Denis Gifford was a prolific comic artist and writer, most active in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. Gifford's work was largely of humour strips in
British comics, often for
L. Miller & Son. He was an influential comics historian, particularly of British comics from the 19th century to the 1940s.
Gifford was also a committed comic collector of British and US comics, and owned what has been called the "world's largest collection of British comics."[1]
Comics art and scriptwriting: Marvelman titles
Gifford wrote, drew and often created a wide selection of back-up strips that featured in a number of the Marvelman titles, usually one-page humour strips, as well as the Marvelman Family strip in its own title. Gifford used a variety of pen-names for the work, including Belteshazzar Oakworm, Clubtwee Gleeb [2] and 'Fred Granule Bepp'.,[3] Joe King, Jack Upp and Belle Tupp.[4] These humour strips may have been reprinted across a number of titles in the L. Miller & Son stable.
Young Joey; in Marvelman #185, #188 (1957), #300 (c. 1960), #341 (Sept 1960)[4] #368 (Dec 1962)[5] and others; L. Miller & Son - art/script
Flip & Flop; in Marvelman #185, #188 (1957), #365 (Sept 1962),[3] and others; L. Miller & Son - creator/art/script
The Friendly Soul; in Marvelman #185 (1957), #341 (Sept 1960),[4] #369 (Jan 1963)[6] and others; L. Miller & Son - art/script
Krazy Krockitt; in Marvelman #341 (Sept 1960),[4] and others; L. Miller & Son - creator[7]/art/script
The Friendly Soul; in Young Marvelman (1954 series) #314 (Sept 1959),[8] #334;[9] L. Miller & Son - art/script
The Friendly Soul; in Young Marvelman Annual (1955); L. Miller & Son - art
Young Joey; in Young Marvelman Annual (1955); L. Miller & Son - art
Wild Bill Hiccup; in Marvelman #300 (c. 1960); L. Miller & Son - creator(?)/art/ script
Nelly on the Telly; in Marvelman #300 (c. 1960); L. Miller & Son - art/ script
Flip and Flop in Marvelman Annual[10] (1959); L. Miller & Son - creator/art/script
Marvelman Family; in Marvelman Family (1956–59 series); various issues (1950s); L. Miller & Son - art/script
Comics art and scriptwriting: Western titles
Gifford produced a variety of Western strips, including Western adventure strips for Ace High Western Comics and The Sheriff, and several one-page Western humour strips for L. Miller & Son's numerous Western titles, with a regular inside back cover slot in Gunhawks Western.
Ace High' Rogers versus Redmask; in Ace High Western Comics #1 (of 1) (June 1946); International - art/script[11]
Various strips; The Sheriff #1 (1948); Screen Stories - art (and script?)[12]
Roy Rogers and Trigger in Apache Rose: a Republic Picture in Trucolor; in The Sheriff #2 (1948);[13] Screen Stories - art[14]
Bill Elliott in Republic's Old Los Angeles; in The Sheriff #3 (1948); Screen Stories - art (and script?)[15]
Wild Bill Hiccup; in Daniel Boone #31 (c. 1960 - no date)(1957 series)(poss. repr. from Marvelman #300); L. Miller & Son - art/ script
Dan'l Goone; in Daniel Boone (1957 series) #31 (c. 1960 - no date); L. Miller & Son - art/ script
Krazy Krockitt; in Daniel Boone (1957 series) #31 (c. 1960 - no date); L. Miller & Son - art/ script
Jim Pooey the Dopey Depitty; in Daniel Boone (1957 series) #31 (c. 1960 - no date); L. Miller & Son - art/ script
Various strips; in Annie Oakley #2–17 (July 1957–58); L. Miller & Son - art (and script?)[16]
Jim Pooey - the Dopey Depitty; in Pancho Villa - Robin Hood of Mexico #63 (1959); L. Miller & Son - art/script
Daniel Boone; in Gunhawks Western #2–10 (Nov(?) 1960– Jun 1961); Anglo (Atlas) - art (and script?)[17]
Corkeye; in Gunhawks Western (issue unknown) (c.1960); Anglo (Atlas) - art/script
Jester James; in Gunhawks Western #7 (March 1961); Anglo (Atlas) - art/script
Bonko the Dopey Depitty; in Gunhawks Western #8 (April 1961); Anglo (Atlas) - art/script (poss. reprinted in Davy Crockett (1956 series) #41 (no date); L.Miller & Son
Sam Gass; in Gunhawks Western #10 (June 1961); Anglo (Atlas) - art/script
Gifford created, or co-created, several titles, as well as publishing or editing and drawing together the work of other creators in a number of titles. Most notable was probably his co-creation with Bob Monkhouse of the superhero Streamline and the Streamline Comics title, but his short-lived Ally Sloper title was a significant if unsuccessful attempt to blend nostalgia for British comics with the more adult approach of the Modern Age to reach new audiences. Gifford and Monkhouse also combined to form Streamline Publications, specialising mostly in reprints of US comics and pulp novels.
