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Birkitts Books presents ... Comics and Their Creators Author: Sheridan, Martin Publisher: Luna Press Release Date: 1971 Seller Category: Entertainment Qty Available: 1 Condition: Used: Good Sku: 250629011 Notes: Covers are worn, and soiled, several tears present and are taped, laminate is lifting from wraps, binding sound, pages lightly age-toned. Reprint of the first edition of 1942 with one paragraph introduction to this printing. 304 pages. Out of print for twenty-five years?Available once again to fans and collectors! The first book ever written about comics and the one most often referred to by later historians. From the early beginnings of Gasoline Alley and Mutt and Jeff, through the family comedies, the girl strips, the adventure strips, and all the way to early animated cartoons, Comics and Their Creators tells the stories behind the most popular American comics of the 1930s and 40s, many of which are still published today?complete with biographies of the artists?their caricature portraits and photographs ? and over 100 reproductions of comic strips. Author Martin Sheridan worked as an assistant to Russ West-over, creator of Tillie the Toiler, and Martin Branner (Winnie Winkle). In fact he has known personally most of the top cartoonists in the newspaper field. During his career as a feature writer and photographer he contributed to over 175 different publications, ranging from the Saturday Evening Post to the New York Times and the Christian Science Monitor. He is also the author of Overdue and Presumed Lost, a novel based on his experiences as a war correspondent during World War II. Complete and unabridged reprinting of the 1944 edition. 6 x 9 304 pages Paperbound Don't forget to check out other great deals in our Store!!