Cartoon America
Subtitle: comic art in the Library of Congress
By: [edited by] Harry Katz.
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9780810954908
Description: "Like jazz and baseball, cartoons are an indelible, indigenous part of American culture. Cartoon America celebrates 250 years of American cartooning with an unprecedented selection of original art by the best, most accomplished creators in the history of comics illustration, including Thomas Nast, Charles Schulz, Winsor McCay, Jules Feiffer, and many, many others. With accompanying essays written exclusively for this volume by such luminaries as John Updike, Art Spiegelman, and Chris Ware, the book includes many firsts, earliests, and one-of-a-kinds, including cells from classic animated films, vintage editorial cartoons, newspaper strips, comic books, and much more" -- publisher website (July 2007).