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Issue: The Comics: An Illustrated History of Comic Strip Art #[nn]
Publication Date: November 1976
 
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Publisher: FlagBerkley Books
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Indicia Publisher: Berkley Publishing Corp.
On Sale Date: (not set)
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Pages: 292
ISBN:
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Price: $6.95 USD
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Content Items: 44 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Numbered J3268 on cover. SBN 425-03268-X. Copyright 1974 by the Newspaper Comics Council. Printed in the U.S.A.
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: Color cover, black and white interior, some color sections on interior
Dimensions: 9" w x 12" h
Paper Stock: Bond, with cardstock covers
Binding: Trade paperback
Publishing Format: one-shot
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Character(s): Ignatz; Krazy Kat; the Yellow Kid; Buster Brown; Tige; Pogo; Dagwood; Snuffy Smith; Dennis the Menace (U.S. version); Ruff; Walt Wallet; Skeezix; Polly; Pa; Little Nemo; Little Orphan Annie; Sandy; Joe Palooka; Steve Canyon; Alley Oop; the Phantom; Prince Valiant; Valiant's varlets; Thor (B.C.); Smitty; Skippy; Beetle Bailey; Sarge; Jeff; Barney Google; the Little King
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Character(s): The Yellow Kid; denizens of Hogan's Alley
First Line: The Comics
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First Line: For Gro, Kristin, and Jens
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Acknowledgments

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Contents

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Preface

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A New Art Form

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Writer(s): Various
Penciller(s): Various; Francisco Goya; F. M. Hutchins
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Character(s): Krazy Kat; Ignatz; Dingbat family; Abie the Agent; Polly; Pa; Theodore Roosevelt (photo); the Yellow Kid; Wilbur Wright (photo); Orville Wright (photo); denizens of Hogan's Alley; Amon-Ra; Norman knights; theatre-goers; Dr. Syntax; Mr. Tarbot; Boss Tweed; Gibson girl
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Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Steve Canyon
First Line: One day recently I drove past a house in which I had lived when I was ten -- the site of my personal Ancient City where, years ago, I had built a metropolis along a dry gulch which edged the isolated dwelling in Redlands, California.
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The Formative Years: 1896-1910

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Writer(s): Various
Penciller(s): Various; Charles Schultze
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Character(s): Little Nemo; Princess; Impy; Dr. Pill; Captain; Mama; Hans; Fritz; Max; Moritz; Little Jimmy; Mr. Jack; Happy Hooligan; Alphonse; Gaston; Maud; Buster Brown; Tige; Poor Li'l Mose; Rarebit Fiend; John Bull; Uncle Sam; Gertie the Dinosaur; Billy Bounce; Hairbreadth Harry; Foxy Grandpa; Foolish Ferdinand; Slim Jim; Mr. Chawpman; Lulu; Leander; Wee Willie Winkie; Mutt; Jeff
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Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Mandrake the Magician; the Phantom; Hero (horse)
First Line: Where do you get your ideas?
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Writer(s): Victor T. Hamlin
Penciller(s): Victor T. Hamlin
Inker(s): Victor T. Hamlin
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Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Alley Oop
First Line: I don't know where Alley Opp came from, but I remember when and why.
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The Golden Age: 1910-1919

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Writer(s): Various
Penciller(s): Various; Samuel Zagat; J. A. Boisvert; Fred Lesswell
Inker(s): Various
Letterer(s): Various
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Character(s): Ignatz; Krazy Kat; Officer Pupp; Polly; Pa; Abie Kabibble; Desperate Desmond; Claude; Rosamund; widow; Gimple Beinish; Baron Bean; the Dingbat family; Maggie; Jiggs; Nora; Rosie; Rosie's beau; Mike; Ike; Boob McNutt; Margaret Truman; Jawaharlal Nehru; Esther Williams; Dave; Count Screwloose; Toonerville folks; Little Jimmy; Barney Google; Spark Plug; Walt Wallet; Skeezix; Snuffy Smith; Harold Teen; Andy Gump; Nippy; Pop; Lady Bountiful
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Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): B. C.; the Wizard of Id
First Line: A little-known fact is that the 'comic strip' is one of three art forms that our infant nation has offered to the world.
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Character(s): Abie Kabibble
First Line: A wonderful thing about living in the past is that you can't be dispossessed.
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Girls, Families, and Kids: 1920-1929

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Penciller(s): Various; Edwinna Drum
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Character(s): Skippy; Amy; Mac; Tillie the Toiler; Babe Ruth (photo); Winnie Winkle; the Rinkydinks; Louie the Lawyer; Smitty; Moon Mullins; Uncle Willie; Kayo; Lord Plushbottom; Daddy Warbucks; Mrs. Warbucks; Sandy; Little Orphan Annie; Etta Kett; Muggs; Skeeter; Huck Finn; Tom Sawyer; Charles A. Lindbergh; Tippie; Little Annie Rooney; Mr. [Joe]; Mrs. [Vi]; Bertram; Dumb Dora; Fritzi Ritz; Phil; Ella Cinders; Gus; Gussie; Betty; Lester de Pester; Dixie Dugan; Dimples; Caspar Milquetoast
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Character(s): Kerry Drake
First Line: ...And on Sunday, there were the funnies in full color!
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Character(s): Snoopy
First Line: One of the most remarkable qualities of comic art is its potential for flexibility.
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Character(s): Captain Boner; Aarnie; Priscilla; Sarge Snorkel; Beatle Bailey
First Line: My father liked to laugh, and my fondest childhood memory is of seeing him doubled up in his chair after reading Moon Mullins on a Sunday morning.
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The Vintage Years: 1929-1939

