The TOON Treasury of Classic Children's Comics

Art Spiegeiman (Editor), Françoise Mouly (Editor), Jon Scieszka (Introduction by)

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Author
Art Spiegeiman (Editor), Françoise Mouly (Editor), Jon Scieszka (Introduction by)
Publish Date
2009-09-01
Book Type
Hardcover
Publisher Name
Abrams ComicArts
Number of Pages
352
Edition
First Edition
ISBN-10
0810957302
ISBN-13
9780810957305
SKU
9780810957305

Description

The TOON Treasury of Classic Children's Comics is an unprecedented collection of the greatest comics for children, artfully compiled by two of the best-known creators in publishing and the field of comics--Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouly.This treasury created for young readers focuses on comic books, not strips, and contains humorous stories that range from a single-page to eight or even twenty-two pages, each complete and self-contained. The comics have been culled from the Golden Age of comic books, roughly the 1940s through the early 1960s, and feature the best examples of works by such renowned artists and writers as Carl Barks, John Stanley, Sheldon Mayer, Walt Kelly, Basil Wolverton, and George Carlson, among many, many others.Organizing the book into five categories (Hey, Kids!; Funny Animals; Fantasyland; Story Time!; and Wacky & Weird), Spiegelman and Mouly use their expertise in the area of comics to frame each catego