The Comics

Newspaper comics arrive in millions of homes each day and make families laugh out loud. They're not only funny - they also reflect their times. This book presents a collection of strips - more than 700 illustrations by cartoonists including Walk Kelly ("Pogo"), Charles Schulz ("Peanuts"), Bill Watterson ("Calvin and Hobbes"), along with many more.

The most comprehensive survey of postwar comics, covering the period when some of our best-known cartoonists were at their creative peaks, The Comics Since 1945 is now available in a revised and updated paperback edition. Organized by decade, illustrated with exemplary selections of historic comic strips, and supplemented by biographical profiles of the artists, it is both comprehensive and graphically stunning, ideal for both devoted comics fans and serious students of popular culture. The most comprehensive survey of postwar comics, covering the period when some of our best-known cartoonists were at their creative peaks, The Comics Since 1945 is now available in a revised and updated paperback edition. Organized by decade, illustrated with exemplary selections of historic comic strips, and supplemented by biographical profiles of the artists, it is both comprehensive and graphically stunning, ideal for both devoted comics fans and serious students of popular culture.