SUNDAYS WITH WALT AND SKEEZIX

Frank King's innovations in art, layout and storytelling brought a new warmth and style to the medium at the dawn of the Golden Age of newspaper comic strips. If you are interested in the development of this unique American art form, or simply love beautiful comics, this sumptuous volume is a masterpiece in comic art, and a must for your collection. Like McCay, Feininger, Herriman, and others of that era, King was a graphic innovator. His panoramic layouts, themed styling, and whimsical cartoon conceits explored new artistic methods. But he also had a great knowledge of story and character, presented with a warmth and humanity never seen before in comics, and rarely done as well since. He went beyond the gags and slapstick of his contemporaries to create vignettes of genuinely human characters; showing them relating to each other and, particularly in his Sunday comics, to the world around them. And best of all, he often took these amazing Sunday Pages into the surreal. Walt and Skeezix driving a car up into the clouds, wandering around in an underwater kingdom, meeting Santa Claus and helping with Christmas. These are each one a true gem and worthy of hanging in a museum. They are just wonderful and many of these are in this fine collection. - Bud Rush Service and International shipping could require an additional charge. Condition: Fine Plus. Bumped corners. Shrink wrapped.