{"product_id":"the-comics-the-complete-collection-book-brian-walker-9780810971295","title":"The Comics: The Complete Collection","description":"Brian Walker's two comprehensive guides to American comics, \u003ci\u003eThe Comics Before 1945\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Comics Since 1945\u003c\/i\u003e, are combined here in one beautifully designed omnibus edition, \u003ci\u003eThe Comics: The Complete Collection\u003c\/i\u003e. Cartoon authority Brian Walker has amassed over a century of strips--more than 1,300 images--including rare examples provided by the artists themselves. Featured cartoonists include George Herriman (\u003ci\u003eKrazy Kat\u003c\/i\u003e), Walt Kelly (\u003ci\u003ePogo\u003c\/i\u003e), Charles Schulz (\u003ci\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/i\u003e), Bill Watterson (\u003ci\u003eCalvin and Hobbes\u003c\/i\u003e), Scott Adams (\u003ci\u003eDilbert\u003c\/i\u003e), Patrick McDonnell (\u003ci\u003eMutts\u003c\/i\u003e), and many more. Organized by decade, with biographical profiles and analysis of the different genres, \u003ci\u003eThe Comics\u003c\/i\u003e is a graphically stunning, and terrifically priced survey of American newspaper comics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Comics\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe strips . . . are beautifully reproduced and carefully annotated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e -The New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a detailed and informed one-volume history of the newspaper comics, Walker's \u003ci\u003eThe Comics\u003c\/i\u003e is the best book we have.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e -PW Comics Week \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Comics is] excellent at conjuring the feeling of feverish joy that comics can provide.\u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003e-The Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a terrific collection both for novices in need of an overview and for aficionados looking for new discoveries. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e-A.V. Club\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e a bountiful treasury of an underrated 20th-century art form at its best, one bound to amuse and enlighten\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --\u003ci\u003eThe Palm Beach Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis is a book to be savored, enjoyed a page at a time, perhaps the perfect coffee-table tome. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e-The Plain Dealer \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49884937748753,"sku":"CIN0810971291G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51116485280017,"sku":"CIN0810971291VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0810971291.jpg?v=1751201921","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/the-comics-the-complete-collection-book-brian-walker-9780810971295","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}