America's Great Comic-Strip Artists: From the Yellow Kid to Peanuts

America's Great Comic-Strip Artists: From the Yellow Kid to Peanuts by Richard Marschall. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781556706462.

A treasury of outstanding graphics and rare and beautiful comic art, this book is also a history of the art form itself, as seen through the work of 16 of the finest cartoonists of the last century, including Al Capp, Charles M. Schulz, Walt Kelly and Chester Gould. Marschalls fascinating text portrays the life and times of these artists, demonstrating their influence on American art and society. 250 illustrations, many in full-color.