King of the comics! : 100 years of King Features Syndicate : American's greatest comics

9781684053391
1684053390

New edition

307 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

100 years of King Features Syndicate
One hundred years of King Features Syndicate

"Originally published in hardcover, August 2016"--Title page verso
Includes index

Introduction / by Brendan Burford
Chapter one. William Randolph Hearst and the founding of an empire / by Brian Walker
Chapter two. Gags, situation comedies, and the birth of King Features / by Bruce Canwell
Chapter three. Developing a sophisticated language of comics / by Jared Gardner
Chapter four. The glory days: or, Believe it or not! / by Ron Goulart
Chapter five. Comics at war / Ron Goulart
Chapter six. The times a'changin' / by Bruce Canwell
Chapter seven. Unlimited new horizons / by Bruce Canwell
Chapter eight. Adapting to a new age / by Brian Walker

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Mullaney, Dean, 1954- editor