Tiger-Man; Ray Regan #1 (of 1) (April 1949); Modern Fiction - creator/art/script/editor[20]
Various strips; Ray Regan #1 (of 1) (April 1949); Modern Fiction - script/editor [25]
Tobor the Great; Star Comics #1–2 (1954); D Publications - script (art by James Bleach)
Jill Day; Star Comics (unknown issue) (1954); D Publications - script/ art
Various strips; Star Comics #1–2 (1954); D Publications - ed./art
Various strips; Ally Sloper #1–4 (of 4) (1976); Alan Class Publishing - editor
Political Fun; Ally Sloper #2 (1976); Alan Class Publishing - script (art by Terry Wakefield)
Various strips; Comics 101 #1 (of 1) (1976); Convention souvenir comic - art
Sheerluck Jones, Super Sleuth; Melvin's Money Fun #1–2 (Sept 1981–1982); Department for National Savings - creator/art/script[21]
Koo-koo Korner; Melvin's Money Fun #1 (and #2?) (Sept 1981–1982); Department for National Savings - creator/art/script[22]
Comics art and scriptwriting: other titles
The majority of Gifford's output is of humour strips, for a wide range of titles. He also co-created, wrote and drew the superhero strip
Streamline and drew and wrote several adventure strips.
Jolly Jack; Super DC; #6[49] (1969);
Top Sellers Ltd. (Thorpe & Porter). - Art
The Friendly Soul (repr. from Marvelman?); Superman Bumper Book 1970 (1970); Top Sellers Ltd. (Thorpe & Porter). - Art/script [50]
The Friendly Soul (repr. from Marvelman #18); Super DC Bumper Book; #1 (of 1) (1971); Top Sellers Ltd. (Thorpe & Porter). - Art/script [51]
Magazine strip cartoon art and writing
Ignatz; in Galaxy; 2 issues (unnumbered) (April 1946, May 1946); Star Publishing Corporation - creator/art/script[52]
Puzzle Quiz with Dr Dizz; in The Junior News and Storyteller #4, one other issue (23 October 1953); Westworld Publishing reator/art/script[53]
Tele Toon; in Rex magazine #22-#35 (June 1971-July 1972) - art/script [54]
Rivals of Sheerluck Omes; in Rex magazine; issues unknown (1972) - art/script [55]
Morecambe & Wise in
Reveille ( c. June 1976-August 1976); IPC Newspapers - script (art Terry Wakefield)[56]
Books on comics history and criticism
Gifford's writing on comics included general books for a popular audience and more thoroughly researched histories of the medium. He sought to both further the scholarship of comics and to increase general public understanding and appreciation: "I have a determination to establish the British comic paper as a valuable artform and a source of history."[57]
British Comics, Story Papers, Picture Libraries, Girls Papers, American Reprints, Facsmilies, Giveaways Price Guide (1982), Association of Comics Enthusiasts
Super Duper Supermen! Comic Book Heroes from the Forties and Fifties (1992), Greenwood.
ISBN1-872532-84-5
Space Aces! Comic Book Heroes from the Forties and the Fifties (1992), Greenwood.
