King Aroo Volume 1 Hardback
by Jack Kent
Hardback
Description
The Library of American Comics proudly presents a long-neglected classic- King Aroo!
Lauded by critics in the pantheon of great strips suchas Krazy Kat, Pogo, and Barnaby, Jack Kent's brilliantlyconceived world brought smiles to young and old alike with its fanciful array ofclever puns, visual humor, and good old slapstick.
The postage-stamp-sizedkingdom of Myopia is presided over by kindly King Aroo and his faithful (ifsometimes prickly) retainer, Yupyop.
The King turns to Professor Yorgle forwisdom, Wanda Witch for magic spells, the kangaroo mailman, Mr. Pennipost, fornews from far and wide...and looks for love from the Beautiful Princess From theKingdom Next Door.
Volume One celebrates the strip's 60th anniversary by presenting every dailyand Sunday strip from the beginning in 1950 through 1952, reproduced fromoriginal artwork and syndicate proofs from the Jack Kent Estate.
The series isedited and designed by Eisner Award-winner, Dean Mullaney, with an illuminatingbiographical text feature by Bruce Canwell, and an introduction by SergioAragones. -The Library of AmericanComics is the world's #1 publisher of classic newspaper comic strips, with 14Eisner Award nominations and three wins for best book.
LOAC has become "the goldstandard for archival comic strip reprints...The research and articles provideinsight and context, and most importantly the glorious reproduction of thematerial has preserved these strips for those who knew them and offers a newgateway to adventure for those discovering them for the first time." -Scoop
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Item not Available
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:360 pages
- Publisher:Idea & Design Works
- Publication Date:29/01/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9781600105814
Information
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Item not Available
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:360 pages
- Publisher:Idea & Design Works
- Publication Date:29/01/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9781600105814
