Art of the Funnies: An Aesthetic History

Contributor(s): Harvey, Robert C (Author)

ISBN: 9780878056743

Publisher: University Press of Mississippi

Binding Types:

Paperback

$30.00

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$42.95 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$41.75 (100+ copies: $41.00)

List/retail price:

$30.00

Pub Date: July 1, 1994

Dewey: 741.5

LCCN: 93045937

Lexile Code: 1270

Features: Illustrated

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.67" H x 11.02" L x 8.55" W ( 1.61 lbs) 298 pages

BISAC Categories:

Architecture | General | Comics and Graphic Novels

Series: Studies in Popular Culture

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Exploration of the comic strip for elements that make the funnies one of the most appealing of the popular arts

Brief description: Robert C. Harvey, a comics historian and critic, is a cartoonist who writes for The Comics Journal, Comics Buyers' Guide, and Cartoonist PROfiles. Among his books are The Art of the Funnies: An Aesthetic History (1994) and The Art of the Comic Book: An Aesthetic History (1996). Both are published by University Press of Mississippi.

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