Walt and Skeezix, Volume Two: 1923-1924

by Frank King, Chris Ware (Editor)

Overview

"Gasoline Alley clearly belongs in the cannon as a deeply American masterwork of cartooning." -Time.com

Walt and Skeezix: Book Two collects the Gasoline Alley strips by the great American cartoonist Frank King from 1923 to 1924. King was the first cartoonist to have his characters age in real time and have modern story lines, a landmark conception for comic strips in the early twentieth century. There is a new eighty-page introduction by journalist Jeet Heer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781896597997
Publisher:	Drawn & Quarterly
Publication date:	08/22/2006
Series:	Walt and Skeezix Series
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	9.63(w) x 7.27(h) x 1.75(d)

About the Author

Cartoonist/designer Chris Ware is the author of Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest
Kid on Earth, Quimby the Mouse, and the Acme Novelty Datebook (D+Q, 2003).Ware was born in 1967, two years before Frank King's death.

Editorial Reviews

Brilliant . . . Offering a serenely witty portrait of Wisconsin working-class life.” —New York magazine

“Walt and Skeezix is a jewel of a book, a treasure just waiting to be discovered.” —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“What can be seen in this volume certainly qualifies it as one of the most loving and lyrical evocations of everyday life in American literature.” —The Star-Ledger (Newark)

“The strips are a treat to read, both for themselves and as historical documents; the accompanying commentaries delve into the background and values of Gasoline Alley and the life of a great, but overlooked, American cartoonist.” —Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

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