American Comic Classics: A Collection of U.S. Postage Stamps

by Rick Marschall, Johnny Hart (Foreword)

The Comic Strip is 100 years old in 1995! A century ago an unlikely pioneer called The Yellow Kid starred in some of the earliest newspaper color cartoons, creating a sensation among readers. Soon there was a new - distinctively American - art form. This book complements the colorful new Classic Collection series of US Postal Service commemorative stamps featuring 20 of the most beloved charactersin comics' first 50 years. Representatives of the Golden Age include Little Nemo, Krazy Kat, the Katzenjammer Kids, Blondie, Flash Gordon, Little Orphan Annie, and Prince Valiant. Text offers history and nostalgia, biographies and trivia; illustrations display rare artwork (drawings and memorabilia) and cartoonists' caricatures. Text by comics historian Rick Marschall, and a special Foreword by Johnny Hart, creator of BC and The Wizard of Id.

96 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1995