Mort Walker: Conversations (Conversations With Comic Artists Series)
Collected interviews with the gifted creator of "Beetle Bailey," "Hi and Lois," and other comics-page standbysFeatures a new interview conducted by the volume's editor specifically for this bookSpans Walker's long career from his start in 1938 to the presentReveals the many firsts Walker achieved --- "Beetle Bailey" was the first strip to integrate a black character into a white cast, for exampleDiscusses the politics and mechanics of the business --- his leadership of the National Cartoonists Society and founding of the Museum of Cartoon Art--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.