ISBN1-872532-89-6
Contributions on comics history and criticism
Aaaaaagh! A Celebration of Comics at the Institute of Contemporary Arts at the Mall (articles by Denis Gifford and others) (1970); Institute of Contemporary Arts.
Puck - Picture Card; no.1 in series (introduction by Denis Gifford) (c.1970).
The Magnet - Picture Card; no.2 in series (introduction by Denis Gifford) (c.1970).
Tuppenny Coloureds (Comic Cuts), in The Saturday Book (1971) (ed. John Hadfield, article by Denis Gifford); 31st (1971) edition; Clarkson N. Potter.
ISBN0-09-109050-4
The Day the Comics went Bats; in The Dracula Scrapbook (ed. Peter Haining, chapter by Denis Gifford) (1976); New English Library.
ISBN0-681-41643-2
World Encyclopaedia of Comics (ed.
Maurice Horn, contributions by Denis Gifford and others); New York: Chelsea House Publishers (1976).
ISBN0-7910-4856-X
The Catalogue (comics) in The Encyclopaedia of Horror (ed. Richard Davis) (1981); London: Octopus.
ISBN0-7064-1507-8
Publicaciones de Comics Hasta le Segunda Guerra Mundial; in Historia de los Comics (ed. Josep Toutain and Javier Coma); Vol. 13 (1982); p. 357–64; Barcelona: Toutain Editor. - article on prewar British comics.
Thirty Years of British Mad, 1959–89 (1989) (by Ron Letchford, introduction by Denis Gifford), Suron Enterprises.
ISBN0-9514602-0-X
Los Comics en la Prensa Britanica. De Joy a Jane; in Historia de los Comics (ed. Josep Toutain and Javier Coma); Vol. 15 (n.d.); Barcelona: Toutain Editor; p. 415–420.
Comic-Books en Canada y Australia; in Historia de los Comics (ed. Josep Toutain and Javier Coma); Vol. 45; Barcelona: Toutain Editor.
Popeye: 60th Anniversary Edition (1995) (ed.
Mike Higgs, contributors Denis Gifford and others); Book Sales.
ISBN0-7858-0397-1
Swift (1954); in The Cambridge Guide to Children's Books in English (2001); Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
ISBN978-0-521-55064-2
Popular Literature: Comics, Dime Novels, Pulps and Penny Dreadfuls; Chapter 28 in International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature (chapter by Denis Gifford, remainder by other contributors, ed. Peter Hunt) (2004).
ISBN0-415-08856-9
Articles on comics history, criticism and collecting
The Evolution of the British Comic; in History Today; vol. 21, issue #5 (May 1971); p. 349–358.[58]
Article on British comics, in Mayfair; vol. 6, issue #7 (July 1971); p. 3. - British magazine.
The Mystery of the Multiplying Marvels; in Rex; issue #24 (August 1971). - British magazine.
Cartoonists of the Kingdom Unite!; in Rex; issue #27 (November 1971). - British magazine.
Great Newspapers Reprinted Special: Six Comics of World War One (article in inside cover) (1972), P. Way.
A Century of Comics; in Sunday Observer newspaper Christmas Magazine (22 December 1974); p. 14. - British newspaper supplement.
My Favourite Comic; Ally Sloper; #3 (December 1976)
Article on
Frank Bellamy Art, Illustrators: the magazine of the Association of Illustrators; vol. 2, issue #6 (May/ June 1977).
Tom Webster: Is There Still Life After Animation?; The Guardian (29 March 1980), p. 10.
Ally Sloper: The Legendary Cartoon Character Celebrates the 100th Anniversary of his Comic This Year, in Book and Magazine Collector; (May 1984); issue #3; p. 37–43. - British magazine.
Ally Sloper; in Comic Art (October 1984); p. 9.
Frozen Smiles; in WittyWorld International Comics Magazine; issue #1 (1987).[60] - US fanzine.
Cartoon Aid; in WittyWorld International Comics Magazine; issue #2 (1987).[61] - US fanzine.
