The Comics: The Complete Collection - Hardcover

Walker, Brian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0810995956 ISBN 13: 9780810995956

Publisher: Abrams ComicArts, 2011

Synopsis

Brian Walker’s two comprehensive guides to American comics, The Comics Before 1945 and The Comics Since 1945, are combined here in one beautifully designed omnibus edition, The Comics: The Complete Collection. Cartoon authority Brian Walker has amassed over a century of strips―more than 1,300 images―including rare examples provided by the artists themselves. Featured cartoonists include George Herriman (Krazy Kat), Walt Kelly (Pogo), Charles Schulz (Peanuts), Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes), Scott Adams (Dilbert), Patrick McDonnell (Mutts), and many more. Organized by decade, with biographical profiles and analysis of the different genres, The Comics is a graphically stunning, and terrifically priced survey of American newspaper comics.Praise for The Comics:"The strips . . . are beautifully reproduced and carefully annotated." -The New York Times "As a detailed and informed one-volume history of the newspaper comics, Walker's The Comics is the best book we have." -PW Comics Week "[The Comics is] excellent at conjuring the feeling of feverish joy that comics can provide." -The Washington Post "This is a terrific collection both for novices in need of an overview and for aficionados looking for new discoveries." -A.V. Club “a bountiful treasury of an underrated 20th-century art form at its best, one bound to amuse and enlighten” ―The Palm Beach Post "This is a book to be savored, enjoyed a page at a time, perhaps the perfect coffee-table tome." -The Plain Dealer

About this title

About the Author

Brian Walker is a cartoonist and founder of the International Museum of Cartoon Art, and has written and edited more than a dozen books, including Abrams' The Comics Before 1945 and The Comics Since 1945. He is also part of the creative team that produces the syndicated newspaper strips Beetle BaileyA" and Hi and Lois.A" He lives in Wilton, Connecticut.

From the Back Cover

Newspaper comics arrive in millions of homes each day and make families laugh out loud. They're not only funny but they also reflect their times. In this collection, cartoon authority Brian Walker has amassed more than a half-century of strips-more than 700 illustrations-including scores of rare examples provided by the artists themselves. Featured cartoonists include Richard Felton Outcault ( Buster Brown), George Herriman ( Krazy Kat), Chester Gould ( Dick Tracy), ChicYoung ( Blondie), Walt Kelly ( Pogo), Charles Schulz ( Peanuts), Garry Trudeau ( Doonesbury), Bill Watterson ( Calvin and Hobbes), Scott Adams ( Dilbert), and Patrick McDonnell ( Mutts), along with many more. Organized by decade, with biographical profiles and descriptions of different genres and themes, The Comics is both comprehensive and graphically stunning. This humorous compendium is a classic survey of American comics from spanning from pre-war American newspaper comics strips, to those currently in print. The Comics Since 1945 was first published in 2002 and quickly become an important guide to American comics. Due to the success of the first volume, we followed up with The Comics Before 1945 published in 2004. Combined, the two books have sold nearly 30,000 copies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Abrams ComicArts
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810995956
• ISBN 13: 9780810995956
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 672