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Walt and Skeezix: Book Three
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Product Description
The eighty-page introduction features many private photographs of the cartoonist Frank King and his family and delves into the marketing of Gasoline Alley in the 1920s and 1930s, with many dolls and toys taken from the personal collection of Chris Ware, the series editor and award-winning cartoonist.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #68466 in Books
- Published on: 2007-10-02
- Released on: 2007-10-02
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 400 pages
Editorial Reviews
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—The New York Times Book Review
“This Chris Ware–designed collection . . . caught even hardcore comics devotees flatfooted with its boundless wonders.” —The Onion
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Customer Reviews
Our greatest comic strip?
Volume 3 of Walt and Skeezix is even better than volumes 1 and 2 and it's hard to get any better than the first two. And Walt gets married and Skeezix gets a mom. So much happens and there is so much of King's wonderful art that this is a must.
Frank King must be one of America's two or three best story tellers and here he is in his prime. His characters are real people - not just comic strip characters. Walt actually lives! We'd all love to know someone like him. And the other members of the cast are also flesh and blood. This can't be said about any other comic strip. And that wonderful art!
For those that get "Gasoline Alley" fever there is another must - a gigantic 16 by 21 inch very heavy hardcover of selected early Sundays. Here you can absorb King's great art and color and the stories are just as great. It IS expensive but well worth the price. Any of the four volumes would be a wonderful gift foe the one you love or for some dear friends - or even yourself.
Best of the Three Walt and Skeezix Books
I have been a collector of all things Skeezix for several decades. I have everything from Skeezix hankies, shoe boxes and all of the Bisque Dolls from the 1930's. But the one thing that put them all together was Volume Three of Walt and Skeezix. This edition has a very nice introduction to the many products that Frank King authorized to sell from his Gasoline Alley family. This section is lavishly illustrated and helped me as a collector to see for the first time a catalogue of what I have and what I don't have...yet.
The book also boasts the second most exciting event in Gasoline Alley history, the marriage of Uncle Walt. The illustrations are at their zenith and the stories are heart warming and true to life. This is the best of the three volumes.
time travel
A wonderful book, beautifully presented.
For various reasons, they don't make comic strips like this anymore. There is something magical and captivating about the world of the Willett's. Once you start reading, it's hard to put down.
It brings to life a long gone time and place. It's amazing how those little squiggles of characters can become so real. Wonderful art, and brilliant writing.
Anyone with even a passing interest in this, will NOT be disappointed.