Association of Comics Enthusiasts: ACE!; in The Funnies Paper (January 1988). - US fanzine.
Fifty Years of Fun: Dandy, Britain's Oldest Comic; in WittyWorld International Comics Magazine, issue #3 (1988).[62] - US fanzine.
Half Century of Beano; in Antique & Collectors Fayre Magazine; Vol. 3, issue #1 (July 1988).
Collecting Comics 8-issue series of articles; in Antique & Collectors Fayre Magazine (1980s).
Founding a Family, editorial in Miracleman Family #2 (reprints 1956–59 series Marvelman Family #4) (September 1988). - History of Marvelman Family.
World War II: Wartime Children's Comics; in WittyWorld International Comics Magazine; issue #6–7 (1989).[63] - US fanzine.
La Bande Dessinée Anglaise: Entretien avec Denis Gifford (II); in Le Collectionneur de Bandes Dessinée (Summer 1998).[64]
Interviews on comics history, criticism and collecting
Clapperboard, Granada TV (30 December 1974). - British children's TV programme, Chris Kelly interviews Denis Gifford on comics and cartoons. .
Comics; Issue # 21 (100 Anni 100 Eroi - Il Fumetto Inglese di Denis Gifford) (November 1975); p. 1. - Italian comics magazine.
Steve Dowling interview by Denis Gifford at Comics 101 convention, 20 March 1976, in Ally Sloper; #1 (October 1976) (repr. in Comic Bits #1 (2001)).[65]
Film Funsters Terry Wakefield interview by Denis Gifford; in Ally Sloper; #2 (November 1976).
Leo Baxendale - Bash Street Dad; Leo Baxendale interview by Denis Gifford; in Ally Sloper; #3 (December 1976).
Over the Rainbow to Happy Days (Alan Clark interviews Denis Gifford), in Golden Fun, issue #4 (early 1980s). - British fanzine.
Byron Rogers; Desperate Den; in The Sunday Times magazine (Sunday 19 June 1987). - British newspaper supplement.
To be Continued ... 1920–1930 (no date). - Film documentary in series about the history of comics.[66]
Jonathan Sale, Collecting: Paper values, The Independent (Sunday 8 February 1998) - Article on comic collecting, incl. interview with Denis Gifford.[67]
Lectures and presentations on comics history and criticism
Comics in Great Britain; Lucca 11th International Comics Festival (1975)[68]
Halfpenny Marvels and Modern Winders; Lucca 13th International Comics Festival (1978)[69]
Infamous Funnies: the American Influence on British Comics; Lucca 13th International Comics Festival (1980)
From Penny Dreadfuls to Twopenny Bloods; Lucca 15th International Comics Festival (1982)
Comics and Show-business; International Forum on Comic Book Printing; Lucca 16th International Comics Festival (1984)
The Story of D. C. Thomson Publishing; International Forum on Comic Book Printing; Lucca 18th International Comics Festival (1992)
The Denis Gifford collection, part one : Sunday 25th February 2001; Worksop : Hamer 20th century books (2001). - catalogue of auction of Gifford's collection. Introduction by Bob Monkhouse.[70]
Browne, Ray B.; Book Review: American Comic Strip Collections 1884–1939: The Revolutionary Era; Journal of Popular Culture; 26:2 (Fall 1992); p. 153.
DeCandido, Keith R.A.; Library Review; review of American Comic Strip Collections, 1884–1939: The Evolutionary Era (1990)
Sabin, Roger; Mavericks and Zinesters: Comics Scholarship before 'Comics Scholarship'; in Thought Bubble (April 2009), University of Chichester (conference/symposium/workshop paper on comics scholarships, with Denis Gifford one of the points of focus).
^Phillips, Robert W. (1995). Roy Rogers: A Biography, Radio History, Television Career Chronicle, Discography, Filmography, Comicography, Merchandising and Advertising History, Collectibles Description, Bibliography and Index. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. p. 215.
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ISBN0-603-03574-4.
