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The comics.

Title
The comics.
Author
Waugh, Coulton, 1896-1973.
Publication
New York, Luna Press [1974, c1947]

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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