Reading the Funnies: Essays on Comic Strips #[nn]

By Donald Phelps

Essays include: Flat Foot Floogie: Chester Gould and Dick Tracy; Real People, Real Theater: E. C. Segar and Popeye; Cady Did: Harrison Cody and Peter Rabbit; George 'n' Josie: Harry J. Tuthill and the Bungles; Nobody Watches the Birdie: J. R. Williams and Out Our Way; The Boys of Winter: Frank King and Gasoline Alley; James Swinnerton, R.I.P. (1875-1974); Jimmy and Company: James Swinnerton and Little Jimmy; Boarding House Days and Arabian Nights: The Life and Imaginary Times of Major Hoople; Little Icon Annie: "Who's That Little Chatterbox?"; Footscore Audacity: B. Kliban