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Denis Gifford was a prolific comic artist and writer, most active in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. Gifford's work was largely of humour strips in
British comics, often for
L. Miller & Son. He was an influential comics historian, particularly of British comics from the 19th century to the 1940s.
Gifford was also a committed comic collector of British and US comics, and owned what has been called the "world's largest collection of British comics."[1]
Comics art and scriptwriting: Marvelman titles
Gifford wrote, drew and often created a wide selection of back-up strips that featured in a number of the Marvelman titles, usually one-page humour strips, as well as the Marvelman Family strip in its own title. Gifford used a variety of pen-names for the work, including Belteshazzar Oakworm, Clubtwee Gleeb [2] and 'Fred Granule Bepp'.,[3] Joe King, Jack Upp and Belle Tupp.[4] These humour strips may have been reprinted across a number of titles in the L. Miller & Son stable.
Young Joey; in Marvelman #185, #188 (1957), #300 (c. 1960), #341 (Sept 1960)[4] #368 (Dec 1962)[5] and others; L. Miller & Son - art/script
Flip & Flop; in Marvelman #185, #188 (1957), #365 (Sept 1962),[3] and others; L. Miller & Son - creator/art/script
The Friendly Soul; in Marvelman #185 (1957), #341 (Sept 1960),[4] #369 (Jan 1963)[6] and others; L. Miller & Son - art/script
Krazy Krockitt; in Marvelman #341 (Sept 1960),[4] and others; L. Miller & Son - creator[7]/art/script
The Friendly Soul; in Young Marvelman (1954 series) #314 (Sept 1959),[8] #334;[9] L. Miller & Son - art/script
The Friendly Soul; in Young Marvelman Annual (1955); L. Miller & Son - art
Young Joey; in Young Marvelman Annual (1955); L. Miller & Son - art
Wild Bill Hiccup; in Marvelman #300 (c. 1960); L. Miller & Son - creator(?)/art/ script
Nelly on the Telly; in Marvelman #300 (c. 1960); L. Miller & Son - art/ script
Flip and Flop in Marvelman Annual[10] (1959); L. Miller & Son - creator/art/script
Marvelman Family; in Marvelman Family (1956–59 series); various issues (1950s); L. Miller & Son - art/script
Comics art and scriptwriting: Western titles
Gifford produced a variety of Western strips, including Western adventure strips for Ace High Western Comics and The Sheriff, and several one-page Western humour strips for L. Miller & Son's numerous Western titles, with a regular inside back cover slot in Gunhawks Western.
Ace High' Rogers versus Redmask; in Ace High Western Comics #1 (of 1) (June 1946); International - art/script[11]
Various strips; The Sheriff #1 (1948); Screen Stories - art (and script?)[12]
Roy Rogers and Trigger in Apache Rose: a Republic Picture in Trucolor; in The Sheriff #2 (1948);[13] Screen Stories - art[14]
Bill Elliott in Republic's Old Los Angeles; in The Sheriff #3 (1948); Screen Stories - art (and script?)[15]
Wild Bill Hiccup; in Daniel Boone #31 (c. 1960 - no date)(1957 series)(poss. repr. from Marvelman #300); L. Miller & Son - art/ script
Dan'l Goone; in Daniel Boone (1957 series) #31 (c. 1960 - no date); L. Miller & Son - art/ script
Krazy Krockitt; in Daniel Boone (1957 series) #31 (c. 1960 - no date); L. Miller & Son - art/ script
Jim Pooey the Dopey Depitty; in Daniel Boone (1957 series) #31 (c. 1960 - no date); L. Miller & Son - art/ script
Various strips; in Annie Oakley #2–17 (July 1957–58); L. Miller & Son - art (and script?)[16]
Jim Pooey - the Dopey Depitty; in Pancho Villa - Robin Hood of Mexico #63 (1959); L. Miller & Son - art/script
Daniel Boone; in Gunhawks Western #2–10 (Nov(?) 1960– Jun 1961); Anglo (Atlas) - art (and script?)[17]
Corkeye; in Gunhawks Western (issue unknown) (c.1960); Anglo (Atlas) - art/script
Jester James; in Gunhawks Western #7 (March 1961); Anglo (Atlas) - art/script
Bonko the Dopey Depitty; in Gunhawks Western #8 (April 1961); Anglo (Atlas) - art/script (poss. reprinted in Davy Crockett (1956 series) #41 (no date); L.Miller & Son
Sam Gass; in Gunhawks Western #10 (June 1961); Anglo (Atlas) - art/script
Gifford created, or co-created, several titles, as well as publishing or editing and drawing together the work of other creators in a number of titles. Most notable was probably his co-creation with Bob Monkhouse of the superhero Streamline and the Streamline Comics title, but his short-lived Ally Sloper title was a significant if unsuccessful attempt to blend nostalgia for British comics with the more adult approach of the Modern Age to reach new audiences. Gifford and Monkhouse also combined to form Streamline Publications, specialising mostly in reprints of US comics and pulp novels.
