Research Catalog
The comics.
- Title
- The comics.
- Author
- Waugh, Coulton, 1896-1973.
- Publication
- New York, Luna Press [1974, c1947]
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Text | Request in advance | PN6725 .W3 1974 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- p. cm.
- Summary
- This book examines the evolution and subgenres of the comics from The Yellow Kid in 1895 through the first decade of the modern comic book in the 1940s.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Note
- Reprint of the ed. published by Macmillan, New York.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- I. In the beginning -- The yellow kid -- The little bears and tigers -- Lil Mose -- Buster Brown -- The Katzenjammer kids -- Little Jimmy -- II. The road to the shrine -- Foxy Grandpa -- Lulu and Leander -- Yanitor Yens Yensen -- Little Nemo in Slumberland -- Nobody works like father -- Snoozer -- The merry Marcelene -- Panhandle Pete -- Let George do it -- The newlyweds -- The monkey shines of Marcelene -- Book taught Bilkins -- Your uncle Feininger -- III. The old masters -- Mutt and Jeff -- Joe and Asbestos -- Happy Hooligan -- And her name was Maud! -- Alphonse and Gaston -- Nervo the monk -- Hawkshaw the detective -- Main street -- Polly and her pals -- IV. More old masters -- The captain and the kids -- The Katzenjammer kids -- Their only child -- Bringing up father -- Boob McNutt -- Banana oil -- Count Screwloose -- That's my pop -- Grossly exaggerated -- Barney Google -- Bug house fables -- Barney Google and Snuffy Smith -- V. Of kats and art -- The Dingbat family --^
- Krazy Kat -- VI. The years of real sport -- The hall room boys -- Hazel the heartbreaker -- Desperate Desmond -- Abie the agent -- Hairbreadth Harry -- Let the wedding bells ring out -- Indoor sports -- Penny ante -- For better or worse -- Briggs -- Mr. and Mrs. -- The man in the brown derby -- Webster -- The timid soul -- VII. Every man's art -- Orphan Annie -- Little Joe -- Smitty -- The gumps -- Moon Mullins -- Winnie Winkle -- Harold Teen -- Tiny Tim -- Gasoline Alley -- VIII. Family trees -- Blondie -- Clarence -- Toots and Casper -- The Nebbs -- The Bungle family -- Cicero sap -- Homer Hoopee -- IX. The kids -- Reg'ler fellers -- Just kids -- Toonerville trolley -- S'matter Pop -- Skippy -- Henry -- Little Annie Rooney -- Patsy -- Cap Stubbs and Tippie -- X. The girlie girlies -- Tillie the toiler -- Fritzi Ritz -- Nancy -- Ella Cinders -- Betty Boop -- Dixie Dugan -- Ollie of the movies -- Modest maidens -- Glamor girls -- Oh, Diana -- Gags and gals -- Teena -- Penny --^
- Bobby Sox -- Etta Kett -- XI. With malice toward none -- Terrors of the tiny tads -- Johnny Quack -- Peter Rabbit -- Dolly Dimples and Baby Bounce -- The pussycat princess -- Felix the Cat -- Napoleon -- Mickey Mouse -- Donald Duck -- Jose Carioca -- Uncle Remus -- XII. A well balanced page -- Out our way -- Our boarding house -- Boots and her buddies -- Wash Tubbs -- Buz Sawyer -- Freckles and his friends -- Benny -- Little Mary Mixup -- Alley Oop -- Curly Kayoe -- Joe Jinks -- Joe's car -- XIII. He-men, hail -- Popeye -- Li'l Abner -- XIV. The third and fourth dimensions -- Minute movies -- Dickie Dare -- Dick Tracy -- Abbie an' Slats -- Barney Baxter -- XV. The strips called straight -- Tarzan -- Tailspin Tommy -- Tim Tyler's luck -- Radio patrol -- Red Barry -- Ace Drummon -- Johnny Round the World -- Winslow of the Navy -- Mickey Finn -- Captain Yank -- Smilin' Jack -- Way out west -- King of the royal mounted -- The lone ranger -- Red Ryder -- White boy -- Big Chief Wahoo --^
- Brutus -- Little Jimmie -- Rocky Mason, government agent -- Cranberry Boggs -- Pete the tramp -- Miss Fury -- Prince Valiant -- Dick's adventures in Dreamland -- XVI. The star-startled manner -- Buck Rogers -- Flash Gordon -- Rip Kirby -- Brick Bradford -- Superman -- Mandrake the Magician -- The Phantom -- Wonder Woman -- Batman and Robin -- XVII. Terry and the Palooka -- Terry and the pirates -- Joe Palooka -- XVIII. The smart set -- Scorchy Smith -- Johnny Hazard -- Charlie Chan -- Kerry Drake -- Secret agent X9 -- Vic Jordan -- Claire Voyant -- Debbie Dean -- Apple Mary -- Mary Worth -- Bruce Gentry -- XIX. We still laugh -- Barnaby -- The sad sack -- Smokey Sotver -- Silly Milly -- Pop -- Silent Sam -- The ambassador -- Travelin' Gus -- The little king -- Peter Piltdown -- Tizzy -- Pookie -- Oaky Doaks -- Turry -- Patoruzu -- Dock -- Herkimer Fuddle -- Hubert -- The berries -- Ozark Ike -- Double trouble -- Elmo -- XX. Comic books -- Mutt and Jeff -- The funnies --^
- Famous funnies -- New fun -- Modern comic books.
- ISBN
- 091446602X 0914466038 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^^74004071^
- OCLC
- 835405
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library