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Writer(s): Various
Penciller(s): Various; Weare Holbrook
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Character(s): Tarzan; Buck Rogers; Wilma Deering; Franklin D. Roosevelt (photo); Wash Tubbs; Captain Easy; Prince Valiant; Popeye; Ham Gravy; Castor Oyl; Dagwood; Blondie; Joe Palooka; Curly Kayoe; Ozark Ike; Smilin' Jack; Tim Tyler; Buz Sawyer; Roscoe Sweeney; Dick Tracy; Tess Trueheart; Flyface; Flattop; Mrs. Pruneface; B. O. Plenty; Alley Oop; Dinny; the Little King; Henry; Ferd'nand; Benny; Louie; Flash Gordon; Dale Arden; Azura; Jungle Jim; Phil Corrigan; Rip Kirby; Terry Lee; Miss Lace; Steve Canyon; the Phantom; Mandrake the Magician; Batman; Robin; Superman; Li'l Abner; Daisy Mae; Evil-Eye Fleegle; Fearless Fosdick; J. Roaringham Fatback; Shmoos; Tobacco Rhoda; Moonbeam McSwine; Lonsesome Polecat; Marryin' Sam; Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Wolf Gal; Hairless Joe; Red Ryder; Little Beaver; Smokey Stover; Mr. Flop; Mrs. Flop; Nappoleon (dog); Felix the Cat; Pete the Tramp; Doc Syke; Hawkshaw the Detective; Tonto; the Lone Ranger
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Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Blondie
First Line: I get frightened when I think about it, but I've drawn a comic strip for the newspaper every day incluidng Sundays and holidays since 1921.
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A Cavalcade of Color

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Character(s): The Yellow Kid
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First Line: The following thirty-two pages represent a cavalcade, in color, of seventy-five years of comic strip art.
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Writer(s): Various; Bray Johnson; Constance Johnson; William Stenigans
Penciller(s): Various; Bray Johnson; Constance Johnson; William Stenigans
Inker(s): Various
Colorist(s): Various
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Character(s): The Yellow Kid; denizens of Hogan's Alley; Hans; Fritz; Mama; Captain; Buster Brown; Tige; Mary Jane; Little Johnny; Mr. Hubby; the Newlyweds; Maggie; Jiggs; Polly's Pa; Happy Hooligan; Spark Plug; Barney Google; Mr. [Joe]; Mrs. [Vi]; Little Nemo; Flip; Boots; Major Hoople; Andy Gump; Freckles; Joe Palooka; Knobby; Alley Oop; Foozy; Dinny; Krazy Kat; Mrs. Kwakk Wakk; Don Kiyoti; Mr. Sseeell; Kousin Katfish; Kousin Katbird; Ignatz; Officer Pupp; Caspar Milquetoast; Terry Lee; April Kane; Pat Ryan; Ardala; Killer Kane; Li'l Abner; Daisy Mae; Mammy Yokum; Blondie; Dagwood; Alexander; Charlie Chan; Dick Tracy; B-B Eyes; Mandrake the Magician; Lothar; Princess Narda; Brick Bradford; Little Orphan Annie; Sandy; Mutt; Cicero; Mrs. Mutt; Prince Valiant; Picts; King Id; Wizard of Id; Rodney; Troob; Duke; Snoopy; Linus; Lucy; Charlie Brown; Violet; Sally; Schroeder
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"I like to compare doing each daily strip to producing a play."

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Character(s): Francine; Ira; Momma
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The Comics Go to War: 1940-1949

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Writer(s): Various; Frank Edgington
Penciller(s): Various; Frank Edgington
Inker(s): Various
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Character(s): Terry Lee; Rouge; Skeezix; Adenoid Hynkel (photo of Charlie Chaplin); Benzino Napaloni (photo of Jack Oakie); Teena; Gordo; Joe Palooka; Scorchy Smith; Ella Cinders; Private Breger; Brenda Starr; Willie; Joe; Hank; Miss Lace; the Wolf; Nancy; Sluggo; Sad Sack; Kerry Drake; Trimby; Johnny Hazard; Pogo; Churchy La Femme; Beauregard Bugleboy; Deacon Muskrat; Simple J. Malarky; P. T. Bridgeport; Barnaby; Mr. O'Malley; Mary Worth; Rex Morgan; June Gale; Steve Roper; Honeydoll; Judge Parker; Bill; Pop; Penny; Archie; Jughead; Veronica; Willie Doodle; Grandma; Mark Trail
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Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Mary Perkins
First Line: In our home we took only one paper, the New York Daily News, all we could afford even at two cents daily and five cents Sunday, for this was the Depression.
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Character(s): Prince Valiant
First Line: In Gilbert and Sullivan's Pinafore a bright lad becomes Ruler of the Queen's Navy through his efficiency in polishing up the handle of the big front door.
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Character(s): Pogo
First Line: The question of how anybody got into any line of work is always fascinatingly dull and the answers are even more vapid or, perhaps, mysterious.
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Sophistication and Realism: 1950-1970's

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Writer(s): various; E. Meiser; Art Sansome; Franklin Folger; Acquarone; Jean-Pierre Pinchon; Morris; Eka Nohazima
Penciller(s): various; E. Meiser; Art Sansome; Franklin Folger; Acquarone; Jean-Pierre Pinchon; Morris; Eka Nohazima
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Epilogue

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General Subject Index

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Index of Cartoonists and Other Artists

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Index of Cartoon Titles

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Letterer(s): typeset; various
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Character(s): Tarzan; Hans; Fritz; Mama; Captain; Dick Tracy; Pat Patton; Maggie; Jiggs; Krazy Kat; Officer Pupp
First Line: The Comics
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