Tiger-Man; Ray Regan #1 (of 1) (April 1949); Modern Fiction - creator/art/script/editor[20]
Various strips; Ray Regan #1 (of 1) (April 1949); Modern Fiction - script/editor [25]
Tobor the Great; Star Comics #1–2 (1954); D Publications - script (art by James Bleach)
Jill Day; Star Comics (unknown issue) (1954); D Publications - script/ art
Various strips; Star Comics #1–2 (1954); D Publications - ed./art
Various strips; Ally Sloper #1–4 (of 4) (1976); Alan Class Publishing - editor
Political Fun; Ally Sloper #2 (1976); Alan Class Publishing - script (art by Terry Wakefield)
Various strips; Comics 101 #1 (of 1) (1976); Convention souvenir comic - art
Sheerluck Jones, Super Sleuth; Melvin's Money Fun #1–2 (Sept 1981–1982); Department for National Savings - creator/art/script[21]
Koo-koo Korner; Melvin's Money Fun #1 (and #2?) (Sept 1981–1982); Department for National Savings - creator/art/script[22]
Comics art and scriptwriting: other titles
The majority of Gifford's output is of humour strips, for a wide range of titles. He also co-created, wrote and drew the superhero strip
Streamline and drew and wrote several adventure strips.
Jolly Jack; Super DC; #6[49] (1969);
Top Sellers Ltd. (Thorpe & Porter). - Art
The Friendly Soul (repr. from Marvelman?); Superman Bumper Book 1970 (1970); Top Sellers Ltd. (Thorpe & Porter). - Art/script [50]
The Friendly Soul (repr. from Marvelman #18); Super DC Bumper Book; #1 (of 1) (1971); Top Sellers Ltd. (Thorpe & Porter). - Art/script [51]
Magazine strip cartoon art and writing
Ignatz; in Galaxy; 2 issues (unnumbered) (April 1946, May 1946); Star Publishing Corporation - creator/art/script[52]
Puzzle Quiz with Dr Dizz; in The Junior News and Storyteller #4, one other issue (23 October 1953); Westworld Publishing reator/art/script[53]
Tele Toon; in Rex magazine #22-#35 (June 1971-July 1972) - art/script [54]
Rivals of Sheerluck Omes; in Rex magazine; issues unknown (1972) - art/script [55]
Morecambe & Wise in
Reveille ( c. June 1976-August 1976); IPC Newspapers - script (art Terry Wakefield)[56]
Books on comics history and criticism
Gifford's writing on comics included general books for a popular audience and more thoroughly researched histories of the medium. He sought to both further the scholarship of comics and to increase general public understanding and appreciation: "I have a determination to establish the British comic paper as a valuable artform and a source of history."[57]
British Comics, Story Papers, Picture Libraries, Girls Papers, American Reprints, Facsmilies, Giveaways Price Guide (1982), Association of Comics Enthusiasts
Super Duper Supermen! Comic Book Heroes from the Forties and Fifties (1992), Greenwood.
ISBN1-872532-84-5
Space Aces! Comic Book Heroes from the Forties and the Fifties (1992), Greenwood.
