, 906-999, 803-803, 822-827, 852-852, 854-859, 862-869, 872-872, 880-905, 2898-2899, 6798-6799, 7151-7154)
Regular Post – up to 500g= $17.00
500g-5kg = $35.00
5kg-22kg = $18.00 plus $3.50/kilo extra
Express Post – up to 500g= $21.00
500g-5kg = $42.00
5kg-22kg = $21.00 plus $4.00/kilo extra
Description
(W) Keith Mayerson, Chris Byrne. An astonishing historical and artistic discovery: a 2300 page proto-graphic novel begun by a ‘weekend cartoonist’ in 1928 and continuing over the next 50 years! When Frank Johnson, an itinerant musician and shipping clerk, died in 1979, he left behind a startling discovery: more than 2,300 notebook pages of comics and 131 unbound drawings, among them a massive, continuous story line beginning in the earliest surviving notebook dated 1928 – before the existence of comic books! – and following the exploits of his own cast of characters across 50 years until Johnson passed away. During this lifelong project, Johnson invented in private many of the conventions and tropes that define comics storytelling, effectively enacting an alternative secret history of the comics medium. This debut publication of Johnson’s work is the first of two 600+ page volumes that will collect the best 1200 pages of his comics, including Wally’s Gang, his 50-year magnum opus chronicling the humorous, cliff-hanging adventures of a group of bachelor friends; The Bowser Boys, a seamy, darkly slapstick depiction of bohemian street life that could be considered the first underground comic series; and, coming in Volume 2, Juke Boys, absurd, self-reflexive graphic experimentation. Curator and historian Chris Byrne and fine artist and graphic novelist Keith Mayerson have brought this astounding work into the light of day and provide historical background and analysis.
