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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful. A landmark achievement for comics researchBy Paul C. TumeyI love this book! This is a remarkable work, the result of 20 years of sitting in dusty libraries and badly lit microfilm rooms all over America. The author, Allan Holtz, has combed through countless to establish and verify critical information necessary to the study of American newspaper comics. This is not a critical history or a collection of anecdotes. We've had those for generations. What we haven't had until now is an actual reference book with reliable information. This hefty, well-designed tome delivers that in spades. Perhaps the best way to give you an idea of what you get is to cite one of the entries:707 * Boob McNuttSunday strip. Running dates: Jun 9, 1918 - Sep 23, 1934. Creator: Rube Goldberg. Syndicates: Star Company Jun 9, 1918 - 192?; , 192? - Sep 23 ,1934. Names: Are You Saving Jokers?; Bertha the Siberian Cheesehound; Bill and Professor Butts; Boob McNutt's Ark; Boob McNutt's Geography. Notes: Most references cite a start date in May 1915. This appears to be a misunderstanding of a Goldberg quote. Goldberg probably developed this strip for the NY Press' Sunday section around May 1915. However, it was at this time that the Press dropped its section entirely. Thus, Goldberg had developed a Sunday strip that had nowhere to go. He was working for Frank Munsey, who owned the Evening Mail and the NY Press - neither had a comics section, so the strip probably gathered dust for three years. Sources: Dates from Jim Ivey, toppers from author's collection.This may not look like a lot, but it's actually a very concise, compressed amount of key information that could take you days, if not weeks, to find out on your own. I can't tell you how long I've searched for Boob McNutt pages from 1915-17... it's a relief to understand why I haven't found any! I also respect that Holtz doesn't make up facts he doesn't know for sure, as you can see here. And there's 7,000 of these!Getting this book in the mail compares to the first time I got an Overstreet's Price Guide in 1976. I was 14. I spent days reading the book cover to cover, putting together the outlines of a history of comic books in America in my mind which has served me well for decades since. Finally, here is the newspaper comics equivalent of that!Allan and his team have done a superb job. The book has numerous helpful articles and indices. Allan pulls in an impressive array of experts and tidbits culled from misc. hard to find journals and magazines to gives us every concrete detail possible in this framework.My favorite extra is the Creator Index, where you can look up a artist and find a list of their works. There were many, many comics in here I knew nothing about. In fact, that well be the true value of this work as time goes on. We already know about the big strips -- Annie, Tracy, , and so on. What this book does is bring to light thousands upon thousands of comic strips that have been mostly forgotten. And what's remarkable is that the accompanying CD gives us 3000 examples of these. Yesterday, for example, I made the acquaintance of the 1907-11 strip, Jingling Johnson by Brad Bradford, in which our hero speaks in clever rhyming jingles, writing commercials for everything in day-to-day life -- it's a fun, prescient look at our consumer-mad society. This is just a taste of the riches within, if you are so interested and motivated.This book is for hardcore comics folks and should be consulted by anyone doing comics research. Every public and university library should add this book to their reference shelves!1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A MUST HAVE BOOK ON OUR PAST...By Donald J. MarisI cant imagine how much time and effort it took to gather and write this book. I am only glad thatAllan had the fortitude to do it. I am a dealer AND lover of the old comic strips. I use Alan's bookto help me inform my friends and customers about the comics that I sell. I also have questions that Iwant to know just because I love these old strips so much. Alan's book never lets me down. It isnot cheap, but actually it is for all the help and information it has given me over the years.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Fantastic Book on Newspaper Comic StripsBy Rev.Frank John PetrickThe One and only book to own if you are a newspaper strip collector a definitive guide. Well worth the money the only downside is the cheep binding came unglued after laying it flat open and spine creases after constant use. But overall a solid reference source for looking up newspaper strips.

From its earliest appearance in the 1890s, the newspaper comic strip has told the story of America, from the Irish ghetto of the Yellow Kid to flappers, war heroes, hippies, and today's office drones and soccer moms. American Newspaper Comics is the first comprehensive, authoritative reference work to document this fascinating history, listing over 7,000 different comic strip and features from American newspapers. While previous books have typically concentrated on the most popular comic strips and panel cartoon series, American Newspaper Comics is designed to be all-inclusive, providing detailed information on important but previously overlooked artists and features. The result of more than twenty years of meticulous research, American Newspaper Comics provides the most complete picture to date of the evolution of newspaper cartoon features and corrects misinformation that has circulated for years in other references.American Newspaper Comics offers a wealth of information, including the start and end dates of features, their format, frequency, creators, and distribution companies. The book also includes handy cross- indexes and a guide to book-length compilations of newspaper and comics. In addition, the book includes a CD with samples of more than 2,000 cartoon features, including some that may be new to even the most ardent fan or collector.

"A thoroughly researched encyclopedia of American newspaper comics. Summing Up:nbsp;Highly recommended."mdash;D.A. Berona, Plymouth State University, CHOICE

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