ISBN1-872532-89-6
Contributions on comics history and criticism
Aaaaaagh! A Celebration of Comics at the Institute of Contemporary Arts at the Mall (articles by Denis Gifford and others) (1970); Institute of Contemporary Arts.
Puck - Picture Card; no.1 in series (introduction by Denis Gifford) (c.1970).
The Magnet - Picture Card; no.2 in series (introduction by Denis Gifford) (c.1970).
Tuppenny Coloureds (Comic Cuts), in The Saturday Book (1971) (ed. John Hadfield, article by Denis Gifford); 31st (1971) edition; Clarkson N. Potter.
ISBN0-09-109050-4
The Day the Comics went Bats; in The Dracula Scrapbook (ed. Peter Haining, chapter by Denis Gifford) (1976); New English Library.
ISBN0-681-41643-2
World Encyclopaedia of Comics (ed.
Maurice Horn, contributions by Denis Gifford and others); New York: Chelsea House Publishers (1976).
ISBN0-7910-4856-X
The Catalogue (comics) in The Encyclopaedia of Horror (ed. Richard Davis) (1981); London: Octopus.
ISBN0-7064-1507-8
Publicaciones de Comics Hasta le Segunda Guerra Mundial; in Historia de los Comics (ed. Josep Toutain and Javier Coma); Vol. 13 (1982); p. 357–64; Barcelona: Toutain Editor. - article on prewar British comics.
Thirty Years of British Mad, 1959–89 (1989) (by Ron Letchford, introduction by Denis Gifford), Suron Enterprises.
ISBN0-9514602-0-X
Los Comics en la Prensa Britanica. De Joy a Jane; in Historia de los Comics (ed. Josep Toutain and Javier Coma); Vol. 15 (n.d.); Barcelona: Toutain Editor; p. 415–420.
Comic-Books en Canada y Australia; in Historia de los Comics (ed. Josep Toutain and Javier Coma); Vol. 45; Barcelona: Toutain Editor.
Popeye: 60th Anniversary Edition (1995) (ed.
Mike Higgs, contributors Denis Gifford and others); Book Sales.
ISBN0-7858-0397-1
Swift (1954); in The Cambridge Guide to Children's Books in English (2001); Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
ISBN978-0-521-55064-2
Popular Literature: Comics, Dime Novels, Pulps and Penny Dreadfuls; Chapter 28 in International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature (chapter by Denis Gifford, remainder by other contributors, ed. Peter Hunt) (2004).
ISBN0-415-08856-9
Articles on comics history, criticism and collecting
The Evolution of the British Comic; in History Today; vol. 21, issue #5 (May 1971); p. 349–358.[58]
Article on British comics, in Mayfair; vol. 6, issue #7 (July 1971); p. 3. - British magazine.
The Mystery of the Multiplying Marvels; in Rex; issue #24 (August 1971). - British magazine.
Cartoonists of the Kingdom Unite!; in Rex; issue #27 (November 1971). - British magazine.
Great Newspapers Reprinted Special: Six Comics of World War One (article in inside cover) (1972), P. Way.
A Century of Comics; in Sunday Observer newspaper Christmas Magazine (22 December 1974); p. 14. - British newspaper supplement.
My Favourite Comic; Ally Sloper; #3 (December 1976)
Article on
Frank Bellamy Art, Illustrators: the magazine of the Association of Illustrators; vol. 2, issue #6 (May/ June 1977).
Tom Webster: Is There Still Life After Animation?; The Guardian (29 March 1980), p. 10.
Ally Sloper: The Legendary Cartoon Character Celebrates the 100th Anniversary of his Comic This Year, in Book and Magazine Collector; (May 1984); issue #3; p. 37–43. - British magazine.
Ally Sloper; in Comic Art (October 1984); p. 9.
Frozen Smiles; in WittyWorld International Comics Magazine; issue #1 (1987).[60] - US fanzine.
Cartoon Aid; in WittyWorld International Comics Magazine; issue #2 (1987).[61] - US fanzine.
Association of Comics Enthusiasts: ACE!; in The Funnies Paper (January 1988). - US fanzine.
