Comic Strip Artists in American Newspapers, 1945-1980
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: February 18, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9780786415519
Subjects: Biography: general; Comic book & cartoon art; Individual artists; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Literary Criticism; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; USA; History - General; Media Studies - Print Media; Techniques - Cartooning; Anthropology - General; General; 20th century; Biography; Cartoonists; Comic books, strips, etc; Comic books, strips, etc.; History; United States
Description: "Charles Schulz (Peanuts), Chic Young (Blondie), Gary Trudeau (Doonesbury), Al Capp (Li'l Abner), Jim Davis (Garfield), Cathy Guisewite (Cathy), Mort Walker (Beetle Bailey), Rudolph Dirks (The Katzenjammer Kids), Alex Raymond (Rip Kirby), Chester Gould (Dick Tracy), Frank King (Gasoline Alley), and other cartoonists whose comic strips appeared in American newspapers between 1945 to 1980 are featured in this work.

The author provides biographies of the cartoonists, with special attention to their careers and characters."--BOOK JACKET.