Fifty Years of Fun: Dandy, Britain's Oldest Comic; in WittyWorld International Comics Magazine, issue #3 (1988).[62] - US fanzine.
Half Century of Beano; in Antique & Collectors Fayre Magazine; Vol. 3, issue #1 (July 1988).
Collecting Comics 8-issue series of articles; in Antique & Collectors Fayre Magazine (1980s).
Founding a Family, editorial in Miracleman Family #2 (reprints 1956–59 series Marvelman Family #4) (September 1988). - History of Marvelman Family.
World War II: Wartime Children's Comics; in WittyWorld International Comics Magazine; issue #6–7 (1989).[63] - US fanzine.
La Bande Dessinée Anglaise: Entretien avec Denis Gifford (II); in Le Collectionneur de Bandes Dessinée (Summer 1998).[64]
Interviews on comics history, criticism and collecting
Clapperboard, Granada TV (30 December 1974). - British children's TV programme, Chris Kelly interviews Denis Gifford on comics and cartoons. .
Comics; Issue # 21 (100 Anni 100 Eroi - Il Fumetto Inglese di Denis Gifford) (November 1975); p. 1. - Italian comics magazine.
Steve Dowling interview by Denis Gifford at Comics 101 convention, 20 March 1976, in Ally Sloper; #1 (October 1976) (repr. in Comic Bits #1 (2001)).[65]
Film Funsters Terry Wakefield interview by Denis Gifford; in Ally Sloper; #2 (November 1976).
Leo Baxendale - Bash Street Dad; Leo Baxendale interview by Denis Gifford; in Ally Sloper; #3 (December 1976).
Over the Rainbow to Happy Days (Alan Clark interviews Denis Gifford), in Golden Fun, issue #4 (early 1980s). - British fanzine.
Byron Rogers; Desperate Den; in The Sunday Times magazine (Sunday 19 June 1987). - British newspaper supplement.
To be Continued ... 1920–1930 (no date). - Film documentary in series about the history of comics.[66]
Jonathan Sale, Collecting: Paper values, The Independent (Sunday 8 February 1998) - Article on comic collecting, incl. interview with Denis Gifford.[67]
Lectures and presentations on comics history and criticism
Comics in Great Britain; Lucca 11th International Comics Festival (1975)[68]
Halfpenny Marvels and Modern Winders; Lucca 13th International Comics Festival (1978)[69]
Infamous Funnies: the American Influence on British Comics; Lucca 13th International Comics Festival (1980)
From Penny Dreadfuls to Twopenny Bloods; Lucca 15th International Comics Festival (1982)
Comics and Show-business; International Forum on Comic Book Printing; Lucca 16th International Comics Festival (1984)
The Story of D. C. Thomson Publishing; International Forum on Comic Book Printing; Lucca 18th International Comics Festival (1992)
The Denis Gifford collection, part one : Sunday 25th February 2001; Worksop : Hamer 20th century books (2001). - catalogue of auction of Gifford's collection. Introduction by Bob Monkhouse.[70]
Browne, Ray B.; Book Review: American Comic Strip Collections 1884–1939: The Revolutionary Era; Journal of Popular Culture; 26:2 (Fall 1992); p. 153.
DeCandido, Keith R.A.; Library Review; review of American Comic Strip Collections, 1884–1939: The Evolutionary Era (1990)
Sabin, Roger; Mavericks and Zinesters: Comics Scholarship before 'Comics Scholarship'; in Thought Bubble (April 2009), University of Chichester (conference/symposium/workshop paper on comics scholarships, with Denis Gifford one of the points of focus).
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^Gifford, Denis (1984). International Book of Comics. London, England: Hamlyn. p. 97.
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^Ridgway Watt, Peter (2003). The Alternative Sherlock Holmes: pastiches, parodies and copes. Aldershot, England: Ashgate. p. 247.
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"Notes from the North"(PDF). The Jester. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
^Reginald, R., ed. (1979). Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature: a Checklist, 1700–1974 (Vol. 2, Contemporary Science-Fiction Authors). Detroit: Gale Research. p. 913.